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Measure up cont'd. continued from page 1 Illinois. Finally the average administrator salary is nearly 580,000. Results f'^om the Illinois Goal Assessment Program (IGAP), that the seniors took last April, were also published. Tests were taken in the subjects of English, Mathematics, and Science. For the most part, Maine South students met the goals set by the state for English and Science. However, both departments are looking for ways to develop a more comprehensive and thorough form of local assesment. The majority of the mathematics goals were met, except for the interpretations of percents in various settings, and a pattern of relationships in geometry, which included using the Pythagorean Theorem. Consequently, more practice with percents will be taught in Algebra I, along with the use of a trial textbook, and a review of the Pythagorean Theorem will be included in junior year. The results of the American College Test (ACT), show that Maine South beat the district, state, and national averages. In fact, the average score is up to 22.8, from last year's 22.5. The test is based on a scale from 1 to 36.
November 2S;1992
News Notes •One of the many activities surrounding Maine South's Red Ribbon Week was students wearing their anti-drug red ribbons to help increase drug awareness and to promote a drug-free environment. Another activity was a Red Jawbreaker candy contest, which was held during lunch periods. Students paid ten cents a guess to attempt to determine how many jawbreakers were in a candy jar. The total number was 4301 and 123 students look a crack at guessing the number. Senior, Scott Edwards, won both third and first place. His third place guess of 3921 earned him a S5.00 McDonald's gift certificate, while his first place guess of 4015 won him a S25.0O gift certificate to the Gap. The second place winner was
Frances Motiwalla, who won a $20.00 gift certificate to Ro-^e Records for her guess of 3979. •Three students from Mike Deines' English II Accelerated classes of last year, had poems published in the Illinois English Bulletin: Best Illinois Poetry and Prose of 1991. Th&Bulletin is a pubhcalion of the Illinois Association of Teachers of English. The Association which received 790 submissions from students from grades 1-12, and they choose only 36. The Maine South students whose poems were published are Chrissy Dudlack, "Untitled;" Alison O'Keefe, "Can You Play?" and Ryan Carlino, "10 Ways to Look at Dying Flowers."
This places the school in the top eight percent for schools across the nation. In the sub-tests, Maine South students scored 22.1 in English, 22.7 in Math, 23.1 in Reading, and 23 in Science Reasoning. On the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Maine South scores beat
both state and national averages. The average verbal score was 485 out of a possible 800, up two points from last year, and the average math score was 568 out of 800, up 17 points. Both tests help students measure their readiness to do college work.
Funk, Pete Szczelina, William Lennon, Rachel Castellanos, Alyssa Kulak, Matthew Hachigan Science: Jon Stenholt, Chrisie Uliassi, Elizabeth Zom, Susie Reynolds, Lisa LaCerra, Jenny Sass, Steve Paschos, Mark Czapla, Junko Ohata, Jennifer Pietrzykowski, Kate Hanely, Emmanuel Marinau, Joan
Hoffman, Brad Mulvihill, Joseph Arcuri Social Science: Raul Fernandez, Liliana Minkowycz, Claire Pawlowski, Rebecca Ryan, Brenda Saavedra, Laurie Smaha, Rachel Sorcic Speech and Drama: Mark Gutmann, Nick Doukas, Andrew Lofthouse
October Students of the Month
The Students of the Month for October are: Applied Technology: Tom Carlson, John Vanis, Mariniau loan, Mark Kufner, Jason Becker Art and Photo: John Byrne, Ardis Dumalski, Patrice Townsend Business: Elias Kontos, Lauren Rolsing, Devan Patel, Debra Anselmini DnVer'5£(iMcafion: Margaret Lenz, Maria Poulos, Agnes Mllewski, Andrew Patras English: John Aylward, Lisa Brodsky, Jimmy Chung, John Frederiksen, Joel Gregie, Derek Kaufman, Karen Kietzer, Denise Marshall, Agnes Milewski, Junko Ohata, Kevin O'Neill, Nico Scardino, Lauren Scorza, Brian Shields, Mark Tallungan, Amy Totsch, Angela Vaile, Kristen Schaefer Foreign Language: Laura Batt, Jennifer Golec, Catherine Gurga, Vincent Haufle, Rebecca Marinau, Steve Paschos, Magdalena Sadowicz, Kevin Wong Health: Jennifer Golec, Natalia Rzepka Home Economics: Kristin Reardon, Maria Burton, Erin Fitzgerald, Michelle Marrese, Kevin Szwaya Math: Beth Schutt, John O'Neil, Angela Navilio, Catherine Gurga, Karla Diestel, Terence Bacon, Irene Walsh, George Czerwionka, Gina Migasi, Carrie Schwemin, Jenny Diana, Faye Lenahan, Michael Yurkus, Sestino Milito, Laura Batt Music: Paul Kim, Edward Eiker Physical Education: Ryan McCormick, Maik Hohimer, Jacqueline Korus, Heidi
Bars, barbells, books cont continued from page 2 years: the only open bar in the city. But I didn't see the activist groups trying to prevent them from developing cirrhosis of the liver. These results make you wonder whose interests are being represented in our city. They also make you question the priorities of the^oters and the community. What does it say about us that we would vote for drinking and aerobics and against reading? If these are truly the interests and priorities of our community—our whole community, fine. I'm in the minority. But considering this pattern of decisions, I can't help but feel that somewhere along the line, something went awry. Perhaps exceptions were made. Maybe special interests were considered before the common good. Possibly clout was used. Well, maybe we're not that much different from Chicago after all.
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