Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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A Offering a chance to succeed Alternative School When some discipline problem people obstruct other people from learning in the classroom, alternatives must be made. This is what the Alternative School is designed to do. Eddie Rendon. a former teacher at Stroman. is now the principal of the newly created .Alternative School. He feels he was chosen for the job because he has always been a strict disciplinarian. Gross School, which housed the former Special .Assignment Class, is used for the Alternative School. The first thing Rendon did for the .Alternative School was clean it up. While the school was used for SAC, the students wrote graffiti everywhere and relatively abused the school. The first time I came down here and saw SAC, I wanted to stick my finger down my throat, that ' s how bad it was, said Rendon. Maintenance came in. all clean desks were added, the walls were painted and an office was built, said Rendon. So far. Ren- don says no graffiti, which is a main offense at the school, has been written anywhere. The Alternative School is not a new idea. It has been used before in other towns, especially on the East Coast. The main pur- pose for the school is to monitor the disciplinary problems plus give the students an education. It is an alternati e to expelling or suspending a student and then putting them out on the street without any educa- tion just because the student cannot adjust to school. At SAC there were three day assignments and the students were left alone to do it on their own. At the new Alternative School, the students have classes, in fact are en- rolled, in regular classes and are taught by teachers at the school. The s tudents are supervised constantly. Assertive Discipline is used, and before the students enter the school, Rendon tells them their limitations. I tell them the rules at a conference with their parents before they enter here; if they do not like the rules, I do not have to accept them into our school. If they will accept and abide by the rules. I will accept them. They sign a contract saying they will cooperate. The rules at the Alternative School are strict. The students are forced to do their school work. The students are taught by cer- tified teachers. There are two classrooms used in the school. One classroom is used for junior high group and the other is used for high school students. Pat Lockstedt English Tillie Loredo Business Tvping Aleida Lugo World Hi.stim ' Raider Belles Harry McCluskey Athletic Directcir Biology Beverly McCoy World History Government Ellis Medina ICT Rosendo Mendoza Biology Physical Science Athletics Darlene Meyer VOE Paula Mitte Art Kathy Neece French Bob Nugent CVAE Melba Nunez H.E.C.E. Homemaking Harold Oswalt World Geography Athletics Felix Perez English Mary Ann Payne English Beverly Pearson Government Mary Ann Parker Math Roanne Perry English Jerry Peyton English Louella Redding Homemaking 238 Faculty

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Blanche Garcia Business Hodie Garcia Spanish Athletics Laverne Griffith Industrial Arts Michael Grinnell Orchestra Strings Al Haisler Chemistry Janice Haynes Enghsh Tom Hurt History Athletics Nan Jackson Biology Monika Janak German Johnny Jernigan Athletics Randy Kelley Band Alma Kimball History Ann Krebs Math Cindy Kucera Special Education Lois Kuykendall Math Lamoine Lane English Sharon Leach Special Education Scott Ledbetter Athletics Patsy Lemke Business Judy Linville Athletics I chose to go into teaching because I wanted to give to others what my teachers and coaches gave to me. As a coach, I like the interaction I have with the athletes. It ' s great to see them strug- gle so hard and become successful. Mrs. Denise Fetterman — English, Basketball I enjoy working with youth and helping them learn all they can about the business field. Mrs. Darlene Meyer, VOE Coop I chose teaching as a career because I enjoy people and the challenge of working with teenagers. I enjoy watching my students ' grow ' into adults. Mrs. Barbara Hill — English My senior math teacher talked me into teaching the last two weeks of my senior year. I ' ve never been sorry. Mrs. Ann Krebs — Math I like teaching students a skill that they can take with them and possibly get a part-time job or maybe a nice full-time job. People need to come be a teacher for a day so they can unders- tand that we are professionals. Mrs. Tillie Loredo — Business I love the kids in the classroom and responsibility of teaching those youngsters and watching them grow mentally. I set my goals every year and do my best trying to reach them. Stroman High School has the mixture of studp- . inat I ' ve always wanted to work with. You don ' t make champions, you build them. Mr. Hodie Garcia — Spanish, Football, Head Baseball coach I like to help students get to the materials they need. Ms. Virginia Cowen, Librarian I love teaching because no two classes are ever the same. I always have some challenge of how to teach a student with ' special problems, ' Mrs. Sharon Leach — Special education I wanted to be a football coach and it required being a teacher also. I like the opportunity to work with young people and help them understand some things about themselves and their environment. In coaching, I like to help develop self discipline. I dislike the limitations of time, equipment and finances. Mr. Harry McCluskey — Biology, Head Football coach I love working with students. I always liked explaining. I want the students to develop a questioning mind and approach to everything they do. Students should be concerned about what they are or are not learning, not just the grade they make. They must give 100% to get 100%. Ms. Nan Jackson — Biology I enjoy working with students and professionals at this level. There is so much we can learn from each other. An individual goes into the teaching profession because he she loves to work with other people. At 2 1 , who cared about money that much? It ' s not until you have a family and home and want to provide the best. Some day, we will be paid what we are worth. I hope that day is not far. We are beginning to lose a lot of good people. Mr. Trinidad San Miguel — Assistant Principal Faculty 237

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Since there are maybe four different ag: groups in one room, the teachers must be very versatile. The teachers were handpicked by myself; they can teach many subjects to many ages, said Rendon. The subjects taught include math, science, history and English. The Alternative School is proving to be a success. Maybe one reason is the fact that the students are given no breaks, no liber- ties, like the ones we take for granted. There is no getting out of class to change classes. The teachers change to the different classrooms. The students are escorted to and from the bus that brings them to school in the morning and that picks them up in the afternoon. Bobby Rigues Physical Science Athletics Joe Robertson Physical Science James Robey Government Athletics Sandra Sinclair American History AVorld History Roel Saenz Band Director John Salas Marketing and D.E. Kathleen Schindler Biology Annette Scott English G.T. English Velma Rendon English Joyce Slone Social Studies Christine Smith P.E. Athletics Emil Svatek D.E. Kathy Svetlik English Luther Townsend Industrial Arts Metal Cathleen Tutt P.E. Health Golf Carol Wagner Biology George Webb Physical Science Aero Space Dwayne Wilkenson Math J ' Nil Wuensche Math Art Bernard Zarosky Vocational Agriculture Faculty 239