Mount Hebron High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Ellicott City, MD)

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OPPOSITE TOP LEFT: A concert in thc audi torium gives Steve Payne a chance to calm the savage beasts. TOP MIDDLE: Chemistry student Dave Compton practices technique in one of his frequent visits to the lab during lunch period. ABOVE: A Travel Day in Spanish III provides a unique opportunity for Alita Reyes. Robin Bishop, and Tammy Wirth to air their Spanish by ordering a meal in a restaurant. FAR LEFT: The rich earthy odor of the greenhouse at Vo-Tech embraces Craig Heckathorn Horticulture students raised both vegetables and flowers as part of their study. LEFT: Precision of hand is one essential skill taught in the Industrial Arts Department. Gary Simmons exhibits this skill in the use of a saw. ACADEMlCS!ln!roduchon 125

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Sensing our surroundings Imagine a school where no one had the ability to see , hear, smell, taste, or feel. Obviously, the barriers op- posing a student in such an environment would be nearly insurmountable. What could pos- sibly be accomplished? Thus, we can appreciate the impor- tance of something often taken for granted - our senses. Separately each sense contributes to our knowledge in its own unique fashion. Together, they are the engi- neers of our total learning experience . For though we sel- dom stop to think about it, exiled from all our senses we would be nothing. Realizing this, contem- porary educators have formu- lated a teaching process which aims to appeal to our five senses. And though, more than likely, it fails to occur to us while we are sitting in class, the roots of our entire educational system are planted here , amongst these five path- ways to the mind.

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RIGHT: Maps form an integral part of many classes, especially social studies and foreign languages. Frcnch III students Lisa Schoenbrodt and Io Blackwell watch Ms. Helga Kenzel point out Paris as part of a lesson on French culture. FAR RIGHT: The Math Department makes extensive use of overhead projectors for notes and problems. Betty Grivakis solves an equation during her Algebra II class. BOTTOM: Films, used in conjunction with textbooks and lectures, help students grasp concepts being taught. Tim Brophy and Dawn Smink view a movie in their English class. X Q v ,fr I 1 Learning from fhe silver screen Where learning is concerned, the eye is one of our most useful facilities. Knowing this, teachers use all means at their disposal to develop it. Our eyes are bombarded daily by numerous movies, filmstrips , slide presentations, maps and other methods of ocular stimulation in learning. These methods, along with the reading of books and the observation of a teacher's scrawl on a blackboard combine to make the eye the gateway to the student's mind. As the school moves into another I 26 ACADEMICS!Sight year, the English Department moves along with it. One of the many changes instituted was a revision of the Phase program's grading plan, requiring at least 80070 to pass. This rule caused a deluge of complaints from students but still stands as a guideline. The department was in ecstacy after moving into the new wing created especially to house them. The modern addition contains ten rooms, two of which are open- space areas.