Gross High School - Heard The Latest Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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X - u RT' - Colleen Kelly, Chris Reed and Pete Gal- .lagher discuss their final questions for the prosecution. The mock trial team won the re- gional championship. I Senior Jon Galardi works on an assignment 1 during his Eastern European Cultures class. This course offers students the chance to learn about their ethnic background. 104!sociaI studies 'iv .f I' LE. . .-r. . it starve ' X' A v,.si:r.z sikihz 1. -7- ,. -.. sf: . I 'VK 1 19990 GW

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A 5 1 o W I . f. t w K ,A , , what WW ' Zan' I Students get hands-on experience in Building Trades. Mr. Mike Nemecek super- vises Steve Divoky, Wes Willenborg, Shawn Vondra, Jeff Vondra, and Bryan May as they raise a wall of the house. Mike Lilley, a junior, helps in the construc- tion of the house in the Industrial Technology Center. The building class is one of the many involved in this project. computers Sz industrial technology!103

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ind who . , ety encourage ili b it came time for students to their social studies elective, faced with a difficult deci- They could take anything from European Cultures to psy- . This year stud.ents were of- choice, worldj Geography, by the department chairman, Powers. s j In addition to the electives, fresh- were required to take world his- juniors took American history, science. said he enjoyed you get to government works in our government. According to Mr. Powers the pur- ose of the Social Studies Depart- ment was to promote the social de- eloprnent of a student and make rim more aware of the world around rim. The upperclassmen had many ihances to do just this. Nine juniors ind seniors spent a week in Washing- YIIOW dent involvement ton, D.C. as a part of the Close Ups Program. They got to personally speak with officials in the federal government and see the national monuments. Twelve seniors learned about the judiciary system firsthand. They were members of the mock trial team, which took the regional cham- pionship and competed at the state finals in Kearney. They participated in simulated trials concerning re- verse discrimination against a male nurse. p Other students were members of a jury in a simulated trial hosted by the Creighton law students. Senior Colleen Leahy said, It was a neat experience. I got to see how the court system works. Steve Witala, the election commis- sioner, spoke to the second semester political science honors students about the history of his office and how he got the job. j Capitol Hill is an integral part of the Close Up Program. Nine juniors and seniors spend a week in Washington, D.C. as part of this pro- gram: a day and a half of this time is spent on Capitol Hill. Karen Kokotajlo promotes her product with a Mr. Bill commercial in her Applied Economics class. This course offers students the chance to develop promotional techniques in advertising. 5 5 3 it sos-i il studies,1'105