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Page 2 HIGH LIFE September 25, 1980 G>mputer Scheduling Does It Work? By Tommy Grant Who do we blame? Computer scheduling has once again caused many problems for both students and faculty. The blame may be in the system itself. Many students were scheduled for three study halls and no lunch; and many other outrageous schedules appeared with the opening of school. What are the answers? Many courses such as communica tions, citizenship, art, and especially physical education need to be streamlined. Schedules of students taking courses at Weaver Center present other problems in scheduling; that is the reason students attending classes at Weaver Center must go in the morning and after school. Is it that the high school curriculum has become impossible to schedule? Computers only put out what people put in. If course curricula are not streamlined, then there Will continue to be malfunctions. Maybe courses need to be offered as they were in the past — for example, physical education was offered as PE 2, 3, and 4, just as English and history were. Today students select one single part of the main subjects. Indeed, streamlining the schedules could solve up to 75 percent of the problems. The computer is a tool and only works as well as the people who use it. We must use this tool to put students in the classroom, not in the Guidance Center to correct schedules after the fact. According to the City Schools’ computer office: “Compu ter scheduling is designed to make the schools build the schedules around the requests and needs of the students. Arena scheduling forced the students to adjust their needs and desires aroimd what the school wants to offer.’’ Maybe if these problems can be solved, computer scheduling is a good idea. But as it stands now, a return to arena scheduling offers a more viable option. Opinion deim: Message To Students An open letter to the Grimsley commimity: It is a pleasure to welcome all students and teachers to school. We hope that you will have a happy and suc cessful year. Let us all work together to make GHS the very best school in North Carolina. We should always keep in mind the mmiber one goal in high school, and that is to achieve the very best education pos sible and to establish for ourselves the goals and ob jectives that will lead to a happy and successful life. My sincere best wishes to each one of you for this school year and the future. Sincerely, R.L. Glenn Unification Dear Grimsley Faculty: I would like to express the importance of the Grimsley Faculty supporting sports, plays, musical concerts, pep rallies and spirit days. We, as members of Grim sley High School, should work together as one in hopes of unifying G.H.S. The students are always looking for guidance through the Faculty. Please help us achieve our goal of a unified school. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Catherine Evans Chairperson, Pep Board Finds Little LHjference To the Editor: Last year as a ninth grad er, I endured a 25-minute closed lunch period with the notion that the situation would change with my ar rival at Grimsley. Due to an administrative policy, however, the lunch period at the high school level was shortened to under 50 minutes. The reason for TWEN-nc HALLS empty— IT-D0KNTT»VCEU>m4 PCRTHE 'BOMB THREATS TO START this action, we are told, is to shorten the school day. I appreciate this adminis trative concern for the stu dents, but maybe someone should have asked us first. Personally, I would rather have an extra fifteen minutes of school in order to eat lunch in a more relaxed manner. If, in fact, the main objec tive of the shortened lunch period was not to shorten the school day but rather to relive the drug problem, as many of us were led to believe by statements from Dr. Newbold this summer, then the School Board is very naive. Not only will a short ened lunch period not cut down on the use of drugs and alcohol by students, but, I believe, it may cause some students to use the drugs faster or at other times during the day, perhaps between classes. Certainly there are better ways to control drugs and alcohol than by controling the con sumption of food; and cer tainly the wishes of students and teachers should be taken into consideration before any more schedule changes are made. Sincerely, Marty Leary Continued on page 3 GHS Provides Many Outlets By Karen Brown In this issue of High Life, a letter to Grimsley’s faculty from Catherine Evans, Pep Board Chairperson, is reprinted. I agree one hundred percent with her emphasis on faculty support of school events; but I would like to add to this and speak to both faculty and students. Although participation in sports, pep rallies, and spirit days is of great impor tance, there are many other ways in which the students and faculty can be supportive of school activities such as school government, drama, music, and special interest clubs. Here are a few activities involving the school government: Student Council, Stu dent Affairs, Student School Board Action Group (SSBAG). For those people who are dramatically inclined or who like music, Grimsley provides excellent drama and music pro grams. In drama there is Studio Theatre, Playmasters, and Puppetmania. As for the music curriculum, there are many different types of choirs ranging from barbershop to mixed choir to Madrigals. Also included in the Music Department are various bands and orchestras. All students ?re not talented in the same wavs. Some neopie are drawn toward other groups of interest such as High IQ, Math Club, French Club, Spanish Club, and the Torchlight and Quill & Scroll Honor Socie ties, and, even further, service clubs. Sports do play a very important role in boosting spirit. There are many different ways to show this kind of support — actual participation, spectating, attending pep ral lies, and wearing the proper attire for spirit days. Last, but certainly not least, the student publications offer educational and creative outlets for students. There is the literary magazine. In Full Flight, which is full of short stories and poems written by students and faculty. This is an afterschool activity advised by Richard Smith. The second publication is the yearbook. Whirligig, with Wanda Shockley as advisor. A third publica tion is, of course. High Life, the school newspaper which is under the advice of Lynn Tanner. No matter what kind of person you are, no matter where your interests lie, no matter what your talent is, Grimsley offers a large selection of ways through which you can support your school. For at Grimsley, there is an outlet through which each and every student can show individual as well as group spirit. CoTigTdtiilcitioTis to Sylvia Grahojit, Gveenshoro^s 1980B1 Junior Miss. HIGH LIFE Grimsley Senior High School 801 Westover Terrace Greensboro, N.C. 27408 Co-Editors Karen Brown, Tommy Grant Editorial Columnist ..... Mark Langston Student Services Editor . Van Alston News Editor Barbi Prillaman Feature Editor Leslie Berklehammer Assistant Features Editor Kelly Ferrell, Cindy LeBauer Sports Editor Brian Hoagland, Sherri Phillips Assistant Sports Editor . Andrew Miller Reporting Staff .. Lisa Berkelhammer, Laurie Bradley, Susan Brady, , Cathy Cass, John Cox, Cameron Reece, Steve Streuli, Lisa V on Aspern Business Manager Cathy Cass Advertising Manager .... Danny Beamer Assistant Advertising Managers Beth Byrd, Laurie Bradley Advertising Staff .... Alyson Hoppough, Brian Kriegsman, Lisa V on Aspern Classified Ad Supervisor . Susan Brady Photographers Beth Sykes (Head), Kevin Carpenter, Anthony Hipps, Susan Rabold, Alan Seay Artist Tim Ellis Typist Lisa Berkelhammer Circulation Manager Bill LaCasse Office Manager Cameron Reece Advisor Lynn Wright Tanner Printed By Stone Printing Company, Inc. High Point, North Carolina
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