Paragon (1993)

264 Pages·1993·19.4 MB·English

by  Lake County Public Library

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MunsterHighSchool
8808ColumbiaAve.
Munster,IN46321
[phone]
Enrollment:1,128
THECOUNTISON
Halfalapaheadofhisrivalclasses.Brad
Brauer,senior,receivesawatermelonfrom
IanBaggett,senior,atthepeprally.AsBrad
breaksaway,Iancelebratestheforthcoming
victory.Whetherscramblingatthebellor
runningwithagreasedwatermelon,
studentsfoundthateveryminutecounts.
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ROAD
CLOSED ,R\GRT
Breakonthrough Screeningtheproblem
Marcningthroughsignsandahalf- Tooggeettaaggrrasponpolarequations,Amy
pavedstreet,theBandbypasses Stover,junior,runsthroughatrigo-
ColumbiaAvenueconstructionob- nometryprograminthecomputerlab.
staclesduringtheHomecoming Forthefirsttime,teachersintroduced
parade.Thesummerroadwork mathstudentstoelectronicequipment,
lastedintomid-October,forcingstu- suchasMacintoshcomputersand
dentstore-routetheirpathstoschool graphingcalculators,inorderto
andallowforextradrivingtime. providehigh-techexperiences.
EveryMinuteCounts
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TS ABOUT
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TIME
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“I can’t believe that I’m already back
at schooland Ihavenoclueofwhattodoorwheretogo
^VHANDS because of this foreign schedule - oh no! I only have 30
iffirderto secondstogettoclass...”
cmaipntuutreeoefvheirsylast On Aug. 24, four days earlier than
Homecoming,
SeanHayes,
senior,video theyearbefore,1,128“freshmen”returnedtoschool.Puzzled
rtaalpley.stWhheeptehper bythenewlyinitiatedAdvisoryperiodandquicklyaccumu-
takingpicturesof
friendsorsaving latingtardiesduetothemorningroadconstructiononCo-
danceflowers,
sshtourdte-nltisvetdurenveednts lumbiaAvenue,studentsfeltlikeguineapigsinanexperi-
imnetmoolriifeesl.ong mentthatnoteventheadministratorsfullyunderstood.
“...Why is the bell ringing?
\ Whatdoyoumeanthattheyshortenedclassesb—y
i /pipti m three minutes? What's this 'advisory' thing
W m kr Y sometypeofromperroom?Andwait,whatever
\ 1 happenedto*Clunch?...”
MINUTE IIIIIII With the Design Team’s plan
intact/ ren°vated schedules included a 26-
minute Advisory period for announcements.
StudentGovernmentvoting,andsurveysthat
previouslytooktimefromtheday,whileitexcludedoneof
*INSTTTIIMMEE thethreeformerlunches.
Tclnaass,ruDsahntoCogveetrtto, ...Wow, waslunched packed! 1 BARELY
sdeoniwonr,Csepnrtirnatls had time to eat after waiting in the Pasta Bar line for 17
apdtHaoeanlltrylied.cnyuytnwWissoioetnutarsthlvidfenaodgrntaehwat mmienaunt.esF.ooAdndCowuhrat—t wbaabsytbhaltuemaaknedopveearchi?n!tIhte'sc1a2f:e5t2erpia.m—.,
preesrucletnitngaraodnee thankgoodnessonlyonehourleft...what?Weonlygetoutan
deduction,
studentsoften hourearlyonWednesdays? And thatmeansnoAdvisory
rantoclassin
ourndwearnttoeadvoid either? WhatisthisResourceHour?..."
penalties.
EveryMinuteCounts3
OR ALL
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IT’S
As Wednesday confusion set in, “ingASPIN
studentsrushedtoAdvisoryperiodonlytolearnthatthey AltP[^"esScetocunodniidohAorutr
hadtorunbacktoNorthHallin30secondstoavoidbeing cHloasesk,eCmaar,ynjunior,
throwsclayintoa
late for third hour. Not only did Wednesday eliminate vaseatthepottery
wheel.Ceramics
threeadditionalminutesfromeachhourandtheAdvisory setrueddetnitmsindgi'sscov-
period, but it also left a 51-minute Resource Hour for iifmtphoerytatnocoek,too
socializing,eatingorgettinga head starton homework lwoonugl,dthbeeccloamye
overworked.
beforethe night'stelevisionline-up.
“Time to go to Mr. What’s-
—
his-name'sclassin wait,wasthatthebell?
WhatdoyoumeanyouneedtoseemyStu-
dentID?But,I’mjustafewminuteslateand
now I get a detention? You aren't actually
serious thatonepercentwillbesubtracted
frommygradeifIskipit...ugh...”
Food Court renovations, graphing
calculatorsand13newteachersmadeeventheoncefamil-
iarschoollooklikeadifferentplanet.
“Now IF ONLY I CAN GET OUT OF SOUTH
parkinglotbeforethelineforms...Finally,thisnightmare
isover.”
TWO NEW SUBDIVISIONS INCREASED THE
population but decreased the cafeteria attendants pa-
tience.Fromstudentstostaff,thedozensofchangesmade
itobviousthat...Every minute counts.
4 EveryMinuteCounts
jjjaTcC.HINGTHECLOCK
Inthedistancethedockrunsus
CoachLeroyMarsh,Healthand
Safetyteacher,instructswidereceiver
JeffBendis,senior,togetintothe
game.Down18pointswithone
quarterremaining.CoachMarsh
alternatedBendisandtheotherwide
receiverFrikFleisrhman,senior,to
runmultipleplaysforlastminute
strategyagainsttheEastChicago
CMardinals.
ICKPRINT
Minutesbeforeclassends,Katie
Erikson,sophomore,andBob
Schmiedl,junior,hurrytoprinttheir
speechclassresumesinthewriting
lab.Workingwithdefinitedeadlines
requiredstudentstousetheirtime
efficientlyinordertofulfillclasswork
responsibilities.
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KINTHENORM
ngResourceHour,freshmenJeff
Semko,MeisamMoghbelliandJohn
Leslieenjoyafallafternoon.Theextra
houronWednesdayallowedstudents
topursueoutsideinterests.
:wTWIST
tyingcurlyfriesintheFtHidCourt,
JenGillam,freshman,andJessica
Adams,junior,takeadvantageofthea
lacarteline.Menuadditionsoffered
moreoptions,anda17minutewait
withonelunchperiodelimination.
EveryMinuteCounts0
GOOD
MORNING
During
Advisory,
JeremyKryt,
senior,informs
studentsofthe
day'snews
throughthe
morning
announcements.
Theannounce-
mentsallowed
studentstohear
aboutevents
rangingfrom
clubmeetingsto
scholarship
information.
0EveryMinuteCounts