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re convocations useful to the Convocations seem to give the
A faculty and the student body? students a change of pace, and they
Pep rallies, speakers, and enter­ break the daily routine, although Mr.
tainment are the main types of con­ Kinney feels that some teachers
vocations held at RHS. Are they a aren't flexible enough with their
Dfl waste of time? schedules.
“ If you have too many convoca- “On the other hand, alternatives
tions of one thing, such as pep ral- should be made, such as students
u ‘ lies, then that’s overdoing it,” said being able to go to studyhall if they
social studies teacher, Mr. Dale Kin­ don’t want to go to the convoca­
ney,“ but if they are limited, they are tion.”
worthwhile.”

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s the school detention policy fair, room after school to make it up.
I and does it solve the problems in “While some teachers let students
the classrooms? talk in studyhalls and others give
“ It depends on how you look at detentions if a student is chewing
it,” said Mrs. Ruth Hammel, home gum or talking too much, it doesn’t
economics teacher, “ because some seem fair to students, but it does
teachers are more strict than others. solve the problem.”
Some teachers may give three
detentions for three unexcused tar­
dies while others may only give
one.” itfWKilpi1
When Mrs. Hammel gives deten­
tions it is usually because the stu­
dents are continuously late or
because they are behind on their
classwork. Then they come into her

the physical fitness program, and hat should be done about the
they decide on curriculum changes. W declining role of education in
I is a for RHS? Curriculum changes at RHS are America and the fact that students
While staying Boson, Sweden, decided by the p.e. department. are graduating without the basic
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lsein# Mrs. Shirley Richardson, physical Sport activities are different in knowledge they need?
education teacher, learned how the Sweden compared to RHS. Their “ I really believe that students
en may
physical fitness system is handled main sport is called bandi which is should have competency testing
limited
ignmer there. similar to field hockey. before graduation,” said Dr. Joe
In Sweden, most schools don’t “ I really didn’t learn as much as I Pinkall, science teacher. “The test
have co-ed p.e. classes, although thought I would, but it was a good should cover basic English, arithme­
the government is trying to get inte­ experience.” tic, science, and reading, which is
udents
gration throughout the country. The probably the most important one.”
government has a lot of control in Dr. Pinkall feels that students
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should be limited on the number of
excused absences for extra-curricu­
lar activities. That way the students
wouldn’t be missing their classes
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and assignments so much. Accord­
ing to Dr. Pinkall, if they have, for
example, both track and choir, they
should choose which one they want
to be excused from.
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