North High School - Tower Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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Printer added to computer in career lab, S d academics provide many opportunities for Being a very important part of high school, academics provided many opportunities for students. As time flowed, students became more and more aware of the importance of academics. A large variety of courses are available to students every year. With many different types of classes in every area, everyone had the op- portunity to choose the class that best suited their needs. The choices helped students to prepare themselves for the future. The career lab was improved early in the school year. The lab was redecorated by Councelors Donna Long and Sharon Hartsel. One feature added was wall paintings of Indian Motif. New curtains were put up, murals were hung, and furniture was rearranged to make the career lab more appealing. I wanted to make tbe career lab more appealing in tbe bope to get students more interested and bring tbem in, armrnented Mrs. Donna Long, counselor. A Guidance Information System was an outstanding program added to the computer. The five areas of information available to the students included occupational information, arm- ed services occupational information, two year college and four year college information, graduate and professional school information, and financial aids information. All the informa- tion could be printed on a print-out sheet which a student could keep. This program will be up- dated each year to provide accurate information for the students. The addition of a printer for the computer ter- minal was also added. This addition aided in the SAWING AWAY - Working in his silversmithing class, Tim Abney Cuts out a belt buckle. The design Tim chose for his belt buckle was that of a rebel flag. OPEN WIDE - In fourth hour Child Day Care, Dana Dehart is fed a snack by one of the children. The class gave students the opportunity to eam a certificate to teach in a day care. 4fOpen1ng: Academics operation of the career lab. Computer enrollment helped students get enrolled much easier in their chosen classes. In- stead of pulling cards for every class, the courses were typed in on a computer and the print-out appeareed after a few minutes. On the print-out was the name of the class, the hour, and the name of the teacher who taught the class. North was the first high school to try computer enroll- ment, and it was very helpful in the enrollment process. The National Merit Test was taken byjuniois to try and receive a scholarship and to help prepare for the SAT taken as a Senior. Senior, Beth Neher was chosen as a semi-finalist on the basis of her PSAT scores. The finalists will be chosen by comparing the score on the SAT to that of the Merit Test, and they must be recom- mended by their school. Sixteen seniors in Wichita public high schools were named as semi- fmalists. By winning this honor, the semi-finalists represent the top one half of one percent of their graduating class. Academics is the most important part of high school. Students were able to work toward their goals because of the many opportunities offered' to them. They looked toward the future as time flowed through their high school years. if 3 li j QL lf? 1' 5 li , 1 . . . Y 7

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ime Flow hrough ?.i?i'0iE?f0' When the doors of North High opened and the students approached the building many began to wonder how long the year would last. Would time pass by quickly or would the year seem to never end. Early in the year the yearbook staff chose the theme, Time flows tbrougb... This theme was chosen because just as a river flows, so does the time one spends in high school. Our years spent at North flow by and take us with them as we journey into the future. But the memories that we hold from North will never end. As the new freshmen and sophomores took their first steps to the school they found North somewhat different than junior high. The school was considerably larger, the atmosphere more relaxed, and an open lunch was provided for those who did not want to eat in the cafeteria. On the first day of school the seniors had a little surprise for their underclassmen, they greeted them with toilet paper strung from the 1 3th St. bridge clear around onto the front lawn and trees. For the retuming juniors and seniors the struc- ture of the building didn't change, but new and young faces were seen in the halls. Enrollment was 1,289 students. Among the new faces were 16 new faculty and administration members. Dr. Bob Anderson was the new principal. Dr. Ron Mclntire was chosen as the new superintendent for the Wichita Public Schools. After the second day of school the Board of Education enforced the heat schedule due to the extremely hot weather. The schedule made school begin at 7:00 a.m. before the sun was up and let out at 1:45 p.m. During this time no . 1 i l ,Qi l la 'Isl 'il ji' r. ,r in . .. M, wail! V '. if,-.lxftg T A +Qr?Qil,.31YEi? 5 Tag T A ,5.:.lg.', 5. ' , , .g':'.-Mg' ,X 1 .I 4 5-.,f,.,v'5yi.?.i, , .,,. ,.., . ,,,,,,. . 4 It,1:1'll-film 1 W 'i ,Q :gf , . . .2 '4.I'f'hi. V :Q ri'zf2itl5t.Jf A V 13 i1.:jff:6 ',, .f. nutrition break was offered and lunch didn't begin until after 6th hour. This made a long mor- ning but being able to come back from lunch and only have one hour left made for a nice short afternoon. After approximately three weeks the schedule was taken off and almost everything was back in order. The question of whether or not a nutri- tion break was necessary was again brought up. Several teachers were unhappy on how the 15 minute break was being handled, so a vote was taken among the faculty. The majority of teachers agreed that a nutrition break was beneficial. Nutrition break was reestablished in- to second hour. Problems concerning tardiness were handled by having a detention which included a Satur- day morning make up time. Even with all of the new changes the students kept their spirit and tradition and let the school year flow smoothly. CARVING ACCENTUATES LIBRARY - Among one of the many different gifts presented to the school by various graduating classes this unique woodcarving of an Indian bust adds beauty to the library. It was presented by the Class of '76. BUTCH HAS SPIRIT TOO - Decorated as part of Senior Hall, Butch keeps an eye on things. Presented by the Class of '37 Butch has been a long standing tradition. Open1ng!3

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i9 ?' my , Af Nr l cfm. ,Ali HARD AT WORK - With much skill and concentration, Steve Williams works to com- plete a blanket rack. Steve made the blanket rack as a project for his woods class. DON'T GET WET - Measuring the density ofa human body during physics class, Curt Drennen rises out of the water. The density was measured by how much water was displaced. il' 4 , 4.3 '-an ,M mt A wi i f -...Q fu tc! 4 Q f ,-M i L H w. ff A STEADY HAND - For his drafting class, Byron Sanders carefully finishes a two part 'detail drawing so he can begin working on his project. , mlm--Q., Opening: Academics! 5 T