Luck High School - Horseshoe Yearbook (Luck, WI)

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Educational Games Simulate Real Life” Experiments Spark Interest In Science The students in Mr Don Lake's Accounting class spent the final weeks of the first se- mester playing Cycle Center This edu- cational activity aflowed the students to use many of the accounting skills which they had already been taught as they simulated having a real world job as an accountant Jone' Hibbs said that she had decided to take the class because. I was interested n the business field of an occountant and wanted to see what the work of an accountant was like I had a lot of fun.” Mr Lake commented on the stu- dents taking the course by sayng. Our numbers have been small, but our quality is high Mr Lake also employed an educational game in his General Business class On Feb 4. the 4th period class invested mil- lions of dollars in the Stock Market, howev- er. the money wasn't real The class's in- vestments were part of a nation-wide program designed to familiarize students with the New York Stock Exchange For 10 weeks, the class played The Stock Mar- ket Game They formed groups and chose stocks which they believed would make money Each group then charted •their stocks and each individual member iof the group recorded the movements of his her own stocks Mr Lake stated. It ’provides the students with a working knowledge of the stock exchange, proves to them that not everyone makes money, and gives the students an idea of how a corporation is organized Group leoders were Jim Marek. Kristin Sampe. Jay GHhoi. and Jordon Hibbs The generation of Hydrochloric Acid proved to be one of the most popular experiments performed by the freshmen taking the General Science course The experiment, which was just one of many conducted in the class, involved usmg hy- drochloric acid and a piece of morry zinc As the chemical reaction occurred, a loud popping noise was produced The stu- dents enjoyed the experience so much that they repeated it over and over again. Karla Morte! described it as a learning experience Instructor Bob Clif- ton explained that one of the benefits of such a reaction is that it can be used in the future as a source of hydrogen Industrial Arts Agriculture Classes Pave Road To Career Opportunities The students of LHS were fortunate to have a wide variety of Industrial Arts and Agriculture courses available for their par- ticipation The industrial Arts courses were taught by Mr John Knzier In the woods course, the students learned everything from the cutting of boards, to glueing them together, and routering the wood Mr Knzier also had a wide variety of plans available for students to use. including jewelery boxes, birdhouses, plant stands, gun cabnets. and water bed frames Several seniors, who were n their fourth year of Industrial Arts classes chose to spend six weeks learning the ns and outs of photography Miss Lori Nelson taught Jay Thompson. Scott Larson, and Dean Johnson how to operate a 36mm camera correctly, as well as how to develop black-and-white film and how to print block-and-white photographs Mr Dave King's Agriculture students learned everythng from how to organize a farm to why there was a need for con- servation of natural resources In the shop, the students learned how to weld, how to rebuild engines how to make projects from metal, and even how to point trac- tors On March 16-19. Mr King accompa- nied semors Jesse Boettcher. Guy Giitzer. and Randy Wkus to the Trees For Tomor- row camp at Eagle River The students attended the Coreers n Forestry. Log- ging and Wood Manufacturing Work- shop' which provided firsthand knowl- edge of the use of equipment, timber val- ues. logging, safety, and forestry This n- ciuded takmg field trips to a sawmill, pa- per companies, and the Nicoiet College Technical institute The students also had the opportunity to talk to representaives of companies doing logging and wood manufacturing Class Mixes Math 8c Art Geometry, which in the past hod been offered on alternate years, was offered this year and wi be offered agdm next year and m al future years - not just every other year The instructors. Miss Sheila Brom and Mr Roy Lmdberg. spent the yeor explaining theorems postulates and corollaries The students spent their time attempting to use the process of logical thmkmg. which is the backbone of the course In addition to memorizing the geometric facts, the students also spent time applying the details when designing thex own geometrical projects usmg string art I thmk Miss Brom is a great teacher For me. geometry has been real- ly fun and I really I e doing string art1' commented Junior Gwen Christiansen Sophomore Brian Hansen added Geom- etry has been quite a challenge Mr Kmg demonstrates the proper use of a blow torch for juniors Mark Wolsten. Scott Warren. Tony Erickson. Ken Koitunski. Scott Mein. Shawn Johnson, and Charlie Welch Academics 25

