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

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academic alternatives Either Take Requirements or Electives Either memorize your French verbs or fail French. Learning verbs is a require- ment for French students. French is the right class to take if you plan on going to France. Colleges are now requiring at least two years of a foreign language. After college you may not use the lan- guage again so it is nonpractical. Sheri Rayer states that learning the verbs are hard but if you study them dai- ly it becomes easier. The French class is small, so everyone gets called on to an- swer a question. Using high technology machinery can help make jobs easier unless you go into a technical field. Using machinery such as a wood lathe is non-practical. Shop classes are not required but Don- ald Spratts said I took shop because I like making things. Most kids take shop because they enjoy working with machin- ery which could prove helpful later in life. If you do not go into a mechanical field then taking shop classes would be non- practical. Drawing is also a great asset. Being an artist is not an easy occupation. Art that looks good to your friends will not neces- sarily look good to critics. Not many jobs require you to be an artist so this makes art non-practical. — W.F. A good hold on the matter. Don Spratt uses the lathe to put the finishing touches on his candle hold- er. This project was one of the many worked on in the metals class throughout the year. Francaise trois. Sheri Rayer silently memorizes her French III verbs before the class begins. French can be taken from seventh grade through twelfth. Sheri started in seventh grade, and this is her third year. i I Artistic Awareness. Mr. Ray Houston points out which colors Dennis Kless should blend in his paint- ing, while Fred Vitug begins sketching his own paint- ing. Painting pictures is done frequently in Art 11 while sketching is mastered in Art 1. Foreign tongue. Even though some colleges require foreign languages for entry, getting a job usually does not call for one year of Spanish. Spanish, taught by Mr. Norieka, is good way of broadening one ' s cultural knowledge. 54 Nonpractical Classes

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I ' m confident that I ' m not wasting my valuable time i RICHMOND SAMPLER Save The Igloo Did you know that keeping an ice cube frozen could get you extra credit? This was the case in a senior Physics class. The project was to use dry ice, styrofoam, insula- tion, or a thermos to keep your ice from melting. You could use all of these items or combinations of them. The person must keep the ice cube from melting, the longest received extra credit. The winner was Den- nis Loushin. His ice cube did not melt for thirty-six hours. The material used by Loushin included dry ice, styrofoam, insulation and plastic wrap to slow down melting. Mime It Out Out out damn spot! cries Lauren Galicki portraying Lady MacBeth after the brutal murder of Duncan, King of Scotland. The twelfth grade English class had a project in which everyone picked a character from a Shakespearean play and acted out the parts of that character. It was a lot of fun, and we learned why Shakespearean drama has re- mained in the textbooks through the years, stated Steve Organiscak. The students voted Lauren ' s portrayal of Lady MacBeth as the best because she not only had the words memorized perfectly, but also made the audience feel that s he really was Lady MacBeth. CREATIVE PROJECTS Practical Classes 53

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' ' It may prove to be useful in the future RICHMOND SAMPLER Much Talent Dennis Kelly stands next to a few of his special tro- phies. The wrestling chart next to Dennis shows his athletic ability. Dennis won this series of wrestling matches. Dennis is not only athletically inclined, he is also artistically in- clined. The house next to Dennis was his own cre- ation. Dennis made this house in Industrial Technology. He now has this house sitting in the corner of his room. The house was constructed of cardboard and plastic for the windows. This is a miniature replica of my dream house I hope to live in, quotes Dennis Kelly. Many Calculations Junior Robert Skrbis looks baffled at an equation on his chemistry lab. Labs are a weekly projects in which the en- tire class has to participate. Labs are an essential part of the learning process in chemistry because it enables the student to perform and witness the reaction of elements in nature. These labs consists of collecting gases of the chemical reactions of elements. The students learn the chemical make up of various gases. Chemistry is not as fun as Biology class because it has many more equations and formulas to be learned and memorized states junior Mike Haas. CREATIVE PROJECTS Nonpractical Classes 55