Green Mountain High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Lakewood, CO)

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Teaching Each The GMHS Student-to-Student group, in association with the Lung Association of America, started their season in Sep- tember with training and getting exper- ience. They started presentations in feb- ruary for the area of Jefferson county public schools. This Student-to-Student groups main purpose is to visit schools and present the message of the hazards and effects of smoking on the body. These presentations consisted of stating the facts of smoking hazards, chewing, snuffing, drugs, and inhaling second hand smoke. Two types of lungs are used simu- lated lungs which display normal, cancer- ous, and enphysemic lungs also real hu- man beings, which have been donated by dead people, are used. After Student-to- Student has visited a school, some stu- dents write letters to the group members. The response is very good explained Su- san Efting, GMHS nurse and Student-to- Student sponsor. Mrs. Pat Allen poses as co-sponsor and helps in the organization of the group. The groups training pro- Other gram consists of twenty sessions, which the students are required to work togeth- er with their groups on their own time to prepare their programs. Approximately 2100 students have heard the program which is given 65 times during a season, The students range from 5th grade to 12th grade. In addition to regular pro- grams, the group has done special pro- grams for the Hero Convention, the 9 news health fair and a special program atthe adolescent psych unit at Fort Lo- gan. In order to qualify for the group an individual must fill out an application and get recommendations from two teachers and counselor. The student is not allowed to smoke, chew, or use drugs during par- ticipations in the group. For the past two years the members have received a se- mester credit for their participation in the group. However some students do not participate for credit and just do it for the sheer pleasure of knowing they are doing something worth while. Amy answers questions in small groups. Amy Young, Ann Orton and Steve Brosivich tell about the long term affects of smoking. Karen helps with a smoking related problem. Amiee Rienhart show the affect of chewing to 5th graders. Student To Student 111

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Officer Dick Lerz, one of All-Stars sponsors. If You Drink, Don't Spill A The name of this program seems to describe the people involved with it. The All-Stars is a fairly new program at GM., but they seem to be gaining recog- nition quickly. Their main focus is on drunk driving. The object is to reduce drunk driving as much as possible by creating an awareness of the results of drunk driving. The community sponsors are Officer Dave Sletto, and Officer Dick Lerz. At the beginning of the year Colleen Utter was the school sponsor, and at the half year, Mr. Garland assumed the in-school spon- sorship. It is a country-wide program incorporating 12 high schools and a number of Jr. High feeder schools, utilizing well over 200 people. When asked why he joined All-Stars, Chairman Matt Armbruster replied, It is a major problem that has to be addressed and taken care of. lt's something I feel very strongly about. ln the past, the All-Stars have brought in a trainer team for 9th graders from San Antonio that trains teachers and students on the national level. They also had a Student-Parent meeting at Dunstan Jr. High which covered what the program is. Last year, All-Stars was generally trying to create an aware- Drop. ness. This year their attitude was to hopefully make our big move and get some hard-core preven- tion done. The club has no officers. They do, however, have a chairperson which rotates at semester break, and task and maintenance people. The role of the chair- person is to facilitate and organize the meetings. The task and maintenance people keep the meet- ings running smoothly and running on track, They also keep the club on the topic of the agenda. All-Stars planned many activities this year. One of these was for the Christmas and New Year sea- son. They made a Contract For Life which was both the student and the parent. The contract was an agreement stating that neither person would try to drive while intoxicated. They also planned a non- alcoholic after-prom party. The people in All-Stars seem to be trying to make people aware of an issue that affects almost every- one, Although what they are doing will not com- pletely stop drinking and driving, they are trying to help lessen the problem. And for this, I feel, each member deserved a special congratulations . All-Stars members Chum for a picture. Matt Armbruster and Lissa Meyers, All-Stars 2 110 All Stars chairpersons.

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Ragin' Rampage I like doing this because it is challeng- ing, and satisfying, and makes you feel as if you have accomplished something worthwhile. And you have the power to make a difference . The person who said this is not talking about sports or a certain class, or cheer- leading, or a job, she, Kari Kolleth, is talking about the Rampage, the school newspaper. The newspaper class, which meets everyday 4th hour in the publica- tions room is responsible for putting to- gether the school newspaper approxi- mately every 3 weeks. The teacher advis- er, Mrs. Cheryl Cartin, gives advice and generally helps the staff, although she has no direct input to the newspaper. The newspaper is divided up into many sec- tions. Each assigned to a different person or group of people. On the newspaper staff there are tasks and jobs which differ- ent people work on. there is an editor in Todd Hopking hard at work. x The finished product. Cheryl Cartin, advisor. chief, Kari Kolleth, four editors, who are in charge of the page layouts. Also there are staff writers who write stories, pho- tographers, and illustrators, and an ad- vertisement staff. The advertisement staff is responsible for getting funds for the newspaper. Even with 21 people on the staff, and having a class hour every day to work on the paper, the students spend an average of 10-15 hours after school for each newspaper. That is what I call dedication. IH st, .uiuudmi It i l N , H , .. .1 an 4 .ff.. lik., I, . .... A group discussion with Kolleth, Vigil, Smith, and Kinney. l 1 12 Rampage . ... :mm 1'f'S44l' 1 ii I I In