Lake Oswego High School - Lakers Log Yearbook (Lake Oswego, OR)

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EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION LOHS CITED FOR EXCELLENCE Lake Oswego High School was recently selected by the National Commission on Excellence in Education as one of the nation’s 144 “Models of Excellence” in secondary schools. In August of 1981, with the encouragement of President Ronald Reagan, the National Commission on Excellence in Education was created to report on the quality of education in America. As part of the national study, the commission set out to identify and honor exemplary schools to serve as role models of excellence. Lake Oswego High School was selected on the basis of numerous characteristcs of effective schools; including: clear academic and behavioral goals, order and discipline, high expectations for students, teacher efficacy, positive school environment, administrative leadership, and community support. As an honored model, LOHS will continue to work hard to overcome obstacles, to improve education, and to maintain high educational standards. (CEUENCE IN DUCATION 1982-83 EXCELLENCE W EDUCATION 1982-83 TOP RIGHT-Principal Bill Korach proudly accepts LOHS award for excellence from T.H. Bell. U.S. Secretary of Education, while attending a formal ceremony at the White House. ABOVE: The excellence flag stands as a tribute to the recognition of LOHS as an outstanding secondary school. RIGHT: “Wild” Bill Korach comes home to a tumultuous student body after bringing home the hardware. 18

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ACADEMICS

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;nf LO STAFFERS WIN A WARDS An exceptionally strong teaching staff has long been a trademark at Lake Oswego High School. LOHS selection as a “Model of Excellence” reflects its faculty efficacy. Two fine teachers have been recognized nationally in 1983 for their work in establishing a high level of excellence in their programs. Sue Ann McGraw received one of 104 Presidential Awards for Teaching Excellence and Michael Goodrich was recognized as the Outstanding Earth Science Teacher of the Northwest by the National Association of Geology Teachers. »— — ■ — . V 4 TU ■ •' ♦ % v‘ — c w • 1 —» A Mike Goodrich-Outstanding Earth Science Teacher for 1983. SUE Am MCGRAW MIKE GOODRICH • Ann McGraw-Prcsidcntial Award Excellence in mathematics. hese awards are a ir reflection of teaching quality ake Oswego. Winner for Tcach- A fellow colleague once tabbed Sue McGraw as math teacher extraordinaire”; and she has lived up to her billing. Ms. McGraw is one of 104 winners of a new national award for outstanding science and math teachers, The Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence. A 55,000 prize accompanied the award to supplement resources for improving the LOHS math program. Ms. McGraw suggested her monetary winnings be spent on more computer equipment and on ‘professional growth sessions' for teachers. Ms. McGraw is in her fifth year of teaching at Lake Oswego and is chairwoman of the math department. Efforts to update and improve his successful geology program was the mainstay for Mike Goodrich's selection as an Outstanding Earth Science Teacher for 1983. Slides, films, student-made models and equipment, use of publications, and field experience arc all part of Mr. Goodrich's efforts. His dedication, enthusiasm, and professionalism benefit all who pass through his classroom. Mr. Goodrich has been in the Lake Oswego public school system since 1968, with a two-year break during which he taught geology in the American School in London, England. i BILL KORACH Excellence 19