Mount Vernon High School - Yearbook (Mount Vernon, IA)

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LANGUAGE ARTS AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE 11.112 s' :rf Matt Pnffner and Travis Allen Concentrate dur- ing English class, -G. V, xi , il James Drahos doenft seem to be Concentrat- ing during Creative Writing class. Language Arts instructor Maggie Ellison and Alison Morrissey , -. ,ii i D'

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1 J. l gg, fy? f, t , 'R ' ff' A 4 '9 A fi fi .ssetni andy Zehrns Mrs Donna 5wenson and Tami apaccloli check the lvln cooked pizza during a -5 -4. .L Joe Dahlhauser and Bernard Wedlund con- struct models of an actual garage durlng Build- ing Construction classs. Mike Scholl operates the drill press. Helping students acquire practical as well as aesthetic skills and problem solving techniques, the Industrial and Wsual Arts departments offer a wide variety of elective courses. Mr. Carol Stone and Mr. Steve Spicher instruct elective courses of Power- Technology Woods, Drafting, Metals, Auto Mechanics, and Building Con- struction. Each year, the Building Con- struction students have an excellent opportunity in the building of an actual garage. Woods students have had the opportunity to create round pedestal tables using wood bending techniques that Mr. Stone has been perfecting. A yearly spring art show and continu- ous art displays in the East hall have given Wsual Art students the chance to show off their creative talents to the rest of the school as well as to com- munity members who attended events at the school., Mrs. Donna Swenson instructs in the Wsual Arts department. Elective Wsual Arts courses are: Draw- ingfPainting, CeramicslSculpture, Art Media, Publication Design, and Tech- nical Black and White Photography Many of these courses can be taken at a second semester level with concen- tration on a higher level of proficiency as well as a more individualized tailor- ing of the studies. c IND U 5 TRIA L A R75

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Silliman ls known for his animated German 2.44 -...sg Seven semesters of Language Arts classes are required of all students for graduation. Freshmen and Sopho- mores are required to take Freshmen and Sophomore English, and Juniors and Seniors may choose from a wide variety of literature and composition courses. Some students also partici- pate in reading classes to help them with their skills. Journalism class, which was in its sec- ond year, published several issues of school news. The desire to participate in the local town newspaper did not work out, so students had to be satis- fied with a less than quality school- run-off newspaper. Hopefully next year, it will work out that students will have an opportunity at a more profes- sionally produced paper for their crea- tive and investigative skills. Mrs. Ruth Michaud, Mrs. Donna Jacob, Mrs. Kay lsattimore, Mrs. Maggie Elli- son, and Mrs. Donna Happel instruct in this area. Mr. Charles Silliman and Mrs. Nancy Swisher are the Foreign Language in- structors. Between them, students have available four years of study in each German and Spanish. Conversa- tional skills are stressesd in both areas, and a study of the cultures of Germany and Mexico are thoroughly investigated. German class participates in conversational skills Carson Campbell lrlclss back and Tami Petersen listens as tney take ln their English lesson. f 5 1 29.