Green Mountain High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Lakewood, CO)

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Nw Lyn Hicks paints the front end of the Corvette. Doug Shuler prepares Lyn for the picture. The famous Corvette tis An Artists' World When asked what exactly is Art Society, three-year sponsor Mr. Knaub answered, The National Art Society is for students who are interested in visual arts and would like to have art experience outside of normal class time. ln the three years the National Art Society has been around they have done a lot ofart work to make our school look as good as it does. One of their biggest projects ever being the huge Colorado mural on the cafeteria wall. That's all in the past, though, with this year being one of the best ever! First ofall, to be in the club you needed to be taking an Art class, have a pretty good art style, be the tenth through twelfth grade, tsome freshmen were exceptedl and also needed to want to be an active member in the club. The two sponsors were Mrs. Kuehn and Mr. Knaub who have been the sponsors since Art Society first started. They both try not to help the members at all in their art work. They want us to do the work ourselves so it shows what we think looks good, not what they think would look good, member Doug Shuler told me. The clubs ten most active members, including President Bob Hurt, Vice Pres. Lori Ehret and Treasurer Wendy Martin tall Seniorsj get along very well and have a lot of fun at what they do. With most of them having some of the same classes together they all became close friends. What one person can't do someone else will make up for it, Doug also said. During their early morning meetings the members decide and plan out the activities they want to complete during the year. This year they took a fieldtrip to an Art Studio and to the Colorado lnstitute of Art so the members could look into College opportunities. They painted the dark blue Corvette across from the finance office which they worked on after school for about a month, starting over Christmas Break. For a fundraising project they planned to draw up t-shirt designs for some of the various clubs around the school. The club also sponsored the Cultural Arts day in May and forthe first time had planned to include some elementary and Junior High students. lt was a very prosperous year for the National Art Society and hopefully new members to come will add to our school as much as they have! ' Lori Ehret, acting very camera shy. Rob, Ray and Roger think of a new idea. 108 - Art Society

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l iurie Murphy and Stephanie Gruhn play a scene Shelby Hiller consoles Gary Anderson, Play It For Bald What has happened to Thespians? Well it is no longer at our school. Thespians is a national club and Mr. Simmons said the dues were getting too high. Green Mountain drama student decided to put the club in its place! Thus, Thespians evolved into the group of Mountain Performers. P Mountain Performers didn't have an official president, or for that matter they didn't have any officials. Most of the participants of the club came out of the sixth hour drama class, but anyone was accepted. The performers put on three major shows this past year, one being the fall play Char1ey's Aunt. Katy True, senior said, Theatre people are the greatest people in the world, when she was asked about the per- formers. As a rule, every theatre has a ghost. Green Mountain is no exception! Ricky Gray often felt it's presence when everyone was gone. But, the others also believed this ghost was real. They even named it. They called it Baldy,'. They believed it was the ghost of the late theatre teacher that was at Green Mountain before Mr. Simmons. It seems the Mountain Performers really had a good time. They always joked Mr. Simmons about the fact that he was balding. Also, Helen Cozzens' laugh was often joked about. ln all, the Mountain performers had a good year and were happy about their productions. Ricky Gray makes a speech as Bruce Cooper and Gary Dawson watch. Ricky Gray gets mad. Bruce Cooper pushes ricky Gray off stage.

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3 fi Mama Qtr M Ja A banana split party in 1980. Clause Bjerregaard from Denmark, Helena Johansson from Sweden and Chris Tesli from Norway. ml,-greg l... ...- Q. is N17-swmwvr nviting The Unknown This organization was started nine years ago by Mrs. Wessels, a math teacher here at Green Mountain. She commented, I honestly don't remember how it all got started. It just seemed to mushroom over the years, getting better and better over time? The main objective of this club is to plan and organize a four day week-end in April, when 60-70 foreign students are brought to Lakewood to be guests here at G.M. They stay with host families during the four days. The time the students spend here is filled with different activities, including a pot luck dinner, which involves about 300 people and a talent show. This is usually a highlight of the weekend. The talents range anywhere from a traditional wooden shoe dance from Holland, to a professional magic show from Mexico. In the past there's also been a karate demonstration by a student from Japan and many other native displays. There's also a game night where everyone plays get aquaintedu games. The guest students attend classes at G.M. and give lectures on their schools, food, family life and politics. To get the foreigners into the swing of an American custom, a professional caller is hired and a square dance is held. This evening ends with a big banana split party. The last day here, the students spend the day with their host families. Mrs. Wessels says, It's always neat to have past graduates come up to me and say how they've kept in close contact with the people they met during these four days. Some have even visited their foreign friend's homes. It's just a fun timeli' The exchange students look over applications for International Weedend with Ms. Jo Wessels. A bus trip in l980. Hiking in the mountains in 1979. i t ,, .ss Q g X, X .Q ..... .. .K 'PX , t Q is Swap W