Monacan High School - Legend Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Just like Robin. Striking a familiar pose, Steve Chatnick at least looks like he’s thinking as Laurie McDaniel captures his pose forever. Smile while you work. Cindy Lorenz and Gwen Krainus put the finishing touches on her macrame project. Working hands of America. Forming a fragile piece of pottery, Jay Vaughn maintains constant pressure and support to the art work. Art Photography 19

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Art in all As Monacan grew, so did the Art De- partment. Mrs. Lynn Poulos moved into a full-time position in art as she opened photography for the first time with two full classes. A separate class for crafts was also offered. The Art Department was busy with many school service projects — making banners for sports championships to hang in the gym, Marquees for the drama productions, and posters and t-shirts for various groups. One of the classes made a quilt which will hang permanently in the school and other such gifts are in many stages. Several exhibits were placed in the office for the pleasure of students, staff and visitors. Many students also provided offices and hallways with their works on long loans. The department pro- Kept in the dark. Preparing negatives for enlarge- ment, Jeff Hensley completes work for his photogra- phy class. its forms vided a small showing here at Monacan in connection with “‘Bye, Bye, Birdie.”’ Youth Art Month was celebrated by the students by exhibiting seven works shown at a state wide show held at First and Merchants Bank. The countywide Art Festival at Bird High School was also an- other public showing for many more of the students. The Women’s Club of Bon Air sponsored our students work in their Fed- erated Arts contest and many pieces took blue, red, yellow, and white ribbons. The blue ribbon pieces appeared at Regency Mall. The Women’s Club also awarded a plaque and a check to the student with an outstanding record for art work during her high school years; the winner — Gwen Kreynus. Details, details. Adding important touches to her art work, Kathy Austin hopes for a prize winner. 18 Art Photography

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AP Biology expands Knowledge Seniors, who had a deep interest in bi- ology and who wanted to expand their knowledge of that science, were lucky enough to find a new course suited for them in Monacan’s curriculum this past year in AP biology. The initials AP stand for an Advanced Placement class which is open to high school seniors. This class enables col - lege bound students to be better pre- pared to take the Advanced Placement examinations upon entering college, al- though they are not required. Scoring high enough on these exams might allow students to be placed into a higher level science class. Other colleges might al- low students to be exempt from freshmen Intro-Biology, which can be quite a relief to overworked freshmen. The class is taught by Mrs. Martha Jef- ferson, head of the science department. Mrs. Jefferson said, ‘‘the class is taught according to AP guidelines and is similar to college courses in every respect, ex- cept the size of the classes.’”’ The class uses a college level reference book which concentrates on labratory activi- ties. The lab facility here at Monacan has most of the equipment that any college ' S a --— a Watch closely, class. The fourth period physics class regards Mr. Joe Schaeffer as he demon- strates the use of the siliscope in an experiment. 20 Science lab might have, and it was because of this wonderful lab facility that students at Monacan were Offered this class, the first of its kind in Chesterfield County. The class goes through every aspect of Biology including dissection and the study of comparative anatomy. Along with lectures and lab work, the AP Biology classes go on field trips to medical and industrial laboratories such as A.H. Rob- Careful, careful! With preciseness, Kevin Jones finds the jugular veins in the neck of the fetal pig, as Mary Kay Scanlon watches intently. Seger bins lab, Philip Morris research labs and MCV’s research labs and dental school. Also, the classes are fortunate enough to have various speakers come in from the many medical fields. AP Biology is clearly designed for stu- dents who want to learn more biology, and at the same time are willing to invest a great deal of work and effort into it! £52: RR toes: os, 1 OA iat