Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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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 '+'

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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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Two OHS students - Glenda Dahlquist fleftl and Terri Cunningham - were named to the 1978 All-State band. Q, 'f'Js ska- H-C.. 'm,,,Q If E fi vw m:?'if,,, , if R' Running hard to cross the finish line in the Special Olympics at Western Kentucky University is Steve James. Another special OHS student, Velita Robinson, is holding the finish line pole. Special People With A Special Purpose . What group of students went to the state tour- nament in basketball and won the first round, then lost by two points in the second round? What group of students also helped out in the Head Start program at Goodloe Elementary school and raised enough money to take a class trip to Six Flags. Special Education students, who are often ste- reotyped since grade school days, are trying to break away from the long-held labels of the past. Students qualify for the special education pro- gram if they are not achieving at the same level as other students. Special Education classes concentrate on basic skills and work on job skills such as filling out applications, operating a cash register and other areas of learning related to the everyday func- tioning in life. An effort is being made to get students to take an outside class such as physical education, ROTC, choir, industrial arts, art or home eco- nomics. Mainstreaming, the practice of put- ting special students in the regular classes, is designed to help the students socialize and allows competition with other students. Special education students are breaking down barriers in other ways. They get a chance to help other people when they work with the Head Start program, explained 9-10 teacher Sally Ru- disill. Hiring themselves out for jobs enabled the class to earn enough money to take trips. The students also participated in an organized sports program. The Work Experience program provided on- the-job work for some of the special students. - By Cindy Richards IVY Bill Little David Logsdon Woody Maglinger Agnes Ma QQ,- Ethel McKinney Distributive Education Guidance Counselor ' 10 Ogy PhY51Cal EdUCaU0H Busmess Academics! 7