Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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Putting it together Classes, Sports require effort (continued from page 17) Choir and band are also classes where things are put together. After learning the musical scale, the musicians use the scale to organize a mucical piece. In the sewing room the whirring sounds of machines are students putting garments together. After learning the basics of sewing, students are expected to make several items of clothing. Students also put it together in business. In the typing rooms those students who have mastered the keyboard can be found typing letters, manuscripts, memorandums and other various secretarial work. (Those who haven’t just sit around playing with the keys) Athletes and coaches also put efforts together. Memorized plays, practiced skills, and organized players join during the game to achieve victory. After gathering the necessary information and putting it together, we can hope for a successful end result. “Have I got it to where I want it?” Senior Vicki Chandler says to herself as she measures a piece to be put on a project that she is doing for advanced wood shop. Vicki is the only girl in her class. 18

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Ever wonder where the myriad of teachers’ handouts come from? Senior Randy Croft knows. He is one of 19 Audio Visual aides who assist in running off up to one half million sheets of paper per month. Pinnochio was a boy carved out of wood who came to life . . . Junior Dean VanGorp doesn ' t count on his penguin ' s coming to life, only being good enough to earn an “A grade in wood shop. Putting it together Students, athletes combine efforts A jigsaw puzzle, a creative idea, or an intricately designed building are all structures that at one time or another are put together. There are other things that students themselves put together every day in school, whether they realize it or not. In the art room, students spend hours on end drawing, painting, molding, and shaping. These students are using their knowledge of art to put something together. After first gathering the required information, which is needed to understand his form of art, a student may then proceed to use that gathered information to create something. In the machine and wood shop rooms, the process of putting it together works in nearly the same way as in art. Students come to class each day and spend time using their knowledge of metal and wood to put together a piece of art that shows his own creativity. (continued on page 18) 17

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The days of snap together tools are gone. Senior Dave Potchen now has the responsibility of cutting and fitting the pieces of the frame that he is constructing for Mr. Leslie’s woods class. Nol This is not The Rocky Horror Picture Show “Time Warp dance but the concert choir practicing for a special song dealing with octave skips. The choir uses different techniques to help their breathing. Concentration to an extreme is necessary to play the piano piece Russian Picnic” during a concert choir practice. Junior Teresa Timm rapidly plays the fast pace song as junior Sally Campbell turns the pages. A final touch here and there is the characteristics that distinguishes a good piece of woodwork form a bad. Senior Mike Worley attempts to finish up his project in wood shop with the use of tools and glue. 19