Laingsburg High School - Looking Glass Yearbook (Laingsburg, MI)

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A starr Check it out! Four senior AP English students, Mary Field, Karen Karrek, John Morberg, and Brad Hawes, admire Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry frescoes on the September 21 trip to the Detroit Institute of Art. The class was required to write an essay on the mural. It was really awesome! Bill Potter (senior) studies a Roman mosaic while at the Detroit Institute. The mosaic floor was salvaged from 100 B.C. Think about it! Kevin Stephens (senior) poses next to Auguste Rodin's The Thinker outside the Institute after a fulfilling day of admiring the many and varied artists’ works. A Staff theatre evei parking $2 FREE PARK! A Staff 16 Field Trips ¥

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Wild from weekend excursions provide escape dreary week days! What do most students look forward to at the end of the week? Weekends, of course. What do most students do on the weekend? Mark Koonter (sophomore) stated, I like weekends because they give me a chance to kick back, and hunt with my dogs. Weekends are also a time to get away from the pressures of school and daily life. Beth Baker (junior) states, I like to go horseback riding at Caryn Knapp's house. There are many things to do on the weekends. For example, Koonter commented, I like to rent movies and have friends over to watch them with me.” Renting movies is just one of the activities students like to do on the free days. During the spring and the fall there are lots of activities to participate in. Mike Hagerty (sophomore) states, My friends and I like to get together and play games of football and baseball, depending on what sport is going on at the time. In the winter, there isn't as much to do. But students with imaginative minds usually play hockey or ice golf. One student revealed that she constructs snow faces. Traveling down any road on a certain day you may encounter many snowmen. The possibilities of what to do on these free days arc endless. Most students, though, just like to see a movie or curl up with a good book. The mall is a popular place on Friday and Saturday night. There are some who like to stay home and watch TV and there are a few who actually study or do their homework. A Vince Beeman Keeping warm! Scott Powclson (senior) splits wood to help heat his house during the cold winter months of January and Fe bur ary. VCR Enjoyment! Cathleen VanBuren (junior) is checking out the movies at Mahoney's IGA. VanBuren says The movies sound really good. Weekends 15

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W HAT'S UP? There's a field trip! A Sucy Bradfield The bus screeches to a halt. Hundreds of kids pour out of the accordian doors, to invade the local McDonald's. Is this a new horror film? No, this is part of a field trip. • Field trips arc more than just a way of skipping school, as one senior put it. They are an important part of the learning process. I think field trips are educational because we go to places where you learn with your friends... finds Greg Mitchell (junior). You also learn about the places you go to,” contributed Lori Burt (junior). You get a better understanding of things on a field trip than listening to a teacher lecture, stated Melisa Hutchings (freshman). Before field trips were no longer permitted, due to a lack of funds, English and agriculture classes went to many different places. English III and AP English travelled to the Detroit Institute of Art and the MSU Wharton Center to sec Taming of the Shrew. The publications class attended several conferences and sent six students to Kansas City, MO. The agriculture class also sent several people to Kansas City, just prior to the publications trip. There they attended a national conference and heard such speakers as Lee Iacoca and George Bush. Various clubs also took field trips. The Varsity Club attended an MSU girls' basketball game, and the Foreign Exchange Club went to Chicago from March 28- 30 while the Germans were visiting. There they visited the Scars Tower and museums. But what would the ultimate field trip be? Sophomore Jason Schmuecker feels that it would be great to go to New York [City] and see all the stores and museums and stuff. A Heather Laird Are you sure? Senior FFA members Ken Hart ig. David Wilson, and Lorin Parker observe Rob Lillywhite to make sure that he puts the money in the right parking meter, after having received several parking tickets while in Kansas City from November 9 through 15, 1987. Kate is a shrew! Juniors Julie Oliver, Kristy Hetherington, and Kelly Grandy joke together as they walk from the school buses to the MSU Wharton Center to see The Taming of the Shrew with the English III and AP English classes on November 16, 1987. Field Trips 17