Randallstown High School - Horizon Yearbook (Randallstown, MD)

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5 'Q if an K . Z W. fs ef be able businessmen, an attitude he developed as a member of Junior Achievement. The company's one completed project is entitled The Devastation of Dots, an animated film produced for a student at Towson State Universi- ty. It received a B+. Steve's other interests are: a band, Bolo, as the group's lead singerg membership in a fraternity, Sigma Alpha Rhog and a job as a camp coun- selor at Camp Wonderland. Steve Rifkin is one of the members of RI-IS's class of 1983 who is defi- nitely worth watching. r' i s -V V f i , t. 4 X s 'V f 'tha s ,ji LVVV , ' I fi f W 'Emir I Pali ' 'li - xnll f ff r tv .N 6 . .. I fs: ' 1 I., f 1 Anita Redondo ' Mike Reis Teresa Reisberg Mark Rifkin Steve Rifkin ,F Traci Richards ' a 4 f a .1 , , rf zl. Karen Ritz Wayne Robey Scott Roche Bill Rogers Karen Rose Linda Rosen Seth Rosenberg Sherri Rosenberg Michael Rosenblatt Terri Rosenfeld Jeannine Rosenthal Keith Rosenbaum E I 4 W as -1 f if .4 Barbara Rossman Robert Rotker Joanne Rothschild Don Rubin Michael Rubin Roxanne Ruch it .Sff tj. his Q: J . We M,-'Q jf M., arf .f 11 S YOU! . I 'f fun .li v 'M-we vm: A: F . ,- jf IP l ' iff' ,ff uf- 5 if' ' .A x -, fuef Q t X .1 L 3 A -45' . H... Shown in the back row, counselor Steve Rifkin poses with the eight-year-old Sioux Indians of Camp Wonderland. 1Randy Cochrell: What other interests do you have? Steve Ri11rin:I enjoy dramag last fall I played the knight in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Sophomoresf 151

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Kelly Pfeiffer Steve Pierce Myrna Pitts Angie Pillow Beth Platt Danny Platt Susan Platt Debbie Plotkin Jeff Plotkin 1 Jeffrey Plotkin Judy Prodoehl Tim Pruitt rV't 1 fc' if , ' - . ,Q , 3 , -, 1 Andy Pollack Robin Pollock Shari Posen Mike Posner Hope Potashnick Eric Quatman kk . i V, , oo-,W Darryl Quillens Karen Rafferty Kathy Rahn James Rainer Cindy Rainer Wendy Rainer Singer, film producer, businessman, camp counselor, fraterni- ty brother, magazine editor, student-Steve Rifkin has the time and the energy to play all these roles. RHS's next Alfred Hitchcock t age twelve, Steve attended summer camp, where he met Robert Parr, a junior at Woodlawn Senior High School. The two became friends and discovered a mutual interest in fantasy, science fiction and horror. Eventually, they began writing possible scripts for horror films that, after critiques from other writers, showed potential. Consequently, the boys decided to start a magazine entitled House of Horror. Investments of approximate- ly 815,000 in personal savings bought enough equipment to also start a film company, International Communi- cations. Plans for incorporating are 150!Pfeiffer-Ruch scheduled in two years when finan- cial conditions allow. In order to channel their energy and time efficiently, Steve and Rob- ert divided the film company into three sub-divisions: Cinema Interna- tional Pictures, mainly concerned with production of films intended for television and theatrical distribu- tion, Horror International Pictures, concerned with shooting horror and mystery films, and Cinelnterna- tional Pictures, which produces doc- umentary films. At present the company is produc- ing four films, one for television and three for theatres. Activities are X N a 1, V! fl J n ' if sf l f' at 'S 1 -'A presently in beginning stages-script writing and technical preparation. During the summer of 1981, Steve has scheduled a trip to Los Angeles to meet with Paramount Pictures of- ficals for instructional purposes. Steve has received a great deal of help from outside sources. For exam- ple, Quinn-Martin Productions, pro- ducers of TV shows such as Barnaby Jones and FBI, has heard of Steve's projects and plans to aid him if possi- ble. The company's teachers and other consultants offer Steve a wide variety of opinions and assistance. In addition to these activities, In- ternational Communications is in- volved with purchasing film excerpts from various horror, fantasy and sci- fi films. Current files contain 150 pieces of film. Conventions are another interest. The company raises funds by spon- soring conventions and presenta- tions at local libraries and other nearby locations. As of January 1, 1981, Steven has been in sole control of the company after the departure of his partner. Although Steve has yet to make any profit, his optimistic outlook foresees a prodigious future. Steve hopes to prove that young adults can v ,rg

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uring self-scheduling at RHS, students make their own schedules. They sign up for the classes and teachers they want. The library is used for self-sched- uling, and librarian Imogene Yaste looks forward to it every year. Her role in the process consists of stand- ing at the door and stopping those people from scheduling who have not cleared their library obligations. Assistant Principal Morton Greenberg has been in charge of the process since he arrived at RHS four years ago. He feels that it is the best method of scheduling students in Baltimore County. He contends that there are many advantages to scheduling in this manner. First, it's a learning exper- ience for the students because they see how the school is organized. Sec- ond, after self-scheduling at RHS, our students that go to college think that college scheduling is a piece of Leslie Rudo Raymond Ruffin Scott Rund Steven Sadowski Mike Saiontz Paulette Salti Sandra Saltzman Randy Sarners Howard Savage Robin Savetman Mike Scarpignato Joe Scheer Chris Scheper Diane Scher Mary Scheuch Barbara Schildwachter Phillip Schley Ira Schnitzer orry . . . fifth period can squeeze ou cake .... they laugh. Mr. Greenberg understands that self-scheduling has its problems as far as some students are concerned. One such student is Sharon How- ard. I went to the Guidance Office, but they just gave me a big run- around so I just said, 'Forget it. ' Michael Posner was given honors chemistry, but he wasn't told that he couldn't take it unless he also took geometry and transformations. Con- sequently, he had to rearrange his schedule. Kenny Matz likes self-scheduling. The trouble is that if there's a cer- tain class that's only given one peri- od, your whole schedule has to fit around that class, and sometimes it doesn't work. Other sophomores at RHS have positive opinions about the self- scheduling process. Monica Taylor favors self-schedul- ing because the students have a choice of what they want and when they want it. To me, it was very orderly, it was okay. Pam Land partially disagrees. She thinks it was slightly unorganized and a little confusing. But she adds that it's a good idea to let students self-schedule because they become more independent. Although Robert Halpern had to switch around his schedule many times, he still enjoys self-scheduling because juniors and seniors were there to help. If a student has a real problem with scheduling, Mr. Greenberg will handle that difficulty on an individ- ual basis. A classic example of this individual help arose in the case of sophomore Lynn Zaben. Lynn was out of town during self- scheduling. Her mother, with the help of Mr. Greenberg, made her schedule for her. It was a pleasure, recalls Mrs. Zaben, and Mr. Green- berg was very nice about the whole thing. 55 4' '..., ' eff j , i'ff . if Laura Schnitzer Emily Schoenfeld Gail Schuh Gary Schurr Karyn Seidman Lisa Sellars 152fRudo-Smith 1 11 au N' Q J., - ' 3 ,Ev