Accountability test to be given . t() ORHS juniors
by Robert Heilbronner
The Oyster · River Junior Class wi 11 be taking the writing sample section of the state rtandated accountability tests today periods two and three.
The writing sample is on 1y one sect ion of a three-part test for juniors. The Math and Lang-
Students not to be greeted by teachers
Catie Knight
The Oyster River High School Climate Cmmittee recently decided not to reccnmend a forrn:il greeter system, but approved a student tutoring and month 1y as s emb l i es • Several weeks ago one qr two teachers volunteered to greet the students at the front door in the rrorning. Teacher Susan Smith called the system '_'artificial," but suggested - that teachers should stand outside their Guidance Counselor Phyllis _ l'v1acKay said "Sane students were suspicious of 'Whole idea."
The comnittee approved tutoring by students or University of Ne\.\!Hamps h i r e s t ud en t s .
Assemblies already scheduled to be held every month should be continued throughout the year "to teach students how to act at a public concert, other -than a rock concert," said Paul Gasowsk i.
Mr. Gasowski is in favor of 50 minute pep rallies, rather than 10 minute rallies.
Presently two have already been planned. Tentatively the first will be on Nov. 12. The Pontine Movanent Theatre will be here, the second, in December, will be on Visual Ccmnun ica ti on.
uage Arts sect ion given the week of · ber 30. will be Nov em,
Scoring of the test will be in Exeter on Nov. 16. Not · only will the results of each school be released, but also individual scores will be Students will have a choice - of three tooics to write about.
The test is for program evaluation not for individual diagnosis, according to Principal Ger a 1d A. Dal e y •In 1978 the state decided that all school districts had· to administer such a test, conforming to a six-point
prograrn. choo1s must:
- -Set goa 1s for al I students.
- Find ways to show these goals have been met.
- Give the tests.
- Assess the results ,.. Report the results to the ccnmun it y.
- Develop programs unmet goals. to
The test was developed by Seacoast Education Services (SES), a cooperative of several Seacoast school district
guidance
ORHS welcomes five to faculty and staff
by Ted Weesner
Five new people joined the Oyster River staff and a:cu Hy th is year including a guidance counselor, librarian, secretary, janitor and a special education teacher.
Mrs. Phyllis R. rv\lcKay is the new counselor. She decided to work hete because of the "challeging college counseling" that is needed.
Mrs. MacKay has been a high school counselor for 11 years, rrnst recently at Scmersworth High School. She has an M¥i. from Plymouth State College.
Mrs. MacKay is now teachers and adrnini- working with Mrs. Michel le Certain items Reardon, an Oyster River were developed in career education teacher consultation with and counselor. They will be McGraw-H il 1 , Inc., Pub- couns e 1 ing .). groups of s tu1 ishers. dents who have specialized
The test was rm.de up problems (students of diby the cooperative for vorced parents, for execonanic reasons, ac- ample). cording to Mr. Daley • Each Mrs. M:icKay really district pays for the en i oys working at O.R. She administration of the test likes the closeness between and chips _ in to SES for the the faculty and the studevelopment' of the test. dents, the amount of power
Last year the test was the students have, and given to fifth and eighth student involvement in · gograde students ih the area, vernment and sports at the in CX:tober. The results of school. these tests were returned With the retirement of recently and a rra.nagement Mrs. Jeannette Winslow in plan wi 11 be deve)Qped to the 1 ibrary, Mrs. Barbara use the results in changing Broderick was hired to fill the program to fit the the head librarian spot. students needs, Mr. Daley Mrs. Broderick atsaid. tended the university of
Iowa and Rhode Island. She has four children and has worked in Boston; WisconGhan s and rrost recently in Sanersworth High School.
Mrs. Broderick likes the CRHS library and finds her job quite "exciting.H She has been rrnst impressed with the friendliness of , the people at CRHS.
Mrs. Ei 1een Mul 1 ins from 01arleston, S.C., is the new secratary in the rrn in off ice. A · newlywed, Mrs. Mullins rrnved to this area when her husband was transferred to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Mrs. MuH ins th inks the school is very nice, as are the kids. She is awed, though, by the srra.llness of fhe school, having attended a much larger high school.
Mr. Dick Coty, formerly an insurance agent, has joined the janitorial staff. A native of Weatherf ield, Conn., Mr. Coty works the rrorning shift from 7:00 to 3:3'0 p.m.
