Canyon Springs High School - Open With Care Yearbook (Moreno Valley, CA)

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r ■J Patience is needed to open a school Registration set the tone for Canyon Springs ' first days; it would be a time of confusion, of frustration, of excitement and of satisfaction. Some parents accompa- nied their children through the lengthy process, where students had the chance to purchase ASB cards (guar- anteeing admission to an uncertain freshman and ju- nior varsity athletic schedule), to buy sweatsuits (not due to be delivered until the following week), and to order subscriptions to the school newspaper and year- book (neither of which could yet boast of a trained staff). Those uncertainties, however, paled before the frus- trations faced by the counseling staff and school ad- f tirusion strik es ministration. How do you determine course offerings and make other plans for a school in its first year of existence? Certainly, it helped that only the two lower grades were to attend, but expected enrollments and student preferences were very uncertain. The master schedule was set, however, and most students arranged satisfactory schedules during registration. Some decided they needed a quick change once classes began. About half of the ninth-grade population was in to see me during the first week of school, Mrs. Judy Torrie, ninth-grade counselor, said. Mrs. Angela Armstrong, sophomore counselor, however, believed that most tenth graders were pleased with their schedules, and only a few changed

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REGISTRATION CONFUSION: S.udcn.s Jod. P.. Kadce P..„. and N.colr Nowack, talt w,,h Mrs. Angria Armstrong, sophomore counselor about their schedules. BEGINNING REGISTRATION ate sophomore B.il K.elty and h,s moth- et Students began bv malcmg one or more of a number of optional curcha ,e.

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' Firsts ' satisfying Fitting Canyon Springs into a former middle school site provided its own challenges. The main locker area was very crowded (middle school students had not had lockers), and many equipment items had to be ob- tained to upgrade the school equipment to that of a high school. Deliveries of equipment (deliveries that were to continue most of the year) were sometimes a source of confusion, but those interruptions were kept to a minimum — as were interruptions from the public address system, which broadcast only for announce- ments at the start of second period and otherwise only between classes. There was confusion, and there was frustration, but there was also excitement. With the start of school, the activities program was off and running. Students were pleased that the first days of school saw the campus decorated, saw student government elections, and end- ed with the school ' s first dance. Efforts bring The first day of school was fun, freshman Lisa Price noted. I met lots of people. And the first dance? Cool, Pete Ruppert said. I thought it was fantastic, Mrs. Shelley Grote, home economics teacher, agreed. I had a great time, and everybody was so enthusiastic. I was also glad to see so many students. It was then that she, like many, could look back on all those firsts with satisfaction. yar- excitemen .«