Lake Orion High School - Dragon Yearbook (Lake Orion, MI)

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FIT AS A FIDDLE . . .exercise Lake Orion High School was like any other All American High School, which had classes that put even the most well rested straight A students to sleep lwhile still managing to maintain their straight A averagesj In order for the administration and faculty of L.O.H.S. to get and keep the attention of all their students they developed some off-beat classes designed to break the monotony of every student's schedule. lt seems no matter who you are or what you do, music is always around to keep you company in Orion. Whether you're doing your homework with the radio blarring, or absorbing Dr. Hoganson's Poetry of Rock class, music is part of the ac- tivity. Whenever students were asked what they did over the 78 summer the casual reply often was I kicked out the jams at the concerts! Just keeping a record collection up to date becomes expensive with albums ranging from a low 34.99 for a single album to a painful 612.99 for a double album. Many of the teachers are also very knowledgeable in the field of music: understandably the groups vary. One such teacher is Mr. Rob Schadel, director of the L.O.H.S. bands. Schadel noted that l was born very young! and, at a very ear- ly age he knew that he wanted to become a band director, as both his father and brother were also band directors. When Mr. Schadel went off to MSU to become a director he learn- ed to play all the instruments there were to play. At State he learned to arrange music and teach what he- was learning to students in the future. According to one of his students A lt's a very demanding class! THE-'THIRD HOUR volleyball class warms up before the hour begins. 168 Fit as a Fiddle HOME EC.-Christine Elehn, PHYSICAL ED.-Douglas Holcomb, HOME EC.-RUHIE HOLLENS, PHYSICAL ED.-Martin Malatin, Richard Valentine. STEVE LEACH, Bob Watson and Swedish exchange student Anders Rendahl struggle to keep control of the soccer ball during third hour soccer class. . - .A -1 gl . if 35 gjfjjl 3 . 1- Q, fi r H nt k j ,. ,Q K ws -5.2, , 1 'fuse L45 A ' 'LA. If, . . .. E11 ' Y .:,c, -Q ,, WMM I 9' r . i .ss . 'fm' W A , . V 4'fM1g,.. fs? t E i s s . . . 2 I MLW I I .Q X 33 3- l , Xi Y S iam? ....s...w-av rg' .. ' 'la Aff k12'-, - ,, eff'

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THERESA KALOHN writes Joanne McManus a pass back to third hour. DENNIS WOJDYLA, JULIE DICKSON, AND DAVID SCHIEBEL relax in the teacher's lounge after a long day at L.O.H.S. TIM GOERS keeps the beat at the Dryden DISCO-MANIA. TIM MCVICAR AND STEVE ARB try their hand at fixing a transmission in third hour Vocational Auto-Mechanics ll. updated reading, writing, science, and mathematics program. Lake Orion teachers proved this year that they were more than human by brainstorming an ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM to help curb the student dropout rate and improve self esteem. Thanks to the BACKBONE OF L.O.H.S., the teachers and the administration, Lake Orion is improving its standards, academically and in student- teacher relations. I Academics 167

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Keepmgm touchwlth your body and soul MRS BEHN dlscusses with the the step by step lnstructlons for thelr next edlble creation fo od Note the colorful graphic art deslgns painted throughout the hallways around the school For many L O H S students who are ln terested In golng unto the fleld of commercial art palntlng and design Ing graphics like these IS the begin nlng When students flrst attempt to enter the commercial art field most wlll flnd that the competition wlll be fierce Nlr Baker art teacher com mented In order to get Into the mainstream of things In the commer clal art fleld It wlll take plenty of talent patience time and deter mlnatlon to succeed Students wlll have to go to college and acquire a strong background In one or more of these areas of com merclal art such as graphic lllustra tlon fashlon deslgn cartoonlng ads Whatever the L O H S student chooses with the landing of the right KATHY PARKER completes a last mlnute stlch on her sewlng project EGG BABIES were carted around by students taking the Chlld Development class to demonstrate the dlfflcultles of carmg for young chlldren Academics 169 F' I I l E . lllUSfl'8tinQ, dl'8Wil'lQ and painting. 'N 'P' F t - 'I I 4. A I D ll Q l xl j ' ' ' ' . .xfh A 4 I E . .