Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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CLOWNING: Cindy Wagner clowns around in Mrs. McLaughlin ' s English class. Cindy is participat- ing in one of the many projects as- signed by Mrs. McLaughlin. POINTING: Janie Pena takes the time to point out the point of inter- est on the diagram. Many math classes also do special projects through- out the year. PERFORMING: The ever popular California Raisins entertain the stu- dents in Mrs. McLaughlin ' s class. The Raisins are characters that promote the sell- mg of raisins and are known for their entertaining commercials. ATTRACTION: Ms. Slone ' s psy- chology classes study the behav- iors of children and adults. Louise Lopez and her baby were the main attraction in the class. I enjoy They are learn. Michelle Schaefer doing projects, a fun way to STEALING: Bad guys Robert Rutledge, Rodney Leonard, Ronald Ramey, and Aileen Rugerio are using skills learned in their French I class by performing a bank robbery. The French classes are usually held responsible for performing dialogues in the class. PROJECTS JLV

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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

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Vocational programs wort hand in hand with academic} Although requirements have changed in order to enroll in the vocational work program, un- dergraduates may still enroll in vocational classes at the Career Development School. Students attend the CDS in blocks of two or three hours. Until this year both juniors and seniors could enroll in DE- CA, HERO, and VOE programs. Now the classes are only open to seniors. Vocational clases at the CDS expose the students at a younger age to various trade skills, in- cluding general construction, auto mechanics, welding, food service, electrical trades and auto body repair. AUTO MECHANICS: Students learn to repair all types of vehicles during this class. Keith Fredericks, teacher, assists Michael Watts, Dean Kline and Jack Riv- ers in learning how to figure measure- ments of car engines on the computer. I really like my class, Gina Valadez said. We learn how to properly prepare food. The work programs expose the students to the working world at an early age. The students are getting a headstart in finding out what carreer they are interested in, Emil Svatek, Distributive Edu- cation teacher said. Requirements of vocational classes are that one must attend a vocational class for an hour in the morning and at least work 15 hours per week in an on-the-job training program. Getting out of school half a day is one of the benefits of be- ing in a vocational co-op class. But vocational classes are not all just fun and games since one must still do homework once off the job. AUTO BODY CLASS: Students learn how to paint and repair cars as well as safety procedures. Paul Salazar and An- thony Koehl tape a car in preparation to paint it. VOCATIONAL EDUCATI