John H Reagan High School - Spur Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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W w mk wQ ' - ' Ie: CO CO C Ever hear of a class students don ' t skip? A class that doesn ' t want to watch films, but wants to work? If you have, you must have been enrolled in an Industrial Arts class. We don ' t have any ' special ' activities here. Once I tried lecturing and showing movies, but the students said ' No. ' Mainly, the kids just want to come in and work, said Ms. Barbara Brock, ceramics teacher. I mostly just teach the basics, Ms. Brock went on, where objects come out professional-looking. I teach the kids how to make something they can be proud of, not something that will mysteriously fall off the counter a week later. One thing that helped ceramics projects come out ' professional-looking ' was a new kiln. Mr. Viramontes (Reagan principal) has been really good to me. This new kiln can heat up to 1950° F. It melts the molecules of clay and forms stone, she said. Besides the kiln, the LA department had two other additions: students Mike Bryan, a deaf student with cerebral palsy; and Willie Hamilton, who was left deaf by spinal meningitis. Mike and Willie started coming to Ms. Brock ' s fourth period ceramics class dur- ing the Spring semester, along with a deaf interpreter. They also brought with them sign language books to help other students to communicate with them. How did the fourth period class react to the new students? Perfect, answered Ms. Brock. The in- terpreter came in beforehand and explained for about 30 minutes about Mike and Willie . . . They were well-behaved like every Raider should be. It ' s alright ... I like them, said senior Blair Campbell about the new students. When you work one on one with them, it ' s a lot different. You learn something out of them. Going agaiml the norm, (as all PWs musi) Russell Smiih poses for the photo technique class ' s studio photography project. Setiior David Williams smooths a piece of cedar in the wood shop so he can make a clock out of it. Mr. Keith Rutledge instructs Lisa Gehrke in ad- vanced photo techniques. Lisa was later named best student news photographer by the Texas Press Women. (Above right) Quinlin Redd sands a bookcase in his advanc- ed woods class. (Right) Future architects James O ' Conner and Adolph Hernandez discuss house floor plans with Mr. Herbert Ferrero, architecture, drafting and woods instructor. 110

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(Abope Up) Cliff Keeling makes sure Jimmy Collins doesn ' t burn his breakfast. (Ahove) Demetra Jones helps student Rhonda Bangs make a snowflake. O 3 m o o O 3 o CO

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Charles Perkins Keiih Ruiled e (Above) In Introduction to Art class. Mr. Ruben Mar- tine? helps Maria Acosta get the right perspective on drawing a house. (Left) Pat Dixon cleans a ceramic pan- ther in his Introduction to Ceramics class. 3 Q. C CO -4- CO 111