Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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acult ehind Closed Doors 'Unexcused again, and only for my ss? 99 W ell, you know those doctors. ey never can schedule an appointment a decent time. A doctor's appointment? How lable do you think I am? I saw you lking around here just after my class h a Burger King hat on your head. I can explain that, just give me a nute to regain my bearings. Yeah, well if you dofft gain them ick you'll be gaining them in the cipline office. I was going to see my doctor when car ran out of gas. I hopped on the bus d continued with great haste to the c's. As I was walking into the office, I some lady who looked half dead, so I her go ahead of me. I was a Boy Scout etons in the closet haunt the Palo Verde science hall, cially this former student of Mr. Donnelly is who asked he hall pass once... just once! fPhoto by P. Lullaj once you know. The woman, recognizing my obvious sense of chivalry, asked if there was any way for her to make it up to me. I was about to decline, when I remembered that my car had run out of gas, so I asked her to take me to pick up some gas. She was overjoyed at the op- portunity. Anyway, we got the gas and she begged me to go to lunch. How could I refuse? We stopped at Burger King and, well, the rest is historyf, You're going to be history if you miss my class anymore, especially if you don't bring me a Whopperf' Students coming up with excuses for their teachers to swallow was an everyday occurance, which once in a very long while would work. The faculty and staff at Palo Verde are brought into focus in this section. The Faculty section brings out the classroom as it really was and lets students get a view as to what teachers really were behind closed doors...crazy, funny, and just like students with a bigger vocabulary. Editor Chantal Giblin and staff members Laura Dolan, Faculty section layouts, copy and graphics designed by Susan Handley, and Julie Jungen. Faculty 51

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Writing of Journals Increased Creativity In the beginning, the written word started with drawings and symbols scratched on cave walls. The primitives recorded their thoughts and feelings, thus the creation of the first journals. The English language has changed with time, and today, one way to improve a student's writing is by composing a journal. Palo Verde students participated in a program with the University of Arizona and Pima College called Southern Arizona Writing Project. This program was designed to improve writing skills in high school students and to prepare them for college. In this program, the students were given a chance to write as much as possible in a daily journal. Their work was not graded, but instead was used to give students a change to become more con- fident in their writing skills. English students were not the only ones to participate. The program in- cluded classes from other subjects such as math, science and history. The teachers involved received a S200 grant for participating and turn- ing in their results from the journals. When asked their opinion on writing journals, most students thought that it would be helpful to them in the future. English is an essential subject, and in- volvement in programs such as this help to build a strong foundation for college, as well as establishing an in- terest in reading to learn. ID Yes: I do have a heart, exclaims Mr. Dex- ter Johnson to his third period English class who questioned his sanity after he assigned an essay. 01 Mr. Elmer lends Kelly Richardson a hand on her bothersome English assignment. G1 When a problem arises in Dexter Johnson 's class, he is always there to combat it and striaghten things out. I-0 Working together on an assignment in Mr. Elmer 's class is hah' the fun as shown by Michelle Lee, Alesia Shaughnessy and Jackie Holton. 52 Faculty Section