Richmond Heights High School - Yearbook (Richmond Heights, OH)

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Many different views are presented in the Larger classes J RICHMOND SAMPLER Valentine ' s Day Gift c fs ■f Josie Bellia makes Valentines Day cookies as Sophomore Nancy Smolkin watches. Nancy is the new kid on the block. Teachers placed orders with Josie for the Valentines Day cookies. She baked them to the teachers ' satisfaction. Whatever the buyers wanted was written on the cookies by Josie Bellia. It was fun baking the cookies, said Josie. Josie baked the cookies during her home economics period. Josie decorated the cookies with white icing and red trim. She wrote either notes or names on the cookies. Josie hopes her cookies were a hit. Label Her Thirfty Why would Vita Gregorc spend extra time saving la- bels for a doll? To Vita this was not extra time wasted. Vita saved labels from various types of canned goods. After saving the la- bels which she needed, she mailed them to the company. Vita saved the la- bels as a class participation project. The entire General Busi- ness class did this project so they could be the lucky winner of a doll similar to Vita ' s. This is not the only class room project in this class. They also save labels and coupons for other items and food. Saving these stickers sure was fun, concluded Vita. CREATIVE PROJECTS Large Classes 47

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Sports Shorts. Reading brief anecdotes of lives of sports legends is a small part of the Sports Literature class. Taught by Mr. William Schneider, this mini-course is very popular, and usually is overflowing with names at sign-up time. Idle Banter. With friends close at hand, mani- freshman English students chat before the star of class. With English being required all fou [ years of high school for any college entrance, small English class is rarely seen. academic alternatives Either Study with Others or Alone Either raise your hand or be quiet, is a familiar phrase stated by a teacher in a large class. This problem is very common because of the large number of students in the class. Many of the students like to respond to the questions, so shouting them out is the best way to be heard first. Biology teacher Andrew Grant com- mented, Teaching classes with a large amount of students are harder. There are many more interruptions and problems to deal with. Students become bored and have the tendency to become rowdy and uncontrollable. One advantage, however, being in a class of this size is that you get various view points and ideas from the students as Senior Marilyn Wason explains. This advantage provides a different outlook on responses to stories or psychological the- ories. Hearing students ' comments enables them to have a well-rounded discussion on the material. Teachers also have an advantage in teaching a larger class. If the majority of students are flunking, the teacher knows he must change the way of teaching the course. In smaller classes since there are fewer people, it is hard to tell if the teacher is getting through to everyone. — R.S. Basic Science. Most students in their first year at Richmond Hts. choose to take Earth Science, taught by Miss Roberts. This class provides the stepping stone for more complex sciences to be taken in the following years. Grande Class. Spanish I is the choice of man freshmen who are taking their first year of foreign language. Mr. Noreika, who also teaches Spanish 2, 3, and 4, gives the students a gooc idea of the Spanish Culture. 46 Large Classes

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Switch for the day. Spirit week saw the strange transvestite day take place at Richmond Hts. The boys had a rough time adjusting since wearing a dress is quite a step up from wearing jeans, al- though senior Mike MacLellan, front row far right, forgot what day it was and dressed in usual fashion. New fashions. The senior class sponsored a ' toga party, and had a contest for the best toga, which was won by Jim Richards, standing in the i middle. It was a fun experience for first time | toga partiers, but these three made the party ' even more bizzare with their outfits. ' academic alternatives Either Have Fun While Learning or be Bored Either a decision is made to get an education or time is wasted. Basically that is why we arc attending Richmond Hts. Many students here like the small school atmosphere at Richmond Hts. It is a school where one can see his friends at the end of each class, unlike schools where you arc lucky to sec a friend may- be once or twice a day. Liking a school is definitely a part of getting an education. When one is content with where he is, it is easier to concentrate on the important things. Three students, namely Elizabeth Heeter, Jill Minick, and Michele Zaller competed against three other schools and won soundly on Academic Challenge. For such a small school, these students showed the strong academic background of Richmond Hts. Sophomore Dave Hogget stated, After my first year at Richmond Hts. High School, I knew al- most every teacher, which made things very relaxed when I came back and knew the teachers that taught my classes this year. Revolving around the academic life in- volves dances, parties, and anything else that is fun and helps to blow off steam. A toga party was held early in the year and many people who went wanted to have one again. Spirit week saw a very successful trans- vestite day take place at R.H. with every other student walking around in drag. As the year came to a close the craziness continued and it may have been a long year, but it was definitely worth the wait. — B.R. Modern interior decoration. The girls ' bathroom Mr. Gearhart, Dr. Hyde. No, it ' s just a bit of got an early Halloween touch by some girls in a dry ice in this mad scientist ' s tea. The dry ice, festive mood. The only problem was trying to get which was used for a physics project, is put toi through one of the doors without ruining the decora- good use by chemistry and physics teacher, Mr. tions. Fred Gearhart. 48 Here