New Knoxville High School - Memoir Yearbook (New Knoxville, OH)

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You better not cut my arm! exclaims senior Rachel Wilson as Shawn Egbert carefully saws away a plaster cast from Rachel ' s arm. The fourth period art class did plaster casts as a class project. First grader Tiffany Brown proudly shows her father Den- nis her papers at open house. They are surrounded by cardboard bodies that the students made while studying the human internal organs, a traditional first grade proj- ect. John Reed a wed the entire student body during an assembly in which he shared his personal ex- perience with drunk driving. Scholastic Bowl Team — Row I - Competitors. Rachel Wilson. Heather Coffin, Laurie Merges, Lori Barber. Row 2-Alternates. Chad Wyatt, Paul Wilson, Heather Wietholter, Mike Novean. Academics 13

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Jennifer Wessel. Shannon Egbert and Stacy Tinnerman play Deutschlandreise in German II. The game is played by traveling through the country. The one to return first to his city wins. If language is no barrier, what is? As Americans, we tend to be very self-centered. We see our- selves as the most powerful country with the best way of doing things. This sort of patri- otism is one of our greatest qualities as well as one of our biggest faults. As tourists and even diplomats in foreign na- tions, we hold our host coun- tries and their language, gov- ernment, and customs in low re- gard. We expect others to un- derstand us when we make no effort toward understanding them. It is the goal of the German Club sponsoring Foreign Lan- guage Week to reverse this at- titude. Each year the German Club organizes a week of class- room activities and contests for grades K-12, which are gear- ed toward teaching students about the world around them. Some of these activities include announcements made in for- 12 Academics eign languages, costume con- tests, poster and essay con- tests based on the week ' s theme, and classroom time set aside for learning about foreign countries. So far Foreign Language Week has been a failure. The German Club had done every- thing in its power to increase participation, but to no avail. People just don ' t want to par- ticipate. Maybe next year we ' ll have to come up with some- thing else instead of a Foreign Language Week, said Mrs. Cheryl Davis. Could this be an- other example of the snobbish American attitude of superiori- ty? The idea behind Foreign Lan- guage Week is a very important one. If we fail to rise above our self-centeredness, America may be left behind in a rapidly growing world. — Jenni Pierson Scholastic team puts forth effort Faster than a TI-57, more pow- erful than a think tank and able to compute difficult math problems in thirty seconds — it ' s the New Knoxville Scholastic Bowl Team. Well, to be honest, as a member of the 1988 team, I can say we didn ' t quite meet those specifications, but participants put forth an honest ef- fort. The team of Laurie Merges, Ra- chel Wilson, Lori Barber and Heath- er Coffin competed against Bluff- ton High School on March 21 at the Wright State Lake Campus. Ques- tions came from the areas of cur- rent events, fine arts, English, histo- ry, science and mathematics. Each question had an answering time lim- it of ten seconds except computa- tional mathematics, which allowed thirty seconds. Despite a 20-10 loss to Bluff ton, eventual finalists in the competi- tion, the team felt competing was a good experience. I thought it was fun, said Heather Coffin, but sort of embarrassing. Heather would have liked more practice time in ad- diton to lunch period practices so that, . . . we would have known what they (the questions) were tal- king about. — Lori Barber P

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I would definitely recommend this for other New Knoxville stu- dents. I learned so much about the government from all of the speakers. — Christa Henschen D.C. or bust Sponsored by numerous local organizations, senior Christa Henschen was given the oppor- tunity to travel to Washington, D.C. She participated in the Presidential Classroom for Young Americans. Open to high school juniors and seniors, this program attempts to get citi- zens active, involved, and knowledgeable about the pro- cesses of government. For one week, from February X to 27, Christa and about 465 other students met with their congressmen, attended sem- inars to listen to various speak- ers, and did some sightseeing. People literally came from all over. Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the U.S. sent students. The var- ied backgrounds and cultures helped with making contrasting views and opinions. Many political ideas and issues were discussed through- out the week to help us learn about the issues, political jobs, and people ' s views in the gov- ernment. Christa added, It (the Presidential Classroom) gave a personal and inside view of many of the issues facing the men and women in the govern- ment. — Rachel Wilson Lhrista Henschen poses with Congressman Michael Oxley while attending the Presidential Classroom for Young Americans in Washington. D.C. Army reserve honors scholar athletes The National Scholar Athlete Award, given by the United States Army Reserve, is very notable. One female and one male from the junior and senior classes who are out- standing in both academic and ath- letic achievements are the recipi- ents of this award. When we first started this award four years ago, there were very few students eligible, said Mrs. Janean Oberlander, who helped initiate the honor. This year there were several more, and I think that says a lot for our ath- letes and their interest in academ- ics. To be eligible for this award, the student must letter in at least one varsity sport and maintain a grade point average of at least a 3.0. It ' s a great honor, and the hard work is starting to pay off, said ju- nior Chad Wyatt, the male winner. He plays baseball and basketball and runs cross country. Christa Henschen, a senior cheerleader, was the female win- ner. With an award that recog- nizes both scholastic and athletic achievement, she said, it gives me the incentive to work hard in both. — Jeff Lehman 14 Academics