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Sol{le student s take the clas ses more se-
ne than oth ers Sophomore Bnan
Burg p1ke s the ball to h1s cla ss mates Fitness In creases With
dur a clas s set of volleyball game. (L .
De eyj
Exercise

-Jenn1fer Hu eftle-

physical fitness became a priori-
ty, many students came to the
m clas . , veryone who had it conclu sion that their gym cla ss
d a'Ge i It was hard not to. was a good beginning in their fit-
That ery morning students ness plans .
woke up. got dressed. and Another bonus to gym cla ss
worked to look good for the day. was that it broke the monotony
In the middle of the day they of the class schedule. Sopho-
stopped. changed into sweats. more Tiffanie Stutznegger
and proceeded to run. jump, hit. said . "After sitting through four
swim . and finally sweat. It was classes of lectures. PE offered a
an interruption that no one truly welcomed brea k. I didn't have to
enjoyed. at least they wouldn't think or bring books. just run ..
admit it to other people. PE teacher Dan Murphy sa id .
Secretly there were many ·'The goal of the classes was to
things about gym cla ss that stu- teach students proper Fitness
dents appreciated. Some stu- techniques that students could
dents used the required class as apply in th eir daily li ves. I think
an alternative to cos tl y gym that we were success ful in in stil -
clubs because the school of- ling kn owledge that students
fered many fa ci lities Senior could use either during high
Christina Biddle said. ··I took an school or later on in their li ves · ·
extra gym class my se ni or year Although some students still
ju st to get in shape . It was nice looked at their class negatively
to be able to run during the win- oth ers looked at its benefits and
ter in the gym and to ge t fit w ith- learned to make the most of the
out breaking my budget." As period. ~

Winter forced students to return to the
gym for class . A freshman cla ss runs la ps
in doors during a fitness day. (L. Dewey)

Jeff Allgood
Vicky Marquardt

June Morrissey
Dan Murphy

Warm weather al lowed students to go
outsid Freshman Chad Fabey pitches
to clas mates on one of fall's school day.
(L. Custer)