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

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Judeana Frazier-Bey tests the logic of one of the programs she wrote in Computer Literacy. This is a nine week course that rotates with Indiana History, Clothing, and Foods. Wendall Estelle and Jonathon Martin punch holes in their tin punch Christmas ornaments while Jason Stroup makes paper padding to put underneath his ornament. Art rotates with Music Appreciation in the seventh grade and with Music Appreciation and Vocational Agriculture in the eighth grade. Ty Everroad writes a short story during sixth period Writing class. This class, provided students with the opportunity to try their hand at various types of writing.

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MINLV. Cozette Neal fills out sheets for the distribution of report cards to Shelby County schools in Data Entry Class. When Cozette isn't working on report cards, she works on a computer doing merging assignments and typing letters. John Sigman shows his sister Roxann the framing for the doorways in the house built by the Building Trades Class at Blue River's Open House. At the Open House a tour of the school was given as well as a slide presentation. Mike Nading uses a mill to make a keyway in Machine Shop. Mike had to do five separate projects utilizing each of four machines. The other machines he used were a grinder, a shaper, and a lathe. Blue River 27

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Bryan Fuel claps his hands to the rhythms that Miss Rita Richmond writes on the board. Besides learning to read rhythms, the students listen to music from different periods. A Byte Of Success Nowadays computers are becoming more and more common in everyday life, stated Mr. Brent Denney, the Computer Literacy teacher. He is the one preparing Hauser students for the world of computers; a world of success. Computer Literacy is a nine week course that teaches eighth grade students the basic terms of the computer itself, such as a byte, bit and RAM (random access memory.) A bit is a piece of computer information; a byte is eight bits. Basic commands and statements of, and logic behind programming are also taught along with an introduction to pre-fabri-cated software. Mr. Denney was a new teacher last year. Along with new teachers come new ways of teaching. In- stead of using a book to teach the class, Mr. Denney used what he learned at Indiana University, his notes, and research he did at the library. He stated, I try to relate the logic of the computer with the logic of real life. He used this idea with one of his more interesting assignments. To teach students how to flowchart a program, he had them flowchart a task that every person knows how to do; make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I feel students will learn more if you relate the material to real life and put some humor in it. Mr. Denney 'helped' me understand instead of 'making' me understand. I have now come to like computers instead of being scared of them, stated Stephanie Coy. Missy Johnson keeps score while Mr. Perkins reads answers in a Jeopardy type game during Indiana History. The junior high schedule includes ten rotating classes. Rotating Classes 29