Mr. Coty I ikes his job and really enjoys the kids. Mr. Coty has a wife Barbara, and two Tan, 18, and Ronnie, 15. Special Education Teacher Jay Roy was hired to fill a new position in the reasource room. Mr. Roy attended Fitchburg State Co.liege and is currently in a rra.sters program (cont ' d on pg • 2 )
Ten members joined CRHS this year. Shown here in the
office are: (in · rear) Perry Pitt; (on couch) Nancy Hayes, Barbara Broderick, Susan Kaufrmn, Jay Roy; (fore) Richard Coty and Phyllis M:i.cKay.
Juniors raise money for prom . at Ashworth
by Karen De\i1a.rco
The Oyster River High School Junior Class is trying to plan and finance their spring prom, says Junior Class President Matthew J. Dauphanais.
According to Pran Ccnmittee · Chairrran Jay Phil I ips, the prom wi 11 be Ashworth-by-the-Sea at Hampton Beach on May 28.
Heads of pran subcoomi ttees are as follows: Band, , Char 1 ie Col 1 ins ; Theme · and decoration Kr is Koh 1er; Tickets and Finance Swanson; and Hospitality Sue Yildiz.
· Phil I ips hopes to cut the probable $36 ticket cost to $25 · - $30 by ra ising rrore rroney.
Activities to raise funds include the se I l ing of Oyster River Bobcat mugs, several bake sales, the selling of chocolate hearts at Valentines Day, and a dance on Nov. 13. Oyster River Bobcat pennants nay also be sold.
The juniors have nearly $450 and need as much · as $1000. The pr an is expected to cost · $2,500 $3,000 said Phillips.
Have you Bought Your 1982 yet ?
It's not too
Girls wind up 5th
by Char l ie Wi l 1
The Oyster River Girls Varsity Soccer Team finished its first season with an outstanding 8-3-3 record, gaining them fifth place in the state.
The team confronted such as W!nnacunnet and a former statechampionsh ip team from Hanover.
"They' re a tough team, anq they play tough togeth er," said ffi Coach Tim Quint. "I hoped that we'd go farther than the first round, but I'm not too upset. We had a great year."
ffi dropped a 2-1 de- · cision to Pinkerton in the first ·.round of tournament play last Saturday.
Because full back !vny benched with foot, Carrie starting Walenta was a ' fractured Terrpl e, the
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·sopho.mores sell buttons
by Jen Snow
Oyster River High School Soph0010res are sel -
1 ing "I Love · O.R." buttons to raise m;>ney for next , year's junior pran.
The buttons are white and read "I Love (a red heart) O.R." in blue lettering. The SophcrTX)res hope this rmtto will · generate more school spirit.
Almost 200 of the original 500 buttons have been sold. Soph0010re Class President Meg Michel says they are rrainly being sold · to and girls, but not to boys.
The soph0010res will be ho 1ding their dance in January and will be selling cookies before Chris trms.
starting goalie, v..ias pulled to fill her position. This left back-up goalie Bobby Shea as the starting goalie for the playoffs.
"We played a good ' game, but we just didn't win," said ·.halfback Julie Sasner.
The Bobcats were unhappy \\then the final horn sounded, but the team had a great season and has these po in ts in its favor for next season:
Only three starting players will graduate Carr i e Temp 1e wi 11 her position as goalkeeper - High scorers Julie Sasner and Cathy Jer. abek will also be returning along with eight other starters
-The ffi girls now have tournament experience.
SAC to write constitution
by Lisa Caneau
Drafting a new constitution and uni f Ying the school are the rn>st important goals of the Oyster River High School Student Activities Council (SPC) this fall, says SK President Rachel Rockenrra.cher.
The constitution will spell out the jobs of the S!V..: and class officers, and clarify election rules. The constitution will be written by high school students and approved by Principal Gerald Daley.
Ste., will with the Oyster River Eductaional Workshop and the District Health CurricullJTI Canni t tee, a Nov. 17 seminar to discuss drugs and alcohol. This seminar is part of a three-part series.
In late December or early January, SPC plans a winter carnival including sports and games.
by Olr is Heisenberg and Eric Moore
Vandal ism has caused over $2,000 in d&nage to Oyster River High School this year, according to CR Maintenance Supervisor M.G. Thcrnpson. There are several suspects in the seperate acts which include: slashed soccer nets, broken windows, and a dented garage door, and Durham Police are "hoping for sane arrests soon," said Lt. Donald Vittun.
