Jersey Village High School - Falcon Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Faculty George Hollwedel Power Mechanics Steve Stevens Metals Roger Seiders Bill Shreckengaust Richard Johnson General Crafts Department Chairperson Drafting Woods Senior, Tim Ortiz, adds the finishing touches moments Seniors, Ronnie Koehn and Ellen Cummings, pose with their year- before the show begins. long projects. Faculty and Academics - 20

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Texas is a state that is enjoying a boom in growth. Growth that means more people and more construction. Students enrolled in Industrial arts here at JV are prepared with instruc- tion in many area of these arts which include, Drafting, Woodwork, Metal- shop, Power Mechanics, and General Craft. General Drafting teaches the funda- mental principles of drafting. It is a study of letting, orthographic projec- tion, freehand sketching, dimension- ing, auxiliary, sectioning, and fabrica- tion drawing. Woodwork is designed for 9th and 10th grade students interested in working with wood. Fundamentals of shop safety, care of the shop, and the skills in the care and the use of hand and power tools. General Metals include the stu- dents' introduction to safety rules in the metal shop. Students also experi- ence the fundamentals of a foundry and learn metal casting. Power Mechanics is a study of selected power units, their design, theory of operation and function. The course was organized so that funda- mentals covered in lectures and dem- onstrations are reinforced by regular scheduled laboratory work with mock- up, models, cutaways, and small line engines. Students perform experi- ments to determine physical and oper- ational characteristics of power units. Areas covered in this course are leather, plastics, jewelry and art metal. Other areas might be added to enrich the course. Industrial craft pro- vides opportunities for the student to apply principles of design, practice self-discipline, learn to appreciate and use tools, practice safety and develop a skill. 202 - Faculty-Academics .CR FT ICS ECH LSH P ET RK D DR FTI Junior Gary Gryder works desperately to finish his project before the fair. if. 'afvuu-1-lx Fernando Soliz, Sophomore, works with a hope of placing i the upcoming l.A. Fairs.

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Changes in scenery marked the year for the library or resource cen- ter. The most notable change was green in color and in the form of plants. Over thirty scheffeleras, ivies and other assorted plants filled the library. The students like them, says Mrs. Thorton, District Library Coordinator. lt seemed as though teachers also liked them. Hardly a desk could be found with- out a small plant. The plants also had an educational value, as the art classes drew sketches of them and they aided in the biology classes' study of botany. Perhaps students were becoming too relaxed. For some reason the couches and the chairs in the pit area were replaced by tables with not so comfortable chairs. Perhaps in an effort to restore the learning idea. Over- all, Mrs. Thorton, Mrs. Fiest along with their aid Mrs. Rose, did a good job of experimenting to find that perfect learning environment and to put that environment to work in ourlibrary. I lf Lu u.l IBRARY RESOUR Junior, Tami Truner uses the card catalog for aid in writing her research paper. -', 'T .fs Student Assistants: Doug Lehmann, Mrs. Rose Librarian Aide, Kathy McKeen, Hazel Roberson, Melissa Lopez, Frank Maiorwitz, Parr Rhea, Steve Ennis, Debra Ann Harris, James Reed, John Reed, John Fuller, Paul House, Mrs. Fiest Librarian, Buddy Cabaniss. 204 - Faculty and Academics