Powell Junior High School - Patriot Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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Students Demonstrate kill Tis Sigxaasxks .l Our Two shop Teachers This year, Mr. Thompson and Mr. Fish, have a ...,. - greaT educaTional learning advanTage for The shop sTudenTs. s gg ssos o y f T s s STudenTs goT The chance To learn meTals, woods, drafTing, elecTriciTy, . if T small engines and plasTics. X ' - r gg 1 g Ls. In mosT classes They made five To seven projecTs, in The oThers They T' i T 4' T Z, f x learned repairing elecTriciTy, and drawing. The shop classes are open To boTh boys and girls. Mr. Thompson said abouT The classes: Ui Think shop should be enjoyable as well as educaTional, and This is an area ThaT The sTudenTs may apply The oTher areas of learning. The arT group has had a greaT year. IT is open To all grades ranging from beginning To advanced. ln The beginning class They worked wiTh The principals of design in Two and Three dimensions. In inTermediaTe They worked wiTh The basics of The beginning class and also waTercolors and media. The advanced class worked wiTh all These and pasTels. They worked To improve and beTTer Themselves in all These areas and more. The arT class also had a crafT club for The sTudenTs every oTher week. The compuTer graphics class made fliers, and brochures, wiTh empha- sis on design. We Thank Mrs. Kleinman and lvlrs. Evans for all The work They did This yearil! l ft ii W. E

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The home economics de- partment stayed busy with a variety of activities such as sewing, cooking, and learning about family living. The class pictured above represents just one of those industrious groups. ,W , mi? O 'AMW MLW. ,, W.-....,..,, What's Up With Home EC, Guitar, And Title I? Mrs. Kathryn Tellef taught the guitar students of this year. That class included Davis Allred, John Bosworth, Scott Brehm, Thomas Brooks, Timothy Cheney-Gatten, Bradley Crouse, Dallas Enos, Todd Hansen, James Harrison, Scott Higgins, Eric Kovara, Amalia Martinez, Gregg Matracia, Michael McCann, Kathryn Mockwitz, Brandon Nuvamsa, Kenneth Paulsen, Jorge Perez, Tracy Schwitz, Timothy Seder, Chad Vinson, Brian Wheat, and Bill Worvey. juni Mrs. Glenda Crowl and Mrs. Yvonne Tobin discuss strategy for their Title I program. Title I is a feder- ally-funded program that teaches reading and math to no more than 15 students per class who need individual help. 67

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Agriculture Y Q 1- f-A--www v up six,- Agriculture is one of the electives offered here at Powell. Mr. James Ball taught first and second hour in room T-4. ln agriculture the students learned about things such as produce, soils, plants, farm crops, and more. Mr. Ball encouraged the students to join the Future Farmers of America QFFAJ, which is , sponsored by any of the four high schools in Mesa. FFA included in its activities such things as camping trips, swimming, parties, hayrides. and a lot more. The two members from Powell this year were David Bowers and Max Dodd. crhlx c g is panish This year at Powell Mr. Dave Mendez once again taught Spanish to many students, The classes learned about the Spanish culture and tradition of fine arts and heritoges. There they learned how to speak the language. They also sang Spanish songs, cooked Spanish foods, and par- ticipated in various other activities associated with the Spanish culture. Pictured to the left is Mr, Mendez's second hour Spanish class. They include Shannon Adams, Jim Bailey, Heather Beach, Troy Bowerman, Tom Brown, Christy Bull, Phillip Carter, Daliana Cas- cante, Tanisha Caldwell, Amy DeVos, Julie Forsgren, Brian Holloway, Nicky Johnson, Erica Jones, Andy Klernschmidt, Lesley Male, Dyna Marin, Paulette Mendoza, Carmen Nunez, Brandon Nuvamsa, Arvicl Opry, Denise Plug, Stacey Rittmrller, Kerry Sluaghter, Jeane Tallon, and Greg Theron, 69