Mr. · Thompson said that the windows were original 1y broken O:t. 16 by a pellet gun, and then rebroken when someone threw a purrpkin at them the next day. Saneone also severely dented the gar age door O::t. 16 apparently by ramning into it.
New staff joins OR (from page 1) at the University of New Hampshire.
He - has ta ugh t at Spa uld ing Youth Center and the Strafford Learning Center, both in Rochester.
The 1\1\outh of the River Oyster River High School _ Coe Drive Durham, N.H. 03824
A quarterly publication of the Journalism Class
James Carter
Lisa Caneau
Dick Dawson
Adam Fogg
Dan Gordon
Crescent ia Healy
Chris
Dan Keefe
Izzy Lin sky
Er i c 1\1\oo r e
Daryl Mundo
Lee Pierce
Jen Snow
Ted _ Weesner
Advisors: Jay Simnons and lvhrcia Woiccak \
Mike Wulf
Anne Ci 11 ey eat Coyne
Karen Dffffirco
Sylvia Fortier
Peter Hall or an Robert Heilbronner
Liz Holland
Catie Knight
Tim IVicNamara
Laura Mosberg
Sean O'Connell
Steve Schaub
l\Aa r t in Wa r r en
Charlie ,Williams
Vandals near the cent ly • cracked windows fronC door re-
5 interns join staff ..
by Jim Carter
Oyster River School has five interns this year, working in bioligy, Engl i s h , a r t , and soc i a 1 1 studies.
The interns · are working towards M:isters in Education or M:isters of Arts in Teaching _, Perry Pitt co-teaches with Mr. Kazura in Biology. Mr_. Pitt teaches rnicro-b iol ogy and will be teaching genetics.
Mr. Pitt is also the assistant · director of "Harvey" and student adv isor to the sophcrn:>re class.
Mr. Pitt did his undergraduate work at New England College earning a M in Biology.
Marcia Woiccak is teaching with Mr. Sinmons in Journal ism and Mrs. Whaley in English Literature.
Mrs. Woiccak hold a Bl\ degree froin Syracuse University. She lives in Rye with · her h,usband and two children.
· Katherine Pres ton is teaching with Mr. S imnons . in freshman Engl is h and Mrs. 'M1aley in Warans Literature. Miss Preston will be f here in December and hopes to find a job teaching · in high school. Miss Preston graduated with a Bl\ in English last December fran LNH
Susan Kaufman is ass i s·t in g Mr- Ch i l ds is h i s art classes and teaching a weaving class. Miss Kaufr:an
B ' X · l hopes to get a job teaching
oys ·.. -coun ry art in the school
quall.fi·es £Or · year. She 1 ives in Green11 -land, NH, attended the University of Rhode Island, State meet and graduated fr001 LNH in by Eric tvbore
The Oyster River High School Boys' Cross Country Team p'lac_ed · fourth in this year's Class I Championship Meet held last Saturday in , Manchester.
' Fourth Place qualifies the Bobcats for the State Championship 1\t1eet t0 be held in M:lnches ter.
The team - places be h ind Londonderry, Laconia, and Hanover. John Holter placed third, Jim Griffith 23rd, Dean Paner lea u 27th, Mike Grossi 45th and T001 Kennedy 47th. MJre than 100 runners canpeted in this meet.
This past season the Bobcat harriers canpiled a 35 and 20 record ov er nine meets. In a meet, a team loses to any team placing higher, but defeats a team placing
The season record was ma inly due · to the I os s of three top runners, incl ud ing last year's state m.mber two runner, Eric Derm.rco.
ffi Coach Jim Boulanger expects the team to place no higher than fifth and no lower than eighth in the upcomn1ng state r-reet.
The top 20 finishers in the state rreet wi I I · canpete in the New England meet. Mr. Boulanger expects Holter to be arn:>ng the top five finishers, with a good chance of winning the state title.
Other regular runners this season include: senior Pat Ronan; juniors John Griffith, Chris Smith, Robert Heilbronner and Jim Carter; Sophcrn:>res Mikey Wellington, Tim Conlon, and Bill . Kaufman; freshman _Tan Flannagan and Andy Gross l.
1979. She will finish her internship in Nancy Hayes is interning with Mrs. Myers and teaching one US Goveynrran t class. Miss Hayes lives in San ford, Me. and l)o l ds a Bl\ degree fr001 LNH.
