Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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 ivicMp 7t Mild winter gives little hope for Like many students, Tim O’Con- Getting ready lor another day of As the day begins, students rush nell shuts off his alarm in hope of school. Mary O'Connell curls her hair. through the student center falling back to sleep. heading for their lockers. And this morn- ing's forecast calls for no chance of snow with a high of 35 for mid January!” As students woke to the sound of their alarm, they once again found themselves faced with another s iowless day and a hot, steamy shower. After finding something to wear, the next step was getting ready on time. After starting cars, many by Anna Anderson students found themselves setting new speed records and ac- quiring another speeding ticket in the parking lot. As you rushed to first hour, you realize you forgot your locker key so you go without books for the tenth time, you get a “D” on the unit test in second hour, and third goes by fine until you have to decide whether to wait in lunch line or try to get a ride out for junk food. 8 Daily Life

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Locks, bells, tardy policy activitated by Daniela Vukosavljevic I like the new master locks. They are safe because people can’t get into them as easily, says Linda Kilbert. If you are in a hurry it is a hassle to get your key out and unlock your locker in time, added Sara Smith. The new master locks have also cut down on locker thefts. In October of 1981 locker thefts totaled 32. In October of 1982, a total of 1 locker theft was reported. Pink slips. No you are not being fired; you are tardy. A new and stricter policy was put into effect the 82-83 school year. The new policy brought trouble to the people who were always late. Action is taken after the third tardy is reached. “I don’t like it.” says Rhett Rowe, “I feel like I am in jail.” Richard Krause, however, feels that “people are getting to class on time. Classes are becoming more controlled and organized.” Ironically, only three students have reached their 7th tardy in any class, which is a 3-day suspension from school,” says Assistant Vice Principal Miss Joyce Carver. One common factor that also added to receiving tardies was bells. When students returned from Christmas break, beep, buzz, clang and urrrr could be heard coming from the intercom system. A tone, comparable to a dental drill, was finally settl- ed on. Introduction 7

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snow days for Blazers Tutoring a Roosevelt student. Mike Sutton helps out in a special project of Mrs. Phyllis Warrick’s psychology class. The Blazer in the mosiac designed stairway keeps an eye on Scott Ezzell. Mark Suggs, and Tim Dugell. A still life painting receives final strokes from Cathy Quirk in Mrs. Cyn- thia Mark's class in Electronics class. Chris Haas sod- ders on an intricate wire. A Life Science project for Mrs Nancy Willis involves the concentration of David Tubicsok and Tim Turlep. Daily Life 9