Plainfield High School - Silhouettes Yearbook (Plainfield, IN)

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Concentrating on her tedious work in ceramics Displaying his abilities as a senior in metals. Mark class, Jill Action finishes forming the side of her Dieckman experiments with a grinder in his shop clay pot. class. During Woodworking class, Stacey Huber shapes a Instructing in architectural drawing. Mr. Stevens piece of wood with one of the shop’s numerous points out an important detail to Brian Smith, lathes. 17

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in the classroom Lurking in the halls of our school, hiding in the daily routine schedule are students who on the outside seem to be ordinary, but in fact are quite the contrary. These stu- dents bear a talent that brings out their cre- ativity plain for all to see. Some students will go to extremes to insure their project is of the highest quality possible. In art classes students may have to carry weaving loom frames strung with var- ious colors of yarn, weaving shuttles, and a pattern paper. Other projects may require hauling large paintings and paint, or often times a student may spot someone with clay under his fingernails or pencil on light-col- ored clothing. Home ec classes require creativity and imagination, too. Favorite among students and staff is the class offering cooking chal- lenges. Terrific odors of cookies and cakes baking drift through the hallways. Other re- sults produced by the classes are clothing, home plans, wedding costs, better under- standing of human nature in different stages of life, and creative house cleaning. Perhaps the most amusing class offered is the famous Singles Survival. One story is told by a fac- ulty judge: as he was sampling a pie. he bit into an unusually dry. hard piece. Investiga- tion led to an explanation of why the boy had called his pie “educating : he had included his book in the ingredients! Shop classes prepare students for real- life work situations. Trade secrets are re- vealed in classes which instruct students how to print on various materials, work with cars, design in wood and metal, and create masterpieces in each. Working diligentis together in graphics. Colleen Hu- man (who is having second thoughtsi and Randv Brinker make a paste-up. 16

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Man) students at PHS dare to venture out of the school for some of their educa- tional experiences. The battle to learn takes place through Junior Achievement, DEC A, and student teaching. These outside exper- iences are very beneficial in that they allow the students a chance to test their ability in coping with the population outside our world at PHS. Conquering fears of dealing with con- sumers, the brave people of DECA journey regularly to jobs that the organization has found for them. Their jobs vary from wait- ing on customers at Marsh to selling Radio Shack equipment to eager buyers. For the first time, Plainfield offered the students of PHS a chance to establish and operate a charter compan). The Junior Achievement groups (commonl) called JA) experienced the high points as well as the difficult moments common to every com- pan) in the step-by-step production and marketing of their goods. The Magnetic Person—Owlities and Coupons Make Cents were very successful in the outside consumer market. Students wishing to pursue a career in teaching or dealing with children were en- couraged to enroll in the student teaching program that PHS offers in cooperation with the elementary schools in the Plainfield area. In this program the student travels to a school of their choice to assist in tutoring regular classroom activities and extra-cur- ricular activities. For many students, these opportunities to explore the world outside the walls of PHS make their in-school learning more relevant and provide them some experience in the “Real World.” The grade school girls in one of John Harris's gym classes seem (o be infatuated with the e er-popular student teacher. 18