Blake School - Reflections / Call O Pan Yearbook (Hopkins, MN)

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Forum Meets Needs of New School The 1982-83 Forum successfully maintained its commitment to a smooth transition into the new school year. While most Blake Upper Schoolers were trying to hang on to tne last few days of summer vacation, Forum members were busy becoming acquainted with the new building and giving tours to the new students. On opening day. Forum members were stationed throughout the school guiding both new and old students to their classrooms. It is this type of extra effort that characterized this year's Forum. The 1982-83 school year challenged the forum with many traditional issues, while also presenting many new opportunities and problems. Some of the major issues dealt with were new organization regulation forms, reorganization of the Social Committee, the new parking lot cross walk situation, and exemption from freshman homeroom. The efforts made by the Forum include a one hundred dollar donation to the Phyllis Wheatley Foundation, the two hundred dollar sponsorship of a black history month, symposium featuring jazz singer Roberta Davis, and the invitation of guest speaker Earl Craig from Minneapolis Urban Coalition. The members of Forum were serious about their work, and in turn acted accordingly. They were successful in improving the quality of student at Blake because of their dedication to maintaining productive efforts. Front Row: B. Stock, L. Carrier, K Dolan. A. Townley. T. Bush, I Whitlock, C. Knudson. Rack Row:) Cornell. D. Warner. K Everty, I Goldenberg. K. Taft, P Soderberg. R. Anderson 1. Forum members at work. 1 26 Forum

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Each year because of changing staffs. Flash becomes something a little different than any other year. Vet a unifying thread runs through every issue. Flash provides an outlet and showcase for the creativity that might otherwise remain unrecognized in our structured academic and athletic community. Flash produced three issues this year, and in each issue it incorporated concepts such as contests, thematic sections, interviews with artistic leaders in the Twin Cities and essays on moral issues, to attract a wide variety of contributors and readers. Each issue featured a center spread of art or photography by some of the most talented artists in the school. The staff worked innovatively to generate new and appealing ideas for lay-out and covers, too. While communicating closely with English and social studies teachers and Mr. Teslow, Flash continued the positive evolution that began with its birth at the time of the merger in 1974. Front Row K Heegaard. K Dolan, B Slosser, A Dahlstrom, S. Hill. S. Moses. Second Row ) Rice, R. Danoff, C. Buchwald, B. Hoffman. T Quaintance. 1. Margie Troslel analyzing contributions to the magazine. Flash 27