Cortez High School - Cortesians Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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Change was all around us, and as the world stepped into a new decade. Cortez stepped into Somethin' New. Cortez could be closely compared to the old wedding verse: Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. Our school being at the age of twenty was the old part. The administrators and rules that were added was the new part. Taking loans from other schools was the borrowed part, and the something blue came after every game or meet we lost. p s Some of the changes that gave Cortez a new look included meditation in class, ban of junk food, and required Parking Sticker Permits. A pro4 ject such as the weight room was completed and put in use. Meditation in class was one of the different approaches to start out the year. Twenty seconds each morning of silence for prayer or meditating was what this consisted of. The reactions from the student body and faculty var- ied f rom sheer laughter to quiet seriousness. A new law that banned high leveledsugar products. soda pop, and cer- tain candies was put into effect. With the exception of the teachers lounge and the maintenance room, all soda pop machines were locked until 1:00 p.m. Clubs that relied on candy sales to raise money for their organizations were forced to find other methods. Hostess foods, sweets containing choco- late andfor nuts were still allowed to be sold during school hours. A rule that came with the new administrators was the Parking Sticker Permit Policy, which all students who drove their car to school had to fol- low and obey. This was set up to ease the pressure of students finding park' ing spaces. At registration, students who were going to drive to school were required to have their car registered and stickered. Any car found parked in the lot without a registered sticker received a large one on the front windshield that stated: You are parked here illegallyv. The pressures still remained because there were more registered cars than parking spaces. .All this and more is what gave the school year a look of Somethin' New. I I ti we trim. ..: Q - , ses. , i... ........- 0,5 . , S: .1 H. 2 . .e fn 4, x' '- A fix If Kg Q E , wr- f Ixt- ,Ji 'asf' A 2. 'K 5

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S.,si'N?5 F35 II- J Cortesian 1980-81 Principal: Fred Bingham Volume 19 Advisor: Doug Schlenker 8828 N. 313i Avenue Editors: Debbie Davis Phoenix, Arizona JoAnne Lugg 85021

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