Perry Meridian High School - Passages Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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■Warming Up- This Nuisance Is Necessary The guidance student stared blankly at the question Where can the bool entitled I Never Met a House Plant I Didn ' t Like be found in the In- structional Media Cen- ter? Then in a flash of sudden memory, the an- swer blazed itself across his mind. It was the elev- enth book from the left, under 630, on the second shelf, in the back of the sixth bookcase from the right. This, along with ex- ploring careers and memorizing the school fight song were some of the things taught to fresh- men in guidance. In addi- tion to this, they tried to cope with trying to keep up on the chapters in To Klli a Moclclngbird and keeping their parts of speech in order while dia- graming sentences. In Gym, the ten push-ups turned out to be quite a trial. For sophomores, health and safety was a re- quired course. It was not so bad as long as one re- membered the twelve cranial nerves of the brain and how to wrap a tour- niquet on a bleeding vic- tim. With this done, pass- ing was not much of a problem. In English class, sophomores were able to take unimaginable ad- ventures with Huclcleber- ry Finn. Finally there was the last year of gym. No more push-ups, no more forgetting gym clothes, and, at last, no more skill tests, yet this class posed one problem; what to do with dripping wet hair through six weeks of swimming. Project Business and push-ups. Huckleberry Finn and swimming, fresh- men and sophomores sur- vived it all. Mr. Roach teaches The Body Hu- man to sophomores in health and safety. Bryan Hite and Steve Wilkes re- search for a group report on To Kill a Mockingbird in freshmen English. 130 Required

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Accounting students listen atten- tively to instructions. Allen Kasmierzak and Brian Clark practice skills in drafting. Bill Hunter demonstrates unsafe practices on a table saw. Laying The Foundation Students Build A Future Perry Meridian students iaid the foundations for building future careers by enrolling in business, home economics or industrial arts courses. The economy of a fu- ture society was based upon the quality of the up-and-coming business people of today. PM ' s Business Department qualified and prepared students to survive in a world of such a changing economy. No matter what career was chosen, an unavoid- able activity which all had to undertake was man- aging one ' s own house- hold. Experience was gained through the PM Home Economics Depart- ment. Courses in such areas as foods, clothing, Lisa Young finishes a transcription in Shorthand housing, and family could have been taken to gain a major in home econom- ics or simply be taken to expand a student ' s hori- zons. Industrial Arts prepared for lifetime careers, but it also provided for interest- ing hobbies. Whether there was a desire to be- come an electrician or just an around the house handy-person, students who took these courses built preliminary skills in electronics, drafting, syn- thetics, metals, and woodworking. No matter what a stu- dent ' s future goal was, business executive, homemaker, or architect, PIVI had the courses to start off. Career Electives 129

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Sophomores Gobi Kostiuk, Kara Doran, and Margie Foley take a break from reading Huckleberry Finn to act out scenes from the book in English III. Mr. Fred Powell, vice president of Indianapolis Life Insurance Com- pany, answers questions from fresh- men during Project Business in guid- ance. Sophomores Linda Zukawski and Debbie LaVine are right on tar- get when it comes to archery dur- ing their second and final year of gym. Mrs. Walter ' s class tries to get in the swim of things by learning how to toss a life ring to a floundering victim in life saving. -|P Required 13 i