Elkhart Memorial High School - Monolith Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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‘Wad-ja do this summer?’ Whether students traveled, worked, lifted weights with the football team or just lay in the sun, summer seemed to have plenty of activities for everyone. Memorial football player Frank Cockerham spent most of his sum- mer in Memorial’s weight room. “I think the weights helped us a lot. It helped avoid injuries and also built up our muscles,” he said. A summer job seemed harder to find than in the past, but seniors Maria Russo and Julie Klapp both managed to get hired at Dairy Queen. Doing wheelies is one of the many stunts that Carl Morris does on his motorcycle. He rode his bike all summer practicing for meets. Being a member of Spraymasters ski team and competing in local tournaments reat Benji Denlinger on Simonton lake for most of his sum- mer. Teaching a child how to ride a bike was just one of the activities that Lori Jackson did while babysitting this summer. 10 Summer Happenings A survey of two homeroom classes of each grade, showed 27 percent of the seniors had jobs dur- ing the summer, 22 percent of the juniors and 23 percent of the sopho- mores were also employed. Michele Hutchison was one of many who spent their summer pick- ing tassles off of corn, while Jeff Yoder joined the number of workers carrying out groceries, working as a carry-out boy at Maurek’s IGA. As the saying goes, time flies when you're having fun. Maybe that’s why some students thought the summer ended too soon.

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2 a 7 ih i we St 3 ? Members @f the summer school Colorado: sci- ence clasytake time to explore the pueblos of esa Ve e. A , ractice eyb Football halfback Rick Miller uses his time to lift weights. The tennis, vol swimming and cross country teams also weight machines during the summer®™ 4 Summer school’s out Summer school 1980, attended by 1,069, appears to be the last opportunity for picking up or making up courses during vacation. Although state funding was increased by 10 percent, there is still not enough Biey - because of risin costs, accord- ing to Mr. Joseph Scher, assist- ant superintendent for busi- ness. 7 Two courses, driver educa- - tion and the Colorado science trip, will still be offered, Miss Carolyn Cook, vice principal, said. This would still be possi- ble because the students’ tui- tion pays for the cost of the course. sche dule since “Tt makes me mad because I had to rearrange my whole Poa on taking summer school,” said junior Kim Carter. An alternative to summer school credit for this year was the class overload system. The senior overload gave seniors and only seniors, a chance to pick up any required courses they needed credit for in night school. — Another alternative is to take a correspondence COUrSE through the mail. “I heard about the course and asked my counselor about it. It’s nice because you can take as long as and retakin you want to complete it,” said senior Stephanie Rogers, who took a government course from Indiana University. Being able to elect special programs, more quickly meet- ing graduation requirements, failed courses may all be denied MHS stu- dents of the future who must ‘meet all their course wants and needs in three years of six hours of classes.

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[arc Pauley spent his summer raising calves. uccessful in 4-H, Marc had the reserve grand nampion lightweight crossbred at the fair. Vorking at Dairy Queen, Maria Russo makes a ‘ide variety of cold refreshments and sand- ‘iches, one of which is a chili dog. In addition to washing carts and Ooe in the pro-shop at the Elks, Greg Doncaster also puts golf bags in carts for the golfers. Lori Harris trained, showed, and rode her horses this summer. She is involved in 4-H with her two horses. 4-H Summer Jobs 11