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

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A Part Of Life The new school year brought new books for the English and Foreign Language departments. The Latin books needed to be replaced, some of the students' mothers had had-the very same book taught to them, remarked Mrs. Nancy Wagner, Latin and junior English teacher. Literature and grammar were taught all through junior high and high school with the seventh through tenth grades spending almost half a semester doing grammar exercises. Although juniors and seniors didn't deal specifically with grammar, they did do a lot of reading and wrifing. We try to let students appreciate literature and let them write and express themselves in their own ways, commented Mrs. Wagner. Foreign languages had increased class sizes because of interest in academics. For Spanish students, class was made more interesting by having the new books accompanied by cassettes for some exercises. Mrs. Joyce Isreal, Spanish and freshman English teacher, preferred this approach to teaching and picked books Mrs. Joyce Thompson's eighth grade English class reads and works on their grammar worksheets during their study time. Mrs. Thompson allowed 15 minutes at the end of each period for study. Mrs. Joyce Isreal listens while her second period Spanish II class repeats their vocabulary words back to her. which lent themselves best to this approach. The book we finally chose was a good decision because the students were given more detail and a better explanation of the Spanish grammar and vocabulary, explained Mrs. Isreal. Language, whether it's English or another language will always be part of our lives. It's to our advantage to do the best we can and pick up skills we're taught at school,'' ended sophomore Tammy Cook. In Latin I, Brian West works on his poster. Students had to pick a word, translate the word to latin and find pictures relating to their word. 23

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Ricky Titus becomes the temporary teacher for his English class and gives them their spelling test. Because of a bike wreck, Ricky broke his wrist and was unable to write Junior Michele Siem looks for a definition for a vocabulary word in Spanish III. Besides working on vocabulary the class studied verb agreement and listened to tapes. Pam Coffee tries to break open the pinata while Donju Taylor shouts ariba which means up. The second year Spanish classes celebrate Christmas with a Spanish Christmas party. Mr. Jordan's senior English class visits the Moravian cemetery after studying the poem Elegy of a Country Church Yard. The class then wrote papers dealing with the experience of losing a loved one or how they felt about death. 22 Languages

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Yesterday and Today From people of yesterday to places of today, there was a lot of material covered in Social Studies 9. The class was introduced last year as another elective for high school students. The class is really helpful and useful, as a college prep course. That's one reason I took this class, remarked Angie Miller. The class, taught by Mr. Mike Brock, was a general social studies class which covered all the main points of World and U.S. History, and Government Sociology, plus anthropology, geography and study skills. The most interesting subjects are being saved for the end of the year. These subjects are psychology and sociology. I think these will go over best because of the simulation games and some experiments planned for them, stated Mr. Brock. We touch base with all of the high school classes dealing with social studies and history so the students can get a better look at each one, commented Mr. Brock. A social studies or history class of any kind is there to help students understand society and the government. So that they can become better individuals in their own society and government. Eighth graders Doug Bowers, Jackie Tanner and Shelly Tatman sing On the Banks of the Wabash for extra credit in Indiana History. It was added to the curriculum to meet state requirements and to provide the students with an in-depth look at the history of our state. Joshua Arthur reads a news article in Junior Scholastic about Iraq. The seventh grade used the magazines twice every nine weeks. Paula Workman works on her study skills sheets during some extra study time in World History. 24 Science