Troy High School - Trojan Yearbook (Troy, KS)

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Concentrating hard, Shelly Lloyd and Desiree Lopez do their accounting. Sa-flg Photography by Gary Huff, Elaine Johnson, and Kim Wiedmer

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Students seek knowledge for future references Classes prepare tomorrow’s leaders Somewhere in the halls of Troy High School someone would be singing the blues. Why? Be- cause there was bound to be homework. As students enter their last years of high school, they begin to realize how important class- es and homework are. Some of the juniors and seniors took more challenging courses which helped prepare them for college and their future plans. Some of these classes were ac- counting, shorthand, comput- ers, chemistry, bota- ny zoology, senior math, and advanced English classes. Some students had different reasons for taking accounting, taught by Mr. Dale Whiteside. “1 took accounting because there wasn’t any other class that I could take that hour,” Stephanie Smith explained. On the other hand, Desiree Lo- pez said, “I like accounting be- cause I plan on studying it in college, if I go.” The shorthand class, also taught by Mr. Whiteside, con- sisted of only three students. “I really like shorthand be- cause it’s fun, different, and a new challenge. It may come in handy for me when I get a job someday,” Angie Klaus com- mented. As computers have become more important for the future, some students opted to take the class taught by Miss Fitch. Rick Clark stated, “I took com- puters class because comput- ers are needed in the future, but I don’t really understand the class.” Joe Etherton told why he took the computer class, “I like Miss Fitch as a teacher and it was the only other class that I could take.” Some students took certain classes that would help them in a particular field. Robert John- son said, “I took senior math because the field I’m going into requires a great deal of math- ematical knowledge.” Others took classes in hopes of preparing themselves for col- lege. Amy Weber told why she took advanced English courses taught by Mrs. Rockey. “I took the classes because Mrs. Rock- ey said that they would help prepare you for college English classes.” Students who took chemistry, taught by Mr. Foster, told their reasons. Kathy Griffin explained, “I took chemistry because I’m trying to get all the math and science credits that I can be- cause it looks good on your transcript.” “There wasn’t anything else of- fered that hour except projects and I felt that it would help me in college,” Tim Hanlan said. Even though students gripe and growl because of all the work, somewhere and some- day they’ll know that their knowledge and skill may come in handy. Drawing organisms from a microscope is one of the many things Angie Klaus and Debbie Wardlow did in botany zoology. Rick Clark types in one of the many different computer programs which were assigned. 10 Academics Copy and design by Kim Wiedmer

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Students enjoy helping others Classes prove fun “There’s no business like show business . . This was the song sung by the students in theater arts. The theater arts class did a number of projects ranging from a play for the grade school to using make-up to create animal- looks. Elaine Johnson commented, “My favorite part of theater arts was doing the play be- cause it really made the kids happy.” “Dirty deeds done dirt cheap . . .” Teachers’ aides, cadette teachers, office aides, and li- brary aides could be heard singing this song as they ran off papers, cut out materials for bulletin boards, answered the phone, and put up library books. “My job is real easy and re- laxing and I like working with the girls and Gail in the of- fice,” said Chris Benitz, an office aide first hour and teacher aide last hour for Mrs. Goss. “Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage.” This old song may not be fa- miliar to many, but the family living class learned much about marriage as they stud- ied it as a unit in class. The class also took on a new proj- ect and made stuffed animals for the needy. Their project was written about in the St. Joseph News Press — Ga- zette. “Let me tell you ’bout the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees . . .” The horticulture class may not know much about the birds and the bees after tak- ing horticulture, but they learned a great deal about the flowers and the trees. Landscaping and vegetable production were two of the units studied. Horticulture was a new class and was of- fered to juniors and seniors. “True colors . . . don’t be afraid to let them show.” The art class let their true colors show as they painted the sets for the all-school play. The class put in many hours of hard work for this project. Helping out in the classroom, the office, and the library is the job of the aide. The aides are, front row: T. Greaser, M. Waggoner, S. Karn. Row 2: A. Weber, D. Lopez. Row 3: K. Moore, J. Smith, S. Loyd, J. Tharman. Row 4: C. Benitz, H. Hinds, B. Scholz, B. Clary, J. Smith. Row 5: J. Simpson, K. Needham, C. Bond, Terry Karn. Working on the computers took part of the extra time of students, such as John Sisson and Jack Gardner, in horticulture. 12 Academics Copy and design by Kim Koehler