Lowell High School - Lowellian Yearbook (Lowell, IN)

Page 41 text:

On the traditional “last day”, the seniors staged a protest in front of the office to op¬ pose the suspension of the Student Council president. Chris Bielefeld. While cleaning out her locker on the last day, Tina Glassman finds the dictionaries she has been missing all year. Last Day 37

Page 40 text:

After nine months of hard work, it’s finally the l A H urray! It’s finally over! June 5 has finally arrived! No more algebra books and teacher’s tired and disgust¬ ed looks. No more chemistry labs and typewriter tabs. No more paper, pencils and torn-up folders. Finally no more HOMEWORK! “It’s great! I’m glad it’s finally over. It took too long!” said junior Tina Conner. Most students couldn’t wait to hear the bell ring for the last time and rush out the doors to enjoy a summer of fun and relaxation. Al¬ though most students didn’t regret leaving school, they felt a little sad about saying goodbye to their friends. I’m excited to become an upper¬ classman, but there are a lot of peo¬ ple I ' m really going to miss, said sophomore Maurissa Afanador. Even the teachers felt relief after 180 days of lessons to teach and papers to grade. They seem to look forward to their vacation as much as the students do. “It feels pretty nice (to be getting out of school). Just like the kids I look forward to summer vacation too,” said Mr. Beeching. No longer will the students have to get up early to go to school and stay up late “cramming” for the next day’s tests. Instead after June 5, the students can leave behind the dark halls and few walls for fun in the sun” at the beach. Sandi Woodke “I’m glad it’s finally over. It took too long!” Tina Conner 36 Last Day

Page 42 text:

T he school year proved to be academically no breeze for the LHS students. Changes in scholastic requirements and administra¬ tion policies caused the students to buckle down to the books” and take on a serious attitude. Instead of sending out to a computer to process stu¬ dents’ schedules and report cards, the guidance office and new school computer took on these jobs. With their added duties, the guidance counselors didn ' t have the time to hold individual scheduling conferences with the upperclassmen. The upperclassmen chose their classes without as much help from the guidance office. Also the new report cards came out on Wednesday, instead of Friday, and featured the students’ class rank and GPA. Also devised this year to benefit students was the semester exam schedule. This schedule spaced the exams over a three-day period so that the students wouldn’t have several exams on a single day. “I like the fact that we had an hour and a half to work on the exams, but having so many exams in three days still burned me out,” said Tory Kincius. Several students didn’t agree with some new policies this year. Many students felt that the new Committee was too strict and unyielding to their scheduling re¬ quests. After a year of strengthening requirements, students at LHS discovered that changes made now will be to their future benefit. Academics Divider