Upper Arlington High School - Norwester Yearbook (Upper Arlington, OH)

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A» they relax in the refreshment area junior Paul Kampmewr and Wendy Bluer agree to 90 to the Alter Prom Party The party was held at Baby Doe' , a local restaurant During early hours o( the evening, senior Con me Aten try to coax tumor David Cald welt to dance a slow dance The prom wa held at the Hyatt in the Hayes McKinley Room While their dates set something to dtinh, seniors Steve Carpenter. Bill Creighton, amt Jett I tall dance to the beat box rhythm ot the Fat 6 y at the Alter Prom Party ▲ student life . PROM A Z 1

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Senior J.D. Weitheimer and lumor Lynne Wheary wonder when they will start shooting promo tlonal pictures lor the After-Prom Party, while |umor Jennifer Miller listens to clasv mates Amy Mamlln and Amy Henney dls cuss their plans (or Prom On May 14. 392 couples masked their everyday appearances in formal gowns and tuxedos to attend the junior-senior prom. Mystical Masquerade Mannequins in black and white satin costumes posed in the lobby area In the ballroom, milar streamers and silver masks decorated silver columns The decoration committee, who began five weeks prior to prom, finished one week before the event Although the dance officially lasted from 9 p.m to 2 a.m., most couples arrived around midnight. Sponsored by the junior class and led by Math Teacher Joyce Reiber and co-chairman Lynne Wheary. the prom committee chose to have the prom in the Hayes McKinley room of the Hyatt Regency downtown According to Reiber. Holding the prom at the Hyatt instead of the high school provided a smaller, more intimate place and left more money for the favors, sequin masks, and the band Upon arrival couples enjoyed socializing. dancing, and such refreshments as punch, cheeses, chips, mints, and nuts The band. The Bellows, and the deejay. Rush, played both new and classic music Explained Reiber. “We decided to have a band and a deejay so that we could have the energy of a band and have music when the band took breaks “Prior to the prom, couples dined at restaurants such as the Refectory. One Nation. Ziggy's Continental, and Fifty-Five on the Crossroads Other couples enjoyed home-cooked candlelight dinners After the prom. 162 couples went to the After Prom Party at Baby Doe’s, a cabaret, where they danced to music selected by the deejay Bear The Parent Teacher Organization sponsored this event Other couples attended home parties in the Colum bus area After the prom, we went with a group of four to a friend’s apartment.” said senior Todd Holman. To fund the prom, the junior class participated in the traditional magazine drive and beat their goal of selling $13,500 worth of magazines Ticket money also relieved prom expenses. Wheary concluded. 'We were successful in achieving the goal of having an elegant, fun prom. Prom student life A PROM

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MINI MAGAZINE FREE TIME A senior-freshmen feeling The two freshmen stared at the building in bewilderment. It was so big! How could they ever find all their classrooms? How would the upperclassmen treat them? The administration created the Advisory Program for Freshmen (APF) to answer these questions and to ease the plight of these freshmen. APF would help them adjust to their new environment. The success of freshmen advocacy programs in other school districts inspired Superintendent Homer Mincy to create APF Mincy spread the word about APF. and the parents of 245 freshmen enrolled their children Mr. Dan Ludlum and Mrs. Joan Scott headed up the pilot program along with four seniors. Ludlum along with Sam Linzell and Greg Vergamini met with freshmen boys three days a week. Seniors Lisa Sell and Ma ria Kozyris assisted Scott in working with the girls The boys and girls were separated for most activities The classes held discussion on peer pressure, drug and i cohol awareness, academic an icties, and any topics the fresh men wanted to attack. “Since It was the pilot program, we wer« constantly changing the cuntc ulum. We found that some ac tivities were successful whil others failed miserably.” oh served Scott. Both Scott and Ludlum fei'-that the seniors were a key par of the success of the program. I felt that the seniors provided 'real' answers for the kids. They spoke openly about their own experiences, and they could eat ily relate to the freshmen. said Ludlum. Both Ludlum and Scott point ed out that all evaluations of th» program from students parents, and faculty were po itive. Said Scott, It was a fan tastic program. Any progran that could make the kids fee more secure was absolutely nec essary. Ten minutes left in the period and the girl had fifteen questions left to answer on the test. The boy who sat next to her got an A on every test and never covered his paper. Without hesitation, the girl dropped her head, looked over at the boy’s test, and began marking answers. There was a pressure to get good grades. You could do that one of two ways: You could work hard or you could cheat A lot of people chose cheating. said junior Teri Stoffel. Looking off other peoples' tests and writing answers on desks and calculators were the most common forms of cheating. Many students copied friends homework when they didn't have their own. “A lot of people considered copying homework an acceptable form x f cheating. Cheating on tests was different - it was considered worse. said junior Kim Meeder. 1 think a lot more cheating went on than anyone realized. The administration handed responsibility for controlling cheating to classroom teachers, and the students were informed about cheating policies through the Student Rights and Re- sponsibilities Handbook Most of my colleagues and I dealt with and punished students caught cheating, but I'm sure that some teachers chose to ignore the problem, commented a teacher who wished to remain anonymous. Business Teacher Sally Lee explained her efforts to control cheating Although I couldn't always catch kids in the act. if I suspected students were cheating I took time after school to go through typing papers and discs to compare students' mistakes If I found the students had made identical errors, it was a good indication they indeed had been cheating. Among those students surveyed. eighty percent felt that teachers had not caught most of the students who had cheated. Before I was caught. I didn't think twice about cheating I knew that a lot of people cheated and the getting caught wasn't even a possibility to me.” commented a senior who did not wish to be named. When I was caught cheating, the teacher gave me a zero on the test but allowed me to take it over by myself while she supervised. I thought that was a fair way to deal-with the problem LOST At the start of the school year, the school administration replaced In-school suspensions with afterschool detentions and Saturday school. Previously, students received ISS for such minor infractions as class truancy and tardiness. Parents became concerned about the loss of students' learning time. Added Mr. Tom Bassett, We also didn't feel ISS was effective. After-school detentions, held in Room 135 from approximately 3:30 to 5:00 pm.. and Saturday school provided an imposition on students' free time in addition to establishing a controlled study environment Mr. Dan Ludlum lakes attendance lor the Advisory Program lor Fresh men, while seniors Greg Vergamini and Sam Linzell and freshman Matt Porterfield make sure he doesn't miss anyone Freshman Erik Warren leant against a wall and closes his eyes to take a brief nap while junior Jenny Roach works diligently on hei homework OO ▲ student life ZZ A MINI MAGAZINE A