Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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Practical Training Prepares for Life Randall Cowling, B.S. University of Minnesota Donald Moore, B.A. Western Michigan University Charles VanDenburg, B.S. Michigan State University Boys and girls alike receive practical and functional training for future occupations in the vocational departments. Available to future homemakers are courses in cooking, sewing, child care, home decoration and safety, and family living. These courses, especially the advanced ones for seniors, also give incentive to those girls who wish to train later for a career in a branch of home economics. Wood and metal shop, mechanical drawing, and agriculture prepare students with practical skills for future employment. Judy Sprowl, B.S. Patricia Moore, B.S., M.A. Central Michigan University Michigan State University 15

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Music and Art Enrich Many Lives Harold Freeman, B.M.E. Central Michigan University Our music and art departments offer their students diversified programs and challenging goals. The marching band, stage band, and pit orchestra are just some of the activities offered within the band department, which includes both junior and senior levels. Members of the choir are improving their ability to learn new music by counting rhythm, musicianship, and performance discipline. The repertoire includes music by well known contemporary composers. The art department has attracted student interest in its program also. The underlying purposes of art are to instill creativity, develop skill, establish a foundation in art history, and develop art as a working unit in the fine arts curriculum. Charles Brill, B.M., M.A. Western Michigan University 14 Richard Westbrook plays the new organ. Andrew Macfarland, B.M.E. Western Michigan University

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Competent Teachers Instruct The student at IHS has a wide range of mathematics and science courses from which to choose. Whether he intends to end his formal education with high school graduation, or enter the most demanding of colleges, he can secure preparation to meet his needs, under the instruction of expert teachers. The mathematics courses include general mathematics, geometry, plane and solid, trigonometry, beginning and advanced algebra. General science, biology, chemistry, and physics, each a year's course are offered in the scientific field. Larry Steward, B.S. Huntington College Ray Wiles, B.A., B.S. Western Michigan University M.A., Michigan State University Gustav Beyer, B.A., M.A. Western Michigan University Debra Karagozian, B.A. Wellesley College riorence White, B.A. Taylor University, Indiana 16