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Orientation presents IVI.S. activities Today, the first day of school, the sophomores, juniors, and seniors will be dismissed after they receive their schedules and locker combinations, while the freshmen will have a full day of school to orient themselves. The freshmen will acquaint themselves with the school and their new teachers by going to their classes for shortened periods after a welcome by the administration. At the end of the school day, the fourth" emnual freshmen activity, "Project Freshman," sponsored by Student
Council will be held from 2:45 to 3:15 in the spectator gym. In the past, approximately 25 to 30 clubs and teams have participated in order to promote the many extracurricular activities Maine South has to offer. Representatives of each organization will be present to hand out information sheets and answer any questions that may be posed. The school hopes this orientation day will continue to be helpful in famiUarizing the
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Maine Township High School South
August 25,1987
freshmen with the school, introducing the students to various activities that are open to them, and easing their assimilation into high school.
Departments to initiate cliange Many changes are occurring in the departments here at Maine South. Some of these changes are as follows: Fine Arts—There is a new teacher, Mrs. Swanson, who is to teach for 3 periods. Furthermore, because of the new schedule, students enrolling in band or orchestra are scheduled automatically during homeroom and first period. Home Economics—Maine South now has a new, redesigned food lab. New cabinets euid tables have replaced the old ones which have remained in existence since the day Maine South has opened. In addition, a new teacher, Mrs. Lloyd, will be added to our school staff. Mrs. Lloyd, who had taught at Maine East, is to teach a personality, behavior and relationships class and a child development class. Furthermore, another class, homeplanninginterior design, will be taught again at South by Mrs. Torp. the class was not offered for two years because of a lack of interest from the students. Mathematics—There have been many changes in this department. Anothfer new teacher who will teach at both Maine South and Maine East is added to our staff whose name has not yet been announced. In addition, a new course. College Algebra with. Trig, will be offered to the juniors. As far as new equipment goes, a new Apple Computer and electronic imaging system which will allow computer images to be projected onto a screen was purchased this year. Science—Many new staff members have been added, including: Marianne Janczak, Cheryl Bunt, and Sandra Speracek. Also, two new courses that will be taught this year are geology and a basic Earth Science course. Futhermore ,the science department will not only begin making use of the Laser Disc technology, but it has purchased close-circuit monitors which will be used to project microscopic slides onto a 20 inch television screen. Social Science—Four new teachers will be added to this department. They include: Christopher Deger from Loyola Academy; Susan Hess and Peter Huff (who will both teach at South and East); and Nancy Cinova, who had taught at Maine South during the first eight or nine years of its existence. This year will be quite unique in that there will be much emphasis placed on the Constitution in the history classes, for we are to celebrate the bicentennial of the American Constitution this year.
New schedule comes to South All of us have listened to the controversy surrounding the eight-period day for 1987-88. Some complaints have surfaced, but some kpositive effects must also be noted. f According to Dr. James L. Elliot, Superintendent, students in the three Maine Township high schools have registered for nearly 1,400 additional courses. Enrolhnent is up 39 percent in Physics and 129 percent in History of the Western World. The change to an eight-period day was the result of a study which showed a disturbing trend in student course-taking patterns, according to EUiot. "Many District 207 students were not taking full advantage of the education that was provided for them," he said. The increased registrations mean that next year the typical Maine Township student is
News Briefs Tuesday, August 25 is Freshman Orientation. The sophomores, juniors, and seniors are allowed to leave after homeroom. The First full day of school for all students is Wednesday.August 26. Labor Day is Monday, September 7, so there will be no school that day. There will also be no classes held on Friday, September 18.
taking five academic courses in addition to P.E. and other state-mandated programs.
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Homeroom Period 1 Period 2A Period 2B Period 3 Period 4A Period 4B Period 5A Period SB Period 6A Period 6B Period 7A Period 7B Periods
8:00— 8:10 8:16— 9:01 9:07— 9:27 9:32— 9:52 9:58—10:43 10:49—11:09 11:14—11:34 11:40—12:00 12:05—12:25 12:31—12:51 12:56— 1:16 1:22— 1:42 1:47— 2:07 2:13— 2:58
Presenting student paper, Southwords Southwards is Maine South's student produced newspaper. Southwords is produced apjwoximately every two weeks, and it is distributed during all lunch periods in the cafeteria. Those students with activity tickets on their Student ID receive Southwords at no diarge; otherwise, the paper is sold for 25 cents. Students wishing to join the Southwords staff are invited to apply in the Publications Room, V-130. Open positions include: news reporters, sports and features writers, and artists.