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When it came to some academic
classes, creativity was an important is-
sue. Many students found that they had
true creativity when it came out in classes
such as jounalism, English , art, and drama. (J)~r;t"(IUUt;"fb,~ of
"I have found that my creativity
has come out through the school plays", U~p!fjtLt'IJo'V
senior Amy Pettinger said. ~u~
The drama class used school J~ rt1Mkt 1Jiue, "fb,Jft"'tt"
plays to help students and actors bring out cfPJttlw ~tJtJIJ<IOi;
their acting talents. Drama was not just 'tlittck
scripts because it brought out the creativ-
ity to interpret the
lines and attitudes
of the characters
in the plays.
To com-
plete a creative
writing paper or a
newspaper_ story,
writers used their
Medi a specialist Kim Vawter helps creativity to catch
seniors Mike Wadleigh and Kerry the attention of
Finnegan create ads for a mass medi a their readers by
project. Students created ads for clubs coming up with
that were used for eighth grade
orientation. photo by Melissa Ballentine unique hooks or
leads.
"I used my creativity to think of
topics for my ed itorials in the Hoofbeat.
Once I got my assignment, I had to figure
out just the right angle," senior Kyle Wil-
son said .
Art students , however, took a
different look and based their creativity on
what came out in their art projects. Ideas
were introduced by teachers, but it was
students that put their uniqueness into the Freshmen Kate Womack
final product. and Kri sta VanWyke
" Creativity helped me in my art spend their seventh hour
in Jan Fischer's drama
when I needed to think of my next project class. Part of the cl ass
or the colors and designs to use ," senior ti me was spent critiquing A£iWii4211l -
Ashley Johnson said. pieces from plays.
Creativity played a major factor in photo by Laura Naple
classes that forced one to speak in front
of an audience, write a story for a publica-
tion, complete a creative writing assign-
ment, or pick up a paintbrush or drawing
pencil.

By Meli ssa Beverly