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

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Michigan. Then he came to Lake Orion High School where he now teaches classes of Physical Science and Conservation. Physical Science consists mainly of basic chemistry and physics, while Conservation is a different sort of emr.t.-.1' science. This class studies wildlife, energy and minerals, soil and water, and forestry. Since nature is his favorite study, to Dave this class is a natural, Because of this affiliation with nature, he also is the sponsor of Earth Club. This group participates science in ecological projects and in such outdoor activities as camping, horseback riding, tobagganing to name a few. ln addition to everything else, he coaches boys' Junior Varsity football and girls' Junior Varsity soft- ballj ,as X Academics 189

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3 R' and an S Picture, if you will, a coach yelling to his football team through the cold, night air. Next, picture this same person early the next morning preparing lesson plans for his classes and then after school holding a meeting for his Earth Club. Finally, picture him spending Saturday, his day off, picking apples to try to raise money for his girls' Junior Varsity softball team. lf you have a good imagina- tion, then the person you should have in mind is Dave Malone. Like many people, Dave Malone did not like science in high school. Infact, he only took one science class while he attended Troy High School. But then he took an in- troductory science course at Western Michigan University and it changed his attitude. He also liked working with kids, so after attending Brigham Young University and Oakland University, he earned a teaching degree at the University of CHRIS CHAMPAGNE FINDS the mass of an element using a balance scale. Science Dept. teachers are: Charles Bainton, Paul Bednar, David Beever, Richard Coaster, George Elias, and Arthur Haynes. useggif. 'fvi R X i g ig. 3 4 W t x if . K sg.. -. 5 ' - x35 :--tif qi S, -5 - . F . V.W.:,..::..M A .... 25.35. .. V F . K r A 5 r 3 N, f- .strs X t-1'1 .-..., 5' if 5 i A it ii'.' . ' - 'M 1 Scam t . f of if if 1 X ff 1: z ' - -- Q K - .H 5 f:f:f.ies:l-Ive--1--1 .2-Q - f-sfas'gffgf:i:1,i '- . ... . 2 tt' l S . e -as E S MONICA GABHIEAU REMOVES a lung g . 5- . from the science departments human . r body model. Science Teacher's continued . 1 p -W are: David Malone and William Ftobinett. Q 1. . Brian Bradsher observes his chemistry ex- periment. Cliff Mills studies life underneath a microscope. 188 3Ft's and an S ,f .

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Alternative Education Initiated this year, Alternative Education is a program now in the planning phase, to help more students of this high school succeed. Our school isn't the first to use it, however, Waterford has a model program which L.O. has been observing. Waterford received a competitive grant from the Federal government to develop their Alternative Education program and included was 310,000 to 315,000 to help other schools develop their own programs. Our school has benefited from those funds and has initiated a five phase program to develop Alternative Education here. In September of next year the fifth phase will probably begin. Mr. Kinser. Alternative Education director stated that it all started a few years back when people began question- ing how effective the high school was and how it could be -,,,,,.... DONNA COAKLEY ATTENDS the children in child care at Neovec. PAT WATTS CHECKS the balance of a fan in automotive class. . A mi . : . ..M 4 Q if f. 'F x z-.i:,:t'f ,- 'YIf'ir5,?I, ' 4 iff' ifl4P?i'3ffW7E-i??'fl?4v. r A f?.:f,5 , V I 1 it .W :.yWa,, ' L ,.., . ii, Mary Jean Blazo, Harold Carlin, David Cleveland, Calvin Darby, Gary Hughes, James Johnson. 190 Alternative Education