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 Academic , as defined in Webster's New World Dictionary, means of schools or colleges and their learning; scholastic; scholarly; having to do with general or liberal rather than technical or vocational education. Luck was a school where the importance of learning was emphasized Since it was a high school, it was considered to be of general or liberal educa- tion, although some vocational courses were offered. In this the “ACADEMIC section, a description of the academic or learning clubs and honor winners can be found, as well as descriptions of some of the classes which were offered at L.H.S. during the past year. According to Webster's New World Dictionary, the term “Fine Arts can be defined as literatue. music, dramatic art We have included the Choir and Band in this FINE ARTS section as being representative of music and Forensics, the Drama Club and the play as representative of dramatic art. The literary contributions could be considered to be the Class Officers, the Student Council, the National Honor Society and the Academjc Letter Winners; although they also qualify in the ACADEMIC portion of this section. That Was Then, This Is Now 9 Gone With The Wind 5 Go Ask Alice 3 “Growing Pains 28 Alt 17 The Cosby Show 14 “Moonlighting 14 “21 Jump Street 13 “Knots Landing Garfield 36 “The Far Side 14 “Bloom County 8 Believe it or not. there were students who actual- ly enjoyed reading books during the schoolyear That Was Then. This Is Now was the first place finisher in the favorite book category This was on Mrs Barb Petersen's recommended book list for English students which may have been a fac- tor in the voting Gone With The Wind, a book of the month for seniors and Go Ask Alice followed in the voting as the second and third most favor- ite selections. The gap was obvious between the first place television program “Growing Pains and the sec- ond place finisher “Alf . A possible explanation for this phenomenon was the fact that Luck's top scoring actor, Kirk Cameron, played Mike Seaver in the top-rated show The next finishers The Cosby Show , Moonlighting 21 Jump Street and Knots Landing scored only slightly behind Alf in the voting The first thing that most students did when they entered the Library was head to the newspaper racks to check out the important stuff - the comics and the horoscopes. Garfield was the highest scoring comic strip and or character. Jim Davis's creation was followed by “The Far Side and Bloom County in the eyes of the students

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Computer Ed. Classes Build For The Future Pre-Algebra 8c The Basics Are Taught In General Math Classes We live m a global society, and comput- ers are a big part of that society Very few businesses function without some sort of computer use Hopefully, the students realize that there will be computers m their future, like them or not Success n the future may very well hmge on the founda- tion they build now This was instructor John Kmzler reply when asked what was the purpose of the sophomore computer course m the class, the students learned how to use High Resolution Graphics. Logo. Cad- “For never was a story of more woe. than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” This quote was taken from Shakespeare's renowned tragedy Romeo and Juliet Each year the Sophomore English classes read that play and also its remake West Side Sto- ry ” Instructor Barb Petersen said that the reason these works were read was be- cause it let the students see a creative genius at work ” She added, m the play, we see problems from the the Shake- spearean days which are sti problems to- day The modernized verson of this clas- sic tragedy. West Side Story. was also ii (Right) Melissa Tretsven and John Clifton heat glass tubing so that they con bend it during an ex- periment (Far Right) Paul Dirckx pauses for a moment to examine the fireplace shovel he was welding m his metals class I draw, and The Imaginator as well as other computer software An emphasis was placed on students use of word process- .ng programs and problem-solving pro- grams In the lab work if an assignment was turned in which contained an error, the student had to do it over again until he she got it right - just like on a real job Melissa Asper commented. My creativity was challenged, especially when I had to come up with a High Resolution Graphic ' which was an assignment in the first quar- ter of the semester-long course read and most students commented that they preferred the style of languoge used n that version Rod Kennedy stated. I enjoyed 'West Side Story' more It was easier to understand, and some of the slang was humorous - bke hoodkjms' ond crabbajabba “Mrs Petersen stated that the most im- portant reason for reoding the plays was that if onyone plans to go on to post- h»gh school education, reading these plays would be a requirement General Math was a class offered to 9th grade students who felt that they needed to know a little bit more before takng Algebra ond or students who did not feel that they would ever need Algebra It d© veloped the students knowledge of basic mathematical principles and introduced them to some of the easier forms and uses of algebra The latter would help them do better in that class, if they decide to take the algebra course before they gra- duate Algebra was considered to be a required course for those planning to go on to college, however. General Math was not Mr Bob Clifton, the course's instructor, also had several students on independent Study withn the class He sad, These stu- dents find the class a little easier, and feel that they can understand the work on their own and (they) work at their own pace April Mattson, one of the Indepen- dent Study students, stated. I don't think that I could have understood Algebra at all this year' So I'm glad that I'm in the General Math class, because I can work at my own pace She added, It feels good to have my work done Senior Becky Coen checks the manual while designing a computer program for class Sophomores Study Classic Romantic Tragedies 26 Academics