Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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'x It takes me a while to getmotivated, end of the six WGGKS near and her but when l do, watch out! exclaimed DfOj9Cf, 8 key chain, almost fiftiSh9d, Sophomore Carri Cummins. with the S xt me Aff I SfUdenfS, Junior Robert Ffyef I like art, commented Junior lsa- and Freshmen Mike Cartwright and bell Avila, but it can be very aggra- Christon Burks, watch intently as vating with the details, Freshman Scott Cuny melts down a piece of copper. Maw 'KZ : Vvx il 'W' ig 5 L: K 5 i if X Vw ts -4 ' wg v, ' N is-vi ,,,,,f' art 67

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n the beginning, when man was first created, he had the need to express himself. l-le did so through primitive pictures and drawings, which formed what is now known EIS... -1 -5553931155-Q idly at.. K Q . Roland vineffeal, senior, and Randy I really jf, excfajmed junjof Winfrey, junior, finish up their craft Wayne Zen as he puf ,be fff-,al DVOIGCYS OU the bUfffflQ machine ffl Aff touches on one of his oil paintings for fi the six weeks. Xxx V,,...-.. X ' f'-'-N 'Ng utr! Xxx., -q------'- . N-V-Nmf' . xsxivf' ff Xirjx---I 'i at X f f' Q ' ifffklf . ' ff ,,- ' ' HS H ' ' N W242 Art. Painting, drawing, s ulpting, weaving. But, even more so, art was a chance to be creative and express inner thoughts. lt's a change of pace, commented Junior Jack Muranami, Art Ill student. lt allows you to be creative, and there's no homework. Jack particularly enjoyed watercolor because it's spontaneous, but it requires discipline. Jack also enjoyed pencil and silk screening. According to Senior Mike Conway, who particularly enjoyed fine arts, art is, a means of expressing yourself. Senior Jay Meyers added, lt gives me a chance to work with my hands. Jay's favorite part of art was making jewelry. You can wear it after you've finished it, explained Jay, and it's something you can really be proud of. No one else will have one like it. In Art I students developed basic skills in basic media, according to Department Head Mrs. Jana It was the first time and the last time 'li ever do it, commented sopho- more Dana Taylor about her try at silk 'T Q Q Armistead. Activities included the use of pen and ink, painting, sculpture, pencil technique, and the combination of media. Crafts included ceramics, batik, weaving, stitchery, basketry, stained glass, sculpture, and jewelry. One of the strongest points of our department is that many of our students pursue careers in art, said Mrs. Armistead. Students won scholarships in art to colleges in Texas and all over the United States. Stratford art students participated in the Scholastic Arts and the Houston Fat Stock Show and Rodeo art contests, as they do each year. We won top regional school out of 23 counties, and the top school award for the district for the fourth consecutive year, Mrs. Armistead said proudly. Students also participated in the Spring Art Show. Clearly, students and teachers alike thoroughly enjoyed art and all of the opportunities it provided throughout the year. screening. Dana was making a class of '82 t-shirt transfer. my

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ut, art was not enough Man needed to converse. He formed words which became many different foreign . . . A grape eating contest, a said she used oral drill- il g trip to France, a fashion but less than modern wg show, a Roman banquet, languages to teach her , Q and more kept foreign Latin students. ssrt cs.s F language students While most students were A c ig ff interested throughout the learning Spanish, French, .gn Y so 'hiiss 'iisi ff year. Latin, and German as h The kids really liked it, foreign languages, Mrs. Q Mrs. Rosalie Sharkey, Peggy Feille taught foreign , department head, remarked students to speak English as :A 3, 'N in reference to her Spanish a second language tE.S.L.Q. if -t lV class' fashion showy this E.S.L. is teaching English was the first time Mrs. and American customs to Sharke had assi ned the to- keep a diary make travel plans . . .and decide on gifts to bring home Mrs. Jan DeVault prepared a travel unit for her French Ill class. Mr. Richard Lawson s German Ill students produced skits while his upper level classes read plays, short stories, and if - V f- - y g QQ ' 6 project. Requiring students S .4 ll , 3 . Modeling American styles, Spanish attempt to familiarize the cla students, Wendy Barros, sophomore, the Spanish names of clothing. and the speaker, Junior Lois Giese, novelettes. In the Latin classes, students enjoyed a Roman banquet and a mock Roman games which included a grape eating contest, a costume contest, and a discus throwing competition with a frisbee, according to Latin teacher Mrs. Barbara Johns. The audio-lingual approach is used, Mrs. ss with Sharkey stated, to instruct students. Junior Jack Muranami, German I student, commented that Mr. Lawson used flash cards, tapes, and films to teach the class. In addition Written on the blackboard are the 35 reflected by the students of Mrs. to flash Cards' Mrs. Johns intense feelings ot the Iranian Crisis Barbra Johns' Latin class. f g r We it 1 aww, , W -. AY X M' f it ,, ,, f we ,- .Z . . , ,,,. V, ,., K. . H ' j,,s9L',,w., V. 2 W V Q , , . ,,. . foreign students, according to Mrs. Feille. Through the use of pictures and gestures, Mrs. Feille taught her students survival things such as terms dealing with money, time, food, and school activities. Mrs. Feille describes her students from Iran, Ecuador, Argentina, Cuba, Holland, and Korea as fascinating In addition to learning English, sophomore Yoo Sun Moon took German, and freshman Carlos Mitchell studied French. The four skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening were major points in the foreign language curriculum according to Mrs. Sharkey. Also, students learned about foreign culture and literature. For example, Mrs. Johns said she instructed her Latin classes in Roman history and some biology. By reading various pieces of French literature, Mrs. DeVault's students learned how other people think. Foreign language trains the mind, explained Mrs. De Vault, and helps with English vocabulary and sentence structure. Mrs. Sharkey added that it gives the ability to communicate about anything . . . or on any subject. By studying English derivations of Latin words, Mrs. Johns' Latin students received higher SAT scores in English, she reports. Jack Muranami simply described foreign language as different and challenging.