Miami Killian Senior High School - Catamount Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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Junior Board Improved Communication 'Kwai M' i -wwe-...A .. - qw. fi. M. F2 Yr' Affine ' 132 X4 Board members knew Thar flweir full af'ren+ion was required af meefings so fhey could bring back accurare informafion fo fheir homerooms. 226 1' :fur 2 pf X ec N-vw. 44 Los? in fhoughf, rreasurer Barbara Adams dream+ of a balanced class budget bn. Sue Sweefing, Lanier Eubanks. and Siephanie Pinder discussed fhe magazine drive and ofher proiecfs. Officers Debbi S l Members

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Years Pcissed: Undercldss Opportunities lncredsedp Privileges Were Gained OrienTaTion day, organized especially for freshmen. acquainTed The new sTu- denTs wifh The layouT. rules, and proce- dures of The school. AfTer Mr. Lewis Ca- puTa. sTudenT governmenT officers and service club presidenfs spoke wiTh sTu- denfs. The crowd was divided inTo sec- Tions and given a Tour of The building. This proved helpful in reducing firsT day confusions and succeeded in answering quesTions. The Big Sisfer - l.iTTle SisTer Tea. an annual TradiTion, was organized To infro- duce freshman girls To seniors who acTed as big sisTers during The year. STudenT Governmenf and lngenue Service Club performed skiTs while The Killian Singers harmonized Top Tunes - l'le's My BroTher and Ain'T no Sunshine. Pxlfhough sTereoTyped as idealess. meek followers. freshmen sfill sTrove To enTer school polifics. MigraTing from iun- ior highs - Glades and Richmond l-leighfs - ninTh graders offered new ideas for promoTing spiriT, revising The dress code. and improving sTudenT- Teacher relaTions and curriculum. The firsT six weeks served as orienTa- Tion and sTudenTs were rushing Through halls peeping Their heads from door To door. Freshmen weren'T allowed as many privileges as Their upperclassmen buf They sTill exercised Their vocal chords. Since They weren'T enTiTled To a fresh- man boardu They organized a communi- caTions commiTTee. Composed of all presidenTs of ninfh grade homerooms. The newly formed organizaTion meT once a monTh in The library wiTh sponsor Mrs. Phyllis Williams. Members relayed infor- maTion and suggesTions To The adminis- TraTion. STudenT GovernmenT vice-presi- denT Holly Osflund mainfained order and helped in answering some of The quesfions. The commiTTee also elecTed a chairman To preside over The meeTings and a secreTary To record The minuTes. MeeTing for The firsT Time on OcTober 2l, The commiTTee discussed sTrengThs and weaknesses of The sysTem: Touching on snack prices. nighf pep rallies, The closed campus issue. and The four-minufe periods befween classes. Some of The reforms suggesfed Through The acTiviTies office were enTer- Taining as well as environmenTal. Music during The break. an ecology week. and a freshman week were among The lisT of reguesTs. Since freshmen were excluded from service clubs. They parTicipaTed mainly in inTeresT clubs such as Pan Am. FTA. and Sailing Club. These organizaTions served as backgrounds for fuTure years. 225

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