Sandy High School - Mee Ma Yearbook (Sandy, OR)

Page 20 text:

16—Academics TAKING A BREAK. Gary Kutsch. Brian Wilson, and Scott Seipert stop to chat during Advanced Metals. TRYING NOT TO slip up. John Smits perfects a pottery project at the wheel. PUTTING IT TOGETH- ER stitch by stitch. Adina Birchfield constructs a garment in clothing. Tina Kinser concentrates on oth- er work. PICKING UP THE pieces. Drew Spiak cleans after a chemistry lab.

Page 19 text:

School Store Survives The 1987-88 school year started without a bang for the student store! Because of un- foreseen complications with the vending machine com- pany and the administration, the student store was unable to sell any drink or food items. The second-year marketing students set out to fight the rejection, and tried to come up with a comrpomise that would benefit everyone. The day came to hand a proposal to Principal Dennis Crow. After reading it and giving the proposal a lot of thought, Crow respectfully rejected the idea. Jenny Sah, junior class president, talked to Crow about concessions at Friday night football games and she also asked about giving some profits to the school store since the marketing students weren't allowed to sell any food. TRACEY BRINSER PLAYS see food with her popcorn while Adina Birchfield and Dan Reynoldson help open the school store. MARKETING STUDENTS KARLA Foster and Dawn Canada show off Christmas in the student store window display that they designed. Finally, after a meeting be- tween Superintendent Dr. Kent Heaton and Crow, Crow approached the second-year students and Advisor Len Ea- ton and said he would allow popcorn to be sold at lunch. Along with popcorn, var- ious other speciality items saw their way into the store: pencil tops, scented pencils, bendable pencils, and other in- expensive items available for “poor high schoolers. ” The store had its share of difficulties, but seemed to overcome a lot of them in businesslike manners, and strived to become more suc- cessful than ever before. Marketing students also had the opportunity to try out their talents at window deco- rating. Some of the displays depicted the seasons (fall) and the holidays (Halloween and Christmas). The artistic win- dow displays made a colorful addition to the otherwise drea- ry halls. A ca demies— 15

Page 21 text:

Breaking Through Barriers Leadership Want to make a difference in your school? Do you want your opinion to be heard and maybe even acted on? If so, join a leader- ship class. This year SCJHS expanded into two leadership classes, with an average of twenty-five juniors and seniors in each. In the past, one class with twenty students was all that was expected. The increase in size made a big difference. This was the first year that spirit had been in the hearts of every student at Sandy High. More and more people got excited about homecoming, dress-up days, decorations and other activities. People followed student lead- ers who made a difference in our school. Faculty and staff were amazed at the school spirit and positive excitement of the leadership students. They also appreciated the little gifts from their secret pals. In the “secret pal” system, a student in leadership was matched with a faculty member for about two months. The student dropped little notes and gifts to encourage the teacher or counselors in their hard work. Then, at the end of the time period, they revealed their identities to their faculty member. It was a great way of encouraging the faculty and getting to know them better. Another way of reaching out was through the Big Brother Big Sister program. Each freshman and new student at Sandy was assigned to a junior or senior volunteer. The volunteers would contact their person and let them know who they were and if they ever had a problem they could rely on them to help. This helped the new kids to feel more comfortable. So, who was the great leader of this pack? None other than Mr. Curtis Heath. Mr. Heath gave one hundred and ten percent to those kids at Sandy High. He encouraged his students termendously by sending them balloons and or flowers of appreciation throughout the year. Through Mr. Heath and fifty enthusiastic students, school spirit and participation soared both in school and community. ABOVE: Mr. Heath watches as the balloons for the Great American Smoke-out fly up. up. and away. LEFT: Jenny Sah. Phil Barton, and Bill Waugh lip-sync “Santa Claus is Coming to Town’’ for an atten- tive crowd of fans. TOP: Students decorate and set up for the Christ- mas coronation assembly. Academics— 7