Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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beautiful days It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...won't you be my neighbor? No one expected to hear that familiar tune in a math class, But when Mr. Rob McKinney's Math Analysis class wor ed with the conceecpt of neighborhoods, he copi the mannerisms and attire of Mr. Rogers, played a recording of the theme song, and taught like he thought Mr. Rogers would teach. McKinney said, I felt really nervous, but I'm glad that I did it. It's something people will remember. Dr. Ted Tsumura, the Human Physiology teacher, also called upon his creativity in the classroom. He tying not to flinch, Ir. Mike tMattingly acts as Coopers Natty Bumpo and sitting duck while his classmates scalp him with wet sponges in Mrs. Sheryl Foster's American Lit class. sponsored a Health Fair so his students could apply what they had learned. He used humor, such as Garfield cartoons, to make the class more interesting. English teacher Mrs. Sheryl Foster used literature-related activities. When they studied the romanticism in James Fenimore Cooper's writing, they acted out a scene in one of his books. While one student played the hero, Natty Bumpo, the other students played the Indians and threw tomahawks Cwet spongesj at him. Dr. Tsumura explained why teachers took the time for these extra activities. He said, The teachers improve because they get good feedback. nd if you provide them with empathy, sincerity, and concem, they will return the same thing. --Michelle Marcu CounnsynUemK1miel Reasons For Being a Teacher This question plagued teachers across the nation just before the semester grade deadline and just after pay day. Though the answer wasn't always clear, teachers taught for many different rea- sons. Students gave their best guesses as to why teachers teach Cbelowj. . .-.-1-ze:-'49, . i . ' , .,.:.,. -. -. .-.,:.-.7.-ti.: .6 1 Na-x '-:-:-v g:-mg:-:-:-:5w::g W. ,.,.,. 1.4 ,.,.,. .W : 'itf5,:t27'H',..-Ai. - jf-25 .-:-:-.-:Egg.g:g.g.?g:-.g:g:::-:-5 -' N .4-:5-ralffett-22:-:2s !b5:g.,'-N -. -::::::.59',:-:::::,:::::5::-:,- - L I .eq -. -:-ec . af .v .439 ,gr 6,5 1. They like kids 2. Summer Vacation 3. They're Crazy For the Money Self torture 6. They like it 7. To Boss People Around 8. They're Stupid 9 Have Nothing Better to do 10 To Share their Knowledge 4. 5. - .. , p l i l uym Jmarumquumanmsupm a ult z1:SSS:zz5r:?.-Giga:-:-sz-:gi

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nfIeHPolnll C rudge matches To the left... no, no, more to the right... over, over... it's a strike! Well, it was for the science department, anyway. It all started with the volleyball games. The sci- ence department challenged the math department, and creamed them-twice! Then they moved on to bowling, and the same thing happened. On January 20, the science department's score of 4502 beat the math de artment's P 3929 and social studies' 3696. There was some contro- versy over the fairness of the match, because the science department put a league bowler, Arralea Shari, in Rand Hogarth's place. She had the second highest score of 181, topped only by Rich Anderson with a 203. Other awards included Most Injured, Rachel Forer and Susan Burrows with chipped fingemailsg Best Ambidexterous Bowler, Beth Bakerg and Best Back Spin Bowler, Waheed Butt. The other departments got the gutterball this time Kathy Daly S ocial studies team member lvlrs. Mary Martha Shaw warms u for thc bowling match. She and iier partner were forced to finish the round despite trying to concede defeat to go shopping. around, but who knows what the next challenge will be...bridge'? --Micaela Reddy culture shock haulagiri at 26,795 feet made the perfect backdrop for Mr. Jeff Poland's mountain trek. He spent two years in Ne-pal teaching science and leaming eir culture. If I ever et out of here Fnglgoin' toiiathmanduln . Jeff Poland turned Bob Seger's words into reality when he spent two years in Ne . lggiand said his best experi- ence was 'U'6kklIlg through the mopntains. Despite their hardships, the peop e are friendly. It's' encouraging to seipeople still smiling bile teaching nin l grade earth science an chemistry, he also leamed about their male dominated culture and strong family bonds. t -- ennifer McQuaid 94 mini-ma Bridpt Hall:

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don't bank on it 3fPlease fasten your seatbelts and keep your hands inside the car. Those of you with heart, back, or financial problems, don't take the risk of getting on this ride. Yet, many Americans took this ride and invested in the stock market rollercoaster. Hopes of easy money were destroyed when the stock market plummeted 508 points on October 19. Millions of dollars were lost, showing the count:ry's grow- ing economic troubles. . Are we going into a de- pression'?', was the question on the minds of students the day after the crash. Econom- ics teacher Mrs. Susan Burrows said, The country could not fall into a depres- sion easily, because all other signs went up. The trade deficit improved, unemploy- ment went down, and new businesses opened. Although the collapse of the stock market didn't directly affect too many students, a few lost some of their invested college money. A week before the crash, Mrs. Burrow's economics class had begun to play the stock market game with imaginary money. The day after the crash, the Denver Post asked the students' reactions. An article and a picture of Srs. Kathy Kirsch- enman and Jill Carlson appeared on the frontpage of the October 21 newspaper. Economics student Sr. Pat O'Keefe said, I was disap- pointed that there was so much panic. Although I lost money in the game, l lost S150 of my own money thatl had no control over. After the crash, many Americans left the ride, but a brave majority stayed and risked their money in the unstable market which climbed and fell during the rollercoaster year. ---Anita and Beth Stocking upzon results, Irs. Javier De Garza and Pat O'Keefe calculate their losses. They participated in the stockmarket game for economics and checked the newspaper daily.