Park Forest Middle School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (State College, PA)

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Math And Science This year seventh, eighth, and ninth graders were very busy in math. Seventh graders worked on a total of eight units, including whole number operations, fractions, decimals, equations, and formulas. Eighth graders practiced appli- ,pw cation skills, while ninth grad- ers studied income tax forms, algebra, or geometry. Science for seventh graders and some ninth graders includ- ed the phylums, kingdoms, and classes of biology. Assignments included lab projects, planning gardens, making collages, and keeping notebooks. Ninth grade earth and space science students learned about rocks and minerals. Eighth graders studied energy covering electricity, heat, ligh sound, nuclear ener8Y, an simple machines. It was an interesting year. . . . and that s the legend of the starflsh. Cl. Hildenbrandt, I Manfulli l 'Q Q 'wk I -4 e ' X -.sf 'Q Practical Application B. Grotch - ,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, , mx H E jg, ,, I . CMT, 4 f 1 ' Sififi lv' X 'fi ':' ,ug A . S t I I, A ik Vg It ,,, g slssi l k ,L Q, ' - v Long Hard Day KD. Burchilll H3313 . J .--.f - X P' O An , ,i E aff ' x ,ji y a lxi- s , t d -I lt fell out of where? KD. Marshall, M. Kavanaughl 1 X, f 'rs a sf ages loann Maurer Wendel Rojik Mary Harrison, aide Nancy Marion t Bob Yoder Pam Sepnefski Helen Barto Mary Delaschmidt Dick Burchill Don Marshall lohn Ford Gary VanBlargan Roger Wurst lan Hildenbrandt Betty Irwin, aide Ann Panciera, aide

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English And Social Studies This year's ninth grade English classes were introduced to the world of the short story. Stories were read and discussed by the students who also read plays and studied grammar. Eighth grade classes enjoyed stories and plays such as THE DAY MUST DAWN and On Bor- rowed Time. Students ex- plored all facets of these works, ,ef mwvff Maybe she won't notice the spelling. ll. Davinroy, L. Bargesl Dottie Rigby Eloise Engel Bob Fleck John Vincenti as well as studying grammar and poetry. Mythological charac- ters, King Arthur, and Tom Sawyer enlivened seventh grade classes. These students also concentrated on grammar and sharpened their writing skills. Ninth grade Social Studies classes listened to public offi- Your dog did WHAT to your papersl CR. cials, participated in an Energy Fair, and held mock trials in an effort to understand better the workings of government. Eighth graders covered four centuries of American history, ending with the Civil War, while the seventh graders dis- covered what happened in the world between the arrival of early man and World War II. -sA,, at i if .,.. ,,i E, i . .,.. i- .VAV y ,, A F. ' Algl elm 1 -'.: ' fff ,,., 1' .V l .,,. . ifr' 337' ili , They got my age wrongI: U. Vincentil Gates, L. Zimmerman, D. Latta, S. Williams! .. All ' ,t s S ,. - , ' -. ' L3 2-K ..- S L, 3 N i .. . ,.'a ' 'ui 9 , rt ..... ' . 'Xa U Hey, get a load of this! KN. Manfull, K. Quinnl 4 f -ar ,S A, Novnoro .,, s Irene Davinroy Debbie Mann, aide Bob Lillie Kathleen Crilly L ' Grace Miller Susan Lesko lean Laughlin Debby Latta Pauline Cormier Lisa Ghaner, aide Barbara Hackenberry lean Brownley, aide n'9? '9?'95f5i VW- Pi-fiii-if A AVAILABLE ,L ' 'S Ae as i::- . V N0 PHOTO AVAILABIE be A ittiii sss. a , Y N Aill S ' fa K fgfwyi NO Pi-T810 AVAMBLE Us? Pioneers? KR. Avillion, R. Moerschbacherl .. 1-f f i ssrss L r . v wx wsifiii .?'fl'3ff1. N0 more si., ,,,- Avaimaw

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Music, Art, Home Ec., Shop Music students this year stud- ied music throughout the ages and participated in classroom singing. Eighth grade students were given six choices of spe- cialized music classes to take, including guitar, musical pro- duction, and recorder playing. Art classes were involved in such activities as scenery pro- duction for plays, macrame, basketry, two and three dimen- sional art and design, architec- tural design, and audiovisual media production. Seventh graders in life arts, a combination of home econom- ics and shop, studied cooking, sewing, a growing-up unit, metal shop, wood shop, and power mechanics. By the eighth grade students were ex- pected to choose between home ec, which offered a child care unit, along with advanced courses in cooking and sewing, and shop. While in shop the students worked on the two-stroke en- gine or four-stroke engine, cast items in metal, learned basic welding, or designed and con- structed items in wood. These departments offered varied fare for all students. iii-du.m,,,..,. ., .., Those high notes are really highl iDiCiolkosz, K, Rouchl V riff 'ff .tt, ,. lohn Kovalchik H- Sue Fox Pat Kelley Vg wil Hartman V Candy Smith 1 QQ V Bob Placky 5 Denny Kaltreider V , t Connie Martin Evelyn Wagner Poppy Pierce Terry Meyers Doug Arnold lim Hoy : K 553493359595 WQFIEQEY in lt's a surprise. KT. lohnsonbaughl Go right around the fingers . . . IB. Applel 5 . 3 'Q J . 7 fiij NO PHQT0' k-., K V fntvmtnatrz, - - i z 1 I K f U 4 w M , b rf, , I ,U , f 'J .n fl la i r?-' Q X 1 lt' J -ww .ef I .sf X, H 'Juv 551 V ss as NO PHOTO NO PHOTO AVAIUNBLE AVAQLABLE