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

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A SA TELLITE COMMU- NICA TIOnS dish was in- stalled to increase op tions for students' classes and to provide in- service opportunities for teachers. MANY CLASSES WERE taught with the use of comput- ers and both scheduling and absences were aided by the new computer system. STUDENTS WERE SURPISED TO return from Christmas vacation to the sight of a baby blue stripe painted along the corridor rather than the anticipated use of red or black school colors. 4—Introduction THE READER BOARD provided students with important informa- tion and announcements as well as with friendly hellos to fellow stu- dents.

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Out Of The Ordinary—3

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A NEW PIONEER mascot was designed by Josten's company and presented to SCJHS students. DURING THE SUMMER. Dr. Heaton. SUHS Su- perintendent. was found getting his hands dirty. Here, Heaton, assisted by maintenance worked Ellen Alwine, works on the remodeling project to enlarge the staff lounge. numerous Changes Greet SGHSers What? Really? Why didn’t I know? This was the typical statement uttered by return- ing students at the beginning of the year. They were bombarded with changes occur- ring in areas from student parking to a new telecommunications system, from new sched- ules to new computers. The most talked about change was in stu- dent parking. Teachers ' reserved spaces were moved to the upper parking lot while student parking was changed from reserved to first- come, first-served. ” According to Vice Princi- pal Mike Funderburg. the main reason for the change was to reduce vandalism. We’re more concerned about student discipline problems, and since we (Funderburg and Se- curity Officer Dennis Daniels) aren’t having cars towed, we can spend more time on in- school discipline. Besides, towing was creat- ing bad relations with the parents. Funderburg commented that seniors voiced the most complaints since reserved parking has been a senior privilege. Funder- burg said, however, that competition for good parking spaces had helped diminish tardies by great amounts. Both counselors and students had a period of adjustment to go through with the install- ment of the new computers in the offices. The new units and software were purchased to simplify and make the scheduling system more efficient. The computers enabled staff members to read and manipulate schedules without searching through piles of paper. It also eliminated arguments between counsel- ors and students over placement in a specific class. Once the computer assigns a student to a teacher, it can 't be changed. Counselor Lon Welsh commented on his ‘Mean Green Machine,' It’s an unforgiving machine and beeps at you when you make errors. It’s not nearly as anxiety-producing as it was in the beginning even though I don’t know the theory of how it works. A satellite dish that provided telecommuni- cations programs to interested students was added to the curriculum. The only course offered this year was Japanese . The class was offered by Eastern Washington Universi- ty and carried community college credit. The class was beamed by satellite and its medium was television. The instructor could be ques- tioned by telephone. A great deal of self-moti- vation was needed according to Joan Koepke, SUHS staff member in charge of the program. The bell schedule that had been used for several years was modified. The change was because of favorable response from parents in Spring 1987. The new bell schedule had classes beginning ten minutes earlier, and as a result, afternoon dismissal was at 2:26. Two main reasons caused the change. Hew hours would better coordinate with the grade school bus schedules. An earlier dismissal would pre- vent athletes from missing large amounts of 8th period because of early departures for away games. In addition to A, B, and C schedules. Sched- ule D was added. This made a morning break easier to incorporate into the weekly sched- ule. The break was for a shorter amount of time than the usual morning break for an assembly. One change that took the administration by surprise was the enrollment boom. Although 1,060 students had been predicted, 1,192 were enrolled during registration. Curt Heath, Activities Director, stated, The increase was based on transfers and students we had not forecasted for. Another influencing factor was the expansion in the East County area. The change bringing the most relief was the purchase of fans for the classrooms. As the warm weather persisted into early November, the fans brought relief to sweltering classes. As the saying goes, The only thing in life that is constant is change. TEACHER PARKING SPACE number 114 takes up space where students previously had reserved spots. Introduction—5