Baton Rouge High School - Fricassee Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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filled with excitement. Students had to adjust to the new j schedule of rotating classes. T V. cameras and reporters i filled the halls. The students were rather quiet until they realized that they weren’t the only ones who didn’t know anyone. Many new friendships were established the first iweek. Students soon found that the more flexible they were the easier it was to adjust. By the end of the first year it was clear that one of the allows classes to prepare materials, perform actual work, and clean-up all in one class period. For example, the swimming class has enough time to drive to the “Y”, undress, swim for an hour, dress, and drive back to school. The 1976-1977 school year was quite successful. The school managed to survive under all the stresses and strains. During the year a literary magazine F OTPORRI, was established, CAMPUS CURRENTS replaced “the Buzzer, aspects of the school liked best by the students and faculty and a radio license was granted to WBRH. The students was the schedule. Classes were rotated so that you attended were able to solve such problems as whether to retain the only four classes a day, three days a week for an hour and a school colors and mascot or chance new ones without great half. The benefits from a schedule are quite evident. It problems. College-type class schedule continues. Opening 11

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i commute between BRHS and other local high schools or I • LSD. The Performing Arts Department offers such-courses as | Introduction to Drama, Methods and Styles of Acting, Music, [• Theater Work Shop, television production, and radio produc- • tion. The major competitive sports such as football and basket [ ball were replaced with lifetime ' sports. Education classes f were divided so that students could concentrate on one par-| ticular sport or get a taste of them all. All P.E. classes are co | ed. The swimming classes are transported daily to the YMCA I by bus. The gymnastics classes have the best equipment [ available to high schools to work with. Adequate tennis 1 courts are available on campus to provide tennis classes a | place to practice. The dance classes are held in the specially, j designed dance lab. For those students wanting a touch of I; it all a class in life and team sports is available. The most important part, acquiring students, was next. | | Principal Lee Faucette traveled from school to school. Stu-| dents were selected from every school in the parish in y accordance with their grades, work, and talents. | Now that it was all set, would it work? i The school opened for its first semester with an enroll- 2 ment of approximately 800 students. The first week was I Individual sports jpice P.E. choices

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year was obtaining a radio broadcasting license for WBRH-FM, Baton Rouge High’s own radio station. The station is 90.1 on the FM dial. Such programs as Cat in the Hat and ‘Teen Forum, as well as a variety of music are aired daily. The 1977-1978 year has already proved more successful than last year. Approximately 1200 students are enrolled; over 400 more than last year’s total. The Student Council sponsored the first Annual Fall Fair which combined all the clubs and organizations for a day of fun and profit. Our sophomore class had 90 students score in the top 10% of all the nation’s students taking the NEDT. Through the combined efforts of the 1976-1977 and 1977 78 student councils, BRHS was able to purchase an English bulldog, Butch V. Butch was born June 20, 1977. As soon as students saw Butch they fell in love with him. In November a Pay for Butch Week was sponsored to help pay for all vet bills and food expenses as well as the initial cost of the dog. Much to the shock of students and faculty. Butch died suddenly Dec. 1. However, he will long be remembered by all who loved him. Baton Rouge High has a long and proud history. Each year we have taken the best of the old and carried over to the new. Through this process Baton Rouge High will never die. Our alma mater lives on! One afternoon two years ago in a smoke-filled school board room a group of men and women voted yes on a proposal that would change the lives of many. In the eyes of these people they had just opened the doorway to a new educational institution. In the eyes of some 1200 area students, these men had just added a new dimension to their ever-changing world. Today, as students of Baton Rouge High we can see that Magnet idea opens a new era.