William Mitchell High School - Apogee Explo Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

Page 37 text:

Both boys and girls took advantage of the inter- esting and helpful courses offered by the Home Eco- nomics Department. Many of these classes took field trips throughout the year in order to better under- stand the lessons taught. In family living, a one-semester course, juniors and seniors were encouraged to plan and organize their own course of study with teacher guidance. These students discussed topics which included dating, fin- ances, marriage, and parenthood. Junior and senior girls of the home living classes learned about the home in general. They were taught how to select and buy furnishings for the home and acquired knowledge about such topics as financing and parenthood. Family and clothing classes were taught how to select equipment, materials, and suitable patterns for their use. Each student assembled garments within her ability. Family and foods helps the students in the pre- paration of meals. This course emphasizes food in re- lation to its selection and preparation for family meals. Units are also taught in the use of kitchen equipment, buying and storing food, and entertaining. BRENDA CLEVELAND AND Kathy Cullens are decorating a Christmas tree in their Home Living Class. LESSONS ARE CLARIFIED THROUGH TRIPS IN HER CLOTHING class Bonnie Calvert TOGETHER, BOYS AND girls are learning irons a dress which she is making. how to cook a meal successfully. '-ffff.-lgvmr ,A '..,,.. y ati-aw we-610'

Page 36 text:

oPHoMoREs RECEIVE NEW ARTS PROGRAM Mitchell's Industrial Education Department of- fered interested students a great variety of useful courses. Many sophomores took advantage of the gen- eral industrial arts program. This introductory course was for sophomores only, and included metals, Woodworking, graphic arts, and auto mechanics. Nine Weeks in each of the four dif- ferent areas enabled the sophomore to decide if he would like to continue his study in that industry. If any student, sophomore, junior or senior, indi- cated a preference to learn about one of the above industries or about mechanical drawing and crafts, he was enrolled in a full-year, one-hour class concerned with that industry. These five basic and advanced classes were planned to give the student insight into the materials and the processes which would be directly connected with each industry. The students also learned what job oppor- tunities, within the individual industries studied, were available. This year a vocational education program in auto mechanics was provided for students. Being a three- hour course, it aided in preparing students for future employment. Other vocational education classes for Mitchell High School are in the planning. WORKING ON a light table, Ron Fluke is preparing a negative for an offset lithography printing plate. SPARKS FLY AS John Weager is welding in his industrial arts class.

Page 38 text:

l GENERAL WILLIAM MITCHELL, in a por- trait lux' Mr. I 1'ost.si1i'x'cys the Pikes Peak Room. DRAWING HER BOW skillfully across the strings, Fran Bigler produces mellow notes on her cello. Q 'Q' i 3 f 'ls 2 FORMING PEAR-SHAPED tones, members of the mixed choir practice their scales. FINE ARTS PROVIDES In keeping with the idea of individual work, Mit- chell's fine arts department has been designed to en- able students to develop personal talents, as well as to learn general skills. Mr. Jack Frost has followed through with this scheme in his art classes by rotating pupils through nine sections: drawing, water-color painting, oil paint- ing, print-making fwoodblocks and etchingj, ceramics, commercial art, design, sculpture, and art history. To give his students greater variety and study op- portunities, Mr. Frost has started to compile an art library in the art room itself. This library contains books on almost all art forms as well as books about art appreciation. Mitchel1's instrumental and vocal music sections are accentuated by separate, sound-proofed practice rooms in which students may refine their techniques. Musically minded students can also take advan- tage of such extras as a stereo console containing a tape recorder as well as a phonograph, a baby grand piano, and a non-splintering aluminum risers. First-year drama students concentrate on voice development first semester by presenting short scenes from different plays. Second semester they study various plays from Shakespeare and work to perfect movement on stage. Students in the second-year class study the his- tory of drama first semesterand go into play produc- tion detail during the second semester.