Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Student Time Out Place There is a new place of interest to students at LHS this year. Student Time Out Place, better known as STOP was introduced to students and faculty at the beginning of this year. Exactly what is STOP? It was put in place by Mrs. Tillery and is similar to the pro- gram she used at her former school in Martinsville. The program’s ideas came from a theory by Glasser, “All human beings are responsible for their ac- tions.” STOP is an alternative to suspension. This system allows students to stay at school and continue being counted present for the time which they miss in their normally scheduled classes. They also are allowed to make up work missed. At the time of arrival in STOP, students are given a list of questions QQ QQ. Wr’ | RAG 26 STOP from which a contract is drawn. The contract is as follows: “Questions from the list below should not be copied and repeated in the paragraph. Rewrite the question as a completed statement in your an- swer. Correct grammar and spelling must be used! 1. What did you do? 2. IS what you did against the rules? Why is it against the rules? 3. Did your behavior help you to be successful in school? Explain. 4. Would this type of behavior be ac- ceptable in the work place or by the community standards outside of the school? Explain. 5. What do you plan to do about your behavior? How? 6. What will be the consequences if you break this contract? (You must list at least three consequences which are acceptable by you and the administra- tion.)” Students choose their punishment. some possibilities include staying after school, remaining in STOP for a designated number of days, or a parent teacher conference. Teacher | approval is then needed before the ac- | tual punishment is granted. The pro- gram has been an overall success. It | has also been proven effective for | most everyone as a measure Of self- discipline. New ideas are being developed such as videos on discipline. Also a bit of comfort will be added by the purchase of furniture. It won't be like home but it will be a little more comfortable than the classroom. — Julie Zollman | Tammy Lineberry looks ahead and smiles de spite her attendance in STOP.

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PGR SR REAAY Nathan Heatley and Glen Piegari stand with Masaki Shibaake after his performance in the concert band. Severin Mahnke takes a quick break from his work to model for the camera. Foreign Exchange Students 25

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Hey iS Matt Jackson taking 2 break tedious work to pose for the photogrean fro er. qT? STOP