Northeast High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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Early to bed, early to rise... ey ee Wn for everyone, but it seemed especially tough on sophomores and freshmen who were used to waking up, getting dressed, .catching the bus, and arriving at the junior high by the lazy hour of 8:45 a.m. Now, the whole routine had to start an hour earlier Faculty members also had to adjust their normal routines by starting fifteen minutes sooner in order to be at their duty stations by 7:30 a.m. Faculty members who had small children or school-aged youngsters with different schedules had added problems. ‘‘l carry my daughter over to a friend's house so she won't have to stand at the bus stop in the dark, ’ says English teacher Judy Fultz Some students were delighted with the new schedule either because of more free time in the afternoon or because they could get to work earlier. The major problem with the new starting time was that most students had to be at bus stops in the pre-dawn hours of the morning. With new bus routes and drivers, students were very confused at first. Some didn't know what bus to catch or what time to catch it. As the school year moved on, things became ‘‘normal” and everyone adjusted. EN Top: Cars stream into the parking lot in the pre-dawn hours Left: Mrs. Sydney Chalfa calls “time’ on Lula Norwood, Chi quita Reid, Felicia Lowe, and Tonya Ramey’s last-minute breakfast in first period. Bottom: As the sun peeks over the trees students begin to arrive for the day's instruction =) eek the 6 Opening

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All work and no play. . “et S oooen: came back to school this year to a different standard set up by the Georgia State Board of Education The new 173-day rule required students to attend classes 173 days out of the 180-day school year Pep rallies, assemblies, field trips, and other special ac tivities were to be held after school except for the seven days set aside for them | think it is unrealistic because most field trips are educational and would probably help with classroom par ticipation. Club meetings after school are hard to attend because it is hard to find transportation, and it interferes with getting your homework done,” says junior Brad Borum, a member of the honor society Tracy Gonzalez, a senior, said, ‘| think it's ridiculous stupid, and just crazy. Without pep rallies, how do you expect us to support the sports program? | don't believe fifty minutes a week is going to hurt anything Mr. Lewis Wright, English teacher, said, '| like the idea because such activities have been abused in the past. My only complaint is that the seven days should be increas ed to ten days of such activities. | feel the rule will be ad justed and improved next year.’ Left: Students hurry to their after-school responsibilities after the 2:15 p.m. bell. Bottom: Band members sway to the beat of “Thriller practice Top: Jazzettes do precision routine to the music

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