Study group in 3 panels
by
\11ike Wu If
In response to a faculty poll, the Oyster River High School Curriculun
Ccmnittee has divided into three sub-carrnittees: writing, reading and study skills.
The writing cannittee is headed by Mrs. Jacqueline Hinckley; reading, Mr. Charles Perry; and s t ud y s k i 11s , Mr William Childs.
The curriculLJTI canmittee was formed this fall to evaluate the school's curriculLJTI is at the mi d - po i n t of i t s s ta t e evaluation that comes every ten years, said ccmni t tee ec order Wi l l i am Ch i 1d s • Other carrni t tee rnember s are:Mr. Robert Baxter and Mi. Alex Herlihy of social studies; Mrs. Barbara Broder i ck, librarian; Mr. Wil'liam Childs, art; Mr. Roger Ha 11 , guidance; Mrs ' Jacque l i ne Hinck 1ey, business; Mrs. Corne I ia
K it f i e l d , rra th ; Mr • John Kruidenier, special resources; Miss Sandra Lawson, physical ion; Mr. Charles Perry, science; Ms. Cynthia Plourde, music; and Joan Schaeffer, Spanish.
.Field hockey downs Dover
by
Oar r y l Mundo
the Oyster River High School Girls Field Hockey Team finished a 7-5-2 season by beating Dover 2-0.
%en the girls came • for tryouts in August, · found rrany chq.nges: a new coach, Louise Jacklin; the loss of seniors Ashley Heisey, Kris Snow, Karen O'Connor, Carol Hagstran, and Val Borror; and the presence of a new girls' soccer team.
Despite these losses, girls won their first game 5-0 Sanborn.
Senior \thry Rogers had a good season, scoring many points against,Sanersworth, Sanborn, ittsf ield, and Exeter.
The Bobcat girls continued undefeated in their next three games. Their first loss came against Exeter, 3-0.
The team rranaged to p u l l of f t i es wi th Dover ' and Exeter CX:t. 9 and 14 but lost to Portsrrnuth and Newnarket, dousing their hopes for · the state tournament. · , Ole player said that the Oystef River squad was better skilled than every other team played.
1982 Trion. now on sale
by Tim l'vk:Narnara
Co-edit ors Anne Ci 1::1e,y and Cindy Horn, l?Pth seniors, have started ' work on the 1982 Tr ion yearbook
The 1982 year-book · is on sa I e for $13. 50 throl,lgh next Friday, first arid second I unches, outside the rrain off ice.
The 27th Trion will 160 pages. -<Zo-editor Cilley reports that tnere is a chance that some color picture section will be inci'uded. Colored senior portraits are out of the quest ion, however. · "The deadline for color portraits \\18.S in O:tober , - atso it's just too expensive," she said.
The Yearbook dance around 200.
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Scott MacHardy elected freshman president ·
by Laura i\tbsberg
Christina 03.nas Ed Elridge slipped by · ' Scott MacHardy was Parks for Student Act1velected Freshman Class ities Council RepresentaPresident an d Demi Dubois, tives with 88 and 86 votes Treasurer respect ively. Ma Hardy edged John Jenny Burley was el - · c ected Secretary and Layne Glutting with 76 D · Db ·s beat Kevin Ponerleau Vke-President. em1 u 01 H t d Ed Schmidt with Both unopposed. egar Y an White Mtn. 2;.1 66 votes.
DRUG SEMINAR
over Bobcats PART 2 in quarters
by Crescentia Healy
The Boys Vars i ty Soccer Team closed out their season Saturday with a 2-1 loss against White 1\huntain Regional High School in the quarter finals of tournament act ion. _ Robbie Crane of the Spartans tallied the first goal of the game at 12:35 into the third quarter. Steve, Woo!J ey answered with a shot fran a Tim lVcNainara cross 2:35 into the fourth period.
With no goals scored in the four overtime per iods ' the game reached a shoot out. The Bobcats missed five attemp-ts on Spar tan goal i e Ter r y Dimick, \Vhile Bobcat net minder Martin Warren warded off four shots • Crane again scored an the only goal, off a rebound fran Warren.
In last Thursday's first-round, the Bobcats defeated the Exeter Blue Hawks 2-1. l\AcNamara and Charlie Williams exchanged goals and assists in a 35-second time span of the third period.
