Homestead High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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From Atlantic to 'Specifics' Perfecting his pastime, junior Steve Donnell participates in a friendly game of pool. The school year for many students and teachers never ends. The educational opportunities offered to Homestead students are year round experiences. Many programs are at the reach of students from fall to the fol- lowing summer. As the end of the old school year joined the begin- ning of the new '78-'79 school year so did the stu- dents involved in the envi- ronmental education trips. These two groups. headed by their fearless leaders. Mr. lay Hammel and Mr. Doug Waldman, comprised the conservationists. Besides improving their outdoor skills, they made new friends and learned to appreciate their conveniences of home. Une group, in Canada, expe- rienced the mountains on loot by backpacking trails of different slopes. .Xnother group traveled to the Atlantic Ocean where they took a six day Wind- jainmer cruise. ln both groups participants received .in iiitlivifliial grade in addi- tion to ii..-at-ii.s..iisi'...1ii.in of i-iirlui ing the entire trip. it HN lft JISIN ltlSSl'll.l. Beginning just before these two trips was the Youth Con- servation Corp, or YCC. In this program students planted shrubs. placed wood chips on trails in the con- servation area. mowed yards and made sidewalks. All of these projects were done in the school area and helped to improve the surroundings greatly. The students who partici- pated gained all the experi- ences of working outdoors while making minimum wage on an eight hour a day. five day a week job. At the end of the work the whole group loaded up and went to Brown County. There, a side trip of spelunking allowed each ofthe brave souls to wade knee deep in the water through the dark caves. When they returned they went north to visit the Kel- logg Bird Sanctuary in Battle Creek. MI. Everyone found the program exciting, tiring and prosperous. The summer is also a time for band camp, so along came all of the marchers. Camp lasted a week at St. Ioe College in northwest Indi- ana, where the band initiated a new director, Mr. Ken I think they were good for the people who wanted to participate. -Freshman janet Miller McGuire. Needless to say they all came to work well with one another. Besides initation of their director, the freshmen mem- bers received their share of wearing clothes backwards, and inside out. singing the school song from memory individually, eating with their hands, joining hands and doing an elephant walk to the cafeteria and, of course, marching every- where. When school began the late night the camp paid off with several outstanding acknowledgements. The band received a first place at Kendallville and an eighth in Class B at State It 's better than doing school work. -Sophomore Mark Griffin contest. Everyone was proud and it showed. Even the home fans gave standing ovations to their pregame and halftime shows. As fall began the Choral Department started its Swing Choir competition. This choir performed at street fairs and NISBOVA, and were led by first year instructor Mrs. Dorothy Kit- taka. The Swing Choir went to the Bluffton Street Fair lohn Olson, state deer biologist. talks to the YCC group about man- agement of deer in Indiana. 'I'he Banff-jasper group stop to eat their freeze-dried lunch before leav- ing for the destination for the day: Pinto Lake. jet..

