Silver Lake High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Silver Lake, KS)

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CUSTOMERS SOPHOMORES Talent show highlights money- making projects 1 - i T - fy - .. Q 3 sg if rw' -Q5 Julie Jones Krystal Kirkwood Emily Leonard Rick MacCausland Kelly Mahana Bob Manning Todd Miller Vonita Murdock Randy Nicely Dave Oliverius Darci Reichardt Kevin Renfro Teresa Rohn Julie Rudolph Robin Rueck Amie Ruecker Melinda Shell Dawn Smith Kathy Stolle Scott Strecker Troy Stremmlng, STUCO Renee Strong, Vice- President Stan Swartz James Taylor Kristi Vande Velde, STUCO Carmen Wanklyn Joey Weaver Stacy Workman Preparations. Working on the talent show, several sophomore girls discuss the order of performances. Photo by Julie Hawkins.

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96 CUSTOMERS SOPHOMOFRES Two students place at KAAA contest Pen and ink yields five blue ribbons by Teresa Rohn Winning isn't everything, but it's a lot ot tun. When you have talent like sophomore Dennis Ander- son's, there is a lot of fun. Anderson has entered county fair art exhibitions and poster con- tests and has come out a winner in most ot them. In the Pencil, Pen, and lnk drawing classification, he has come away with five blue rib- bons and a reserve championship. In the Kansas American Auto As- sociation 4Oth Annual National Poster Program, Anderson tied for first in grades 10-12 and received a S75 United States savings bond. Senior classmate Chris Troxel fol- lowed close behind winning sec- ond place and a S550 savings bond. Troxel said, I was shocked. I real- ly didn't expect it. Art instructor, Mr. Buck Braden said, ln terms of talent, Dennis is one ot the most natural draughts- men l've seen. This year's drawing' class, ot which Dennis was a part, has been the most talented class l've had since coming to Silver Lake. The interplay between Den- nis and the other members of that class has resulted in a terrific quantity of excellent art work and a very successful year. Count the dots. Pen and ink Hi-ho Brushes awayl Sopho- blending together on his painting dot pattern by sophomore Den- more artist Dennis Anderson of barrell racing. Photo by Greg nis Anderson. Photo by Gail Et- tries to keep the paints from Abbott zenhouser,

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98 CURRICULUM SEVEN HOUR DAY Tempers flare over proposed contract Reactions to seven hours vary as students express ideas on extra hours What's another twenty minutes? In terms of sleep- ing, twenty minutes isn't that long, but twenty more minutes of strenuous exer- cise is too long! What about twenty extra minutes spent at school? Students ex- pressed mixed feelings on this subject. I'm going to be a senior next year, and now l'll have to take more classes, said junior Deana Womack. l'm all for it. That extra hour will allow me to get in another class I couldn't have otherwise, said freshman Dawn Troxel. Although specifics are sketchy at this point, the school board proposed a seven hour day contract. This proposal would cut out activity period and add an additional twenty minutes to the day. Classes would be shortened by a few min- utes, but there would still be four minutes between classes. Lunch periods would be the same, but ad- ministrators aren't sure how Vo-tech and work releases will be handled. Arguments stem from the negotiations which are still in progress. Teachers want- ed to be compensated for the extra time, but an agreement had not been reached. New classes won't be of- fered as part of the new curriculum, but the regular classes will be offered at more times. That's what l don't un- derstand. I had a hard time finding classes I was inter- ested in this time. We won't be offered any new classes, but we're getting another hour. Weaving and jewelry will probably be full. What else is there to take to fill in the gap? said junior Gen- ell Schultes. But others feel the extra hour will come in handy. I feel the more hours j get, the better my future will be. Twenty minutes isn't that long, said freshman Chris Loar. With an additional sub- ject, students will be faced with more homework. I can't believe this. I feel sorry for the people in sports who come home late and are faced with three hours of homework, said sophomore Julie Rudolph. Troy Stremming, Presi- dent of Stuco, isn't really for the adoption of the extra hour, but, if they do pass the proposal, I think they should install a study hall. But many argue that the study hall would be a waste of time. Reasons for the extra hour stem from the debate occurring around the coun- try. Educators feel that in order to improve education, protective measures must be taken now. That extra subject might enhance edu- cation. I can see why they feel we need to improve our education, but adding an- other hour won't aid the problem if the student doesn't find subjects he's interested in. New curricu- lum should be added to the schedule, I think it's fine the way it is, said Patti Frey. Six vs. seven. Pre-enrollment Negotiations are still in pro- schedules weren't handed out be- gress which makes it impossi- cause the school board was still ble to make a new schedule considering increasing the school Photo by Greg Abbott. day from six hours to seven