Northern High School - Spirit Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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Physical Education: An Outlet of Energy The teaching staff at Northern has made this year’s physical education department a well-rounded program. There is a class to suit each person’s taste. The girls’ advanced physical education course is equipped with facilities and personnel to offer instruction in team and individual activities. This reinforces any past experiences and provides for the learning of new skills and methods. Some activities include: bowling, badminton, fencing, softball, track and field, tennis, golf, archery, and if weather permits, a sauna unit to complete the course. The students have a a chance to increase their strength, better motor skills, and improve health practices. The boys ' physical education hopes to teach and introduce the skills of carry-over activities for the use of leisure time in adult life, to build confidence in match skills, to teach the value of physical activity in one’s daily life, and to make physical activities enjoyable. Among the activities in the advanced division are: soccer, speedball, volleyball, weights, ping-pong, and parallel bars. In today’s society physical activity is an important individual effort for health. The chances of an individual’s participating as an adult are much greater if he has confidence and basic skills. Enjoyable physical education will release tension; which is important in today’s society. Mark Love (center) shows his strength by lifting weights as Steve Gavin (left) and Richard LaVere stand by watching him. Regina Schultz attempts to hit the volleyball over the net as Martha Foley stands by to assist her.

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Exercises to limber up stiff muscles always begin each day’s class. Sit ups are just one of the ways of serving that purpose. Sixth hour can be an enjoyable hour in the boys’ gym class; evei the exercises. ■ Well trained teachers constitute Northern’s excellent physical education department. LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. Jay Weymouth, Mr. Barry Armstrong, Miss Diane Fugiel, Mr. Robert Hayes, Mr. Bernard Palmateen, Mrs. Nancy Harwood, and Mr. James Bates. Sideline soccer is just one of the indoor activities in second hour Sophomore and Junior Advanced Plvsical Education class.

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Beginning Homemakers Apply Newly Acquired Mrs. Brown gives Karen Reiche, Gay Henry, Bob Bailey, and Deanna Tice helpful hints as they upholster some empty cable spools. Projects like this keep them busy in their Home and Family Living class. Debbie Rush takes a moment to smile for the photographers with her creative needlework project. Debbie is in Miss Galoit’s 6th hour class. Home Economics has nine different courses this year. In Basic Foods nutritional background, table setting, and meal planning come before cooking vegetables, meats and dairy products. Tender cakes and steaming hot cookies emerge from the oven in baking class. Special gourmet dishes from all over the world give Foreign Foods an International flare. Home and Family Living covers engagement, marriage, and family problems. Child Development spends the entire semester on environmental care of the child, from before birth of the twelve year old child. Home Economics is a yearly course for ninth graders only. First semester covers grooming, clothing, and home environment. Second semester is spent in foods and child relations. Creative needlework explodes into a world of macrame, hooked rugs, and applique. Basic Clothing provides fundamentals for constructing dresses, stylish pants, and assorted tops. Special Fabrics is concerned with ‘‘Will this fabric get that second glance?” Karin Somers, Mary Rich, and Cindy Hudson are in Mrs. Brown’s Special Fabrics class. Mary (center) has just finished pinning a pattern and takes a final look. Karin (left) is also pinning, while Cindy does some hand stitching. The Home Economics teachers meet regularly to plan an interesting and meaningful agenda for their students. Left to right are: Miss Galoit, Mrs. Bitzinger, Mrs. C. Brown, and Mrs. Carlson. 20