O Gorman High School - Knight Legend Yearbook (Sioux Falls, SD)

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Lords and Ladies Hold Court Student Council Boasts Productive Year The O'Gorman Student Council, headed by J. J. Ochsner, President, experienced a year of variety in view of the issues brought to order. The 1984-85 Student Affairs Board covered topics from the Homecom- ing picnic in the fall to senior skip day at the end of the year. During the first few months of the academic year, the class represen- tatives attended the SIC Student Council Workshop and the State STAB Meeting to prepare them for the assemblies ahead of them. In the fall the board worked on the suc- cessful Homecoming picnic, obtain- ed open cafeteria for the seniors, and arranged for music to be allowed in the cafeteria, with exception of the lunch periods. Throughout the year, J. J. led the Student Council in discussion with the administration on topics such as hacky sack in the cafeteria, a student exchange with Lincoln, and a com- mittee on fans for activities. By the end of the 1984-85 term, the STAB had many ac- complishments to boast. Senior skip day found a prearranged dateg several days of open campus had been negotiatedg and more issues were brought to attention for the up- coming '85-'86 Council. . Along with Mr. Moran, the members of the Knight Student Council enjoyed a productive and fun year together. PAGE 1185 TOP: Mr. Lorang tries to be the 13th caller on KKRC in order to win a Slim Whitman album. BOTTOM RIGHT: Mr. Moran overjoyed at acceptance letter from Central Indian Bible School. BOTTOM LEFT: Mr. Lorang writes an im- portant letter. PAGE 1193 TOP LEFT: J. J. Ochsner and Jim Billion jubilant over successful press conference. MIDDLE: Ochsner and Billion point out guide lines to promising junior, Susan Dinsmore. ABOVE: Ochsner, incognito, and Billion enforce policy on keeping Mr. Lorang's desk in order. BOTTOM LEFT, STAB Members: Mary Fischer, Susan Sabers, Julie Ulrich, Mark Curley, J. J. Ochsner, Mary lgnowski, Jim Billion, Bridget Van Hove, Jim Clayton, and Steve Mislinski, 119

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Knight Leaders Adopt Changes O'Gorman Policy Experiences Variations During the 1984-85 academic year, much planning and organizing kept the O'Gorman administration on their toes. Mr. Tom Lorang and Mr. Dennis Moran met with the school board on the major topics of the year. Concern for freshmen enroll- ment, the new attendance policy, and the alterations needed for the students' daily schedules demanded much of the administration's attention. The need for change in daily class scheduling became a precident of concern for Mr. Lorang. As principal, he felt with the increase in graduation requirements, the students would also desire an increase in flexibility. In order to achieve more oppor- tunities for the students, an addi- tional class period was added to the day. With this new eighth period, they would have an extra time slot for either taking that desired course or studying when they normally would not have found the time. As a result, the school day lengthened from 8-3 to 8-3:15. Class still remained 50 minutes, and lunch periods were divided into four seperate 30-minute periods. This format is scheduled to continue into the future. A new rule added to the atten- Q' dance policy also brought change to O'Gorman tradition. The state adopted a 10-day law which prohibits a student to be absent from one given class more than 10 days. If this situation occurred, the student's ex- cuses would be evaluated. Ideally, the student would lose credit for the class. This situation was not rare, ac- cording to Mr. Lorang. Each case was dealt with individually and few exceptions were made. This law will also remain in the attendance policy for the future. One last issue which required specific attention by Mr. Lorang and Mr.Moran was that of the growing freshmen enrollment. Two certain problems that accompanied the enrolling frosh included difficulties in organizing the physical education program land accomodating the growth in Religion I classes. In the future, p.e. will no longer be a re- quirement. Also, an increase in at- tention will need to be focused in proportion to the noticeable increase in expected freshmen enrollment. Overall, the Administration faced a wide variety of school issues. The year proved to be one of many changes in O'Gorman policy. 1'l0uq:':xL It I-,,-n-1

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