Douglas MacArthur High School - MacArtair Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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'The' 1,979- 79AA,SGiiODl' 5595? :,A, 'fl'l rea'f.'10lA 'iWenv: impbrf tant, changes at ..'lVlAacArthur1z :Fewer -gstudents 1 will r-fill the halls-Aduringfcla'ss changesllj 'Lhenumliier' ot jfaciuity..Amem- bersdw ill decrease :Noi ,these ia re riot ',-' predictions from the lips ofa prophetyorfthe'words-,oiajsoothsayer .'-.' Theyfare- fa'ctsJ'TAheii cagusej is' known L+ .two '-,, n ew thigh: schools' will bedraining lVlacArthur'sfudelntsfand,-'teacyhersalike. f The constructioniiof yCh,e'stergVWilii'am'Ni'mit21High School -and the transformation ', of Ca-rver':Sehi0rflgligh into the Aldine ,',A Conternporaryj,Education'Center CACEI will .take teachers and .students i1 away 'tr0mZ'iAid,ine, : Qarverj' and Eisenhower Senior Highs as wei,lf,asQ-trom,MaCArt'hurlA A g g Althougnthe 'Qi, cl istrict hadfbeenlplanning'to'-buiildtfpiimitz 'torgaqnumber ot years, fa nd. hadgbeen toyingffwith tnefidea Hof' an alternate. school ihA1th'e 'repent ,pajsti 'wasiiborn whenj7U.S.f District ' JudgefQjgl,o'e-Jngraham Qjslgned :, af court Order 1fOrC.inQ 1AAlSAD -105 deseeiresaire..-IhZe:1AAEe.tlsra1 action' was-trigg e're.di bygag Complai h,t.Q,filecl'AAin i,lASl7'6 l'thL'Il'lS U15!JU'STl0e Zi' DSPSUFOGUI 1-i- whim..2CGAUSQ1d'i1h6:!ll'dAiAr1G lndev pendant ,'i- gsghoei' gDistribt'j0f- i,.i- infeniiQiiaAii'y ,A'- setting frschooi 2ones'QQso ,thats-Carver ' Senior High, Q Di'e,w'1.l'u nior -High. and .Bethune ,Elementary1jschoOlS- would remain -virtually ' all blackgf i, A A its '.'i 1 i Q, A f 'Ali After repeated' school buoardfreiecqtions ofAJAustice' Department proposals.to'clesegrAegatethe district through widespread busing, the Lschoolp,board'L came up with an Aacceptableplani, r.l' A A ' f ' Q fThe alternate'schooI will oftenan :extended day with flexible schedulingg ,Forexampleythe-,school ,rvi may beropen from 7 a.m: tog7fpLmL andftheinstudents' may come and go asthey,pleaqse, -said Mr. .George Hyland, Aldine's Admin- istrative Assistant for Public 'lnformationffhe general tpurposeot ACE is tofencourage students who don't nec- essarily fit in with 'the reg.ular:'cu:r,riculum A- those who work, those that are unchallenged, and those who have interests injthings suchlas artandphotography. Q A r 'The faculty at.-AGErwill be made-up of experienced instructors and administratorsifromuall over the district. MacArthur teachers going toA.A'CE'are' Nlr, Joe Colvin, Nls, ,Edwina Harper, and'Ms.il ene Johnson.. ' . - A 'A '- Opening in thefall of 1978, traclitionless, i,t'wil'l beAu'p to the' fir-st stude'nt,body at-Ni'mitg:SrfA '.gHigh -toidevelop their 'owntraditions.'-,Nimitzfs school colors ,will be navy blue -annvdjgioldg and fthe mascot will Abe' a-lco,ugarA-,The 'namesgot theA.Adr'ill 'team-,A newspaperjand yea,rbook.a're undecicleds. j u-FiAveAstudents'frOm- NlacArthu.i'fwh'o will be attending, .Nimitz, Lisa Thedford,jLoretta Fiushergf-Barbara Kaiick, David Pierce, and Dannette Aucoin, were members ofa 'Committee to help choose the school colprsiand -mascot along with five studentstromfeach school involved in the transition. The committee members were chosen at ran-P dom by a cot systemf' Students going to Nimitz were called to the auditorium for an assembly. Once everyone was seated, it was announcedjthat. red-f'dots had been hidden under five seats, and that the people in those seats would make up the committee. ' A - A Although the new, AAAA school will have anenrollment of nearly 1,800, therewill be no-varsity football team. Located on WQWA Thorne Blvd., Nimitz' will have an Olym- Apic'-siized pool which will be useclfor UlL,competition. Mr ,.'- Jackyilelch, formerly the principal at Hambrick Jr. l-ligh and an assistant principalat MacArthur, willhead the administrative fstatf. lVlr.'Randy Burchtield, a former social' studies teacher..at,MacArthuir,-.Aw'ill be the assistant prin.cipal'in,chargeddisciplinje .A-r QV i,-A' 1- 1, Ai , .A A A 1 ' -r,. ?l'hAr,ee of-the .firstVcljieerlea,dersAAat' Nimitz will be 3NlacA- .iihiuf.:As .AA Daneiiefauqqm, AAAA' M-eiodiQr,vaug'hn,i and Janne ' .A 'A., 'AAE . v. - fi 'A , . '.A,A- :Q A, Z i.. AA'2sl AC.EAiand Nimjtz.wiil-l,'begQin2:the11.A97.gQ791scrhooI year with 3 ,AH tre,shl.Qstartt But so'willQMa'cArthu-rf Students will 'start the new-year minus-'a .few A friends, butlwith-a fresh outlookg bee.wh,ole-newvvvorld. i,:-, A .E 1 .ace 91