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

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l Ten easy steps i to dissect chicken l Although there have been no Albert Einsteins or Julia Thilds turned out recently, various courses do require aboratory hours. Two departments with distinguished eputations for lab work are science and homemaking. 'Science labs are fun, declared Caroline Khalaf, an enthusiastic chemistry student. lVly favorite experiment vas the one in which we dropped a piece of zinc into iydrochloric acid. Labs are an integral part of all science courses from ihysical Science QSPSD to physics. They provide the stu- lent with the opportunity to investigate scientific princi- iles on their own, as well as the chance to use reasoning o reach an answer. In addition to dissections, lab stu- lents learn genetic principles through blood typing, the ihysical properties of matter and the consequences of hemical reactions, and the effects of motion. Cooking and sewing are just part of the Homemaking lepartment labs. CVAE students, under the direction of lls. Margie Gibson, learned to prepare food on a commer- :ial scale, Child Development classes, by running a make- ielieve nursery for an hour a day with borrowed children rom the Edu-care center, learn about the early years of :hildren's lives. Learning by doing - that's what labs are all about. L Homemaking 'V Vi ix . Dishpan hands. Homemaking students learn to wash and dr as well as cook. -4u l , Too many cooks. Students in Homemak- ing classes use modern equipment and learn the fundamentals of becoming a master chef. 'fi