McClellan High School - Lion Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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S e r Students Explore Enrichment. hat is reality? Ask any one who attended the fourth annual Gover- norls School, and they would answer this question with a variety of answers. Kara Jolliff, Tracey Summar, Bobbi Walthers, and Hob Wood spent five weeks of their summer at Governor's School. Hendrix University in Conway became their world beginning June 12 through July 16. Governoris School is a five week resi- dential program for students who spe- cialize in certain areas of study. Profes- sors, doctors, and teachers from Arkan- sas and other states taught and directed students toward 20th century theories and ideas. The days were divided into three areas. Area I allowed students to work in their major interest area, Area II was a discussion time for esthetics, religion, ethics, and logic, Area III allowed stu- dents time for expressing feelings, writ- ing in journals, and for discussing cur- rent events. Other activities for students included lectures by Hilary Rodham Clinton, wife of Governor Clinton and also chairperson of the Committee on Excel- lence in Education and Tom McRae, President of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. Films such as Fahrenheit 451, 2001 Space Odyssey, Lord of the A, ilfife, Spending an entertaining day at the state capitol are seniors Elisa Caplinger, Karen Quinn, Shelley Ferguson, and radio disc jockey Craig O'Neill. ' Students attending Governor's School are Kara Jolliff, Bobbi Walthers, Tracey Summar, and Hob Wood Flies, Psycho, Rashomin, and On the Beach were shown. Entertain- ment was also provided through dances, concerts by the Governor's School cho- ral music and orchestra students, a dra- ma production of Charley, a star gaz- ing field trip, and a trip to the local movie theatre to see Twilight Zone- The Movie. Best of all, Governoris School was a unique learning experience and a time to make friends. Tracey Summar com- mented, f'Governor's School helped me in so many ways. I cultivated many new interests and learned to listen with an open mind, I also learned to express myself in a better and more productive way. The University of Central Arkansas and Ouachita Baptist University were the hosts of the 1983 Boys' and Girls' State. Hundreds of students from all over the state attended this week long event. Among the distinguished guests who spoke were Senator David Pryor, Steve Clark, Hilary Rodham Clinton, and Governor Bill Clinton. Delegates to Boys' and Girls' State were also enter- tained by radio disc jockey Craig O'Neill at the State Capitol. Girls' and Boys' State were designed to educate seniors about their govern- ment and to encourage leadership in their community and school. Senior ,, I .... ., . + . J A , . . A , N' All Eg . Y Wx fl ' . Analytical Thinking And Workings Of The Government Han Choi said, Boys' State was a motivating experience. When speaking of the many people he met at Boys' State, Hob Wood commented, You get to meet the cream of the crop from all over the state. We will run into these people in the future and it will be to our advantage and theirs that we have been previously acquainted. 5 ar' 1 it X K :Qi 'H I -.X E 'h ' . E .. . aff. l we 3' ,fi '- nt. em. .Ly ' if , .. , . gggg . fp . iii 'S tllr X. . Yfilh ' .:,,. ,,,q..,'

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Girls' State delegates Michelle Leggett, Kara Jolliff, Elisa Caplinger, Shelly Ferguson, Jen- nifer Linkous, Rhonda Smart, Karen Quinn, Kathy Gallagher, and Lynn Lyle. 3 WG-'ww ,, fi ,-w.'I'.!Y if -me Him: , f L A ig .M , Q- 1 rw. ,Q , 1 ,ilu :.i,5L1iyaQ'. - Boys' State delegates Kelly Pucek, Hob Wood, James Higgins, Brian Hill, Doug Vann, Brian Grant Phillips, Michael Thomas, Mark Milstead, Costa. Han Choi, and Jeff McClelland:

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Mass Confusion aking up in the morning at after until most with six olclock was a traumatic event the familiar routine of sleeping twelve. What to wear became the important issue in conversations friends and family. It was the first day of school and the worst day of school. For the last time sophomores ex- pressed their fears to their fellow class- mates on their way to school in cars and buses. They were afraid of not being able to find their classes, scared of the teacher if they were tardy, and too ap- prehensive to ask anybody for direc- tions. Juniors were eager to learn who broke up with whom over the summer, who would make fun of their new hairdo, and who all bought what cars during the summer. Senior Billy Mathis and sophomore Stephanie Rutherford check their sched' ules on the first day of school. Long Lines And Lost Sophomores Signify First Day Of School. Seniors began the first day of their final year with conflicting emotions. The security, familiar faces, and routine of high school were dear to them. Yet college, jobs, and family life were draw- ing them gradually into a new world. Long lines of people waiting for their schedules and students checking their friends' schedules to see if they had any classes together were familiar sights on the first day. The heat schedule was used in order to make the first day more comfortable for students. The first day of school was a day of confusion for all. Students were franti- cally looking for their classes and at the same time looking for friends they had not seen for three months. But all the mispronouncing of students names by teachers and all the wrong schedules could not take away the feeling that this was the first day of the beginning of a great year. Waiting in line for schedules becomes tedious for sophomores who are eager to start the day. il? 31 l 4 M.