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

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W Na' ,vb rl EQ 493 XX tl ff Students returned to the halls of Big f Sky in 1984 to find much stricter policies concerning tar- ba, diness to class, truancy, and even waUc- ing down hallways. However, most students have adapted well, and have discovered that the pollcies have improved attendance and concen- tration on studies. it HOPE CAMPBELL set: xt P . fy' CHECKING IN - Attendance office clerk Hope iabovel Camp- bell gives senior Kim Bumgardner an admit back to class. AFTER SCHOOL STUDY - Some students spent after school hours in class just to catch up or do make up. Shannon McGowan ibelowl isn't on detention, just catching up on some science film strips. TIME CHECK - Junior Guy Baker lleftj makes sure his stay in the library is valid by checking-in on the time clock. ,g .sf a mt' 3' -1 ' ' ,fax 'Q '55 66 uf ft, I: ar' ' 5, fn' M ,,. ,v'f'Y' ,t 'J ,mv-Q03 ,wi ,ef A4 ,iw ,af ww A - ti , , 1 My A ,,y, ,

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The new Cli- tendance policies at Big Sky have g lm............, he Missoula County High School Board of Trustees IMCHSJ in 1984-85 cracked down on truancy with the students of Big Sky. Its new policy required students to make up two hours in alter school detention study for each single hour they miss- ed during the regular day. The new guidelines also outlined that if students missed a class in which grades were assigned, they still had to make up the work. However, their work would be lowered by one letter grade. If numerical grading was used, the grade was lowered by ten points. As a result, many students ended up spending their Saturdays, or after school hours at the school in detention. Senior Bruce Greene said, The new Saturday detention system is not the smoothest place to hang out. I think it is bogus. But, sophomore Casey Spicknall disagreed. Not that I'm in there everyday, but when I am I do get a lot of work done. Big Sky Vice Principal Teri Wing said, The detention has helped some students to improve their attendance, and their grades have reflected the improvement. A new hall pass system at Big Sky also helped cut down on truancy. Any student in the halls during class had to have a pink hall pass. Teachers monitored halls for students without passes. In order to receive a hall pass students had to have a legitimate reason for getting out of class. Often. students were going to the library. This year the pass system was rigidly enforced. Students found they had a better chance of being checked for passes than in the past. Some students considered the system insulting. Junior Teri Skaja said, I think that the faculty should have more trust in us, Just because a few people will try to get away with things, does not mean the rest of us will. Most students of Big Sky have realized that cutting class will result in cutting their free-time. By early in the year, however, students had adjusted to the new system, They found they could still get hall passes if they needed them. And' others quickly found that any absence from class had to be legitimately excused. The system was tighter, but it didn't keep students from getting the job done . o OFF YOU GO - Studyhall teacher Jim Harkins ilopi hands Juniors Tony Dionne and Angel Blize a hallpass to the library. DOUBLE CHECKING - Jack Alley lleftl checks the names of students who show up for detention. STUDYING QUIETLY - Junior Kristy Stratford irightj reads a book while in detention.

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