Rampart High School - Rampages Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A CO-EDITOR are many. Liz Sharp realizes that speed typing is a definite asset to meeting deadlines. EVERYONE THOUGHT that Mrs. Markus' reputation as a slave driver in yearbook was myth. Dave Grimes realizes it is fact, as he washes windows on football players' Slave Day. MR. DOMINICK LUPPINO - Math, Asst. Football Coach MS. SHARYN MARKUS - English, Yearbook, Newspaper. MRS. MARGO MCCOY - English 1-2, 5-4 MRS. BECKY MEYER - English 1-2, Novels, -IV Cheerleader Sponsor MR. LARRY NOWOTNY - Biology, Head Football, Asst. Basketball Coach. MISS jEANE'I'I'E PADDOCK - PE Area Coordinator, PE, Girls' Tennis Coach. MR. DEAN PALMER - U.S. History, Government Law, Football, Wrestling Coach MR. FLOYD QUINTANA - Business, Spanish, Spanish Club MR. GARY RITER - Math Area Coordinator, Mathematics, Golf Coach MS. DONNA ROBERTS - g Algebra, Geometry, Asst. Gymnastics Coach. MR. LYNN ROTH - Special Programs MR. .IACK RUNYAN - Electronics, Algebra, Business Law, Asst. Varsity Football, Head Varsity Girls' Basketball. MR. JOHN RUTH - Math, National Honor Society MRS. ANN SEIBERT - English Area Coordinator, English English 1-2, 3-4 MRS. JOAN L. SHARP - Foods Lab, PAC. Class time Lu - Sho 153

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A touch of class Too close The closest most students come to a yearbook is the annual dance at the end of the year, or an occasional glance at an old one to try to put the face with the name of an old classmate. But twenty-two students got to know the 1982-83 Rampages book quite well, spending classtime, week- ends, and nights with it in an effort to finish pages and meet deadlines. At first the job didn't seem so bad, but when it was decided that the book would include 288 pages, the largest number in District -ff20's history, the task seemed to grow. WHILE A HIGH-SCHOOL staff may have sounded easier to advise than a junior-high one, Mrs. Sharyn Markus still found herself doing lots of work. After school, she works to finish a student's layout. Rampages JUST WHEN THE STAFF thought their layouts were done, someone would find one more under- classmen picture, and it was time to play musical pictures . Michelle Bradshaw tries not to get frustrated as her layout gets changed. for comfort Students became accustomed to working under pressure and around the moods of other staff members and co- editors, as they learned to take a blank 3-R and fill it with perfect pictures and wonderfully witty copy. For many students, it was the biggest academic challenge they had ever un- dertaken - and the memories of over 1,000 people was quite an undertaking. But the rewards were usually greater than the frustrations, and being such an important part of Rampart's first year was extremely fulfilling. IRQ YEARBOOK INVOLVED MORE than just layouts. In order to promote sales of the book, the staff sent out a bulk mailing to parents. Layout editor Yolanda Martinez sorts zip codes. LATE NIGHT WORKOUTS were a big part of being an editor. john Keith phones his mother to tell her he won't be home at mid- night after all.

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A touch of class Here rod While most students found it tough enough to make it through a year of tests and teenage traumas in their own country, two seniors had the special distinction, as well as challenge of being the first foreign exchange students at Rampart. They were Karin Poorthuis, from the Nether- lands, and Liisa Pyy, who came here from Finland. Karin came to Rampart from Enschede, a town near the German-Dutch border, with the AF exchange service and stayed with the Ernst family. It cost her nearly 33000 to come to the United States, which included a twenty dollar a month allowance. She became an exchange student because it would make me stronger for the things I'm going to do in life. When she returned home, Karin had plans to go to a musical conservatory in Enschede. Liisa Pyy wanted to learn English and about America in general, so she travelled here from Duutuusu Tuusula, a small village in southern Finland, and stayed with the Cameron family during her year stay. When she got back home, she planned to enter the equivalent of college over there. But before they could enter college, they agreed that Ii U ,X X ....,,-- Qliv ,K 'X --. . 1 X khhy .k it Ng- k , ay, gone tomorrow they had to finish high school first. They both said enthu- siastically that they liked school here in America better than in their own countries. Karin went on to say, For the exchange student, this school system is better, but for general education and college preparation, the Dutch school system is better. However, she added that she was a solid Rampart fan. They both took a foreign language while they were here. Liisa, who can already speak Finnish, Swedish, and English went into French III. Karin, who knows Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, and Latin, was in Spanish II. When they first arrived here in the country, they had their problems. They both felt that the first few weeks were the hardest to get through. As Liisa put it, Everything was new. It's hard to get used to your new 'family. ' They said quickly that what they missed most were their families. But they were happy with their adopted families. Karin said, when talking about the Ernsts, It's important to be with a family who loves and cares for you. That's the way my family was! RQ 'iff .ii LEARNING TO WRITE it right, Mrs. Ann Seibert goes over rewrites with Kit WITH SLANG and Valspeak common, Americans didn't take the English Lambert and Michael Ware. language too seriously. But Liisa Pyy took her languages quite seriously and Exchange students converses with Mrs. Kathy Hurley in French, one of the four she speaks.