Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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? l-1-DT' 6- - 1 I .Q I The WHS attendance office t was widely reported that WHS had an attendance policy in 1983 and 1984. But the WHS administration proved that these reports were false when it instituted an atten- dance policy with some teeth in the '84-'85 school year. Besides ending all the false reports, the new attendance policy actually forced people to go to class, which was becoming a dying art at WHS. The gist of the atten- dance policy was this: if a stu- dent had five unexcused ab- sences or seven tardies in any class, he is eligible to be failed from that class, on the spot. The attendance policy, if nothing else, created lots of controversy. Most students ac- tually disliked it, which was probably no great surprise. HI definitely dislike the atten- dance policy. Itls far too strict. I liked the 5-10-15 better, said senior Jorge Garcia, refering to one of Walnut's older atten- dance policies. Fellow senior Linda Karnes didn't agree. lt fthe attendance policyl seems fair to me. There's no reason why you should miss class at all unless you're absentf' The faculty seemed to think like Linda. The new policy is definitely a step in the right di- rection, but we need to go a lit- tle further, said English teach- er Larry Holmes. Fellow Eng- lish teacher Dan Priest was even more adamant. I love it. I toughens things up feel very in control with this policy. I don't have to worry about a lot of silly make-up work since students come to class. Whether the attendance policy was a huge success or not, one thing was for sure: the younger the student, the less it mattered. I think the atten- dance policy is fine,', said fresh- man Raissa Reed, but I don't know any other one, either. Q . V ONE SWIPE OF THE HAND, and attendance worker Donna Ekblad clears a student from an absence. At- tendance workers like Mrs. Ekblad had a much bigger job to do after the new attendance policy was instituted. Photos by Paul Maldonado. K 1 1, v . - 1, . ,V , 'f f, . f 1 f -X X v in 9 .qrfflfxit-.,, 608,45 , , ff ' . 4- 'WAX ' Nxof AA'x 9 VA- R49 f ' f A. 4 - 1 .4 s J 5 - 1 K, JZ .ggf f . ,xv ' x ,I ,nl 49433 Q9 , , V 4. -1 In I -N. X., 1 g x, v, ' ' 6 ek 1,130 I . . 4, '50, .15 i ...M , Q H -, Q,' A. .W ,H at .1-'ig-ff f -,Je X Xe., 1 5 f fb sa .7 v . 4f 1-4,6 ff-,X-iv by K, Q6 -nv' A 1 A 4' i -.mpg ' X514 'gk WZ 1' 1, 1, . . K I . ,Q , gg, ' N.,' 0 1 -.gg , s. 0 '-. 4 ,xx I bl ' f VV 4, 'X '.'U Rn' ' , '59 ' A 1, 2, 4 ' N, .1-, W'-. J' ' 'Q -' 9 1, - if 1 . A 1 -X s 'sf' A 'ff N. ' f x 19.2 R -2 'E fo I '- . . iff- g lb 4 . ro , NX .D x 4, f 1, xg r .xl . QA-,M 9 , f V ,, -.?,.1,j,,l3 9 X ' 'S' X - xx 1 ' 'Xa R 'Z' 1 X 'f Y. ' '-. JRXQSX, I X4 .35 . 4 , X M 9 .J f, 9 'f f X, 1 N' I ' . ' Q Q f ffm' 1, Q' 0 X af 1, ' 6 X., X , Q ., 'Q' Q' .' . frri- I .. ., X . f +. , eg .,fa,,- -.K k xx 6, -.X .., -Xl, no I , N 45' fb , at tn '-.xx-6.51, '-.gtg ,, x ',,,-X4 my fn Xf ,Nb . X tb XX 41, fl IK 4, .X , X 4 K , 1 1 'f -. 4' X. ,,- 'xt ob 'U v. x f ww -. 4 .-4,3 X.. ' -v ., N. - 0 -, sl , A41 ., ,XX04,X+?.X4.XX,, .3 N4 fr ' X , X-. 1, 'P , Q24 Q90 19 f., X, Q, 1: if f '4 4, ff, 0 49 as G+ . 1! ,. 'Q 2 xfi -QQ? gxflix 1- Y, siss- ASF - X

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Changes that teaching has gone through with teachers, students, and facilities N- ince the time of the one room schoolhouse, teach- ing has changed drastically. It has gone from one teacher and a few students, to many teachers and hundreds of students. A wider variety of subjects are of- fered. And there is different material available. Are things still changing? What about in the last 10-30 years? Have teachers changed? What about students? There seem to be mixed feel- ings on this subject. Yes, teaching has changed. Fewer students seem motivated to do well, said Ms. Betty Fen- nell. My answer is no. I find stu- dents are still great, said Mr. Jim Reda. It's harder to teach now be- cause the students have a shorter attention span and less pressure from home than when I was in school, said Mr. Steve Bailey. Different approaches were taken by some teachers to do what they felt was necessary to allow for the changes. t'There's a lack of interest in the kids towards the subject. What I try to do is show how interesting I feel it is and ani- mate it, then they respond, said Ms. Donna Crisci. The students don't feel pride or responsibility towards their work or actions, said Mr. Bob Maynard. Emphasis on subjects has changed. Computer aided R .5 X I A ,4 -al . -... . .Ag , ii- -r 7. 4. kv learning seemed to be empha- sized rather than homemaking and other old fashioned skills. However, relationships havenlt appeared to change through all the other evolu- tions. I feel teaching will always be a communication and in that sense it's the same, said Mr. Jim Reda. I don't think the relation- ships have changed. There's still respect, said sophomore Chimen Stiles. Q V NO LONGER AROUND, one room schoolhouses have been taken over by modern day buildings. The change has occured because of the growing number of students attending school. j ' , ,f I f' .-'I ' ,. . J- XX, Nj I X eff' f f 1 me . -Cl ill fi s . f----'I 'T-1 1 W- 'Gl'I'lYfoi5Z'B'7 ' if-,ik M M Gmac: ff' 'L . I ,- , , If ' -mv' . ..... ' s ' f f We A up . Af I I 'fl--Iii -at a-11-Q'-'-uzwgzl,-s : . -.-.. , . In A ' , V 4 t