Oxbow High School - Olympian Yearbook (Bradford, VT)

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slowly L ' Q i Top picture: from left to right- Debbie Peter- son, Cynthia Walsh, Beth Drugach, John Welch, Heather Allen, Ann Kelly, Charlene Dobbins, Anne-Marie Cofhn, Tania DeRonde and Peter Paulin above: from left to right - Andy Thibault, Jack Monahan, Mike Dudley, Sandy Emerson, Yvonne Fisk, Donald Wilkins, Eric Haradon, and Chris Lund above right: Jane Dempsey left: Sarah Colbeth, Karen Manning and Jamie Mar- tin. 35

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MEMORIES That's when some girls end up taking showers with their clothes on - with a little help from their friends. That's when the powder and perfume fights begin, when lots of loud chatter, laughing and hugging each other, and horsing around goes on. And then there are the countless times everyone just sits around and Shoots the bull . Before a game the team usually tries to get psyched. Every player has made jokes about the opposing team, built up friends confidence, and bragged about how many homeruns, goals, or baskets they're going to make. These are my team-mates. This is our room -- ours until we have played our last game of our last year at Oxbow. Then we will clean out our things for the last time and pass our traditions and memories to the next group of girls who will make up another team, who will cry, joke, fight, get psyched, and laugh together - IN THIS ROOM. By Sharon Randall above right: Suzie Davis bottom left: Heidi Osgood S Sharon Randall right: Sheri llsiey 6 Brooke Saladino ' 'fTTT'7f75 H 'W A if , f , my

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here has asked me what like in Denmark. m going to try to explain it as short possible. We start in first grade when we are a old We are divided into class is 22 students and bout four classes on each class of 22 students stays their own classroom during lt's their room. They have at 10 minutes break between all les- which are used to go out and get fresh air, to go to the bathroom o t eachers to go to the We do not choose are taking. All classes so that has whole That that everybody fr het chosen by the actually everything if they are boys or girls. 't change school after sixth stay in the same school from and always with the in the class through lessons. we graduate after the In England, school starts at 9:00 a.m. finishes at 4:30 p.m. ln the morn- wehave an assembly . Assemb- where a portion of the school the main hall to hear the tprincipalj read the morn- and future events. Prayers hymns provide the religious sec- which is mandatory in English The remainder of the school is in their form their form notices and is held in of the time inish home- start at 9:30 a.m. part of our education in- separate schools. Primary Btfth f'lth h yi European Schools Caniliy 55 15.21. Simaiiiilif excuse I ninth grade. After ninth grade we are out, finished just like you are after the twelfth grade. We have a very hard examination to go through and if you don't make ityou can go into tenth grade and have a year extra. We don't have many strict rules in Danish schools. The students are ex- pected to be able to take care of them- selves and their time. lt says in the law that the teachers are only supposed to teach to students that want to be taught. lf a student does not show up to a class the parents are not called. lf it happens too often the teacher tries to find out if the student is not comfort- able in the class. They try to solve the problem but after a couple of weeks without the student showing up they have to give detention. We are given a lot of freedom in school in Denmark. From when you start in first grade until ninth grade you are given more and more freedom each year. ln a lot of classes the teachers dis- cuss with the students what they want to learn and how they want to learn it. They are often on the same treatment level as the teachers. school is for the ages of 5 to 11 ondary school is for the ages 16. Sixth form college is for the 16 and up. From the ages of 11 we study all subjects. Then at choose 9 subjects to study for 2 At the end of the 2 years we have called O levels which are similar to the G.E.D. At 16 you may leave school to find a job or you can continue your education to gain more qualifications, or in hopes of going to University. School discipline is a lot more se- vere. The boys get cane and the girls get a ruler across the hand or suspen- sion. Before you enter a classroom you have to stand outside the door in a straight line until the teacher tells you to go in then you stand behind your chair of 14 Astrid Egerod excha to Slt students and teachers. nge en can the Joanne Hardy 5