E J Cooper High School - Talons Yearbook (New Hope, MN)

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ARRIVAL Full of energy at day's start, enthusiasm wanes by 2:20 bell Back to school blues soon washed away with the commotion of the school year. Starting from that mid-August day that an envelope arrived labeled, To The Parents Of ..teenagers realized that school began in two-three weeks. Before they knew it. summer elapsed, marked by a last desperate Labor Day celebration. That last Monday of vacation, teens put away their copper-tone bottles and laid out their new Cooper-style clothes, because school was suddenly here. After the alarm clocks went off, sleepers prepared themselves for the first day back to school. With jeans fashionably ripped, hair gelled just so. and an air of anticipation, they were ready to start the year on an upbeat pace and a hip outlook. Leaving for the bus stop with plenty of time to spare, the student body arrived at Cooper and rushed inside to seek out familiar faces, talking fast, trying to summarize their summers within a few splashy sentences before the bolls rang, returning them to the reality of classes and homework. Opening — 5

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 - Angie Allen, Joan Daggett and Missy Carter load tho exodus toward their home transportation. After starting out the day with high spirits, tho first day's routines drains them of their energy. • . The equipment shack, exhibiting a continuous now look, displays tho spirit of tho senior class. — [ After the last bell, sophomore Jim Montroy observes his classmate Aaron Hudson unchaining his bike. Hudson uses this mode of transportation to enable him to roach his homo faster. Craig Moistor. back, heads to his bus. J During vacation. Cooper proparos students for tho school year by sending them the school calendar along with other materials to inform them about tho policios and changos. J i While waiting for the transfer bus. the underclassmen lounge around, relaxing after a day of school. 4 — Opening

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DIFFERENT Schedules, teachers and policies greet returning upperclassmen. Both faculty members and students faced a change in the schedules as they started the school year. The replacement of the eight-period day with the seven period plus the changes during lunch hours, brought a sense of confusion. Puzzled students making their way to and from the cafeteria were commonplace during the month of September when the scheduling of each lunch period resulted in the overlapping of lunch passing times. Normalcy soon returned, however, as students grew accustomed to the changes. Minor adjustments along the way enabled them to adapt to the schedule. Bosides the change in the schedule, thirteen members joined the faculty, replacing staff who had retired or left the year before. The new teachers, with their own individual style, helped create a diversified curriculum. Tammy Buetow and Inta Gravitas, German teachers at Cooper, shared the duty of one teaching job by each holding a part time position. This enabled the German students to experience two different styles of teaching. Another adjustment concerned the student smoking policy, which decreased student smoking time to three minutes for each lunch period. The change was met with mixed reactions. Junior Scott Brown said. Though I like the policy in general. I'm afraid that students might smoke elsewhere in the building.'' Sophomore Troy Simpson disagreed, and thought that smoking lounges should be open longer during the school day. — Shortened lunch periods croato longor linos. Whilo early arrivals got tho first choice for seating. tho lato-comors must copo with the crowded cafotoha. - — I With tho advont of tho schedule change, funior. Jonni Adams, visits her counselor. Mary Pat Maier. to work out her schodulo conflicts. . I Over tho summor. signs required by law wore addod to the building, regarding tho dos-ignatod and non-designatod smoking aroas. 6 — Oponing