Smoky Hill High School - Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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Express Prints News of Interest his year's newspaper staff was one filled with ambitious person- alities. Students gathered in early July in order to put out a special issue the first week of school, and due to increased ad sales the staff has been able to produce bigger and more colorful papers all year. Due to the student leadership of Theresa Levine, Bill Logan, Julie Chung, Ulka Patel, Amy Rubenstein, Mark Bender, Carlotta Kingry and Rachel Berrington, the staff has improved and expanded the various sections of the newspaper. This year the staff has written more indepth stories on education and nuclear arms, a more complete and up- to-date news section, and special features on both students and faculty. The Express has been honored with awards both nationally and locally. Judges have called it, interesting, entertaining and informative. NEWSPAPER STAFF Row one iBack, left to rightl: Dan Pederson, Bill Logan, Chris Hagerman, Suzanne Guidry, Eric Fredrickson, Susan Tibutis, Brad Kofoed. Row two: Michelle Willard, Alison Springer, Carlotta Kingry, Amy Rubenstein, Rachel Berrington, Marley McManus, Fred Sheldon, Teresa Levine, Suzanne Evans, Bobby Ahlander, Mike Meagher iAdviserl. LET'S SEE.. . Ulka Patel, Michelle Willard, and Bill Logan design pages for the Express. CAN WE FIT . . . all of this on the page? News Editor, Carlotta Kingry, plans her news page. I THINK . . . Evan Haros states his opinion for the editorial page. 78 Newspaper

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Smoky Hill Peer Counselors Offer f you have ever felt alone, you know how important it is to have someone to turn to. Smoky Hill High School's Peer Counseling program provides a place and people to turn to. Peer Counselors are students, just like any student at Smoky Hill. The only difference is that they have enrolled in a course in how to help people, to talk, to listen, to teach, and to just be there. Smoky Hill has a constantly growing and changing student body. Many new students move in each year - leaving old friends and familiar places - and starting over again in a high school as overwhelming as ours can be an experience. Peer Counselors are there to show students to classes, to answer questions, and to be a friend in a new place. Tutoring and assisting in course work is another function of the program. Students may request help in a particular subject and meet with a Peer Counselor to help them understand their work. The major part of a Peer Counselor's training is helping people be people. Many students at Smoky Hill aren't new, and it is not their first year in high school. But they want someone to listen to what they have to say and someone to know they exist. That is where Peer Counselors come in. Peer Counseling began at Smoky Hill in 1977. The purposes of the program are: to provide opportunities for students to experience personal growth, and enhance self-concept, to promote a climate in which people demonstrate care for one another, to provide students with effective communication skills, and to provide students with an experience in helping peers to solve educational problems, and to resolve personal social issues. Selection of students to the program is through an interview procedure. After the group is chosen, Peer Counselors attend a retreat in the mountains near the end of the summer. A picture of the group shows the unity and closeness that developed as they became involved in the program. When school begins they are assigned a time to be available in the office for tutoring. One night a week they attend a class taught by the counselors, covering listening skills, group dynamics and communication exercises which they use in creating a safe, comfortable environment for others to share their concerns and feelings. They also work during class sessions on personal growth on being someone others would confide in. At the first class Peer Counselors are given a button to wear this in a way they can be identified. The button is a snowflake - a symbol of the uniqueness of the group. Their experiences and their purpose is said so well by Elizabeth Ross: Life is richest when we realize that we are all snowflakes, each of us absolutely beautiful and unique, and we're here for only a short time. That is what a Smoky Hill Peer Counselor is! 1 uff . STOP! I can't swim! says Michelle Moodieg BURR Todd Galati helps Dave Markwell wash his hair. RAP SESSION Todd Galati, Scott Doty, Adam Swonson and Dana Dickson talk things over 80 Peer Counseling