Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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DODSHOP: Students in todshop complete a number irojects with different types J machinery. Jesse Vasquez ids down a piece of wood l( a skate board he made for nself. I ' PERIMENTING: Students ijicience lab complete a num- Ir of experiments. Terry iick and Ryan Hairell con- iplate the results of their jeriments. What do you feel you are gaining by working in a lab? I think that I am gaining more ex- perience dealing with scientific methods. Amy Kurtz , i5s???ia I feel that I gain a better under- standing when I work with my friends in a group. Cathy Drabek LAB CLASSES Itt

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Lab classes offer hands on learning School isn ' t all books. A va- riety of lab classes are offered. These classes give students a chance to cast their books aside and use a little creative thinking. Students can experiment with new ideas and apply these meth- ods using their hands. A lab class is categorized by most students as a science class where experiments are per- formed. However, science is just one of the variety of these types of classes. Experiments in science give students a chance to be on their own. Instead of the teacher telling the student the answer, the stu- dent is able to discover that an- swer for himself, said Al Haisler, Chemistry I and Phys- ical Science teacher. Art is classified as a lab class according to J ' Nil Jackson and Paula Mitte, art teachers. Students learn an apprecia- tion of the arts in this problem- solving class, said Mrs. Jackson. Lane Warrington, senior, knows what she will pursue af- ter high school because of her lab class. Art class has helped me decide that I want to go into advertising. The number of lab classes is surprising. It seems like most of them wouldn ' t be in this cat- aegory, such as drama, band, and choir. Others include typing and word processing, physical education, athletics, photojournalism, yearbook, newspaper, and computer class- es. f PHOTO LAB: Aileen Ruge.»: and Jon Hill proof some cc« tact sheets for thtt photojournalism class. Takij photos and then processij and developing them are jusi few of the activities photc- raphers do in publications. HOMEMAKING: Neri Floii and Delores Salazar work I- eether in a homemaking lab i Margaret Anderson, Tacul ' member, instructs thei We ' re being exposed to new and wonderful way ' cooking, explained Deloresi ii,-„ Ite LAB CLASSES

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LEARNING PROJECTS Learning can be easy when the assignments are fun, yet challenging. Projects offer this alternative. Several teachers feel that students have a better at- titude about learning when they are given projects to do while studying a certain chapter. Throughout the year students embark on many exciting and challenging projects. From per- forming skits in front of the class to dressing as an older person, these projects are found to be pleas- urable and most often comical. Ms. Joyce Slone ' s economic class- es were assigned at Christmas to write and sing a song using the words and concepts of certain chapters to the tune of a Christmas car- ol. A wide variety of amusing songs were performed in front of the entire class. Ms.Judy Linville also had her American History classes per- form in class. Her objective was to make learning about the last frontier fun and easy. The stu- dents portrayed miners, farmers, Indians, cowboys, and ranchers by building tepees, a school house, wagons, windmills. INTERESTING: Zandra Buitr learns the ups and downs e perienced by old people. Beind member of Ms. Slone ' s psyche ogy class, many unusual and i teresting projects are performe stores, and a saloon — an enti| town! Each project representee chapter concerning the Wes ward movement and charact ized the conflicts of the Whi man and the Indians. Many other exceptional pn ects are pursued by students all classes. From Math to Fren classes, teachers always seem find interesting as well as ucational ways to teach their le sons. I enjoy doing project They are a fun way to learn said Michelle Schaefer. It Hj projects