Perry Meridian High School - Passages Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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was two hours long compared to the one hour of class in the regular school year. I liked Mr. Bertram ' s jokes, also. Gary Rhodus ' 85 said, I thought that they should have had it in the night instead of the daytime. Katrina Calvert ' 84 commented, I went to summer school to take some of my classes so I wouldn ' t have to take them the next school year. I took government and s ' .ociology. It was hot, and it was easier. I felt like I really learned something. I liked the teachers and going only four hours a day. I thought summer school was good for the students who had to catch up on some courses or get ahead on some courses. Leslie Blevins ' 86 said, I liked summer school because it was more lenient with the dress code. It had a more relaxed atmosphere than regular school. It also had less homework. Linda Baughman ' 84 commented, that she took government because she wanted to get it over. Sl.v; also thought it was easier. Jerry Blazek ' 84 mentioned, I had a very busy schedule so I went ahead and took government during the summer. It was kind of inconvenient because I had to work, also I learned a lot more because classes were smaller. Summer school was very beneficial for students who needed to take one of the offered courses and didn ' t have Brad Ford ' 84 and Scott Miller ' 84 review their current subject - satirical essays. Tim Mullnaro ' 84 and Jim Bandy ' 84 converse about an assignment for the next day. any room for it during the regular school year. Sophomores who were in the ES math program found it helpful to take Algebra III ES during sum- mer. Some students took drivers ' education during summer school to be able to drive sooner, and to qualify for lower car insurance rates and have done well in it. Chances were that if students didn ' t have summer school, they wouldn ' t have been able to take as many courses during their high school life. Brian Baler ' 85 reviews the chapter in class. SUMMER SCHOOL 167 l l

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A Time for SometMiig Extra Summer school in Pern ' township was a place where students came to school diuing the summer for four weeks and learned about subjects of their choice. At Perr}.- Meridian the following courses were offered: Enghsh I, II, III, and I ' , insight- people , science fiction , Algebra III ES, and drivers ' education . Book rental cost was two dollars except for drivers ' education which was seventy-seven dollars. Students who took drivers ' education realized that they did not get an academic credit for the course, and their grade would not be used in figuring their grade point average because the course wasn ' t equal to a fuU semester credit. It wasn ' t even half of a semester credit. The Driver ' s Education teachers went over the same ideas as in the regular course, but they didn ' t go into it in depth as well as during regular school. Any student who planned to take summer school at schools other than Perry Meridian and Southport had to get written per- mission from Mr. Robert Banks, counselor, in the guidance depart- ment. Transportation was not provid- ed for students who took summer school. At Southport, US History I and II, US Government, sociology. Algebra III ES, and drivers ' educa- tion were taught. It gave students an opportunity to take a wider variety of courses instead of only having one main summer school to go to. Mr. Robert Dunn explained how simimer school worked, There were eight weeks of summer school with two sessions of four weeks. Each class was two hours long which meant that in one session, one got eighty hours of knowledge. He also explained about why he thought peo- ple took various classes, In English, most students were trying to make up for flunking the course. In Algebra III ES, advanced students were taking their second year of algebra and just trying to get it out of the way. In drivers ' education, they tried to get it out of the way of their schedule and wanted to take it while there was good weather. Suzi Thoman ' 86 said, I went to summer school to take drivers ' education and to go ahead and take Algebra III ES to get it out of the way. The classes were easier and longer. Patrick Cherry ' 86 stated, I went to learn how to drive a car. It 166 SUMMER SCHOOL

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The IMC-9Iot Just Another Library The Instructional Media Center was not just another Hbran, ' to the students and faculty who used it. There was much material available for the student and faculty use. There was the audio •isual center where teachers could borrow materials, seminar rooms, which were used for classrooms when they were needed, the darkroom, which staff members of FOCUS and PASSAGES used to develop and print pictures, and, of course, many books and magazines for borrowing. Much new equipment was purchased. This gave students and teachers a larger variety of material to use for research, reports, classroom discussions or just reading. Students and faculty used the IMC ' s materials for many things. The audio ' isual center was a help for all of the teachers. They could check out movie projectors, videO ' casette recorders, overhead projec- tors, television sets, and many other pieces of equipment to help in their teaching. Mr. Ken Knable, the IMC ' s audio visual director, along with student assistants delivered the equipment to the teachers on the morning of the day they requested it. Any other audio visual materials, like records, tape recordings, and fihns were checked out just like books. The darkroom was very important for the staff members of FOCUS and PASSAGES. The darkroom had three enlargers for enlarging pictures and aU of the other necessary equipment needed for developing and printing pictures. A closed circuit television camera along with an intercom set was used in the darkroom to make commtmication easier between the 168 IMC