Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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Besides being irritating, mistakes in schedules make it necessary for students to seek help. Gina Olson discusses a problem with Counselor James Garretson. You have prep third hour too? Registration day proved a class reunion for some, as they took advantage of the time to chat with friends while exchanging schedules and stories. 11

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ethodically walking down the corridor, m-106-24-3694, peers at the empty rooms. Glancing over his instructions, he follows the arrows to a guidance computer which, after receiving an identity card, expels a sheet of paper. He circles desired course numbers and feeds the data back into the computer. Out flows his schedule and a mechanical grunt comes from the machine, “Thank you.” Although an exaggeration and resembling an excerpt from a future world movie, many students could identify with this situation on registration day as combinations of numbers and letters greeted them. As summer vacation neared its end and that fateful day of August 30 approached, teenagers turned their thoughts to the upcoming school year. At given times students drifted in the building to pick up their schedules and pay book rental. Some sophomores felt a twinge of panic as they realized their pictures would be they realized their pictures would be taken, peeling tans, t-shirts and all. The first day proved to be a disaster for the student who, after walking his girlfriend to class, raced to his locker and unconsciencely turned “right-36, left twice-24. right 36.” Unable to open the lock he stood stranded in the middle of the hall with fifteen seconds before the bell and no paper. Within a week, the initial shock had passed and the students rhythmically followed the daily 8-3 routine. Completing his assignment, m-106-24-3694, glanced at the gray machine before him, hesitantly inserted his paper and waited. Within seconds, the assignment came back scored and corrected, along with a mechanical grunt, “Good job. Thank you.” Assimuilating the assembly line process, senior Jeff Kwolek moves down the table to pick up his bus pass from Mr. Charles O ' Rourke while registering during the summer. Smile big and I ' ll see you in the movies,” was a phrase that brought smiles and chuckles to the face of senior Cathy Potosky as she poses for her picture on registration day. 10

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Unsure of what books she ' ll need to get her through the morning, sophomore Cindy Van Horssen adjusts to a mew setting during her first day in the senior high. Lunch time not only provides a break from class for sophomores Scott Swiontek and Dwayne Alliss and junior Bill Rodgers, but it allows them to mingle with friends.