Woodlan Senior High School - Arrow Yearbook (Woodburn, IN)

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T.V., speech classes learn to perform T.V. and speech have two things in common: Both classes were taught by Miss Melanie Coats and both classes in- volved performing, whether speaking in front of classmates or taping in the audio-visual room. T.V. wasn ' t just lights, camera, action. First of all students learned to use the equip- ment, then performed their skits . They creat- ed commercials, game shows and situation comedies . First goal in speech was getting enough self- confidence to do a good job, then combining the right tone of voice with hand gestures. Their first speeches were 1 1 2 to 3 minutes in length. Final speeches were a seven-minute talk on any topic from whales to UFO ' s. 4. Curtis Delagrange , sophomore, looks over his T.V. project. 5. Janet Warner, sophomore, dresses like a clo vn for her costume speech. 6 . Jiminy Cricket is sophomore Rebecca Niccum ' s prop for a speech.

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The first step in art class was getting the assignment from Mrs. Janice Reifsnider. The next step was let- ting the imagination go wild: No holding back, going to extremes, tak- ing it out of the mind and creating it with the hand with guidance from the eyes . First semester em- phasized skills in draw- ing and sketching por- traits, posters and still lives. Second se- mester emphasized crafts, such as molding clay and making jewelry 1. Seventh graders woi k on their color wheels.

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Home ec. basic to life Home economics gives basic preparation for all phases of life and helps assure success in life, remarked Miss Beth Shaffer, high school home economics teacher. Mrs. Karen Scalabrino taught basics of home ec. to junior high stu- dents. She also informed two classes of freshmen. The year was divided into foods, clothing, textiles, grooming and child care. Some of the things they did were prepare foods, clean dishes, learn to use new appli- ances, demonstrate, de- corate cakes, can, cut, size, mark patterns and tie dye, 1. Jon Salway, freshman, cleans the dishes after a foods lab. 2. Lisa Amos, junior, demon- strates the electric cookie press. 3. Robin Amstutz, sophomore, marks her zipper sample.