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

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Was that ever good! exclaims Terry Long, 9, as she prepares a doggy bag to take to a friend. While sipping a cup of coffee, Ms. Pei! and Ms. Hall observe the cooking techniques of their students. 1 electives Spanish I student Troy Ducote, 11, sits outside the classroom ro finish working on a test. sl ,...,-

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f During art class, Carmen Deskin, 10, leans over to talk to a future artist. While rehearsing their scene, Steve Wagner, 9 and Eadie Bingham, 10, take valuable time out to pose for a picture aw? ii Before drawing her sketch, Tracy Parker, II, daydreams trying to envi- sion the perfect picture in her mind. Fine Arts reaching for more The Hne art electives were one way for the students to show their versatility They consisted of Art IIV and Crafts III ewelry, Ceramics, Photograph III Theater Arts I IV Theater Production American Sign Language, and Orchestra In American Sign Language the students learned how to communrcate with the deaf students in the school In addition to learning the many different communication approaches students also discovered some of the problems that the hearing impaired ex perrence and their ways of overcoming them The ac trvrties most enjoyed by the students were the occa sional visits to their classroom by the deaf students and their chance to practice with them The art electives were a popular choice during the past school year Durrng Arts and Crafts some of the projects undertaken were drawing color, fibers, ceramics and calliography Another one of the popular art electives was jewelry Ceramics had its share of entertaining tasks such as history of ceramics pinch slab coil combining techniques potters wheel raku grazing, and firing In Art I IV the specifics of art were learned In Photography I and II there were many pro jects undertaken between the two courses Theater Arts I was a course which offered oppor tunrtres for students to get acquainted with the many phases of theater productions The course was de signed to increase the abilities of the students Theater Arts II IV were structured to fit the needs of students who show exceptional ability in drama and wish to take advanced courses in production Included rn the theater art electives Theater Production was a course offered with the purpose of studying the theater in relation to the total theatrical process For those students interested in expressing themselves through music, string orchestra was a popular course offered The main objective of or chestra was to promote the skills needed for the pro motion of the classics ' 5 If' ' O - ,J - , 3 - D Y as ' ' ' , 1 , ' . . , 1 , , , . y ' , 1 - ' - 434 N . electives

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W 'v-. xg . 'ff .fi T e s tin g t h e delicacy of the dish, Mt. Perl tastes some food o n e of h e r s tu d e n t s h a s prepared. Laughing at the thought of her c 0 o lt i u s o m e t h i n g tasteful, Kim Zocb, 9, turns to talk to a friend. Students excel 1n electtves A wrde range of electlves were offered thrs year Some of those electrves were forergn language and homemakrng Sometrmes students used electrves as a way to fill an empty space rn their schedule or just to take a course w1thout an excess of homework or the necessrty to study but frequently electlves were chosen because students held mterests rn a certam re They soon found that electtves were not easy when they srgned up for a forexgn language Students rn a forergn language were grven numerous homework assrgnments But takmg a forergn language was also fun The classes held a forergn language farr on Tues day March I3 At the fan there was free food from drfferent parts of the world The entertamment con ststed of songs dances skrts and a fashron show of outfits from drfferent parts of the world The forexgn languages offered were French Spamsh German and Latin The Home Economrc courses were also popular durrng the last school year The dtfferent courses of fered were homemakmg home and famrly l1v1ng rn ter1or desrgn and chrld development Homemakrng was a general course whrch dealt wrth general homemaktng foods and clothmg Home and family llvmg prepared lunlors and senrors for therr future hves as husbands wrves fathers or mothers In chrld development students were taught the drfferent stages of the development of a chrld from conceptron They learned how to entertam chrldren at drfferent age levels and also how to drscrplrne them Interror design gave students new rdeas when thmkrng of drfferent ways to decorate thetr future homes Noel Brooks freshman sard I really enjoyed taklng a home economncs course It was much drfferent than I thought rt would be and fun 0 0 1 F ld. , . , 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 - , . 1 1 - 3 . . . 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 - , v electives