Oshkosh West High School - Notebook Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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Frosh Try New Scheduling System May 8- A $180 million out- Do you know who your counselor is? Of course you do, but how often do you see him or her? Everyone has to answer that they have at least once--for scheduling classes. Sophomores and juniors have done it for ages, but freshmen got into the act for the first time. It was all part of the change in scheduling for the freshmen. As you may recall, freshmen from years past scheduled through their homeroom. Teacher recommendation sheets were handed out and signed by teachers and parents. Classes were chosen from : the course selection guide and given to the home- room teacher. From there, freshmen knew not what happened, but they magically were scheduled by the computer. But wait! Freshmen no longer had to go through the homeroom. They received materials in the auditorium and made an appointment to see their counselor. Recommendations and course selection occurred as usual. After their decisions were made, freshmen met with their counselors to go over their classes. No more homeroom middleman. Scheduling with the counselors went well and will be continued. Students objected to one part of the process. I didn't see the point of the teacher recommendation sheets. Everyone knew pretty much what they were going to take, so. at was kinda useless, said Kelly Nikolaus. Teachers and counselors felt they were worth- while, however, because they prevented students from taking classes that were too easy or too advanced for them. of-court settlement was given to Vietnam veterans for injuries caused by Agent Orange. May 5- West held its first Junior-Senior Prom. May 7 -Bulgaria and East Germany follow in the Soviet Union's footsteps, and with- draw from the 1984 Olympics. May 30 -The lunar eclipse hap- pened at about 11:45 a.m. on the East Coast. June 7 -362 students grad- uate from WEST. Way to go! May 17 -Andy Kaufman, star of Taxi and a stand-up comedian, died of lung cancer at the age of 35.

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Lynch Named Teacher of the It's great? I was surprised; I didn't realize that such a thing existed, was Mr. Tom Lynci's reaction after being named teacher of the year. Tnis honor was originated and presented by Student Council. It's a real honor because it comes from the students. It's a compliment and I really appreciate their vote of confidence, added Lynch. Lynch has 21 years of experience, 1Z of them at West teaching Drama, Creative Dramatics, Effective Speech, and Theater Productions. I really enjoy teaching at West, he commented. There are a lot of neat kids in this school who are not just good students, but also good people. I think of kids as triends. According to Lynch, his most challenging class was Theater Production, as students worked mostly on their own. However, he added, f like all my classes. Teaching is something I really love. Lynch was picked by a Student Council committee for his excellence in teaching and service to the school. An example of his service can be seen in his 15 years of coaching Forensics and 20 years of directing school plays. this school has genuine friendliness, toler- ance, and underlying spirit in this school that peaks at different activities, he continued. People help one another, not for the pat on the back, but because they want to do it. April 21 -The U.S. Center of Disease Control in Atlanta confirmed that researchers in France had isolated a virus thought to be the cause of AIDS. April 1 -Ronald Clark O'Bryan, who was convicted of poisoning his eight year old son on Halloween to collect $31,000 in insurance, was executed. April 14 -Forty states toughened their laws against drunk drivers. April 16 -Marat Gramor, chair- April 13 -The U.S. space man of the Soviet Olympic Com- shuttle Challenger landed at mittee, proclaimed that the Edward's Airforce Base, Cali- USSR would not participate in fornia. It completed a mis- the 1984 Olympics. sion highlighted by the first repair of a damaged satellite in space April 22 -Great Britain severed diplomatic ties with Lybia. ee Me AOE A LL en ne eee f ‘ A ye i ie

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iegeg eee) ‘Fel : “ ‘ae Mut ' - 2 ; tk “ a fee oy sate) oe! - “EN . é With a total of 18 boys trying out, and only 3 of them returning lettermen, the varsity baseball team did not expect to set the conference on fire. After cuts and people quitting, the var- sity squad and a total of 13 members left. Despite this, the team tied for fifth place in conference standings with a 6-8 conference record, and 6-10 overall. Comparing this year's team to teams of the past, coach Chuck Grable commented, It was slightly better than average, had good potential, but never peaked out. ' He felt the team's major strengths were the hitting, base stealing, and Jee BASEBALL: BOTTOM ROW: Sots wee Fredrick, the ability to score. He cited their major S. Wright, C. Bishop, K. Spanbauer, Mgr. T. weakness as being, “early in the season, in- Hendrickson. ROW TWO: T. Wissink, C. Jones, adequate pitching-poor defense, late in the K. Miller, R. Hessenius, B. Hintze, Coach season. All-conference honorable mention out- Wollerman. ROW THREE: D. Ehlke, S. Lind, fielder Mike Heinbigner added the team's pos- B. Rumlow, B. Ronson, R. Keller. itive attitude was an asset. Five players received recognition. Chris Holm was named first team all conference catcher. Honorable mention went to first base- man, Greg Danke; third baseman, Mike Rodman; designated hitter, John Krause; and Hein- bigner. Holm had the best batting average with .432, 23 RBI's, 5 doubles, 3 triples, and 1 homerun. Kevin Roe was cited with the lowest ERA of the pitchers. Like the varsity, the JV squad had only a small number of boys on the team. Coach Jim Wollerman thought they could have done better if their catcher hadn't caught the chicken pox and if suspensions had not occurred. The team finished the season with a 9-5 record overall and 8-5 record for the conference, good enough for third place in FVA standings. Russ Keller and Brian Ronson, two freshmen, were moved yp in the beginning of the year, and Dave Hauser moved up for the last 4 games. Coach Wollerman commented, The freshmen filled in some spots where quality was needed. Ronson also led the team with the best batting average with a .327 and Kurt Miller had the lowest ERA. The freshmen ended their season with a loss against cross-—town VARSITY BASEBALL: BOTTOM ROW: C. Holm, S. Drumright , S. Sitzberger. ROW TWO: K. Row, K. Levine, T. Finger, Coach Grable, S. Morrison, M. Heinbigner, D. Lemkuil. ROW THREE: R. Willeford, M. Patchak, J. Krause, G. Danke, M. Rodman.