SHS Attendance Policy Sparks Mixed Reactions
SHS adopts a policy allowing twelve absences for course credit with exceptions for special circumstances. Parents may rebut after seven absences. Students and staff express varied views with some praising time and cost savings, others criticizing effectiveness and past failures.
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Sterling Bligh
Humanities Life at Sterling High Expands Courses
Sterling High introduces Humanities as a senior course drawing on art history literature music and sociology taught by Nancy Lubring James Duffy Roger Clark G Jack Schuler and Gordon Nunemaker. 98 seniors selected by record. Courses offer semester or year credits with field trips to Chicago area sites and possible orchestra and theater visits.
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Sterling High
Nancy
Lubring
James Duffy
Roger Clark
G. Jack Schuler
Gordon Nunemaker
Clark
Chicago
Art Institute
Museum” of Science and Industry
Museum of “Naturali
Feelings Rule Minds Not Reason in Fragile Lives
In spare lines the piece speaks of feelings as all ruling, outlasting logic. It portrays a speaker addressing Loyvie and the struggle of self absorbed minds. The message emphasizes how emotions imprint every minute of life and overpower outward perception.
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Loyvie
Sterling High Band to March at Home Football Halftimes
Sterling High School announces its band will march at halftime during home games for the first time in years. Conductor Lance Carter, a Sauk Valley College and Vander Cook College graduate, leads the group and teaches Music Theory and Conducting next term. He joins Kappa Kappa, PSE honorary band fraternity, and the National Band Association. The SALS band will also perform at Western Illinois University and Northern Illinois University.
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Sterling High School
Lance Carter
Sauk Valley College
Vander Cook College of Music
Chicago
Kappa Kappa
PSE
National Band Association
Carter
S.ils
Sterling High
Jack Schuler
SALS
Western Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
Headstart volunteers give time to aid local children
Sterling area volunteers led by Sue Kaufman and Lynne Schueler give three and a half hours daily to Headstart, a Health, Education and Welfare funded program run by Tri County Office of Economical Opportunities. Five local helpers plus two paid teachers and two aids staff Washington School building and provide meals immunizations and screenings at no cost.
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Sue Kaufman
Sterling High School
Lynne Schueler
Sterling
Fran Smith
Eilen Cooperrider
Mike Johnson
Challand Jr. High
Life is too short to wander without a plan
Julie Stephanson reflects on making a meaningful life from dawn to end, noting that a child's brief life becomes history. The speaker insists on planning and creating purpose before time runs out.
Sterling High Adds Ceramics Course In Art Dept
Sterling High School expands its art program by offering ceramics taught by Jim Black. The class includes 34 students who explore three dimensional design and ceramic techniques as part of the curriculum.
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Sterling High
Jim Black
Black
Student Ad Offer in Script For 25 Cents
Ads present a call to place a student ad in the Script for 25 cents to say something to someone special or to sell or buy items. The notice emphasizes lost and found questions and encourages messaging through a simple classified format.
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