Rancocas Valley Regional High School - Red Oak Yearbook (Mount Holly, NJ)

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BUILDING SERVICES 1i - -c - I - The Building Services Department is the M ' A ' S ' H unit for the school. They make emergency repairs to fractured water lines, breathe new life into the flickering lights, and replace the weary front-line equip- ment that is so gallantly used by the rest of the staff. Our troops come in at night, sweeping and dusting, cleansing the smeared chalk boards of education-silently preparing the scene for yet another day on the front lines of education. CAFETERIA STAFF School cafeterias are often the cause of all the bad food jokes anyone could ever think of. But this is not the case for us. The Cafeteria Staff prepares the food from scratch for R.V. as well as two Eastampton schools. Every day the menu consists of a variety of foods, including hot lunches, a salad bar, and sandwiches. Perhaps this is why the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., this year named ours as one of the State ' s finest school cafeterias. Seated: Mrs. Florence Kitz. Mrs. Gisela Harrell. Mrs. Mara Lucca. Mrs. Gloria Pittman. Mrs. Joyce Uark. Standing, 1rs. Elizabeth Pouell. 1rs. U ilma Marini. Mrs. Nina Mattson, Supervisor: Mrs. Anne Swayne. Mrs. Delores Durand, Mrs. Marion Borden.

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The SOMETHING DIFFERENT here is this entirely new sectionl Though academics have been included in other Red Oak s on a strictly incidental basis, we felt they deserved much more attention, especially since several new programs have been added. Academics seem to have run full circle here at RV. Several years ago, freedom was the key word. We were able to select the courses we wanted, choose the teachers we liked, and sign up for a class with all our friends. It was fun, but it wasn ' t in our best interest. We suddenly realized this when the new final exam system came along, and we didn ' t know the material. We realized it also when we wanted to participate in extra-curricu- lar activities and found there was an eligibility requirement, decent grades! Additional credits for graduation convinced us beyond all doubt that academics are what an education is all about. Without the knowledge and skills they expose us to, we don ' t stand much of a chance in the real world. Facts S Figures: Length of school days: 7:55-2:30 Number of class periods: S plus a tutorial period (current grading system: A= 100-93 B=92-S5 C=$4-77 D= 76-70 F=69-0 Credits necessary for graduation: 116 Honor roll GPA: 3.0 (with no grade lower than O National Honor Societv GPA: 3.3 minimum Student of Distinction: 4.0 Advanced courses: AP History. Honors English. Hath V Weight of final exams: I 5 of the final grade GPA-grade point average