Northwest High School - Silvertip Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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YC2fb00k Staff members listen 35 3 guide CXPl2in5 the involved Pf0CC55 Of Pfimiflg a how 16 page sections ofthe yearbook are collected and sewn by machinery before the yearbook during a tour of American Yearbook Company in Topeka. She describes . Cove, is attached to the book bcfofc it is gmt to the school, Adjusting the camera to get the p cinematography class. Linda Baxter I Clayton Crenshaw . fp Kay Gasaway Vyyl I Jim King , Marva Lange X' ,J 'f Roger McCunc Celia McDuff Terry McLean Marilyn Ramsey Susanne Riquetti Esther Sullivan Susan Wiley Karen Zimbelman 124 ' Language Arts erfect focus, Senior Bill Kerich works on a movie for his X 1 -A+. 2 L Utilizing the Media Center is only one of many units taught in English 2. Clayton Crenshaw takes his class to the library for a project that requires extra sources not found in the classroom.

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ABOVE: Modeling the latest fashions, junior Cassandra Thompson gives others an idea of what they can wear to be in style. LEFT: Measuring the length of a board, junior Bernard Reed prepares for the start of an assignment. BOTTOM LEFT: In the pre-school center, sponsored by the World of Children class, Senior Kelly Bell observes the children at play. BELOW: Learning the correct use of tools is one of the many skills junior Glen Henry learns in his woods class. Ind Arts, home ec give career t ' f g Industrial Arts and home economics are two departments that offered many ioppor- tunities for students to get training in future careers. f Seven courses were offered in the in- dustrial arts department. Students enrolled in the auto mechanics class were given the opportunity to make actual car repairs as a part of their in-class assignment. Woods I and ll courses were offered to give the stu- dent a chance to learn about carpentry and hand-craftmanship on modern equipment and at an advanced level. Other courses such as drafting and welding allowed students to gain experience in a technical field that may aid them in their? future careers. The industrial arts department helped students gain interest in a technical field for possible careers. i Home economics was not just cooking and sewing, it 'was also a little of social studies, math, science and foreign languages taught together. Science was taught in cooking classes as students learned that when water is added to bakingf soda a gas is given off and this gas is used in mak- ing bread riseg A little of foreign language was introduced whenever a foreign dish was being prepared. The social studies and math part of home economics was used when students learned to deal with the public while running a fast food restaurant. A student enrolled in home economics related courses learned a little about other subjects at the same time. 5 Several students won honors at the State Proficiency Contest for Home Economics. Anita Newland and Chris Gleeson won honors in cake decorating: Helen Peck and Amy Thompson received awards for fashion display: and Cindy Richardson received an award for fashion design. In the category of job application, Tammy Neal received an award and also went on to become a Washington D. C. national winneri Other home economics activities iinclud- ed 16 HERO students placing in the State HERO contest in categories ranging from community to school involvement. The world of children class conductedi a pre- school center for four and five-year-old children, A spring fashion shdw was presented by the entire home ecdnomics department during a noon luncheon. 7-I 2 5 l i 3 Ind. ArtslHome Ed 0 123

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l E I Carefully explaining reading material was part of the English teachers' job. Kay Gasaway sums up important points in the book and helps students to comprehend difficult parts better. Language Arts provides variety of subject matter Although no new courses were added to the curriculum and no new equip- ment was purchased, the Language Arts Department spent the year developing and revising its variety of curriculum of- ferings. In addition to enrolling in regular or honors English classes, students had the opportunity to enroll in several English- related courses. Some students found their interest in drama, speech, debate and forensics while others showed in- terest in developing writing skills and working on specialized publications such as the literary magazine, school newspaper and yearbook. As part of a city-wide writing assess- ment pfOgI9.l'1'l, all Northwest students were actively involved in the writing pro- ject. The activity evaluated g each student's ability to complete a mail- order form, write a business letter and write a descriptive story from a given pic- ture. After each student's work was evaluated by a Northwest English teacher, the scores were submitted to a central office where they were compared to scores in other city schools. To give students taking English III Honors and Advanced Placement History the opportunity to combine skills needed for each course, the two classes were combined into a two-hour block. The students were able to take field trips and do more lengthy projects. Also, the teachers were able to work together and coordinate the curriculum materials taught to make them more meaningful to the student. A new responsibility for the Language Department was the selling of tickets for the three-night performance of the all- school musical Oklahoma! English teachers sold the tickets to their students as well as manning the ticket booth the night of the performances. Seniors Danielle Cullinane and john Thornton receivedspecial recognition in the Language Arts Department for win- ning the National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Award for their superior performance in writing. Northwest was the only high school in Wichita to have two winners, a first for the school. 'mfr Language Arts 0 125