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

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'Tis The Season We celebrated the various Spanish holidays to give the students an idea of the customs of people from another nationality. I feel that it made them aware of the similarities between the Spanish and American people, stated Mrs. Joyce Israel. The first holiday that the classes celebrated was the day of the dead, which is like our Halloween. Students made masks and enacted the Mexican ceremony. In Mexico people start the day by attending church and lighting candles for relatives who have died. Next they go to a graveyard for a picnic. Before leaving, the people leave food for the souls of fhe dead. The celebration ends with La Urania, the weeping woman. Mrs. Israel portrayed La Urania. She went around the room weeping, as La Urania does, for her dead children. It made me realize that in Mexico Halloween is a holiday with meaning while here in the U.S. it's just a time for fun, stated Angie Miller. To celebrate Christmas the third year Spanish class made individual pinatas while second year worked in groups to make theirs. Christmas in Mexico lasts from December 12 to January 6. During these weeks the class did as the Mexicans do. On the 12th Mrs. Israel dressed as the Lady of Guadalupe, whose ceremony marks the beginning of Christmas. From the 13th to the 18th students went from desk to desk seeking admittance, symbolizing Mary and Joseph seeking shelter in Bethlahem. On the 19th students celebrated by breaking their pinatas and eating the candy. On January 5th the students brought a shoe and set it out to be filled with candy. January 6th, the After his interview, John Newsom, poses with Dr. Baer of the Hope Veterinary Clinic. One of Mrs Huffy's speech class projects was to set up simulated job interviews with people in the careers that class members were interested in. Angie Nading and Tracy Flora work on their pinatas during Mrs. Israel's 4th period Spanish II class The class made pinatas by using cardboard as a foundation and gluing fringed crepe paper to it. last day of celebration, is the day that the Christmas trees are burned. Their celebration makes me appreciate the Christmas holiday and get the real meaning of it, said Amber Rhoades. Easter in Mexico is a very solemn time. It is a time to gather together and celebrate Christ's rising from the dead. Students here celebrated in a way found only in parts of Mexico. They took eggs and removed the whites and yolk. Then they painted and decorated them. After the paint dried, they filled them with confetti and sealed the hole. Mrs. Israel hid the eggs in the courtyard and let the students find them. The difference is that after the eggs were found, they were broken over each other's heads, spilling the confetti. I feel that the students really learned a lot from celebrating the holidays. Now they know that we aren't really that different, ended Mrs. Israel. 22 Languages

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Kevin Fields writes a letter to Ken Joy Nursing Home so he con find out about its future. He wrote and received four letters from the nursing home getting information about new growth factors that will be taking place John Newsom gives an oral report over planet Earth in Challenge class. Each student told about different planets in the solar system. Because of the time spent doing research in the library the class members wanted to give their reports in the library. Beyond the Basics “It is a challenge to teach junior high challenge, said Mr. Gerald Jordan who taught the class last year. During junior high, the two years are divided up into six units with three units taught each year. The first unit, which lasted 12 weeks dealt with Leadership. With the second area of study, Futuristics, the students did a Del-phi-Survey. Each student picked an area whose future interested them. They stayed with the Hope and Columbus area so they would know what this community would be like in the future. The third unit, Utopians, involved traveling to New Harmony, Indiana and to Shakertown, Kentucky to study planned and controlled communities. Different from junior high, the senior high challenge had four units which involved two teachers, Mr. Nick Cooksey and Mr. Matt Nussbaum. During the astronomy unit, after considerable research, each of the students became an authority on one planet in the solar system. Oral presentations were made to the class and discussion followed regarding atmospheric conditions, surface features, life sustaining possibilities, orbital paths, magnetic fields, and the latest data col- lected by recent space probes. Students also learned how to mathematically locate a planet's position in an elliptical orbit at a given time. “There is much flexibility in a class, such as this one, because of the accelerated students. The instructor is able to act as a mentor while the students are motivated to work diligently on their respective projects, stated Mr. Cooksey. Mr. Nussbaum added, “As the teacher, I had to know what I was teaching and it was much more than the basics. Challenge 21

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Matt John and Carla Glaser place pieces of John's model farm in the front hall showcase. Projects this year ranged from marriage dolls and posters of the descent of gods to models of a latin house and farm. During Mrs. Hufty's 5th period English class, Tasha Taylor, Missy Bailey, and Amber Norman portray a scene from Call of the Wild. The students chose a book and picked a scene to dramatize instead of writing a book report. During Mr. Jordan's 5th period English class, Sandy Robertson and Susan Nugent demonstrate how to remove and apply make-up. Other demonstrations were: how to sack groceries and how to care for babies. Languages 23