Randallstown High School - Horizon Yearbook (Randallstown, MD)

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Fine Art, Commercial Art, Crafts, Photography, Fundamentals of Art Oscar the. Grouch? After throwing the trash away, art aides Lauren Cohen and Lori Spear find a place for Mr. Simon. rtists are a unique breed at RHS, they're involved in many scholastic and extra- curricular art activities. Most artists have been interested in art from the time they were in elementary school. However, senior Becky Hanna just started taking art in high school this year. She attempted to get into fun- damentals of art last year and in her sophomore year, but the classes were full. To compensate for her late start, she also takes commercial art this year. She had to fight for permission to double, but the administration fi- nally agreed. Junior Craig Fasnacht and senior Laurie Winakur both took funda- mentals of art in their sophomore 'year. Craig is now in commercial artg Laurie finished it last year and is currently enrolled in fine arts. All of these young artists work on projects outside of school. The Sexual Assualt and Domestic Center chose Laurie's trademark as As part of her crafts project, Linda Jones threads the bobbin of the weaving loom. its own from other designs entered in a fine arts contest. She comments that a good trade- mark contains a symbol representa- tive of the company's work without using too many words to explain its meaning. Craig spends some of his spare time drawing his favorite subject . . . Jimmy Hendrix. His picturesque no- tebook, along with many school pro- jects, display his avid interest. Becky was one of the 12 winners, including RHS's Lori Spear, of the 1981 Baltimore County Student Cal- ender Contest. Becky's picture of a man's legs and a w0man's legs under- neath a restaurant table as seen through another woman's legs won her a spot for the month of April. She currently has an oil painting entered in a contest sponsored by the Suburban Trust Bank of Rockville. If she wins, she'll receive a S1000 scholarship to the college of her choice. These three students have differ- ent likes, dislikes and goals for the A unique breed I need more hands! To complete his project, Jim Zimmerman uses many hand clamps. future. Craig enjoys pencil drawing and silk screening, but doesn't plan to continue his art studies past his sen- ior year. He is interested in pursuing herpetology-the study of snakes. Becky uses a variety of media. She enjoys creating things that people can see and appreciate, particularly painting. She plans to attend the Maryland Institute of Art on a S2741 scholarship. After college, she'd like to illus- trate children's books but would be satisfied doing any type of commer- cial art. Laurie, who used to attend the Maryland Fine Arts Academy on Saturday mornings, currently takes lessons with Janet Saltzman once a week for two hours. Her interests include calligraphy, sculpture and oil painting. She par- ticularly admires Monet because his paintings are simple and realistic. She plans to try a little bit of everything, and why not? Art is a diversified field in which anyone with talent can carve his own small niche. e 60f Art

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A background in biology is a pre- requisite for ecology. Mr. Carson also prefers that students take chemistry and physics. He believes that ecology has become an alternative to ad- vanced science courses. Students learn about energy, ani- mal and plant behavior, soil, water, air and man's place in the ecosystem. The class' special activities include trips to the Ashburton Water Treat- A After heating Mercury, Arnie Mellits trans- fers the solid product, mercuric oxide, into a volatile solution. ment Plant and the zoo. Mr. Carson feels that the class not only benefits the students, but also the environment. We need to learn our place in the system or else our system will' go downhill. By taking ecology, students recognize the prob- lems in our environment. They can then help alleviate them by contact- ing the proper agencies, such as the Department of Health. Mr. Boner demonstrates the first chemistry lab. By randomly dropping a pencil, students create a facsimile of electron distribution within an atom. Senior High School Science Biology, Advanced Biology, Advanced Physics Physics, Projects Physics Projects Chemistry, Advanced Chemistry Ecology, Chemistry Junior Helaine Wienner says ecol- ogy helps her understand how pollu- tion affects her life. She is also inter- ested in learning what politicians are doing about pollution. They do absolutely nothing, the whole thing is really ridiculous, comments Helaine. She recently discovered that the stream water running behind her house was green with pollution. Be- cause of her concern, she gave sam- ples to a chemical analyst. That neighborhood stream is now full of trash. It used to be a really nice place. In conclusion, Mr. Carson believes that pollution is generally a govern- mental problem. As an ecology teacher, he encourages us to stand up and say something about the con- dition of our environment and clean up our world. ,4-Q., . .gpff Ui- Science aide Lelia Siebold is responsible for running off and typing dittos, washing test tubes and maintaining chemical supplies. After receiving the cats from Wisconsin Bio- logical Supply, advanced biology students must skin them. Mr. Wenck demonstrates the proper techinique: Pinch the skin, make an incision. ,I ,T W fi Science!59

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X The Working class here is a wide variety of in- dustrial arts courses offered at Randallstown. They in- clude Wood I and II, Drawing I, II and III, and an Industrial Produc- tion Laboratory I and II. Drawing, known as drafting, is di- vided into three levels. Basic draft- ing and design are taught in the first and second levels and architecture is stressed in the third level, where stu- dents design houses. The skills learned in drawing are necessary for many careers in engi- neering and architecture. Students in Wood I and II learn much more than just sawing and sanding. Instruction in carpentry, tool use and household maintenance is offered to students in both levels. In addition to the instruction, the students create a major project of their design. Among the projects made this year were chess tables, checker boards and mugs. The third course offered, Industri- al Production Laboratory I and II, is taught in a comprehensive shop at- mosphere complete with facilities for working with wood plastic and met- al. By completing projects, students learn to use hand tools and to work with selected materials. All three materials are functional- ly incorporated into student's second semester project. Industrial Production Laboratory I is a prerequisite and preparatory course for Industrial Production Laboratory II, which is designed to utilize these skills Cfrom IPL IJ learned in the beginning course to build and design a mass production project, says instructor Mr. Gschwandtner. Geared toward learning industrial techniques and processes, the course Fw , snr 21. ,VX dxf IPLg Wood L IIQ Drawing L IL III includes production of lamps, note- pads, styrofoam ice chests and beer mugs. Basically, industrial arts courses allow students to acquire skill or pro- fessionalism in vocational areas. Mr. Gschwandtner concludes by summarizing his thoughts about the course: I enjoy seeing students feel good about what they can do. 11 Y 1 K K. , K A ' '- . K, Xt J ... Lia., n As a part of a mass production project, Charles Hirsh creates one section of a lamp in IPL. 4Artist Becky Hanna, who plans to be a com- mercial artist, works on her project while fel- low artist Craig Fasnacht watches with inter- est. Industrial arts!61