Estes Park High School - Whispering Pine Yearbook (Estes Park, CO)

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W Sitting on top of the East Paumee Butte, some of the cultures class rests after a long hike. Academic year prevails he academic school year brought on heavy work loads, less class time, and more hours spent after school. An opinion poll was taken of teachers and parents, as well as students, on whether or not the shortened school year was doing more harm than good. The vote was in favor of a 160-day year, rather than 180 days. Classes and teachers changed, but adjustments were made and all went as smoothly as possible. In the third quarter of school, every Monday was a day off. While some students felt the extra day off was helpful, others said it was a waste of time. Teachers felt the shortened schedule took away needed class time. It was nearly impossible to teach all they had to offer. Though the shortened schedule gave students less time in class, it just meant a greater effort outside of it.

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Visions of excellence shine As the school year progressed with many students getting involved academically and athletically, Visions of Excellence became a primary goal which many wished to reach. Accomplishments came through individually as well as to- gether, and involved all areas of the students' lives. With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know how to attain it, but to know what to do with it when one reaches it. In her book, The Conspiracy Against Childhood, Eda J. LeShan wrote: i'Excellence tin lifel is the way in which each human being makes the most of the adventure of living and becomes most truly and deeply himself, fulfilling his own nature in the context of a good life with other people . . . What he knows and what he feels have equal importance in his life. The excellence that each stu- dent reached for will remain a vision to be remembered by the accom- plishments that the individual achieved. Ladycats look on apprehensively during their semi-final game against Fort Lupton at Butler-Hancock gym in Greeley W NK' g ' , Opening 5 wwf-va-..,-9,

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Ka? T fa- A ' -,-, ' --- if' ,. 'A it C wil V ., ' H' '.-.M X2 .,,, Qf,L,-QM.-U ' ,, K bg, -.-as k.ii36w,, ST 1,T.:v.,L-K, 1,1 As Lisa Wilson looks on, Deena Collingham gives a look of annoyance after being Concentrating intensely, Robby James interrupted while rushing to meet a newspaper deadline. works on a track story for the Mountaineer. Hard work pays off for publicators With one of its better tumouts for the staff, the publications class worked hard to meet deadlines and complete their work. The year was busy for most publicators, covering stories such as the altemative calendar deci- sion, the space shuttle Challenger explosion and repeated vandal- ism at the school. The Mountaineer had a new feature that was called i'First Per- son, which proved to be quite a popular column with most stu- dents, since it recounted personal experiences. The staff also kept itself busy by attending conferences such as the Colorado High School Press Association's Newspaper and Yearbook Olympics. They did well in each, with the Mountaineer receiving three gold awards and the Whispering Pine receiving a gold award and the runner-up sweepstakes award in Division 1. Four members ofthe staff also attended the Journalism Educa- tion Association convention with adviser Bob Keith in Tucson, Ariz. in April, where Jeff Anderson re- ceived an honorable mention in the yearbook photo category. Cther activities that the staff involved themselves in were a field tripftour of the Denver Post and the Kodak plant in Windsor, and an end-of-the-year banquet at the Holiday Inn, where Anderson, Joy Hanks, Jane Kemmer, Krista Ma- her and Mike Stevens received awards for joumalistic excellence from the University of Colorado School of Joumalism. Some members of the publications staff pose in front of the sign on their Feb. 11 tour of the Kodak plant in Windsor. Earlier in the day they toured the Denver Post. Publications 5