Lake Orion High School - Dragon Yearbook (Lake Orion, MI)

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CHEM I EQUALS A BRAIN OVERLOAD for Maureen Drummond, Miki Gabrieau, and Diane Foley, even though Chem I is an essen- tial part of a college prep program. creature so you calmly wait in line for fifteen minutes. Soon you are rewarded with the object of your affection-the cheap sixty-cent school lunch. After you hastily gulp down your food, you beat a path through the sophomores so you will not be late to class for fear of having your open lunch pass revoked, even though you had lunch in the cafeteria. Fifth hour you have Senior Math. But you find your mind has a hard time keeping up with the teacher. Your eyes begin to droop, and the next thing you know you're fast asleep. Soon the bell rings to signify the end of fifth hour. Being one of the lucky seniors, you have sixth hour excused study si? ' qi 'in at was 'er rw .. Qt. f f ff is -A 11 . 'sf r r ' S it , 123, -. 5 L55 :fl-gig, 1 . K ,Q EW ge sv We W if vas .WW we ,Q - CAUTION: BRAIN OVERLOAD 180 Brain Overload

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3Rs and nS his year Lake Orion has been actively assessing curriculum and revising programs via Alternative Educa- tion. One goal is to up-grade reading and math scores. Since teachers are very involved in the back-to-basics movement and serve as the backbone of programs like these, they're the focus of this section. Walking through the halls here at Lake Orion, you may encounter a classroom where the students are seated in a circle with their attention focused on a bearded man, Rodney Birleson. This slender, and tall man is a graduate of Roosevelt High School in Ypsilanti, which was a lab ex- tension of Eastern Michigan University. This high school was different from LOHS because it had open everything: open lunch, open study hall, etc. Then Rod went on to earn a teaching degree at Eastern. Why did he become a teacher? Rod emphasized, It is more important why I stayed one then why I became one. He enjoys young peo- ple because they make me feel happy. AS A HISTORY TEACHER, Rodney Birleson likes to keep his classes informed of the history being made by discussing recent events from the newspaper. I I 182 3R'sand anS 4 as vw MIKE HATCH, a teacher of Michigan History, has a large map of Michigan painted on his wall. The History teachers are Rodney Birleson, Dennis Davis, Kathleen Ferguson, and Michael Hatch. .f H' N I I gi 'ig' !. .T I .ii