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

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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

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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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MINI MAGAZINE Horoscopes — fact or fiction? Virgo: The pull of the moon indicates a romantic interlude in the near future. (Girl's thought) I hope he is tall, dark, and handsome. (Guy’s thought) I hope she is slim, blonde, and gorgeous. (Both parties) Sigh. Horoscope reading proved to be a common practice at the high school. For senior Tim Verhoff, reading the horoscope became “ ... a religious experience. First thing I did when I woke up was read the horoscope,” he said. Senior Chris Racster was known to mutter, ‘‘My horoscope must have been really bad last Friday because I had a horrible day.” Then there were others at the opposite end of the spectrum. When asked how often he read the horoscope, senior Greg Long replied, “Never.” Senior Julie Diamond noted, “It was fun to see that what happened in the school day was what the horoscope said would happen ... I liked the romance predictions. Frau Kay Barr’s fourth period German V class read the horoscope from The Columbus Dispatch every day at the beginning of class. The previous spring, the class studied horoscopes and how ... ridiculous they were,’’ explained Barr. Nonetheless, once they began reading horoscopes, they continued the practice. However silly those astrological predictions appeared, horoscopes occasionally seemed to speak the truth. Senior Shirin Gursahaney commented. “The day I broke up with my boyfriend, my horoscope said something about broken relationships, and his said that he would have the opposite sex eating out of the palm of his hand It was enough to make even the skeptics begin to wonder. Was it possible the horoscope might have some validity? Nah, couldn't be. Could it? Is it the woman's responsibility to take care of the children, or should she be able to have a career, too? M import a tbal on ot IS pac.Mr « v •' Nom « h IS ihMfi- wtel ih v boll « ' Ib.aaa.lv.i, but II de.in'1 Minur v haw lo b. lb o« n ” Nik. F.BlO . • •! • ”A man can do lull u goodof.,ob. i.m,.lid dr. m m weiwi con A ww AnU dHnii.lv b. obi lo haw • c«.« H A. .on to ' Sum ScImI. Mpbmoi. 'Both th. man and woman air mponarbl woman bat a naluial procbvlly wltb repaid to c attain aapNla v tatwnj cklldl.n Ml Ran Bi.walai. aaclal Siodi . i.ack.i laM only It worn an'a i.tponilbtlily b. (•a toOi lb. poiMi mad. lb daemon A man Ml p 1rd I wby lb an Erl Kiaalk. | n II I not lb. hd tarpon Mty ol lb -Oman lo lak car o» lb. hadron at bom. h ahouM W a K -' .Mori Rob At ». Ita » 1 A woman can haw a car.«r, loo, bit lb. chore, ol tabal l p oi carmt ta vrp. rt.nl in or dar lo ba « ouUy fan. | w b lb cbddr.it Tcacb 19 la a good at mpl Nr. Carol Kokal. Spanlah l.acbar a student life . A MINI MAGAZINE A 23