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

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AS PRESIDENT, Eilleen Billiard newly-formed tree, we must create had to work closely with sponsor new leaves and new directions' in Mr.joe Giarratano, who said, Stu- order to grow. dent Council is comparable to a SOME MEMBERS FOUND ideas juniors Michelle Iihert and Bridget Ware amusing in their duest for originality. laugh at an outrageous suggestion. IQWT Hmmm- S t 6 ,tg H, ORGANIZATION AND PLAN- sentative Scott Zedack puts some NING was the key to Student dates on the calendar. Councils success. All City Repre- FRONT: Wendy Vor- waller, Scott Zedack, Iiileen Billiard, SECOND: Karen Crumley, Gerry Hurley, Christine Scott, I,aura Stocker, Shaun Turner, THIRD: Tim Sauer, Karen Nelsonmjohn Bosick, Brid- get Ware, Tami I.auxman, FOURTH: Susan Quigley, jeff Blackman, Pam Copley, Tom Anderson, Michelle Ebert, BACK: Sidney Nicholson, 'I'im Anderson, Curt Sanders. Class acti rn

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THE EMOTIONS OF Student Council members ranged from wildly enthusiastic to tiredly dejected. Senior Karen Nelson paints a poster in the commons and either whistles or tells the world to kiss off. G When most schools opened for the 1982-85 academic year, traditions had been established. But when students were elected to become members of Rampart's first student government, their work was cut out for them. As Tim Sauer explained, It was hard not to copy other schools when we were trying to set our own tradi- tions. We had to be original. One new idea was to have a grass roots program where representatives from each advisement room were elected. This was to improve com- munication between the council members and student population. It was difficult working with so many inexperienced people. The obstacles Student council l-N... verned b the people were numerous, but the trail to suc- cess was worth it, commented Tim Anderson. Success was an apt word to describe where student council found itself at the end of the year. Three dress-up weeks, two formal dances, and numerous poster-mak- ing sessions later, the council could look back with pride on their accom- plishments: controlling a frenzy of girls at lunch during the football players' slave auction, getting teach- ers to put on everything from roller skates to stilts at assemblies, but most importantly, sharing with over a thousand people their feeling of Rampart pride. Affxy' BY THE TIME sixth hour's Student Council class rolled around, enthusiasm was sometimes hard to muster. ju- niorjeff Blackman tries to get motivated, as sponsor Mt. joe Giarratano writes down ideas from the peanut gal- lery.

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Going first class - invitation only W ith over a thousand students and only three counselors, getting an appointment was often next to impossible. As a solution, the administration set up a daily 30-minute peri- od to give students a chance to get acquainted with the faculty. Each day after fifth hour, students went to advisement - a class reminiscent of the homeroom. For many this provided a needed break in the day. Advisement served many purposes. It gave students a place to feel more at home, a chance to relax, and a faculty member with whom they could more closely communicate. Advisers were the perfect people to smooth over prob- lems with grades or attendance, and helped with schedul- ing and graduation requirements. HQ - - - ' WM,am4e 'w1'ifm'11f'2z'm-i.-.W ...sm . . . , - ALTHOUGH MANY STUDENTS complained about daily advisement, others took the time to develop a good rapport with their advisor. Mr. Gary Riter ponders a chess move as junior Pat Hollen watches the move. -ww-fa-w-N,f ...V 'wwf , sw-H.. -i, ,. f ,P . . .r 4, S ' 'V'--me 981 WHILE MOST STUDENTS used advisement to catch up on homework and gossip, others chose to use the time to simply relax. Sopho- more Monty Miranda improves his free throw - in Mrs. Ann Seibert's advisement class. ' 7... .- -Iv- ADVISEMENT WAS FOR some classes like a family experience. Mr. Dom Luppino's advisees display a sense of trust as they build a pyramid. Advisement ,.--an-ll