Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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SATURDAY SCHOOL , an ,an A .Q ' f -' H l ici. ' . 3 f fait mama. N l D D KM ,tgp X it t QX- K -5 M pail David Diaz, David Knapp and Randall Ferris study their assignments while making up their time. Sclturdo Sohool, the wool-fend fun Saturday School, the class for the week- end scholar. As bad as it may sound, Satur- day School was not all that it was put down to be. Before its existence, students who missed school on a regular basis were drop- ped from school and had to forfeit their icredits for the previous semester. This garoused the teachers' concern for the welfare fof the students. The Birdville Classroom Teachers Association appointed a committee to study the problem. From this research, they came up with Saturday School and the School Board accepted it. This allowed the students who were absent more than the allotted ten days to stay in school, not lose credit, and make up their time. There was one catch however. the students did not have all of their life to make up times, they had to do it within fifteen days after the completion ofthe previous semester, Saturday School could benefit students who wanted to stay in school. The work he had missed could be made up. If the teacher did not give him an assignment, he could catch up on reading or sleep. According tojoAnn Kelley, assistant prin- cipal, about 350 students attended Saturday School. This means that almost 25 percent of the student body spent their Saturdays in school. Of these 350, 75 percent of them were repeaters, and one grade had no more representatives than another. .. ffm '- rrvmxgffgf. K 4 'sim' . . iw , s - , .y hwy if . . . ps in rssgii at vi . .. , :M E M. E Susan Rester tries to catch up on some sleep that she missed out on the night before

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ON CAMPUS SUSPENSION OCS, the oloss everyone dreods By Don Derrybetry On Campus Suspension -Q not a very enlightening thought, huh. Students who got awarded the privilege of getting OCS were in for a subtle change from last year's program. The students were moved into room 51. This provided for more isolation than when the students were placed in the office area. That allowed students to visit more freely with each other, whereas now in room 51, the stu- dents were spread apart. There was also a teacher, Mrs. Betty McEntyre, who super- vised them the whole day. Students could get placed on OCS for var- ious reasons. Excessive truancy, cutting class, smoking, using or possessing alcohol, fight- ing, foul and abusive language and chronic tardiness to class were among these reasons. To top that off, a student assigned OCS could not trade it for a paddling. Is OCS an effective deterrent to bad con- duct? Wheti assistant principal Tom Watkins was asked this question, he replied, Yes, this makes the students more aware of their bad behavior, and if they're smart, they will learn to control their actions and discipline themselves better. According to statistics, he is right, Only about Z1 percent of the stu- dent body spent time in OCS and out of that percentage, only about Z0 percent were repeaters. Of these repeaters, the majority were sophomores and juniors. r. in. Q Tir K L- A sr ,,,.- . as Debbie Kirby looks on while Ilka Ortiz studies her lessons as they both serve their time in OCS. Q . .e 'Exh- K--qm. .... .m A ., -:ef-We: - , st i ,. as f Ei. ef ..,... 545. ...... .......,, , ........... . . .M .. X - Y . 'N -- i 519 Gary Dickson spends OCS time in a carrel. OCS students were not allowed to talk to each other and were limited even on how many breaks they could take each day. . fx A ,nr an Betty McEntyre, OCS teacher, supervises the stu- dents.

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FIELD TRIPS Iaunts pro Keeping the field in field trips Field trips have been as permanent a fix- ture of public school life as English classes and PE. The basic junior high trip consisted of the zoo and lunch, but high school field trips often came out more as an event. Almost all field trips could be labeled interesting, but the most exciting trips are those that are farthest away from home. Under this rule the best field trip possible must be the seniors' field trip to Washington, D.C. There were a few other groups that got outside of town, although not so far. jour- nalism students attended a conference in Austin, and National Honor Society mem- bers went to the Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant in Glen Rose. Although clubs usually take the majority of field trips, English classes had an impres- sive number of their own. junior and senior honors classes took a trip to The Bronze Age of China exhibit at the Kimbell Museum and the Shakespeare exhibit in Dal- las. The same classes also saw a western ver- sion of Twelfth Night presented by Casa Manana. Mrs. Mickie Peterson's class took a trip to her home to watch the videotape of A Tale of Two Cities when the school's equipment was in use. Mr.jay Thompson's computer math class Nm si Becky Kildow, a member of Future Teachers, begins lessons while at Birdville Elementary. ide needed breaks junior Holly Greer rappels up the face ofa bluff on a Woods and Waters field trip. if 3 visited the IBM facilities in Fort Worth. Future Farmers took a day out in january to go to the stock show. FFA also went to the zoo, as did the Art Club. The Chemistry II class visited the Western Com any Museum. Future Business Leaders ofPAmerica took one of the most unusual trips of the year to the filming ofthe Charlie Rose Show in Dal- las. The guest was Cheryl Teigs, one of the most popular models in the country. Another group saw Gloria Swanson. A major number of the field trips involved groups that never even left school, or were working on school projects. Maybe that accounts for the days when the field trip lists were twice as long as the absentee sheet. Student Council officers found themselves out of class incessantly, and they often drag- ged many of their members with them. Stu- dent Council members worked to set up the Hard Times multi-media show, attended meetings every three weeks, and helped show our campus to the freshmen who visited orientation. The Art Club spent a large amount of time makin the stage decoration for the Chamber ofgCommerce banquet. Art Club also set up their art show in the drama room. The Highsteppers and the ROTC helped set up the Senior Citizen's Fair in the coliseum during the fall. One of the homemaking classes took a consumer survey at K-Mart on Denton Highway. Every week also had its fill of psuedo or mini-trips. These are things like the short parties or the football team during their sea- son or the aforementioned Student Council meetings. Since these usually come as a sur- prise, they could have been the most fun of all. an