Boulder High School - Odaroloc Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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School Starts By Making Friends New faces, new places char- acterized Sophomore Orienta- tion. The principals welcomed the newcomers in a pre-school assembly and the Peer Coun- selors led them on a tour of the building. Refreshment time gave them a chance to get acquainted with their new classmates. During the first week of school, the Peer Counselors saved many a sophomore from looking too hard for the fourth floor or the student elevator. Returning students found it a novel experience to congregate in the Student Center. It soon became the place to go despite the crowded stairs and wall to wall bodies in the cafeteria doorway that one needed to j brave to get there. Sophomores quickly learned what the upperclassmen already knew: the location of the Re- source Room, the place to pick up CU ' s Colorado Daily, the name of the person in the next locker, the identity of the hall monitor, the bell schedule with all its variables, and the fact that they had met a host of new classmates who might turn out to be friends. Opening 5

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Above: Maura Quinlan, Christie Robie, Erin Snyder, Moria Curtis, Susan Hanson, Kevin Reed, Nick Wylie, and Angie Page share their school experiences with sophomores during orientation. Right: Tracie Seabern and Bonnie Cole share a drink and a few laughs during the Hrst week of school. Opposite page, top: Bill Heuston takes time to read the Colorado Daily as he lounges on the front lawn. Opposite page, bottom: Sophomores Shumita Deb, Carol Kaune and Amy Hause question Peer Counselor Jane Zeman about their new school. 4 Opening

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Not Tost In the Crowd ' At first I felt lost in the crowd. Greek exchange student Zis-sis Papamichael told faculty members during an in-service on talented and gifted students (TAGi October 27. Papamichael explained that while BHS offers great diversity of classes, includ- ing many honors programs, a student body of 2.000 makes it difficult to get to know others. The problem of identifying individual talent among so many students is another difficulty in a large school — a problem that the faculty addressed in depth that afternoon. Despite the difficulties im- posed by size, however, many students found both friends and a way of expressing individual interests and talents. Methods of solution varied: the Green Boys Golf Classic was a summer competition for both current BHS students and BHS alumni: exchange students from foreign countries sought solutions to their common problems by shar- ing experiences; others dis- covered their lockers decorated for a birthday or a valentine from a friend and so impersonality vanished. Eight .- -irz-zs :c luccsea J ' »I T« I 6 Opening