The Blue Hawks were st}'Tllied until Ed Gonley f i red home a shot with only a mi nute and 10 seconds rerraini ng in the game.
Six start ing Bobcat s gradu ated l a s t year : Th i s was to be a rebuilding sea s on. But once a g ai n , t hey ended t he season · wi t h a 12-3-1 re c or d , and outstanding play o ff experienc e The Bobc ats scored a total of 33 goals against thejr opponents led by Mike Chinburg with 13 goals.
There were only 15 goals scored against the Bobca ts, less thap half their t otal tall ies Credit ii to be given to Warr e n who racked up 127 total season saves.
Second year Coach Chri s Lawrence is pleased with his team. "It was a seas on for us. The team played well, a nd they have nothin g t o be a sh amed of."
by Liz Holland
"You don' t have to · hit bottcm to reach the top" wi 11 be the second pa rt of a three part series on chemical dependancy November 19, at Oyster River High School.
Parents, students, and interested citezens rray attend the sem-inar fran 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. in roan 11 which wi 11 focus on a proven method to deal with and addiction problems.
Seminar leader Michael Gi Iman wi 11 teach how to deal with a drug problem. The method originated by the author of the book I'll Quit Tcmnor row, Vernon Johnson. Johnson originated a treament center located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Johnson Institute.
The "series is being sponsored by the Oyster River Educational Workshop, the Student Activities Council, and the High School Health Ccrrmittee.
3,00(J boxes of M&M's
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sold
by Sean
-O'Connell
The Oyster 'River High School senior class · treasury st a nds a t $1500 a f ter the ' sal e of 3000 boxes of candy totalling $670, ac c ord i ng t o c l ass off ici a l s
The seniors ha ve been sell fog th e candy at 50, pe r box, rraking 23 cents. The seniors ha v e ordered another 1,800 boxes,according to Class President Cresentia A. Healy. , The seniors hope to improve this year's senior banquet with proceeds frcm the candy sales. Last year's banquet held at Spring Hill featured cold cuts. This year Healy hopes t o ha v e a ba n q uet-type me al.
Hea l y a lso s a id a nother area t he s e n i or s wi ll work on is pub lic ity fo r the banquet
:Audition·s set · for Nov. 21
by Dan Keefe
The Oyster -River Music Department is preparing for Nov. 21 aud i flons for the ' All-State Music Festival in Concord.
Auditions will be judged by out-of-state music Jans \\ho wi.11 dee ide \\ho will go to the festival early next year. Last over 200 people were in the choral sect ion.
CR Choral Music In- Noise, damage and· litter forced the closing of the structor Iris Levine said, "We're the roost happy - go- srmking area last week.
Students'
-lucky group. New people are always welc001e in chorus." · k • . Other up-caning events
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·closed
by Steven
The Oyster River High School st uden-t srmk ing area was closed last week by Principal Gerald Daley due to vandalism, littering and disruptive behavior.
Mr. Daley has said a decision to reopen the area will depend on rrany factors. He would like to see a workable plan for stopping vandalism fran the people \\ho smoke. He also wants them to keep the ar ea clean and control their tempers and behavior.
Principal Daley and the School Climate Ccrnnittee rreTibers have discussed several alternative actions: a trial period that 'WQuld open the outside srmking area during lunch period, the banning of smoking from the building perrra.nently, and the ccmplete closing of the outside and inside srrok ing areas.Sane student srrokers are dissati s fied with being punished for the actions of a f ew, s aid Asst. P ri nc ipal Ne i l Shap i r o . . IS
Benn ingt on, Vt., Dec. 5, and CR Holiday \....oncert on Dec. 16, a Jazz Festival in February and an CR Spring Concert.
Liz Holl and
Oyster River High School's new . Bobcat rra.scot was recently canpleted by faculty and students.
Last January Mrs. Deborah Kennedy, an CRHS aipe, suggested the idea to the CRHS Booster Club, a volunteer group that supports high school sports. The Booster Club donated over $100 worth of rraterials.
Advanced art students rrade 1 the · frame for the head with a chicken wire and papier rrache process · and the help of art teacher Wi l l iam C.h il ds. CRHS senior Ellen Hazen covered the head with rm ter ia J an d rrade the body. Mr Childs painted the head and body. The Student Act i vities Council cares for the new rrascot. · ' you re looking FOR!
