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

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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

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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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Brad Bowers and Jeff Smith sit at the team's booth during the Health Fair. Officer Dick Lurz and Colleen Utter discuss the dangers of driving under the influence. Officer Lurz, Christy Abood, Teri Antley and Jill Roghair listen to Mrs. Utter intently. Aware Of Alcohol Drinking under the influence is a major problem with teenagers. ln fact, alcohol related car accidents that result in death is the number one killer of teenagers in the nation. These hard facts have prompted Jefferson county into beginning a pilot program to combat this problem. This new program consists of school peer groups which focus their attention on preventing drinking and driving. Green Mountain's group was sponcored by Colleen Utter, Home Economics teacher. This is the first year this program has been going, so the future of it depends on the programs success this year. Mrs. Utter feels that the members of the team have great intelligence and have good counseling qualities. Four team members and two police officers, as well as Mrs. Utter accompanied eleven other Jefferson county teams to the training session at Copper Mountain. At the training session, the members were taught how to approach a drug or drinking problem and were taught skills on how to develope and implement an intervention program. The teams were also taught good leadership skills. Mrs Utter commented, The training session not only taught the team how to handle a program, but it helped them feel great and helped them feel good about not having to use drugs and alchohol. We are trying to prevent the amount of alchohol related incidents of drinking while under the influence by at least 512. We are also try to prevent the number of suspensions due to drinking. Mrs. Utter stressed that the team is trying to attack these problems by educating young adults on the dangers of drinking and driving. We are trying to schedule assemblies. speakers and we have open meetings for anyone who wants to come in and listen. Mrs. Utter also commented, We always want new members for the team, l think they will feel good about the program, l know I do. S. S 2 - ..xx . QW!! N as Officer Dave Sletto, Mrs. Utter and the rest of the All Stars chuckle at a joke Andrew Kerr has just cracked. The All Stars included: BACK: JeffSmi1h, Omcer Dick Lurz, Andrew Kerr, Teri Antley, Officer Dave Sletto. FRONT: Christy Abood, .lill Roghair. Colleen Utter, Brad Bowers. NOT PICTURED: Matt Armbuster, Mickey Cronin and Guy Gunther. 110 - All-Stars if 5 9 w