Holmes High School - Lest We Forget Yearbook (Covington, KY)

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hit Elihu imam The Art Department consists of three teachers and one student teacher. They work hard trying new methods to improve the department. Some new projects they have attempted successfully are puppet-making and the construction of wire mobiies. The students seemed to enjoy these new projects very much, The oider students tried their hands at large sculptures and three- dimensional murals. The art courses are not just to help the student discover and develop what talents he might have They are taught in such a way that they also make the student more concerned with beauty in the world around him. A person can use what he has learned in art class to provide a pleasing atmosphere in his home. Art can also make a person more aware of his appearance. As Miss Nordheim says Art is is fun, if yourie willing to work at itf' Top: Carla Griffin puts careful finishing touches on her art project. Bottom Right: Anthony Grey uses his imagination, ietting his pencil run wild. Middle Left: Margie Houston touches up her masterpiece. Bottom Left: Tim Brown skillfully creates an original Christmas scene.

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Mr. John Maloney, the choir director, is very intelligent in the field of music. He has had a career with the Opera Theater of Rochester lN.Y.l and has performed with many big names such as Leonard Bernstein. He came here 2 years ago and started a fine choir. The people in choir are leaders in their own way? states Mr. Maloney, They are active in many things. Activity is the first step in becoming a leader? The Choir has to be responsible for their actions; they must know what they have to do and they do it. No one student leads the Choir. It is all done 3y working together, by team work. This factor was made our Choir one of the leading groups in the area. Even though they have much to learn, 6mm hmms hmmnn 19 they are one of the up and coming groups in the area. The choir is a very large group. Seventy-eight students make up the regular choir, 35 are in ensemble and there are 18 Chamber singers. Superior ratings have been won everywhere appearances have been made. Five of the members, Tammy Race, George Starks, Debbie Tucker, Judy Lake, and Becky Stenger, made All-State Choir, a great honor. Mr. Maloney would like to thank the administration for being receptive to requests, supportive for time off from school, giving extra money for music, and especially for being cooperative.

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lliii nilll llm to im Our Math Department is really ' adding things up. They're looking into individualized instruction This would enable each student to receive individual help in the specific areas he may have trouble with. Math teachers would like to see this individualized instruction offered in all math courses. There is a possibility that this new method of teaching could begin in the 1978-79 school year, for 8th, 9th, and 10th grade students. Math has really gained more importance in our society, lately. With all the technological discoveries and the computer and space age, math is the basis of our society. Mr. Harris feels that the New Math concept is here to stay. New Math doesn't consist of new problems, but Of new ways of working them out. It is more of a I'discovery method. Instead of just being taught how to work problems, students are also taught why theylre worked that way. He feels that this is a great improvement in the area of mathematics. TOD: Math students silently struggle to finish their equations. Middle: The last minutes of class find Geometry students hard at work on proofs. Bottom Left: Mr. Jenkins answers questions of Connie Felts and lim Walz, Bottom Right: Students do last minute figuring before their chapter test,