Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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A Game Of Life: 9-10 PE Classes What school courses resemble a day at the Country Club or Family- Y? Where can you toss horseshoes, play badminton, throw a fishing line, swing a golf club or tennis racket and even square dance? These activities are offered in the 9-10 Physical Education program. The 11-12 Center PE program consists of more field trips for such sports as tennis, ice skating, roller skating, swimming or bowling. It is all part of a program that concen- trates on carry over sports. Io Fowler, 11-12 PE teacher, feels that by the time students are at the 11- 12 Center they are young adults and ready for more field trips. The 9-10 Center labels its pro- gram life time activities. It con- sists of a large variety of activities that students are able to do later on in life. The two year-old lifestyle program was started in an attempt to solve problems with people not dressing out. It has developed into, according to Don Schmeid, 9-10 gym teacher, One of the best Physical Educa- tion Departments in the state. Learning how to do the activities is stressed rather than actual com- petition. Schmeid feels the rewritten cur- riculum this year was helpful. The reason for this new system is the learning of lifetime sports is a better way, said Schmeid. The activities are beneficial throughout a lifetime because the body can adapt to these skills better than team sports. These skills are also good leisure time activities and much more interesting. - Cindy Richards Taking Careful aim, 9-10 Center PE STUCl9I1fS techniques as part of their lifestyle program, learn to apply their skills with good gun safety Square dancing is a popular lifestyle activity in 9- 10 Central physical education classes. Danny Thomas and Nanette Barber Skip To My Lou in one of the classes. Part of the physical fitness test includes chinning yourself as Freshman Paula Wright is doing in her PE class. t .e-'t 4 1 A . .K ..,-::.. A 1 K E K 1 , , , t , '--, a t , p .. ',11 vi 5 - ' ' if . W. I 4-fl L . 'R Q i. . , g 'img f 'Ei gxyy LW f , My ,fi-gviiff E. Q. ,Hs.2-,igwjgt 3 Nanc Graham Marilyn Hamilton i -l99.T15.,lflfiXi Harriet Heafofk NHUCY Heideman Distributive ucation Librarian Physical Education Business St Typing Music Home Economics 19 fSupport1ng Cast lo-

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'Wedding' And 'Childbirths' Highlight Elective Courses Many events take place in a school year, but a wedding is usually not expected to be one of the classroom happenings. Connie Durbin and Woodie Pierce were married in a mock wedding ceremony during their 11-12 Center Family Living class. The wedding details were all planned from a shower to a honeymoon spot and housing after the marriage. Home Ec teacher Sandy Cornett said, The students really took it seriously. They didn't fool around and make a big joke of it. Woodie, the groom, was so nervous that he couldn't get the ring on Connie's finger. The attendants for the wedding were Renee Haney, maid- of-honorg Dianne Harris, bridesmaid, Zanea Ashley, flower girl, Mike Knight, best many Rudy Johnson, groomsman and usherg and Larry Millay, ringbearer. 9-10 Center home ec classes had boys and girls cooking and sewing together. Home Ec teacher Virgie Hill said that the boys did as the girls. The 9-10 classes also had a highly suc- cessful cookbook sale. And, for the first time, the 9-10 home ec department had a student teacher, Polly McGraw. Child Development classes at the 11-12 Center practiced the La Maize method of childbirth. They also watched films on actual childbirths. - By Stacy Elliott l now pronounce you, man and wife . . . These words are very seldom heard in a classroom, but in 1978 they played a big role in the 11-12 Center Family living class. The marrin ' of Connie Durbin and Woodie Pierce was officiated by 11-12 Guidance Counselor Tom Ash. James Elkins 4 Ann Fortson Mass Communications 'Art Typing The Simulators provided a little extra practice for 11-12 Center Driver Education student Marsha Tanner. Driver's Ed was one of the more popular courses during 1977-78. Movin' Down The Road, Cruisin' In Town . . . Safely There are three types of students that take Driver Education. First, there is the student who has a permit and wants to learn to drive. Second, there is the student who already has his E license, but wants to improve his driving habits. Third, there is the student who just wants the dis- count on insurance. I have more problems with students who already have their license than with the students who just have their permit, commented Driver Education teacher Grant Talbott. Whatever the reason for taking the course, all stu- dents go through three distinct phases of driver educa- tiong classroom instruction, simulation and in-car in- struction. The classroom phase explains the procedures of driving. The simulation phase teaches the student per- ceptive driving. The in-car phase gives the student actual driving experience. The Driver Education department at OHS has three teachers, Grant Talbott, Larry Moore and Lloyd Hodge. - By Marsha Tanner W 1 ' Wx 'fi si if . . ii 4 ' ' X U E r f - 'S , i 5- X Ruth Fowler Helena Fulke Sandra Good Physical Ed. History History Academics!

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tag ,ir-H. .. X ie' . .X i 34' .-as t -A il aa Foreign exchange student Maritza Freydell ttop of pagej shows fellow OHS students where her homeland, Colum- bia, is located on a map of South America. Kick, two, three ... Stella Lequerica wasted no time becoming a member of the OHS cast of characters as she was a participant in the Red Devil drill team. Students Become Bilingual Learning to sing songs in Spanish, writing Christmas cards in Latin, watching slides from France and reading German stories are only a few techniques used in teaching foreign language at OHS. OHS offers courses in Latin, Spanish, French and German in which students learn the grammar and how to speak the language. They also study the history and culture of the people in that country. Some of the other techniques that are used in the foreign language departments are having guest speakers, using filmstrips and tapes, translating stories, playing games and using a textbook. The Spanish department had two exchange students from Columbia, South America. Maritza Freydell and Stella Lequerica stayed with OHS students during the 1977-78 school year. The main goal of the Foreign Language department is to enable students at OHS to communicate with persons from another country. - By Pam Abrams A broad horizon of classroom expressions are pictured in one of the 9-10 Center typing classes. Bobby Watson l77j scratches his nose in a moment of relaxation from the peck, peck, peck of the typewriter. Secretarial Pool: CBVE In 1978 the business education department started a new program of studies in the co-op office practice class. It was called Secretary and was part of a State Department of Education vocational program of Competency Based Vocational Education QCBVEJ. Other vocational areas have CBVE programs. The secretary is divided into 62 modulars of study. A modular is a small number of tasks to be studied, practiced and learned. A check out activity is used to see if the student has accomplished the objective for the modular. If the student is competent, then the next modular is started. If not, then the student reviews the tasks and tries again. Equipment and materials were provided at no cost to the school system by the State Department of Education. This year, OHS received a filing cabinet, cassette recorderfplayer, a slideftape machine and reference materials. Beginning typing remained the most popular class among non- required courses. A total of 456 students took beginning typing in the 14 classes at the two centers. - By Tony Elder . 'gel . H it A 7 't :ll r. ' . Y if: -..t1 'i 1 ', r 1 Linda Henderson n jack Hicks Virgie Hill John Hocker Bill Holb ok Steve Hughes, GuTd5ce C ounselor AthleTic'Director 8: Home Economics Physical Science Business Kr Social Science Government Studies Academics!