R Nelson Snider High School - Safari Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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SAFARI '83 R. Nelson Snider High School 4600 Foirlown Poss Forl Woyne, lndiono 46815 Volume '18

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Back To Basics Roufine, commonplace, The same old Thing usually describe The basics, buf basic can also lend To securiTy and familiarify, Two concepfs which evoke sTrengTh and uniTy. Changes over The IasT few years, such as The addiTion of The freshman class, remodeling .and adding on To The building, and The addiTion of new Teachers and programs To accomodaTe everyone, proved To be a challenge. Sfudenfs accepTed These changes and worked Through all The problems TogeTher. As Things began To seTTle down and The changes became minor, sTudenTs realized There was a need To geT back To basics. During The flood of '82 sTudenTs shared Their unselfish- ness and creafed a new spirif of uniTy befween Themselves and The communify. Wifh school enrollmenf sfabilized aT 2,500 The same as in The pasf few years, sTudenTs could expecf a well planned roufine in mosT academic sub- jecfs. These subiecfs focused 2 Back to BGSICS more on basic objecfives. Affer The basic obiecfives were meT and undersfood ofher levels could be reached. Ouf of necessify, sporfs programs also emphasized basic fundamenfals. WiTh sum- mer weighf Training and before and afTer school pracfice ses- sions, aThleTes developed sfamina and endurance, Two characferisfics which are al- ways necessary for success. lvlosf coaches agree a winning Team is usually a resulT of sfressing The basics in pracfice. Basic Tradifions of The school year such as Spirif Week, Homecoming, Chrisfmas Open- House, and The Junior Senior Prom were also a few of The acTiviTies in which sTudenTs Took parT in The acTual planning and preparafion, sTudenTs carried on The Tradifions ThaT helped To make These evenfs a success. Sfudenfs also found ThaT They could accomplish whaT- ever They sef Their minds To. Whefher iT be in academics, in sporfs, or in personal goals, geTTing back To basics was The rule raTher Than The excepfion. Drum Major, Maff Schlebel dlrecfs The band during half-Time performance.