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8 period school day is possible The District 207 administration is planning and discussing the possibility of shorting the school day to 8 periods. This idea has been considered and researched for several years and now the administration believes they can carry out their plan. In years past it was necessary for a 9 f)eriod school day because of the large amount of students. The 8 period day is being discussed because of declining enrollment here at Maine South. The main concern of the administration is that the 42 minute period is not long enough to cover the course material. They want to look at a schedule that would increase the instruc-

tional time, but still would give the student the opportunity to take advantage of all the course offerings at Maine South. There are other advantages to the 8 period day. The first of these is that all extracurricular activities would begin after 8th period. As a result, students would get home from their afterschool activities earlier. Another advantage to the new schedule would be that faculty meetings could be called following 8th period and there would not be a need for the numerous and confusingbell schedules. The biggest problem confronting the administration about the 8 period day is that they anticipate all students to be in attendence for 8

full periods. There would be no early dismissal for freshman, sophomores, or juniors. Seniors, however, may be granted early dismissal if they do not have a class scheduled 8th period. To sum up the administration's belief in an 8 period day Dr. Cachur said, "High school is a time for students to learn the basics—English, math, science, and social science classes, the classes they need for college entrance requirements. It also should be a time for students to explore and see if they like other areas of the curriculum."

souihwoRds Vol.23, No,

Maine Township High School South

December 19, 1986

November awards given Student brown-nosing has really started to pay off here at Maine South. Teachers are in a real bind when it comes to picking out their Student of the Month. According to Mr. Adamo, "I never dreamed that Student of the Month would be this well received." The Students of the Month for November are: Math: Mary Ellen Ford, Noelle Jacoby, Stephanos Kotsakais, Joseph Mazukelli, Heidi Neumann, Laura Radlaoff, and Michelle Tayla. Music: Susan Overby, Mark Schaetzlein, and Meredith Brammeier. P.E.: James Anton, Dan Costantini, Christopher Such, Joseph DiFranco, Kristen Altobelli, Mary Coudal, Eva Johnson, Ehyun Kim, Elizabeth Morandi, Susan Overby, and

News Briefs Classes are let out today for the Christmas holiday. School will resume Monday, Jan. 5, 1987. The Winter Sports Assembly will be held Jan. 15 during homeroom. In observation of Martin Luther King's Birthday there will be no classes on Monday, Jan. 19. Just in case you are thinking about this: the first semester Final Exams will be given Jan. 21, 22 and 23.

Jennifer Warno. Science: Shirlee Bohannan, Peter Delre, Christine Ferraro, Sarah Hess, Anthony Karnezis, Kenneth Remblake, Hope Smith, Bob Sroka, Christopher Stepp, Kristin Thorsson, and Laura Wagner. Social Science: Mary Crosson, Eveline leschel, Christopher Johnson, Lisa Ogorek, Jill Sindt, and Melanie Vetrovec. Speech/Drama: George Brant and Kim Grichnik. English: Todd Borck, Kristin Brainard, Amy DeGrazio, Paul DeLano, Brian Fortney, Steve Jachec, Jennifer Kriesel, Jody Matousek, Jenny Miller, Molly Nelson, Kellie Peterson, Heather Phillips, and Rebecca Wolfram. Business Education: Matthew Golliet, Frandne Karris, Robbie Ligammari, Lisa Masini, Brad Pawlaski, Erick Peterson, and Athanasia Vlahos. Art: JoAnna Giordano, Charles Kennedy, Thomas McNally, Sina Scerba and Roger Smith. Typing: Matthew Golliet. Health: Rachel Drzewicki and Beth Kubow. Drivers Ed.: Robert Sroka. Industrial Education: Robert Anderson, Erick Blue, David Cederquist, Brian Koop and Dan Schaeffer. Home Economics: Amy Biedron, Karen Barberio, Deborah Dumit, Margaret Sheridan, Gaetano Sclafani and Rebecca Russo. Foreign Language: Karen Barberio, Katherine Clark, Joanna Helfogt, Douglas Hodapp, George Karris, Lisa Kosmicki, Beth Maloney, Julie Pfaff, Erin Roder, Angelica Silkowski and Laura Wagner.

Southfest: in need of funds and ideas Southfest '87 will be held on Wednesday, March 25. This year will only be the third year that it will be held at Maine South. The program is designed to be a day filled with a fun, learning, and cultural experiences. A wide range of talented people from the arts to the sciences will be present. The evening program, which will be held on Tuesday, March 24, is mainly designed to provide an enriching type of entertainment for the whole community and to produce funds for the day program. The program's success is due to the hard work of both the administration and the committee members. The committee, consisting of 11 faculty members, started the tedious process last year. The administration's biggest concern is the poor output from the students who are absent on that day. All of the time, concern, and money invested in the program will be wasted. It is important to note that the success of this year's Southfest will determine whether it will be continued or not. One of the efforts that have been made to encourage student attendance is to ask for suggestions and financial contributions from the various student clubs and organizations. By contributing to the Southfest fund, clubs can suggest speakers of their choice to the committee. So far the contribution drive has been successful. If the program is going to continue in the following years, the students have to show an interest.


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