Lake Central High School - Quiver Yearbook (St. John, IN)

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U sually after Christmas vacation, many students found themselves staying up late studying for the dreaded final exams. The word “finals ” was equat¬ ed with late-night study sessions, cups of coffee, tele¬ phone calls for help, and most importantly the end of the semester. Some eager to get good grade students took books home during vacation. However, only a few actually opened them up. The majority of the students procrasti¬ nated, putting off their studies until there was only one or two cramming nights left. While studying students real¬ ized they’d lost notes, or the ever-so-helpful study guides their teachers had handed out to their classes. Many students began to wish that they had paid more attention in class and promised themselves that they’d do better next semester. For juniors and seniors, finals were important, more because their grades were needed for college acceptance. Final exams could help or hurt any grade. They usually counted as one-seventh of the semester grade. Although finals were the cause of many headaches and fatigue, you gratefully remembered when you were up till three in the morning and reaching for that twelth cup of coffee that finals only came twice a year. by Carolyn Werler Quietly studying prepare for a Tracy Dan Creativity Runs Rampant in Hallways Classes Help Budding Artists L C offered students a choice of four different classes in the art area: Art experience, Drawing Painting I and II and print¬ making. Art experience taught students basic draw¬ ing and color skills, while printmaking offeres lino¬ leum, embossing, etching, in¬ taglio and color viscosity printmaking. Drawing Painting I advanced skills in drawing, perspective, ele¬ ments of design and color the¬ ory in acrylic painting. Level II was a continuation, teach¬ ing advanced skills with dif¬ ferent medias in drawing, perspective, and elements and principles of design. Col¬ or theory was also applied to painting with watercolors. Mrs. O’Connor, art teacher, would like to see art history or a team-taught humanities class added. She would also approve a design class that would be based on art history. “Students are lacking this whole area of education,” she said. “For the past seven or eight years we have sent from two to 18 students to the Ameri¬ can Academy of Art. Some of these students have graduat¬ ed and are now employed in some phase of art,” Mrs. O’Connor said. “For the size of our department, we have a constant percentage that pur¬ sues an art career.” One past problem was the over-concern with grade point averages. Many would not take electives because of the lesser amount of credit, by Laura Scheele 18 Pay Attention!

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Not only Bees Like Pollen Students Do! M aking posters, carry¬ ing eggs, and dressing up in pajamas were some of the things Mr. Pollen sponsored in his Sociology class. In one experiment, sociolo¬ gy students became parents for a week. The new babies were actually raw eggs which had to be carried around and cared for to prevent cracking. Some students decorated and dressed their eggs. If an egg broke, the “child” died, and the student flunked the pro¬ ject. The experiment taught stu¬ dents the responsibilities of parenthood. Senior Angie Marcinek said, “I learned that being a parent requires a lot of time and effort. I thought it was a good project, but I wouldn’t go through it again.” by Lisa Kuffel Lecturing his class, Mr. Pollen added humor to keep the class a surprise. Brad Sultan Students Make Pots during Class W hile most students were studying for tests, others were en¬ rolled in ceramics. For one hour a day, they let their brains rest while they made some useful pottery. Mrs. Bu- shong, who taught ceramics said, “I think students need a class where they can use their hands rather than their minds. It’s just not so aca¬ demic.” At the beginning of the year, the students were divid¬ ed into three separate groups. The first one worked on the pottery wheel; the second worked on sculpture; and the third worked on slab, which consisted of making a ceramic box and wind chimes. The groups rotated every six weeks. Once their projects were done, students laid them out to dry. After they were com¬ pletely dry, they were fired in a kiln. After this step was done, students finished pro¬ jects by applying a glaze, a thin coat of clear or colored glass. Then they were fired again. Sometimes while being fired, the projects got air bub¬ bles in the clay and blew up. “It’s hard when a project you have been working on for five weeks blows up, because you have to start all over again,” said Janis Balas. by Carol Bednarcyk Showing off his artistic talents, Buddy Masrhak works on his project. Carmen Baker a We offer these labs eight times on a volunteer ba¬ sis for extra cred¬ it to prepare stu¬ dents for college chemistry.—Mr. Rarick k Nancy Smock Rinsing equipment for his Advanced Chemis¬ try lab, Dave Blake takes precautions against a mistake. Pay Attention! 17

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Graduation Requirements Harder Raised to 40 Credits O ne of the changes in the curriculum were the graduation require¬ ments for the class of 1988. To keep with the state-wide trend to improve education, the graduation requirements were changed from 38 credits to 40. Another change was in the amount of required classes. Two years of math and science were required, a change from one math and science needed by previous classes. Mr. Kopchik, counselor, said these changes were part of a general upgrading in edu¬ cation. He also said, “We needed more productive classes to allow everyone to get a better education.” by Brad Sultan Our Friendly Locker A nother day at school meant another battle with your locker. The first step was to get it open. A few turns of the lock a pull of the latch and success, right? Wrong! It wasn’t that easy. Sometimes it took three or four tries before the door would open. After completing this task, the adventure began. You must tackle the paperback jungle. Where was the math book? Was it under the pile of papers that had been piling up since September? It seemed to be lost. Ah, there it is under that crumpled term paper. Then you wondered if it was possible to close the lock¬ er without getting your coat stuck in the door. As you rush toward class, you glanced at your book, the wrong one! It looked like another fight with the jungle. by Adrienne Lopez John Ogrodowski “Lockers are your first line of defense,” the rules say. Terri Goodwin tries to open hers. Mrs. Bushong helps John May- den and Dan Pastor with a diffi¬ cult project in crafts. Brad Sultan Carmen Baker Listening to a tape, freshman Rob Butler hopes to improve his German skills. Pay Attention! 19