Hanover Central High School - Key Yearbook (Cedar Lake, IN)

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SOMETIMES USED AS A HELPFUL TEACHING DEVICE. FIELD TRIPS ARE CONSIDERED... INTERESTING PLACE The Adler Planetarium was one of the places that was attended by classes who visited Chicago. Class our of doss Field trips hove slowly diminished in this school becouse teachers, os well os administrators feel they ore unnecessary for student learning. That is not true. Students need to ex- perience things outside of their doily classroom activities. Trying to visualize something by just reading about it is very difficult, but when students con visit a place and actually see it, they hove o bet- ter understanding of whot the book was trying to soy. True, some field trips ore un- necessary ond time is token from the students ' other classes. Those trips ore the ones which should be eliminated to allow other dosses the chance to take field trips. For some classes it is difficult to go on field trips, such os moth dosses, business courses, foreign language (though they do take o trip to Mexico every other year), ond the shop dosses. These classes sometimes ar- range for guest speakers to come in ond talk on o particular topic relative to the class. The interested students ore the ones who benefit the most from these field trips. The others go just to get out of doss for the day. CHICAGO SITES MONUMENTAL The physics class visited the Shed Aquarium on their A view of the Chicago shoreline could be seen from field trip to Chicago. the Aquarium. 26 FIELD TRIPS

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THE JUNIOR CLASS MADE PROM A... A night to remember Prom gove many students o night to remember. Some changes were mode which enhanced the evening and the time spent ot Prom was very enjoyable. One change that pleased many students was the location of Prom. For the post two years Prom was held ot the After Four Club in Cedar Lake, but plans were mode to move it to the Hindquarter in Lowell. The TIGHT FIT There was nol much room to dance during slow songs, but when you danced closer there was more room. reoson for the change was many students had attended Prom twice and they wonted to go to o new place. A change in the choice of a bond was o crowd pleoser. Those who hod attended lost year ' s Prom knew they were in for a treat. Lost year was more like a concert than o donee. The music was more to everyone ' s liking, courtesy of Happy Doze. CHEEK TO CHEEK Jerry Wilkening gets really close to his dale, Nancy Stecyk, to enjoy the music during a slow dance. SCREAMING SAX Dick Sterling, the sax player for Happy Daze, per- formed a solo for the audience, mostly on tables. STANDING ROOM ONLY Joe Storms, Paul Hoeckelberg, Brian Sharp, and Dave Watt pose for informal snapshots. LINEUP Prom goers wait in a long line to get their picture taken as remembrance of the 1984 Prom. 28 PROM