Skyline High School - Wingspread Yearbook (Longmont, CO)

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Elect uric llTIII Some services nut uct practical Although several computers were located in the library during first semester, the library itself was allotted only one. Elaine Morse, media specialist, would have liked to have programmed a list for the overdue books, but all the available programs she previewed didn't have the memory for her needs. She considered placing the card catalog on a disk, but she would have needed extra secretarial help to type in all the information. Therefore, the only program she had was the PFS Write, which was for word processing. Students also had access to the use of the computers in the library. During study halls, lunch, before and after school, many of Skyllnes own computer hackers could be found in the library doing homework or other computer activities. The rules stated that the computers were to be used by students to complete class assign- ments, not to play games. Teachers were also seen in the library putting their grades on the computer, doing word processing, and running print outs of progress reports for their students. While the computers were quite useful to the IMC, the physical education department didn't use them at all. According to Mrs. Joanne Aschenbrenner, the computer was widely used in the 1984 Summer Olympics for gymnastics scoring and for basic communication between judges and the different teams, but she didn't have any computer programs for her own use at Skyline. The addition of computers to the curriculum was welcomed by the majority of teachers in the language arts, social studies, math, science, and business departments. However, not every department saw an immediate need, partially due to the lack of existing, applicable software to their field. A friendly face awaits a friendly user. I it X-N iff' l 45' , 3 sf' i .5 3 l 5 3 , 5 er gs t o it s ,sf 6' fi ' 5: at ST l 5' s 8 S 5 5' 8 Q' I i I ' . I PFS: Write and PFS: File are two of several data processing programs available in the IMC. Lucia Ward completes clerical work in the IMC. Several typewriters are available for student use. 160 IMCfP.E.

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4 lv 'i, Z 1f11 4.1 7 Ill' 7 I I Iliff I cc ongmont, The Place To Be, the motto for our community of 114 years old that affords a breathtaking view of the front range and especially of the 14,655 Longs Peak after which the city was named in 1885. Being only 33 miles north of the metropolitan area of Denver and 12 miles northeast of the neighboring county seat of Boulder, Longmont has its own distinct identity, a pioneering spirit that still strives today. The 410 square mile St. Vrain Valley School District serves 47,000, a city Lynn Sanchez grins from ear to ear as she Won the 8100 jackpot at Booster Club Bingo game. 162 Communityfllndex 14,000 students in ten communi- ties with six high schools. Students in the district come from a variety of backgrounds and speak 23 different languages. Major employers in the area include IBM, Storage Technology, Hewlett Packard, and MiniScribe. Five hundred businesses belong to the local Chamber of Commerce of which 98'Zp are locally owned. Support from the business community is important whether it was sponsoring students to attend CloseUp or purchasing advertising in the Skyline Sun newspaper. Twenty-five per cent of the publishing costs of the 1985 yearbook came from the sales of patron ads from the community. Ancient man, Plains Indians, explorers, mountainmen, prospec- tors, cattlemen, farmers, mer- chants, townbuilders, technicians and engineers . . . these people and many others have all been pio- neers of Longmont and the St. Vrain Valley from prehistoric times to the present. The town of Longmont was laid in the square mile bounded by present First Avenue on the south, Martin St. to the east, Ninth to the north, and Bowen on the west. Su' -- 2 if' fr n , K , us-s J. J f v-.....,,,.