Slatington High School - Reflections Yearbook (Slatington, PA)

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Any day of the school year, you can see students dashing to the cafeteria for food, the same food that they complain about. The students com- plain almost constantly about the food which they continue to stuff vigorously down their throats. Some of the least favorite school meals mentioned in a recent poll con- ducted by the REFLECTIONS staff in- clude lasagna, turkey salad sand- wiches, smoky links , tacos, veg- gie soup, and chocolate pudding. Although many complain, quite a few people eat it and admit it's edible. Although the price increased from 45 to 50 cents this year on February 1st, students still nurry to lunch, just as they always have! Above is a picture of a freshmen homeroom fighting for a piece of bread during a recent food short- age faked especially for this pic- ture by the REFLECTIONS staff. ' They include (topi Darrin Heckman, Charles Hardy, Kevin Gallagher, Carl Droller, Chris Grammes, Jim George, Landis Green, Susan Hausman, Christine ;rube, Debbie Hinkle, Karen Hamm, Clausia Horoschak, Lisa Dorn, Tammy Guss, and (bottom) Sue Green, Rich- ard Hess, Keith Hess, David Hensing- er, Rodger Hess, Steve Horn, Carl Hoffman, and Stephanie Haller. 10

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CHEATING AT SHS ? The Juniors in Homeroom 15 who are using these methods are: Row 1 Diana Marsh, Diane Mack, Sherri Leibold, Richie Rauch, Peter Nielson, Scott Klevenhagen; Row 2 Lori Polansky, Lisa Pauls, Lisa Kratzer, Todd Lauer, Rich Kunkle, Paul Peters, Matt Noll; Row 3 Lisa Neff, Beth Mac Crindle, Kelly Oravec, Debbie Klotz, Anita Ralston, Laurie Loch, Tim Krupa; Row It Colleen Peters, Nancy Minnich, Kim Meinhart, Scott, Peters, Diane Krause, Tony Noakes While it is difficult to determine exactly what is an average test, no one would deny that cheating is a serious problem, both for teachers and for students who are trying to learn. AN AVERAGE(?) TEST The papers are passed out to the students. Of the 15 students in the class, ) or them are clustered in a corner in the back of the room. They are gathered around a person who supposedly studied. Actually, he didn't, but it doesn't matter. One person in the class did study how- ever, and one is enough. A boy from the back of the room stood up, walk- ed over to the girl who studied, and sat down next to her. After cop- ying her answers, he re- turned to his original seat. From his seat, he communicated her answers to the crowd around him. Unknown to them, one of her answers was incorr- ect. This resulted in the unusual phenomenon of every student in the class having the same incorrect answer. Other extraordinary incidents included one girl's use of 5 legal-sized yellow cheat sheets, the pass- ing of several answers by means of a small piece of paper folded and stuffed into a belt buckle, and the easiest method of cheating, Hey, what's number 5? SOME FAVORITE METHODS OF CHEATING 1. Cheat sheets in rolled up sleeves 2. Cheat sheets under wrist watches 3- Cheat sheet written on stickers wrapped around pens or pencils A. Stealing tests or quizzes 5. Whispering answers 6. Tapping codes 7. The quick glance 8. Exchanging test papers 9. Writing on shoes, belts etc... 10. Answers on glasses

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LATE AGAIN? As with the smoking policy, the school's discipline poli- cy concerning tardiness became stricter this year. During the 1979-80 school year, any student coming in tardy twice during the same semester re- ceives an automatic thirty- minute detention upon the sec- ond offense, with or without an excuse. Of the 250 stud- ents participating in a recent survey taken by the REFLECTIONS staff, 97 percent state they ere against the late policy. The other three percent admit the late policy is strict; how- ever, they say it cuts down on the number of people coming in late. For most people the pol- icy is a nuisance, but for most people the policy also works. The following people from Home- room A1 are appearing in the Office to sign in and pick up their detention slips for late- ness: (left to right) Sandy Strohl, Sharon Strohl, Roger Spadt, Tim Weaber, Paul Swartz, Lori Weiss, Keith Williams, Linda Walbert, Liz Williams, Tina Wechsler, Anne Zeiser, Sandy Williams, Vicki Sweetz, and Tracy Wehr.