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

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PEACE AND QUIET could always be found in the library. Mr. Gary Riter takes advantage of it and plans a test for his loving calculus class. INFORMATION WAS THE name of the game at the Media Center. Mrs.janie Daniels helps the library do what it does best. SIGN ME UP. junior Kevin Wolfgang registers for the PSAT in the counseling office before going to the library to study for it. fl! MRS. MARY BELTZ- Audio- Visual Director MRS. SUE CLARK- LMC Coordinator MRS. SHARON COTTON- Library Aide MRS.jANIE DANIELS- Library Secretary, Principal's Advocacy Committee MRS. BECKY DAVIS- Library Aide Class rimefcounselors, librarians Q 157

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A BIG PART of being able to make it in Calculus was understanding the lectures. Tara Reiber takes notes during one of Mr. Riter's talks so she will be able to do her homework. TRANSCRIPTS THAT included calculus always looked good, but it was even more impressive when an underclass- MS SUE BORNHAUSER - College Counselor MRS DIANE BURKE - Counselor MR RALPH CRUME - Counselor MRS CAROLYN MARKEWICH - ig Counselor MR DARWIN SMITH - Vocational Counselor men managed to make it through the class. junior jeff Blackman concentrates on a problem. Although it was an advanced college class, Calculus had two members who had two years to go before they finished high school. Tara Reiber and jeff Blackman were the only juniors in the 23-member class. Having sped through Algebra II in one semester and Math Analysis in one semester, jeff was able to enter Calculus. Despite the speed of earlier courses. he felt that he had been adequately prepared and found the course easy . Class time Count me in Althouth Tara had met all the requirements to enter Calcu- lus, she had taken all her classes for a full year. Because of a move during her freshman year, she took Geometry and Math Analysis both during her sophomore year. Tara said, It's a lot of work and you really have to study to keep up. IRQ Calculus .Lf- ,l ffl

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Brains don't take a back seat at Rampart. Even with all the extra-curricular activities offered, sev- eral students remembered the real reason they attended school and received recognition for aca- demic excellence. Carol Rodgers and janet Ryan were selected as A touch of class It takes one to know one semi-finalists for the National Merit Scholarship based on the scores they received on their PSAT's. The PSAT, or Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, was taken by most students during their junior year as practice for the SAT's and for quali- fication in the National Merit Scholarship compe- tition. Four other seniors also did very well on their PSAT's. Doug Haley, Scott jackson, Carolyn Sampson, and Frank Zeigler each received a Na- tional Merit Commendation. IRQ AFTER BECOMING NATIONAL MERIT SEMI-FINALISTS, Carol Rodgers and janet Ryan receive special recognition from Miss Sue Bornhauser. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.junior English students take a sample test WHERE ARE YOU going to college next year? Scott jackson, Doug Haley, an F0 flef ffady for the Wal thing-Julie Glidewell and Tracy MCL3UghliY1 Work Sampson look over catalogues of prospectives colleges, so they can finally answer to beat the clock, while Shannon O'Connor and C.C. Shivvers seek persistent question, inspiration and julie Wood and Ted Parenti contemplate a difficult ques- tion. 159' O National Merit