North Central High School - Aquila Yearbook (Pioneer, OH)

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Routine Is 'hgptoedn With Extras in 978 Seven periods a day. five days a week. NCHS students learned more than reading. writing, and arithmetic. Efforts were made to use different methods of learning. including dinners in American Problems class, games of monopoly in bookkeeping and quiz bowl in history f all which added a little spice to the daily routine. Vocational school brought skills of auto mechanics. Cosmetology. w gg. emu,wow:n..,.W..-...--c horticulture and many others. This year more than 30 NCHS students put up with long bus rides in return for skills to get them right into thejob market. Skills were also taught at the home school in addition to general and college prep courses. Journalism class ut out a bi-monthly newspaper. several iiistory classes used video tapes of Roots and Holocaust and guest speakers came from the sheriff's Wii 1 1 , r . ft.. Wm, YQf,ng, 5 I- 1,--- .......'9y, v,,a,.f . W.. 1 .-,.-. . ffm ' . rwffsn .. ' i . X . ir-2,2 ,WHQLQ 'im' I I i ,P ' .,4... .. X gi. A. si E5 ' ' Af l 3 -M vi I E department. Sunnyside School. the University of Toledo and other areas f- all changing the pace of the usual class. Field trips to the Art Museum, Book Country. the Court House in Bryan, Siebenaler's Equipment. Aro Corporation. The Toledo Blade, FFA National Convention and even corn picking for all vo. ag. classes brought the real world into the classroom this year. ful' Q- ls, H E .1

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l. Frank Downing constructs a string art project. 2. John Frack and Laurie Messner discuss a math problem at the board. 3. Four County senior, Mike Wilder, works in his lab. 4. Shawnna Nixon, majoring in horticulture at 4-County, chooses a planter. 5. Personal typing students Jerry Spencer, Jon Swartz and Monica Lanius attempt to type without looking at keys. 6. Dan Oyer, Teresa Freese and Scott Keesecker use a monopoly board to add life to bookkeeping class. 7. Susan Keil learns to curl hair in her lab at Four County. 8. Terry Fox looks on as Steve Ely and Jeff Gunn work in chemistry. 9. American Problems students Julie Stephens and Dave St. John, Tim Moore and Dave Nixon make clay pots while studying Indian culture. 10. Mike Scharlow prepares a project for Bachelor Living class. l l. Charles Swartz spends his time at Four County working on engines. 12. Vo Ag. class members Gary Engel, Tracy Schlosser and Bob McKelvey work on a wood project. l3. Freshmen in phys. ed. warm up with calisthenics. .Y 'Q 2522 1: .ug .:

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Parent Student Exchange Adds Zest Christmas plays, yearbook's sales skit tremember Hong Kong Fooey'?J, and sincging groups like the Sunshine Express an the select group from Lima High Schooljoined pep sessions and the demonstration by the electric company in depriving students of some of their classes. Christmas time brought student council s audlo vlsual equipment elementary door decorating contest, with Mr. Terry teachers aids from FTA and yearbook Fox's Star Wars winning first prize. staff members trying to meet deadlines Spring brought the Mini Course Day with There were days to stay in bed but also everything from horseback riding, canoeing special days to look to for excitement 1 '1 if 4, 1 , F it : , ! 3 l 4 V