Hauser Junior Senior High School - Jetstream Yearbook (Hope, IN)

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Gary Johnson and Jay Stoner act out a fencing scene in “Hamlet” during Mr. Jordon's third period Senior English class. The Senior English classes studied the story of Hamlet for three weeks. Brent Abies tries to finish a test in Mrs. Wagner's fourth period junior English class. This year the juniors read “Huckleberry Finn and “A Separate Peace.” Mrs. Joyce Israel goes over the Spanish spelling and vocabulary words as Todd Mann and the rest of her Spanish I class translate them into English. Dolores Tanguma shows everyone the present she received in her fourth period senior English class. Mr. Jordan's classes exchange gag gifts each year on the day before Christmas vacation. Freshman Todd Mann finishes a worksheet for Spanish I. This worksheet was over the contractions “al“ and “del.” Languages 23

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Karla Glaser. Beth Chastain and Amber Rhoades look through the card catalog for books about the states they are writing about. Other library resources students learned to use were the Reader's Guide, encyclopedias, American Heritage Index and the National Geographic Index. A 60-Minute Vacation For one period a day 80 students at Hauser visit a totally different world. They don't need money, airplane tickets or a passport. They study a foreign language. Sixty-two of those students are in Spanish classes. The basics of Spanish vocabulary and grammar are studied in the first year class but the course becomes more complex for second-year stu- dents. “I'm trying something new this year,” explained Mrs. Joyce Israel. “My second year class is working through the book at their own speed. This requires motivation on the part of the student but they are all doing very well.” The 17 year Spanish teacher threw in another twist as well. “It's easiest to learn the language when you stop thinking in Amy Harkcr looks for words that are Latin in root for her Latin II class. The students cut out the words and then put them in a collage. Keith Bautc and Wally Miller work on a report for Mr. Vocgcrl’s history class. Students were assigned to do a report on one of the 50 states. English. As soon as they walk in the room, they must speak Spanish. Every time someone speaks in English, they pay a penny. At the end of the school year we will use the money that has accumulated to pay for a party. “The fun we had learning the language and the different games we played made the class worthwhile. It was a blast!” ended sophomore Roxann Sigman.

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Junior David Graham works on solving ihe area of a triangle while in geometry class. Geometry deals mainly with solid objects and finding characteristics of them by using theorems and postulates. Sophomore Chris Morgan works on his geometry assignment on constructing perpendicular lines and bisecting angles. Senior Nina Tedder examines the program she has just written for computer math to make sure it works properly. Computer Math was offered as an elective for the first time this year. Seventh grader Adam Ross receives a hit with the dumb-dumb hammer from seventh grade math teacher, Mr. Tom Canright. Mr. Canright gave each student who responded with a wrong answer a smack with the play hammer. Senior Jay Stoner uses his math book to try and solve a problem for his unified math test. Unified math was previously known as senior math. The name of the course was changed to a standard name so that colleges would know what the course included.