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

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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.

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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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Kris Brown and Joy Jordan work out a problem in Math With Computer Applications class. Mr James Bellamy checks his notes before class. Strange smells, collected specimens, fuzzy animals, and a variety of stuffed animals abound in the Science depart- ment. Field trips to the quarry or to a hospital are equally familiar activities undertaken by students studying in this area. Mr. Charles Halsey Mr. James Bellamy and Mr. Al Craig teach classes from the very technical to the very practical. Courses available in this area are: Biol- og, Chemistry Field Biology Physics, Genetics, Science Nine, and Anatomy Physics students share their class with Lisbon students who come to Mt. Ver- non to take the course. Various math courses offered at MVHS include Consumer Math, Algebra l, Ge- ometry, Algebra II, and College Prep Math. All of these are full year classes. Two other courses included in the math department are Advanced Math VWth Computer Applications and ln- troduction to Computers. Mr. Al Craig, Mr. Richard Scearce and Mr. Darrell Ferreter are the instructors. Darren Broke! takes notes as Jennifer Clark listens intently. Bob Green can often be found working out his math on the computer