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

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D a 1 ,ao -' Nfu. G9 3. iq., ' -he-1 H g il X L GUIDANCE. Spanish teacher Fani Kozolchyk helps freshman Angela Sheets with her pronunciation. LATIN SCHOLAR. Teacher Mary Backofen smiles as she teaches students a vocabulary lesson. ?:f3E xw,SX M' . x w. Spanish student Christine Schleeter. A visit to Spain During the fall, Spanish teachers Fani Kozolchyk and Janet King took their Spanish classes on their annual field trip. This year wasn't different than most. Early in the day, one fourth of the student body piled in school buses and were taken to the Scottish Rite Auditorium. Homestead along with other area schools were entertained by a performance by the Mexican Folklore Ballet, who showed various dances and customs of the different cities. It was very interesting to learn some of the customs such as dancing, singing and the food, commented junior Christine Schleeter. One of these dances was the deer dance where the dancer sits on fire. Another dance that was performed was about tribal hunting. One of the dancers dressed as an lj By Gwen Carpenter animal while the others savagely raced around him trying to kill him. After enjoying the morning in the theatre, the students divided themselves and went to all three Bandidos Restaurants in Fort Wayne. Students had the choice of burritos, enchiladas, and tacos with chips and sauce as an accompaniment. I went to eat, but the show was good too, commented a freshman. Field trips are always a nice break in the year from classroom work. Most of the Spanish students enjoyed the program and lunch, and it was a nice break for the teachers too. Kozolchyk said that she enjoyed letting the students have breaks, and cormnented, I wish there were more of them to take the kids to. Foreign Language 5

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I gn QA? It lS a good dzsczplzne It also creates earlzer patterns tn Iqfe Don Klme French teacher Foreign communlcatlon Increases student We dlsclpllne Hola Vale Bonjour Guten Tag These are only a few ways people throughout the world say hello Homestead offered a vartety of forelgn languages 1nclud1ng Spamsh Latrn French and German to those students who wanted to leam another language Students reasons for takmg a fore1gn language ranged from takxng 1t 1n order to be able to communrcate Wllh other people to prepanng themselves for college Many of the language teachers thought that thetr languages were rmportant to the students It IS a good tool commented Janet Kmg Don K11ne stated that It IS a good d1sc1pl1ne It also creates earlrer patterns IH lrfe Klme also commented that college students are gonna d1e from great shock lf they dont take a forelgn language 1n h1gh school He even felt that the pressure from takrng a language could trrgger a student to drop out I took lt because I was told that lt would be good for college I also wanted to learn about a forelgn country because some day I may lj By Gwen Carpenter V1Sll Spam and I want to know how to communlcate w1th the people stated Iunxor Sherry Hanby Another student commented I thought lt would be fun to be able to talk to people that hve rn a forergn country Many forelgn languages take f1eld trrps to help students learn the culture of the country Each year the Spamsh classes take a trrp to the Scottlsh Rrte to see the Ballet Folklorxco They were spamsh dancers who presented orrgmal spamsh dances as they would do 1n Spam Then the students go on a mp to Band1dos for lunch Although takmg a forelgn language rn hlgh school d1dn t teach students to speak fluently ll gave them a head start 1n leammg 1n college By takmg a language 1n hrgh school students benefxtted by learmng rn a fun way Kmgs classes enjoyed sklts and poetry as well as cookmg Th1s created a more relaxed atmosphere than a college classroom would MUY BIEN. Freshman John Baumgartner studxes hrs Spamsh vocabulary i IX I o . i I v 1 'F I I I I I I I I I HOMEWORK. Freshman Carrie Shindeldecker works on her daily --and assignment in Spanish class. 50 Foreign Language 5 A I I .Ali

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. ' ' . ' ' n ' , . ' ' 9? I t's what you want out of it. Jeni Hirschy, Home Economics teacher 79 STUDY TIME. Students break from class to relax. CHRISTMAS FUN. Jeni Hirschy helps seniors John Martin, Rich Penrose and junior Will Luzar, to make a gingerbread house in Home Ec. class. 52 Home Economics t Tempting aromas ' S fill classrooms During the year, when walking through the halls, one would occasionally notice fragrances coming from the classrooms. No, it wasn't someone's Polo bottle leaking, it was the sweet smelling aroma of the Home Economics students baking cakes, pies, and breads. But these classes taught more than just cooking. They taught anything from basic skills , such as cooking, laundry or living skills, to the most delicate specialties, such as breadmaking or cake decorating. It's what you want out of it, commented teacher Jeni Hirschy. Home Economics offered many levels of all kinds of practical arts. One misconception about it is that it only teaches foods and sewing, but actually it was completely to the contrary. Some classes dealt with complete living skills, such as cooking, while many dealt with a student's mental health, well-being, and understanding of himself. We offer a wide variety of classes, said Hirschy. The department offered basically everything that was in demand. EIBy Tracy Jensen The program had approximately 180 students each semester. Hirschy noted that many of the students in her Spartan Singles class were juniors or seniors. The kids get the required things done first, and then they fill openings in their schedule, explained department head Harriet Deterling. But even as a senior there was much to benefit from, as there were classes offered to every grade and level. I cooked things at school that I never would have tried at home. That was a good experience, noted'one senior of her cooking class. One sophomore student stated, I think it's something that everyone should take, because it teaches you things you'll need to know for the rest of your life. Home Economics offered a lot to students. It gave them the opporitunity to learn many valuable skills that will help them no matter what they do with their lives. I think it's skills for living, noted Hirschy. M655 l - ,l