Pawnee High School - Indian Echoes Yearbook (Pawnee, IL)

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Larry Miller enjoys Rabbit Hill during early-bird P.E. class. Lanina Nichols demonstrates coordination needed on the trampoline. Cold temperature doesn't slop a true athlete from sports activities. Karen Belford and Missy Stevens learn the art of frcc-throws. This year saw the Pawnee High School Physical Education Department continued to develop its goals in cardiovascular fitness. Great emphasis was placed on the students aerobic activities, such as monthly times for the mile. The regular activities such as archery, badminton, tennis, track, baseball, basketball, football, and speed-away were not neglected. The last few months the students missed Mrs. Jazo’s friendly face as she underwent major back surgery. Rhonda Dcavult jumps for joy! P.E. Classes 21

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P.E. Goes Early Bird! A new addition to the physical education program this year for juniors and seniors has been Early Bird P.E. By taking “early bird, another academic class could be taken during the day giving the student more flexibility in scheduling classes. Emphasis is placed on developing individual fitness and learning about individual sports and activities such as bicycling and crosscountry skiing. Chris Russell finds Superman skills take great coordination. Angie Russell, Jerry Salzeider, Kelli Henry were 3 on 3 volleyball champs. Early bird PE members enjoyed their bike trip to Trucker's Homestead for breakfast. LOIS JAZO P.E. Classes BOB DIXON P.E. C lasses Hobby: Running Gardening Hobby Sports, golf, swimming, water skiing Year Highlight: Successful School Dances Year I ow light Not Winning the 16th Annual Homecoming Game 20 P.E.

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Science PHYSICS students learned and applied important concepts and formulas while HEALTH students learned the importance of preventive medicine and good health habits. DRIVER EDUCATION students learned the rules of the road quickly in order to get their license. They also were made keenly aware of the importance of defensive driving. Chemistry is the science dealing with the composition and properties of substances, and with the reactions by which substances are produced from or convert into other substances. The text, exercises, problems, and labs are used to accomplish this end. Some of the more memorable labs include the reactions of water with metals and the teacher demonstration with zinc and sulfur. Gary Mings helped out in the H.S. teaching chemistry. GENERAL SCIENCE includes five units covering chemistry, physics, energy, earth science, and biology. BIOLOGY I includes five units on biosphere, diversity among living things, patterns in the biosphere, looking within the organism, and continuity of the biosphere. BIOLOGY II includes the following topics: The cellular basics of life, the organizing flow of life, plants system and their controls, animal system and their control. CONSERVATION looks at man's effects on the biosphere and common animals in America. ZOOLOGY is the study of animals from protozoan to insects. The class is 90% lab work. Dawn Howard, Pam Huffman. Rebecca Broughton look on as Stan Likes demonstrates the procedure. Chris Elliott receives assistance from Mr. Nichel- son. 22 Science 4