West Leyden High School - Shield Yearbook (Northlake, IL)

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In preparation for the Faculty tea, which the Home Economic classes held in December, Tammy Verdone and Judy Schimka take care of the last minute details of setting out the food. Being one of the most popular Home Ec. courses. Cooking attracts all types of students. Here Jim Schaefer shows that girls aren ' t the only good cooks in the school. ■ i H r With a steady hand and a keen eye, Nancy Circolone works precisely and slowly on her sewing project, to insure that it will come out exactly as she wants. 101

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Foods, Fashions Children Home Economics is more than a course that you take because you like to eat, as anyone who has ever had one can tell you. It offers you the chance to experiment in a variety of fields, gain experience for a particular work background, or just get inter- ested in a new hobby. Whether your interests lie in cooking, sewing, decorating, stit- chery, or working with people. Home Ec. has a class for you. Offering three specialized culinary classes, and three clothing courses, the department can give you the background necessary for work in fashion design, nutrition, or gourmet cooking. If you have ever aspired to be an interior decorator or an architect, perhaps Housing and Interior Design would be a course to consider. Or maybe you enjoy dealing with people, if so, think about People Behavior and Relationships or Child Development. A new addition to their offerings this year is an Honors Child Development course, which offers outstanding students an opportunity to develope their talents. Even if you don ' t plan to use these courses for a vocation back ground, their personal use is limitless, giving practical experience for everyone, and providing invaluable consumer information. Oodles and oodles of goodies are what the Home Economic classes produced in class during the Christmas season. Here they display the Gingerbread houses they baked and decorated. Adding a little of this and a little of that, Dave Mackey and Marilyn Matusek carefully add the necessary ingredients needed to complete the recipe they are using in class. 100

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Painting, Drawing Design Reaching beyond the surface of their knowledge and producing a constructed, imaginative image takes more than talent. The key element involves skill and artistic creativity. This concept of the Art Depart- ment, under the direction of chair- man Mr. John DePinto, opens up art students into realizing the basic knowledge that is needed aside from developing the necessary fundamen- tal techniques. It ' s breaking down a spectrum of ideas and experimenting with shapes lightly sketched on freshly primed wall surfaces that inspires the Fantasy Art Workshop. The club has devoted their own time in completing this year ' s mural project located in the Dean ' s office. This new addition was a pleasant change as was the addition of new art department faculty member, Mr. Dale Nordmeyer. The fast growing progress of the art classes are always displayed in nearby showcases as well as in seasonal art shows and fairs. Putting the final touches on a pot that he designed and constructed during his Ceramics class is Chris Dining, as a fellow potter looks on admiringly at the project. L i5 -3N! i ' :r ' : vtf : 7vy« MaKvV A ' Jaffff •f? Daily art activities can include a wide variety of artistic techniques such as mixing colors, as Virginia Cepp and classmates experiment with some colors on paper. 102