South Side High School - Totem Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Industrial Arts: I fhink metalworking is a very helpful and instructive course for someone who is planning to go into this type of work after high school. ' ' — Joel Cureton Woodworking is a lot of fun and helps you gain experience in working with your hands to make different objects. — Kerry Haywood Drafting is an excellent course to take if you are interested in architecture and some types of engineering. It's really relaxing. — Qcott Colley Learning a Basic Trait Now for Experience Later Working with their hands, students produce practical objects: ne way to learn new skills at South Side is getting involved with the in- dustrial arts classes. The program consists of graphic arts, metalworking, woodwork- ing, drafting, electricity, and power mechanics. The students in this program do not only use machines and different kinds of tools and many types of materials. They use a variety of processes to produce objects for practical use as well as appearances. Graphic arts is a popular class which covers a wide range of areas, including platemaking, silk screen printing, linoleum block cutting, rubber stamp making, and engraving. Printing is the primary focus of the course, though. Though such classes do not guarantee all the skills necessary for employment, they give the student a taste of the art and head him in the right direction. 20 Carmen Goins and Tony Phillips, freshmen, work hard putting a chair together in shop class. Taking a rest from the busy work of shop class, Dan Griner, senior, and Troy Carpenter, sophomore, turn their attention toward their drill instructor.

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Lau Program: Bilingual Education Proves Successful; Ten Students Made Graduation Plans Underclassmen are given initiative as the work pays off. n its fourth year at South Side, the Lau Program continues to be suc- cessful. There are 43 students enrolled in the program. Ten will graduate this year, Mrs. Janet Perez, the head of the Lau Program states. This will be the first group to have completed all four years of high school at South Side. The program is mostly made up of students from Laos. However, there are also students from Vietnam, China, Mex- ico, Ethiopia, Poland, and Cambodia. They enter the program speaking little or no English. When the students are ready, they are mainstreamed into a regular classroom set- ting. There are Lau students enrolled in 52 different classes. Some are involved in the RVS program, studying such courses as health occupations, beauty culture, and metal trades. Even though the Lau students are from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds than the majority of South's students, they are just like everyone else, states Perez. They worry about SAT scores, college, careers, and future plans just as American students do. Everything is explained easily by our teacher. I am happy to be at Qouth Gide. I don 't speak English very well, but the people here really care and teach us. ' ' — Chanh Viengkhone I like Algebra. It's fun to work with numbers. My teachers make things easy to understand. — Emebet Solomon I've been at Qouth Side for two years now. I take accounting, which is my favorite class. South Side is all right! — Phan Luong Chanthavone Thammavongsa, freshman, plows her way through an English reading assignment. Yasothala Mahasena, sophomore, a member of the Lau Program, learns the secrets for mastering the computer. The program offers a variety of courses. 19

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Home Economics: Cooking, Cleaning, Sewing Play an Important Role in Preparing for the Future The variety enables students to learn through participation. most important segment of life at South Side is the Home Economics Department, headed by Mrs. Juanita Mendenhall. Students are making use of the Home Ec Department to gain ex- perience in the many areas that are essen- tial in making the move from all the com- forts of home to the life of an independent individual. The department offers more than just cooking and sewing. One program is human development, a class for seniors ex- clusively, set up to help students become more aware of what life is as a parent and what ;;. takes to manage a home and fami- ly. Another class, for juniors and seniors, singles living, teaches students how to live on their own. In the cooking classes, taught by Mrs. Ronda Meyer, students familiarize themselves with kitchen surroundings, cooking as often as twice a week. One of the most popular dishes this year, again, was home made pizza! Sewing class gives students a sense of creating something on their own. Alisa Thompson, senior, said, It's smart economically to know how to make and mend your own clothes. There is more to Foods I than simply cooking and eating. We discuss the nutrition and preparation techniques behind the various foods we prepare. — Linda Williams Home economics is my favorite class because it is so different from all my others. We have a lot of fun, and the guys work along with the girls. — Linda White In human development we talk about the things in life that really count. Before this class I thought I knew it all, but I didn 7. Participation is a big part of the class. No one is embarrassed to say anything. — Lori Stephens Lisa Thompson and John Miller, seniors, pick fur- niture for their home, acting out the role of husband and wife. Home Ec sewing classes are no longer limited to girls as more guys realize the importance of taking care of themselves. Working on their needlepoint designs, Ketkesone Thammavongsa, sophomore, and Ellen Somsavath, senior, chat during class. 21