Parkview High School - Spirit Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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he Little Rock Schools began the year with some new faces due to administrative reorganization. It has given the administration workers more responsibility for the results they're trying to get, said Herb Rule, School Board member. The most important new program adopted by the Board for the year was a new reading program. All of the Board members shared the opinion that the reading program would benefit most the students who weren't reading at their full capacity but would also help good readers. The new addition for the reading program is called a diagnostic prescriptive program in which students are tested for weakness in specific areas, Paul Masem, superintendent, said. The students then develop strength in these areas by learning through a mastery plan, in small steps. One problem tackled by the Board that directly affected Parkview was the matter of new band uniforms. The request was first turned down and then granted. When Parkview asked for the money, the Board was discussing priorities, so we didn't know if we would have money for the uniforms, said Dr. Art Gillum, Board member. After priorities were set, we found we did have the money, so we decided Parkview should have new uniforms. Though Board members held full time jobs outside the schools, much of their time was spent making decisions that affected Parkview students. in We need to think of ways to create an interest in the schools among students so they will come to school and be good students. -Rev. C.0. Magee, School Board president. 5. Some things which could be done to improve the schools are an increase in girls' athletics and more day care programs. I am also concerned about the attitudes of some schools toward fire safetyg it surprised me that schools built 25 and 30 years ago don't have to meet some of the new standards and fire safety laws. -Dr. Peter Sherrill, School Board. tl if 5 or 5 :vv .i:i we 4' When the School Board makes a decision, we have to consider all of the alternatives. We can't just consider the effects on one school: we have to consider the effects on all schools. -Vance Jones, School Board vice-president. We need to End a simpler and more direct way to spend more time helping students learn and showing administrators, teachers and students how to work together. -Herb Rule, School Board. 1 I P .I N x 'Y X. - W-...tw 1 . ,,., . By Implementing a posltive expectation attitude between students, teachers, parents, administrators and the Board, everyone expects everyone else to do their share. When they do, they become ideal. ' '-T.E. Patterson, School Board secretary. Changes for progress! 165

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Wlndmllls ofthe mind. Clifton Henson learns that the only way to master English is to study and complete assignments each day. Smile your cares away. FBLA delivers Valentines made by third grade students at Western Hills Elementary School to residents of Beaumont Nursing Home. Janiece Alexander talks to a resident of the home. You in Academics and Organizations You and the Basics Reading, 'Riting and 'Rithmetic. Special Feature .. ...168 You're on Your Own .... . . .174 You and Labs Books Plus ......... . . .178 You and Languages A Whole New Language ....... . . .198 You and Extra-Curricular Classes And an Order of Fun on the Side .... . . .206 Academics Q5 Qrgenizations Among the nebulous web of activities in which you were tangled lurked the inevitable consequence of being an adolescent-school work. In spite of the monotony, however, the routine of studies and homework paid off as you achieved excellence in academic fields or even passed enough credits to graduate. You won awards for outstanding performances on the National Math Exam and received recognition for excellence in writing from the National Council of Teachers of English. Through club activities you raised money for the March of Dimes, aided the elderly in a Rock and Roll-a-Thou and sold countless bars of candy. You exceeded performances of previous years as you used your talents to attain superiority in academic fields while serving the school and community. Academics!Organizationsl 167