Crescenta Valley High School - Yearbook (La Crescenta, CA)

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,i5'i ii':5'pil1-Tp' .,.iil1.1ii4iWMi1fi W' :ii-.. ravi , iiifiiiiiiizi'wiWihlH' mt ,W JP - il, . 9 5 ' tt-'itWiiltffiiiivvifliltiiiiiip WW i'iJ,i'.'i . ' i PASSING THE GRADE hat event this year was very important to the future of the Y A school? The answer was Accreditation and the Process -. zu. ,,: ' began last October. Accreditation was a program conducted by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in an effort to evaluate the school's relationship with the students. To begin the process, a committee was selected, with Jimmy Lee and Jennie Jensen as co-chairpersons. This committee was responsible for evaluating philosophies and goals of the school, relationships between students and administration and the effectiveness of student government, clubs, school newspaper and yearbook in the lives of students. The committee attempted to hear every voice of the school by surveying students and also accepting any input from students not on the committee. We will try to include everyone, and keep the report as complete and honest as we possibly can, explained Jennie Jensen. The faculty became part of the process as well, by submitting their own opinions on the alliance between the students and the school. Led by Mrs. Linda Evans, the teach- ers got involved and were not afraid to rec- ognize areas where the school needed work. We do find areas that we need to improve upon and in trying to find and alleviate these spots it takes a tremendous amount of energy and time from everybody, em- phasized Mrs. Evans. lt is very time con- suming. Faculty members also formed committees and were responsible for writ- ing a report on their findings. They played a vital role in this process. tilt :: U I: :I ua :' n '1 2 I XS :s rn. :- 5 o c lo :- N. :- fb -, E o :- C : Q 'Q fb Q ,p ..- 1? g' ,sf pages Mrs Roberts silently and valiantly re- - types the accreditation report. The project finally ended in April when the Accreditation Committee came to evaluate the findings of the school's committees. The visitors reviewed the data that had been collected and were able to witness the school first hand. Finally, the accreditation team sent the school the final report of their own observa- tions and suggestions of how CV might be- come better. Though a lot of people put in many hours of work, in the end, it was all worth it. lt's amazing all the little things we learned while accrediting. l didn't realize all the interesting things we learned from CV, the little gold mines throughout the school that we didn't know or see until we looked, commented Mrs. Evans. by Shwan Kim and Jennie von Speierman Accreditation 127

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i 'R While senior Alex David and sophomore Peter Kim go over one of the surveys, they can't believe what some of the students have written. dolescent? Everyone here is adolescent! ti, H-... ,M my E' E rttt A 53 ttriiii tudy and evaluate. As these words rumble hat do we have to do? Having just through Mrs. Evans mind, she reads another finished one of the many accreditation committee report. One of her many jobs was meetings, freshmen Caressa Douglas rv keep tabs OH all the various C0mmfffeC'5f and Angie Kwak discuss what has just gone on. I 6 Accreditation

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J. . ,- ,, nl.. A, ere's something Pd like to tell you about. Learning to speak before a group, junior Brandon Vacarro delivers a How-To speech in the Oral Communication class. brains for a little imagination senior Travis Neale tries to Crea te a good opening line for he night was sultry . . . Racking his his Wednesday Writing. 8 English 'W gm. fffi 5, ' it 4 v .i-nl if gf e,t.i im W.,-w-OH ' ,