Big Sky High School - Sunrise Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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Y, ,, W 'E in wid if qi :WW A new seven pertod day greeted students m 1983 84 and they responded with m1xed feehngs The new system g1ves students a chance to take more classes but schedule confhcts kept students from taking all the courses they wanted B1g Sky German teacher Walt Graf said I hke it fthe seven period dayj It gxves students a chance to explore more classes espec1ally electives Interestmgly only Drama I 85 II were new classes added to this year s curnculum A definite bonus of the new system IS the extra study hall tlmes for study Larry Tade sa1d It is very benef1c1ary because lt allows me to get all my classes tn. The extra class means school is in session an added 20 minutes each day. Senior Dave Wacholtz corn- mented All it is is one extra period. That means you re in school longer Boring Students and teachers voted tn favor of havtng the extended period system mjune of 1982 Six hundred students from the three h1gh schools voted and s1gned up for seven classes ln 1983 Typing teacher Laura Pahl stated I like the seven period day because It allows students to ex plore elective areas But at the end of the day teachers have less time for preparations The extra class each day means extra work and preparation for students and teachers after school and at home When all the advantages and dxsadvantages were finally com pared most students agreed that Missoula County Hlgh Schools should suck with the new system and not return to a s1x-penod schedule. Brent Polinski said It s much better this way. Id never go back. David Potter and Tessa Gournay Extra class per N 1od broadens s c udent choices for both study time and ad- ditional course options Seven Period Day -

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Leafning I Experience Big Sky has been trying to keep up with the ever growing advancement in the computer technology. Enrollment in computer classes are up roughly sixty percent which is partially due to the new seven period day. MCHS has leased a new updated computer system from Hewlett Packard Co. which saves Missoula ap- proximately ten thousand dollars a year. The new computer system also saves the school time by handling attendance on the same computer system instead of having them sent to the ad- ministration building. The computers classes are taught on both Apple and Hewlett Packard computers. Monty Brekke,com- puter teacher, says, This gives them lthe studentsl the best of two worlds. When asked which computer people prefered, Ken Riska replied, I like the apple 2E's, because they are easier to use. Dick Dunn, one of the com- puter teachers, said, Educational-wise the apple is better, because you can do more things on them. It can be used like a teaching aide. Michelle Potter, on the other hand, prefers the Hewlett Packards. She said, I don't know why I like them, but I don't think you need to know as many commands for the Hewlett Packard as the Apple. And you don't have to worry about a disk. The computer classes are useful for for all students, because they give them basic fundamental usage of the com- puters, and it can be applied either in college or in the job world. Brekke also feels a student is cutting his or her own throat without at least two or three years of math and at least half a year of computers. Tessa Gournay 54 -- Computers I