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fL . t t e i l V l l l i l Basketball center senior lean Bern- ing jumps high for the shot. ball to the foul line, and as soon as the ball made it to the foul line the two players would dive for it. The person who ended up with the ball won. They also played a game of dribble tag. Every player had a ball and had to keep dribbling it throughout the entire game. One person was 'it' and had to tag another. When he was tag- ged he was out of the game so it got harder as people were tagged. All of these and Senior Kim Sutton attacks his man during a home wrestling meet against DeKalb. many others were ways that coaches used to help moti- vate their team members. But what about Girls' Bas- ketball? Senior lean Berning commented: lVlr. Arnold made practices a lot of tun because he was so crazy. ln tennis. Coach Dave Pruis split the squad and had them play against each other. They played 'short games' using only the service boxes with no overhead serves. When the baseball players did their stretching exercises Nobody said it was going to be easy. -Senior Tom Ditvy'er they received comments like. Did someone lose a con- tact? or 'tWho died? The team also played a game called 'Burn' where Coach Pruis would hit the ball as hard as he could and the guys would try to stop it. Yes. to those who did not participate in sports, these activities would sound a bit strange but to 'those who did participate these little extra activities added to their often-strenuous after-school practices. Ot course. the seri- ous side ot the practices was not often common knowl- edge either. Not many knew about the prayer before games or the 'tears shed between team members when one was badly injtiretl or the con llicts that occiirretl while trying to sczlietltile practices. The seven sports men- tioned were not the only ones with their oi. 't.' n idiosyn- crasies but maybe by men- tioning those it will give you an incentive to go ask an ath- lete about his or her prac- . X' K l ZN- X.. JK it ' X 4 Spartans against the Whitlio Wildcats in a tough-fought home battle. tices. Sure these athletes gain recognition and sure they get varsity letters but when someone comes up and says t'Thanl4s, you represented Homestead really wellfl it may have meant more than either the recognition or the letter. 'til you work hare ,f goat' can oe met. --juniorizaarcia if-.ff .Q .l lf, Practice backs perfection and our Spartan teams tried to make this statement true by working three to tive hours almost every day after school during their season. and sometimes more. Their -. - s-tl -Q wt V 7 tevvai-a oi. .nerr e 'JGFQQ 'QQTW fWT'T '31fXI .ff-.c also e.-..r to tt was winning ye f ' QCY79' uv t, cial 1 . YK- q as C'OTl.3.t'2T it I F, onsmps anagarn t ' ... L, 1. rietice or oemg ri 1 1 -tfpn -w QP' w-vlfs JULOLS. Qc, '. .ti Ll V l activities dt1.rin.g 1 x SOMDQSCL iesp-esta ,V TA 1: .Ati ,V A l-'lllff Ciiiiiit Ugit it t athletes pre'-fee s t nn l ' tg -Xiao U l evo rth 7 f, Oni lucy, me 1 QT-fxfa.. ,N -ai 'x .4 x R-' 1 ' I A

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I . l A t . i I 1 F i 4 t a hard day of sailing, the urls the sails for stor- quit for the night. the Auburn Street Fair they gained second and a 25100.00 sweep- Madrigals, also paints on the before the directed by Mrs. Kittaka, vis- ited many places outside the school. They had the privi- lege of performing at Orchard Ridge Country Club, Lincoln National Bank and NISBOVA. As a special treat to Homestead the group put on the Ye Olde Madri- gal Feaste. It was an authentic seven course feaste served by wenches and pages from the Choral Department. A brass choir and string ensemble played before and during the feaste. The jesters, tumblers, danc- ers and Madrigal Singers were all reminiscent of the pageantry of the 16th cen- tury. Much time and hard work was put into the plan- ning and preparing, along with the two evenings of per- formances. Many groups from Homestead, including the gymnastics team, band, f'I learned a lot from differ- ent activities and they were relaxing. -I uni or Da ve McFarland orchestra, choirs and the Madrigals, performed. As planning goes into everything worthwhile, it also went full force into Stu- dent Government and its activities. It began in the summer also by sending three members to a week of the Student Leadership Institute and rewriting its constitiution. Another change was removing the word 'Council' and replacing it with 'Government' As school began, Student Government brought dances with disc jockey Steve Doner and an all new Homecoming with a parade and corona- tion ceremony. Other activi- ties Student Government sponsored included student Kilo 49627 fc 0 72,0 439 exchanges, door decorations and the Foster Child and Grandparent adoption pro- gram. Two teacher appreciation Activities period gave us something besides academic work. -Senior Patty Fritzsche At the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary the YCC crew observe a good variety of birds native to Michigan. The queen and her court await the finish of the band's tribute to them. days were given to the fac- ulty who were all very appreciative of their buffet lunch and small gifts that were presented to them by the students. As the new gov- ernment went into power, so did the usage of parliamen- tary procedures. The gavel grabber took advantage of this, kidnapping Ieff McDermott's gavel and send- ing ransom notes weekly. School didn't last year around but the educational experiences never stopped. Besides being inside four walls seated at a desk, it was necessary for us to learn out- side of school. Our learning experiences and fun times were enjoyed in every hour of our busy lives. SPECIAL FEATURE-15