Bonanza High School - Golden Visions Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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Q K S 42 spirit week BB. if-ii-fc: AA Students enjoy music provided by KBBC dur- ing the Mardi Gras carnival. A Freshmen class representative Narda Torrealba and Kenny Baker maneuver around the obstacle course during the Spirit Week Assembly. 4 Disco Toss, sponsored by KBBC, was just one of the many booths for the Mardi Gras carnival. Celebration Hindered bg Snow Strange weather once again took its effect on a Bonanza celebration. Bonanza's first Spirit Week was scheduled for January 29-February 2. Just as rain revised homecoming activities, snow drastically changed Spirit Week. Monday's Hat Day and Tuesday's Unknown Comic Day had little partici- pation, due to the lack of publicity. Wednesday was set aside for the Mardi Gras Carnival and Thursday was to be Sock Day, but once again the weather intervened. Due to snow the Mardi Gras was postponed by the administration, then the school dis- trict closed all schools on Thursday. Friday of Bonanza's first Sprit Week ended up not being a Brown and Gold day, but the students were definitely spirited with so many snowball fights errupting that the administration had to give disciplinary warnings. After most of the snow had melted some of the Spirit Week activities were held with more success. The Mardi Gras was Thursday the ninth from 6-9 p.m. and 19 clubs sponsored booths. Students especially enjoyed the choir's kissing booth which was semi- supported by Bob Salsburyp the Pie-in- the-Face booth sponsored by the var- sity cheerleaders and the Drama club's photo button booth. Thursday morning the Leadership club cooked up a storm and served over 350 students pancakes, sau- sages, orange juice, and white or chocolate milk. The Almost-Anthing- Goes Assembly held Thursday was also a whopping success. The senior class sponsored the events which included walk-a-pong, tricycle obsta- cle course and the 4-legged walk. The juniors dominated the events through- out the entire assembly and won. The final score had a three way tie for sec- ond place between the other three classes. One week after the scheduled Spirit Week, spirited events finally made the effort a success. l l i

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Changes There Bring Changes Here Change was caused by a major turnover in the Clark County School Board personnel. The election of four new trustees brought district-wide changes, of which some were reflected at Bonanza. The new School Board hoped to be a progressive, problem- solving organization and hoped to meet the challenge of implementing new and better programs. They were very con- cerned about declining student achievement. They felt that the secondary curriculum had to be revamped in order for schools to produce a greater number of functionally literate people. They intend to work on upgrading educational standards which would require students to be proficient in order to graduate. New policies included special regulations for student eligi- bility in sports. This eliminated manipulation in making ath- letes eligible at different schools through zone variances. Pre- viously, if a student obtained a zone variance he was allowed to compete provided he had notarized proof of change of guardianship. Under the new ruling he was compelled to wait a full semester before competing in the new schooI's athletic A ilyf E. ii A CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES - Front row: Don Faiss, Dr. James Lyman, Janet Sobel. Back row: Tom Semmens, Helen C. Cannon, Virginia Brooks Brewster, Robert Forbuss. L CLARK COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS: Dr. Claude G. Perkins. 44 school board program unless authorized by a Court of Jurisprudence con- cerning the change of guardian. Last year's state school board stipulated that starting in 1982 graduating students will either receive a full diploma or a certificate of attendance. The difference will be determined by a minimum competency test. In July of 1978 the Board of Trustees selected Dr. Claude G. Perkins as the new Clark County school Superintendent. His goal was to get students more actively involved in a stronger academic program. He stressed a stronger core based curriculum emphasizing basic skills on the lower level and more total requirements on all levels. To achieve this Dr. Perkins recommended to the board a proposal that specified 13 instead of 9 required credits in math, history science and English, and raises the total required number of credits from 19 to 21. He also hoped to have a six period minimum day for underclassmen and a four period minimum day for seniors. In addition he wants to build into that a more comprehensive work study program as well as a stronger vocational program. 'sf