Neptune High School - Trident Yearbook (Neptune, NJ)

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- 4 . N, ' Ml tw AW xl Q WS Althcgggi. many poop: gfgcj' :it - , education process is handled differently in each school system, some more so than others. We have here at Neptune a wonderful opportunity to explore these diversities through the experi- ences of our own new friends from far away places. There just isn't enough room to include each and every student who has something to share with us on this topic and we apologize for this. For this reason we have settled on featur- ing five students from diverse and interesting places. They are Rachael Abdallah from Leba- non, Tom Papanikolas from Greece, Monica Rogers and Tony Sims who are both from mili- tary families and attended schools in Europe, and Carol Spear who attended school in Pt. Lau- derdale, Florida. For Rachael, school in Neptune was so differ- ent from what it had been in Lebanon that it took some time for her to get used to things here at Neptune. Where she came from, the school had no cafeteria. Instead, there were two recesses during which the students ate or did whatever. The students stayed in one class while the teachers were the ones who switched classes. There were no study halls and there were no electiyes, either. All students were re- Above: I missed alot of Algebra and Mrs. Pe- luso was and is a great help to me. Rachael Abdallah Right: I really missed Greece and all of my relatives and friends, but I am glad I have made alot of friends, and I thank my teachers for their support and understanding through my school years. Tom Papanikolas f mdwm Q I in k 1 - k. all A 'lk 'N

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33 so 3 is P O 5. wg , I' ,L xg 'J X e- l : 5 i T Y 1 v , Ns. Q N 9, v' L Dovoloping Futuft Llldlfl for Marketing and Distribution l I DECA, Distributive Education Clubs of America, had its beginnings in 1947 with only 800 students in 17 states. By 1979 DECA had grown to 200,000 members throughout the 50 states, Puerto Rico, C-uam, the Virgin Islands and the Mariana Islands. The most often asked question about DECA is, What does DECA do? DECA is the only national orga- nization in the public schools of America to attract young people into careers in marketing, merchandising and management. DECA's purpose is to develop future leaders for careers in these fields. DECA pays for every- thing itself. Its national headquarters and staff are maintained by student dues and other internal income. The DECA foundation was created to assist and encourage members to continue to study marketing and dis- tribution. DECA's goals are to devel- op a respect for education in market- ing, merchandising and management in our free, competitive enterprise system through professional confer- ences, chapter activities, school im- provement projects and the support of community activities. DECA recog- nizes and awards student members for outstanding accomplishments in competition with other members. The climax of DECA's year is the National Career Development Con- ference. DECA recognizes outstand- ing individual ability and classroom achievement. Students compete against each other in state competitions. DECA students from our school participated in the State Leadership Conference in Cherry Hill on Febru- ary 20-22. Competency Based Com- petitive Event QCBCEJ winners from the Central Region Competition earned the right to compete in their area of the State competition. Nep- tune's participants this year were: Kathy Ielliff, Master Employee-Ap- parel and Accessories, Debbie Gray, Master Employee-Finance and Cred- it, Fayth Newell, Supervisory-Food Marketing, Beth Soles, Supervisory- Food Marketing, Anne Marie D'Agos- tino, Master Employee-General Merchandise, Tia Johnson, Female Fashion Modeling Casual. Also com- peting were: Dennis Pappas-Sales Meeting, Chris Sternadore-Billboard Advertising, Tammy Frascella- Scrapbook, Sandy Smith-General Merchandise Diorama, and Dorothy Polite-Apparel and Accessories Di- orama. Fayth Newell prepared a writ- ten manual in the Apparel and Acces- sories category which won first place in the state, qualifying her to partici- pate in the DECA National Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

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QUINL Qs tak, sc.c..ce, ...a ..., geography, msn,- Yy, English, and civics each year. The sciences and math were written and taught in English. There is a special Teachers' Day which the stu- dents celebrate with food, and there are no classes for the day. Also on any special occasion such as Christmas and Mothers' Day, the stu- dents put on plays commemorating these occasions. The school system in Greece is a lot different from Neptune's. The teachers are very strict and students get homework every day. There are no electives. In the sixth grade they have to take a foreign language, either French or the more popular language, English. School there starts in October, In Greece the schoolwork is more advanced, so students are introduced into courses earlier than they are here. For example, they learn Geography in the third grade. Soccer is very popular, but there aren't any school teams to compete against. If a student fails for the year he has to make it up the next year because there is no summer school. During Eas- ter and Christmas vacations, classes go on trips to a different island. The social life between the students is almost the same as in the United States, except no one gets a license there until 18. Both Monica and Tony went to school in American high schools in Germany-Monica in West Germany, and Tony in West Berlin, East Germany. In Germany there are six classes 55 minutes long with five minutes between bells. They have an open cafeteria early in the morning where students can buy anything they want. They have open campuses which means the students can walk outside when they want. After they get what they want from the cafete- ria, they have two classes, a fifteen minute break during which they can go anywhere on school grounds including the cafeteria, two more classes, lunch, and the last of their classes. During lunch they have 55 minutes to do what- ever. They can go home, to the officers' club, to the ice cream parlors, or to the arcade worlds. Monica commented that the best thing about school there was that she got to pick her own classes fusually with friendsj, her own times she wanted to take them, and her teachers. The sports schedule was also much different be- cause there were events only on Saturdays. The students travel three to five hours on a bus or train to arrive at another American School, so it is like a weekend vacation. They also have ff' V36 ?,v,' Ill! mx we f0f'li50't . . lp I -... 1, ' T liQ2:vi!:.9fe!fff' Ntzimwztif il' II nl Il I ' 'Iliff ' Q I. 4. Left: Florida may have the better high school, but Neptune has the better people. Carol Spear school trips such as Easter break to different European countries. Monica, who also attended school in Italy, said that most of the American schools in Europe are run the same way because they were all under U.S. government supervision. Schools are also different in other places in the United States, as Carol points out about Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She went to a huge school. The campus is complete with a pool, which could be used during the lunch break, a huge track and field, an outdoor main courtyard with mosaic designs, and an outdoor upper level walkway, all in about eight or nine buildings. The classes are fifty minutes long with five minutes between classes. Students can leave campus for lunch, which is also fifty minutes. They have major pep rallies and lots of school spirit. School starts at 7:30 with no homeroom, and ends at 2:35. She described the educational process as learning without even realizing it. So you see, all schools are not the same. If you would like to know about other schools, just ask any of your friends who have come from another school. You'll be surprised at all you'll discover. Left: School in Neptune isn't as radical as school in Hanau was, but I've met alot of nice people and had alot of fun. Monica Rogers T if f M. f' '- imma ,f . . Above: This school is alot different from my school in Germany, but I think it'll grow on me. Tony Sims 107