Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1999, Page 41

Description:	Left: Seniors Justin Beck andJimmy Southern cut wood with aBloomington North student.Building Trades was one of themost popular classes.Checking their blood pressure,seniors Mandy Childress, PamDix, and Nicole Courtneyparticipate during Diverse HealthCareers. The class was one ofthe many specialized classesoffered at the Hoosier Hills CareerCenter.AVERYTHATCHERAVERYTHATCHERSeniors Trenity Shaw, AaronMosier and Jason Denton workto put a roof on a dugout duringone of their vocational classes.Students enrolled at vocationalschool to learn specialized trades.Seniors Trenity Shaw and JasonDenton construct an announcersbox at the vocational school alongwith other Bloomington Northstudents. They built the box forthe Bloomington North Softballfield.LASSESfrom A to ZAVERYTHATCHERCeramicsTeacherMr. Scott Ackerson and Ms. StephanieBenham, fine artsScheduleBlock & TraditionalWliat kind of obstacles did you have toovercome?This has been a really tough yearbecause we dont get our real classroomuntil January. We dont have any water,and the classes are overcrowded, Benhamsaid.Wliat project did you enjoy the most?My favorite project was the comboproject; I made a Keroppi pinch pot,sophomore Kyle Baugues said.ACP ChemistryTeacherMr. Chris Sellers, scienceScheduleTraditionalHow do your students handle the difficulty?They laugh, they cry, and they crysome more. For some [students] its thefirst time theyre ever really challenged,Sellers said.Why did you decide to take this course?Its really a hard class. I guess maybethe people who take it, take it because theylike that kind of torture, like getting a 67percent on tests and having that be arelatively high score, senior KatieEdmonds said.Child DevelopmentTeacherMrs. Gaye Moore and Mrs. Julie Gray,family and consumer scienceScheduleBlockHow do you interest kids in child development?The kids get more involved when weget into teen pregnancy. We show empathybellies, which weigh 15 pounds each, andkids get to put them on. The class endswith the birth of a child, where we showvideos about childbirth, Moore said.Wiry is this class use fid?Different stages about how a childdevelops are interesting to learn about. Ithink that this is a very useful class forstudents who may already have kids,junior Lindsay Fry said.Forestry and LandscapingWe can get outside of school to learn things that wilhelp us in life, and the class gives me something funto do besides regular school work.senior Scott SchollBuilding TradesWe get to do a lot of hands-on work, and we are upand moving around most of the time. It is better thansitting down and reading a book all class.junior Billy SnedegarAlternative Optionstrial & errorVocational School()
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