Rickards High School - Anumpa Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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Time for Their Various Activities During the course of the year, some students had more free time or un- scheduled time than others. The time was intended to help students accept responsibility. This meant that the students could use unsche- duled time for homework and re- search work in the library or re- source centers. Unscheduled time was also used by students for extra-curricular activi- ties, such as setting up tables in the courtyard to raise money for class projects. Also several talent shows were given to provide entertainment for students. Going up on the hill to the snack truck was another use of unsche- duled time during the lunch mods. Other students went off campus to drive-in restaurants or home. Out- side research, such as use ofthe pub- lic and university libraries and per- sonal interviews, could be done dur- ing this time, for class participation. Other projects were also under taken. Though students who had an excess amount of free time took it for grant- ed, which could be seen as a failure, these privileges played an important part ofthe emergence of many Rick- ards students. During the lunch mods, students walk up the hill to snack at the Snack Truck 'C r L' ' Q- lj, 'g . , f ' , 1 -s .5 i T . f- . Q 2 I 1 f - i r A Q 5 'sr ' ll lg ,Mis . .T .2 is 3 1' X9 4 l'-3' t -if ..+ l ' li as vi Q. ti , 1 sllltlllll 15

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Advancement The curriculum of Rickards result- ed in many advancements as the new flexible staffing-modular sche- duling was put into effect this year. For the first time in RHS's history, Rickards students experienced such novelties as team-teaching and schedule-back time that proved to be exciting to all as the new system began its reign. Students did not attend each class everyday, but instead went to cer- tain classes on certain days of a five-day cycle. Schedule-back time, mods used to do assignments and to do further study in a subject, was used as a component of class time to provide a credit for a course. During schedule-back time, stu- dents attended resource centers equipped with various materials in subject matters and a resource teacher who aided teachers and students. The curriculum of RHS experi- enced many advancements as Rick- ards moved forward in its quest to improve the lives of its students this year. Advancements which will prove effective in aiding the emer- gence of RHS students of today, into the communities of tomorrow. -l 17