New Knoxville High School - Memoir Yearbook (New Knoxville, OH)

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Always giving a hand, band and music teacher, Mr. Michal Epperly. joins first trumpets Chad Wyatt and Jenny Wessel to su t I piemen t the sound of the high school band during the winter co cert. Mr. Greg Bornhorst Mr. Craig Bowsher Mr. Charles Braden Mrs. Cheryl Davis Physical Sciences Industrial Technology Mathematics German Business Math Mechanical Drawing High School Computers Mr. Michael Epperl Vocal and Instrument Music Mrs. Marna Katerheinrich Mrs. Joan Kentner Mrs. Karen Lehmkuhl Mrs. Janean Oberland Elementary £ H.S. Reading Librarian, English 9 Home Economics English, Publications

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College costs don ' t have to be painful College is a popular option for many seniors. But meeting the high cost of college can be a burden. To help students meet these costs, many scholarship, grant, and loan programs have been devel- oped. The most popular financial aid program is the College Scholarship Program. After filling out the Finan- cial Aid F orm (FAF), the program then determines the amount of money a student will be distributed. Guidance counselor, Diana Farno, explained, The money is distribut- ed in a package deal. They give some to the student in the form of a grant, some in the form of a loan, and some in the form of on-campus jobs. Parents can also help students get through school. I applied for several scholarships and filled out the Financial Aid Form, said Ohio University-bound Laurie Merges. My parents are going to pay for some of it, but I will have to pay them back. If a student can receive some grants and loans and also receive help from the College Scholarship Program and parents, the pain of college costs could be lessened. It was hard. I was brain dead for the rest of the day. Although it gave me a headache, taking the ACT was a good and neces- sary experience. — Matthew Gilfillen ACT and SAT Easy to spell, but not to take You have 40 minutes to com- plete this portion of the test, instructs a serious, but blank- faced woman. If you finish be- fore the time is up, you may check your work in this section only. Tick tock, tick tock. Time rolls by as you try to answer the seemingly superfluous number of questions. Does this sound familiar? It probably does to anyone who has been courageous enough to brave an ACT or SAT test or both. Each test score is influen- tial in the decision-making pro- cess as colleges study applica- tions. Before taking the ACT, some people are uneasy. I guess I ' m a little nervous, said junior Debby Bambauer. It ' s one of the most important tests I ' m going to take. Fortunately, it is available to retake if some- one is disappointed in his or her first score. True, it does affect some people more than others. Senior Phil Kuck claims he was brain dead for the next entire week. However, there is one defi- nite advantage to taking these tests. The students who have grades that are not quite top notch, but are not bad either, can benefit. By scoring high, these students can still gain scholarships and thus gain eas- ier access to colleges. Taking ACT ' s and SAT ' s may not be the most exciting week- end event, but the tests cer- tainly do the college-bound stu- dents some good. — Rachel Wilson Senior Brian hammers carefully studies the extensive financial aid forms he must fill out before going to college. Do you know the answers ? asks junior Jeff Lehman while taking a practice ACT test. Jeff, who took both tests in the spring, claimed the SAT was the easier of the two. Academics 17

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First year brings AGONY £ ECSTASY School — a learning experience. This statement stands true for teach- ers as well as students. Many students think that going to school is difficult and that they are constantly being taught something. But what about teachers? What do they think of school — more exactly, their first year of teaching? Mrs. Karen Lehmkuhl, our only first-year teacher, calls her first year very challenging and very busy. Mrs. Lehmkuhl (pictured below) teaches home economics for half a day. A teacher ' s first year isn ' t always fun and games, however. Many teach- ers look back on their first year and recall the horror of it. I didn ' t know anything. I had 165 students and col- lected everything they did. There were stacks of paper 1 threw in the garbage and never graded, said Mrs. Janean Oberlander of her first year of teaching in Cincinnati. Science teach- er, Mr. Steve Trout, thought his first year to be a waste. 1 was ready to quit at the end of it, commented Mrs Thervl Da«i ; New Knoxville Board of Education: Gary Schrolucke. Tom Fledderjohann, Bruce Eschmeyer, Ted L am- mers, Eugene Opperman Jr.. Bruce Hoge. The first year of teaching may be hard and at times discouraging, but it is still satisfying and rewarding in many ways. My first year was a dream come true. The excitement of doing things I had been taught in col- lege was a natural high, was Mrs. Dana Brown ' s positive comment about her first year of teaching. — Glen Bechara Incentive programs — A first in elementary The following students were caught being good ... This familiar phrase preceded all other announcements on Monday mornings and may have even become mundane to the high school students. But to the stu- dents in grades 1-6, these words meant something special. Stickers, bookmarks, or maybe even a meal at a local restaurant were some of the awards given to students who were caught being good. Initiated in October, the Caught Being Good program was designed to reward students for being polite, kind, and giving an extra hand to teach- ers and other students. The program puts a strong emphasis on positive reinforcement, stated Principal Annett Kuck. The kids were given disci- pline slips when they caused trouble, but there was nothing to reward them for being good. We needed a program that would balance the scales. Students are issued tickets when they are caught being good. On Fri- days they take their tickets into the principal ' s office, and Mrs. Kuck then exchanges the tickets for either a sticker or a bookmark. The reason we have the kids come to my office is so they can see the principal on a pos- itive note. When someone has to come to the principal ' s office, he usually thinks he has done something wrong. I want to let the kids know that this is not true. The program has created an incentive for students. The classes want to be good, said Mrs. Kuck. It has proven effective as the percent- age of students without any discipline slips has increased. Creating incentives academically, the Star Award Program has helped motivate kids to get good grades. Although there has been no drastic in- crease from last year, Kuck feels the program is effective. I think the program pushes the students to work harder. Incentive programs like these are designed to promote a positive atti- tude towards school. The keys to success in high school lie in having posi- tive experiences in the elementary grades, and programs such as Caught Being Good and the Star Awards help to provide those positive experi- ences. — Laurie Merges Staff 19