North High School - Tower Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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TRADITION REMAINS- Students approach the school on the first day of class and begin to expand on old traditions and start new ones. E S L E I I I Changes New schedule heads list 0New Schedule! Passing Period- School hours were changed to 1,2,3, lunch, 5,6,7. Passing time between classes was increased to seven minutes. OAbsent-Tardy Policy- To cut down on unexcused absences, one hour detentions were assigned for every unex- cused absence. Students were exempt from finals if they were making an A or had under five absences. lDrinking Age! Sales Tax- Must be 19 years of age to drink alcohol starting July 1, 1985. Kansas sales tax raised from 3'Xs to 4'Ks effective October 1. lNutrition Breakfkedskin Bar! Taco Salad- Breakfast was served before school instead of 2nd hour. Fast food ex- press was added in the cafeteria.Taco salad was available on Wednesday in the cafeteria. lRed Arrow! Pep Assemblies- Girls' spirit club was brought.back after 14 years. Overall conduct at the pep assemblies was considered as well as spirit in the Spirit Stick competition. ONew Coaches- Wes Schultz was named the new Basket- ball coach. Dale Burkholder was named the new Football coach. Theme Tower 86 3

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STROKE, STROKE- Bay Huynh and Jesus Luna guide their canoe down the Arkansas River. Unlike any other school in Kan- sas, North students learn canoeing and water saftey skills. GRIN AND BEAR IT- Flashing a smile, Junior Christina Voltelen listens to English lll teacher Pat Brown. Voltelen, one of the ll exchange students at North, is from Denmark. 'K Show time A. V Process creates slide show A. V Process, Audio Visual Process, was a new course add- ed to the Language Arts Department A. V Process was in- troduced to North High with an end of the year slide show, Times n' Traditions . It was met with resounding approval from the student body and faculty. In order to make such a presentation Mr. Wilome, A. V Process instructor, receiv- ed help from volunteer students, faculty and community members. Music was provided by KE YN A.V Process is a semester course in which the students work on one major project. In this new beginners produc- tion class students learn basic techniques and theories of A. V production. They learn storyboard, which is visualizing what to shoot before going to an event. This is also considered an organizational tool because it basically means, planning ahead. They plan, shoot, and edit their own pictures. After they organized the pictures they plan to use for the slide show and pick out the music they want to use, they present the slide show for the entire school. To help Hnance the slide show projects, Mr Willome ap- plied for a grant from the district to help pay for the nec- cessary, expensive equipment. A petition of our students sup- port was also sent to them. However, the grant was unfor- tunately turned down, so A. V Process students had several candy sales to earn the 'money needed to pay for their ex- penses on the projects. Their first major project was made in the fall. It focused on Homecoming week, October Fest and other events happening in Wichita. It was presented at the end of the Hrst semester in a special assembly, The ac- tual shooting, planning and organizing is the most difficult and challenging part in making the slide show because we have so many photographers and people working on this project and there is so much to do, said Willome. Set to todays popular music and featuring North students and faculty, the Audio-Visual class presented a slide show that met with responding approval from everyone. - Nancy Moreno Opening: Academics Tower 86