Winchester High School - Aberjona Yearbook (Winchester, MA)

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Perfecting the cycle “I hope you will learn as much from me as I plan to learn from you,” began Mr. Webber on the first day of school. The truth behind his words has been proven countless times through the mu- tualistic teacher to student relations in WHS academics. They are especially unique because of the diverse qualities of the student body, and the exceptional techniques of the teachers. Although the teachers present the academic knowledge to the students, it is the students who apply the learning. The students gaining knowl¬ edge in academics can at the same time enhance their more technical skills through Industrial Arts. In studio art, the students are challenged individually to bring out each student’s own cre¬ ativity as well as the teacher’s. In a challenging academic enviornment, the teachers have as much potential to learn as the students. -Katie Herzog Taking the matter of front wheel rotation in to his own hands, Mi¬ chael McDonough upgrades an¬ other student’s car. Academics Divider

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Readying for the Globe Show is no minor task... N ow presenting: ART! ut of over 35 pieces submitted to the Globe’s Art Show contest, only two upperclass¬ men were accepted into the Regional competitions. One, a Gold Key, representing ex¬ cellence in its own category. But this was very unusual for Winchester. “The quality of Winchester’s entries has al¬ ways been above the average in past years,” according to Mr. Ardito. “I don’t understand it, we submitted some of the best works done in years, still only two got accepted”, Mr. Ar¬ dito tried to explain to a class¬ ful of somewhat annoyed Senior Art Majors and Ad¬ vanced Art students. Even with excellent pieces from David Landry, Kim Hoffna- gle, David McCarthy, and many others, only Heather Lin and David Keane were fortunate enough to have their pieces accepted. “Basically as I see it, th ere are probably three reasons why we had so few pieces ac¬ cepted,” Mr. Ardito contin¬ ued. That either the judges were, “incompetent to their duty,” quoted innomnia, that the quality of the work was so excellent that the judges feared that the teachers par¬ ticipated overly in the pieces, and that the students basical¬ ly had their work done for them. Finally, that the judges thought that pieces were ille¬ gally submitted. Reffering to the rule, that only seven pieces were allowed per teach¬ er, therefore disqualifying many of Winchester’s works. Out of the three, Mr Ar- dido said that the first seemed most logical, “that the judges were not very ob¬ servant to the quality of the pieces submitted. Judging is no easy task, there are pieces coming in from all over the state. It’s not like grading a test or a compo¬ sition. In art, everything and anything is free- game”. The pieces entered ranged from airbrushed works, to pencil drawings. Every show is unique be¬ cause each has a wide range of techniques and usages of medium. The Globe Show is used as a little extra incentive for getting porfolio quality work matted and final¬ ized. The art classes contin¬ ued along as diligently as before, producing works along the lines of painting and sculpture despite the judgings. -Kent Matsueda Projects for the Globe Show chosen by Mr. Ardito were dis¬ played in Social Studies for stu¬ dents before the judging. Globe Show 29