Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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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!

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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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Music-making Devils Pla Different Tune Owensboro High School's music department involved a large part of the extra-curricular activities that took place in the everyday lives of the cast of characters. OHS had three award-winning choirs in 1978. The 9-10 beginning choir and the 11-12 advanced choir, which contained 90 members each, joined with the Chamber Choir, which is made up of 26 auditioned chorus members, to form the OHS choral groups. Thomas Pope retained his role as choral director for the sixth year. OHS had 11 students who were se- lected for All-State Chorus. They were: Seniors Ernie Adams, George Case, David Head, Jeff Leach, Terry Prater, Jim Remole, Carol Smith, Con- nie Whitmer and Doug Young, jun- iors selected were: Laura Hanberry and Tina Miller. Seniors David Head, Doug Young and Junior Laura Hanberry received perfect audition scores to win the top place in their respective voice divi- sions. The highlight of the year was the annual tour to Atlanta, Ga., during April. Members of the chorus partici- pated in various fund-raising drives in order to pay for the trip. The OHS Band had a year of chang- ing directors. The August resignation of David Shaner started the problems. Interim band director J.B. Trout- man, a graduate of OHS, held the reigns until the new director, Jack Za- chery, could take over midway through the first grading period. Two students from the woodwind section of the band auditioned for and were selected for the All-State band. Senior Glenda Dahlquist and Junior Tom Pope, OHS chorus director, directs a prac- tice session of the All-State Chorus members. OHS students making the All-State Chorus were ffrom leftjz David Head, Ernie Adams, Jim Terri Cunningham made the trip to the annual KMEA sponsored event during March. Students selected for the All-Dis- trict Band were vastly disappointed after the event was cancelled due to the severe January weather. Quad State members also had the same let down after rescheduling couldn't be arranged, again due to weather conditions. Douglas Kellner, Orchestra director and string program coordinator since 1971, submitted his resignation to the board in August, which left the school system without a string teacher. Harriet Heacock was named to the position and conducted the string en- semble. Two students were selected from the orchestra program to participate in the 1978 All-State Orchestra. : ' ' . ..,. ' fit il ii A U A J I in Y 9 xx X, . Ronda lgcane Garrett Johnson Ella Jones Bill Jury Business S Biology US. History 19 fSupporting Cast Remole, Doug Young, George Case, Jeff Leach, Terry Prater, Carol Smith, Tina Miller, Connie Whitmer and Laura Hanberry. Sophomore Sarah Young and Jun- ior John Gordon attended the four- day event to perform with the All- State Chorus and Band. Sarah auditioned to receive assis- tant-principal second violin, while John returned to receive principal double-bass. - By John Gordon TOM KUFZ Peggy Lashbrook Social Studies 'Y-ifT '+'