St Josephs High School - HiWay Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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1t Don ' t Come Easy ' Steve Busk has his Ticket to Ride. In the new year, several major changes were implemented into the school day. The six-day cycle from modular scheduling was re- vised to a one-week, ten period daily schedule. Thus, classes met at the same time every day, with bells signaling the beginning and ending of periods. In addition, no student was allowed in the halls during un- scheduled time, unless holding a pass from a teacher for a valid rea- son. Students had to choose a su- pervised place — either the cafe- teria, an open resource center, the library, etc., and remain there until the period was over. To fit into the time slot properly, only four minutes, instead of the previous five, were allowed between classes. Open lunch was rescinded, forcing enlarg- ment of the cafeteria by removing the wall separating the teachers ' lounge. Permission to go outside to a designated area during the 23- minute lunch periods was granted over the P. A. system only during good weather. Finally, a policy of requiring semester exams in all classes for both the first and second semesters was instituted, partially to help students prepare for college. There were several reasons for these changes. In the April 25, 1979 Parent ' s Newsletter, Principal Br. Francis Rotsaert stated: ... avail- ability of unscheduled time pro- vided students with a greater op- portunity to engage in behavior detrimental to a serious approach to learning. Among these activities included an increase by students in the use of drugs and marijuana and consumption of alcoholic bever- ages on school time, vandalism in the lavatories and in the school gen- erally, and flagrant littering of the school grounds. Rotsaert sensed a clear and present danger that the academic standards would be lowered if the present system con- tinued, and noted a definite lack of pride and unity in the school. For all of these reasons, he felt it was time to return to a more structured schedule at St. Joseph ' s. While everyone else seems to be busy, Kathy Faccenda poses for a picture. 10 Changes

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Well, Mary, when there is a cross you odd. Plains Mr Szymanski to Miss Mary Mancuso but when there is o slash you subtract, ex- during a free period.

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The stairs near the front door move with ac- tivity. Paui Rodes is having a hard time finding a song he likes on the jukebox, an addition to the cafe. Traveling down the cluttered stairway ore Anne Crumlish, Stacy Mayette, and Sue Berger. 11