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February 21,1969
THE GRANTONIAN
Forecasting uses computers
Now that you’ve turned in
your forecast sheets and have
decided what courses you want
and need to take next year, do
you ever wonder what happens
between the time you turn in
your sheet and when you receive
your printed schedule in Au
gust?
According to Gust Kanas,
curriculum vice-principal,
the students’ counselors
check to be sure that a full
schedule, including courses
required for graduation, has
been planned. The appro-
priateness of certain courses
for the individual student
is also determined.
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Early in March, before spring
vacation, counselors will have
gotten the students’ courses
transfered onto a data process
ing code sheet.
This year, the school dis
trict’s computer system will
be using an “optical scan
type course code sheet”
which will be electronical
ly processed. In previous
years, key punch operators
had to do the work.
“Although this process reduces
the chance of human error by
key punch operators,” explained
Mr. Kanas, “it also shifts the
burden of additional counselor
and secretary time to the school,
in order to get the students’ fore
casts ready.”
Following this process a
tally count is sent back to
the school showing the vari
ous courses with the num
ber of students who have
forecasted for each course.
Then the curriculum office
has the job of building the
school program. “This in
volves decisions by the ad
ministrators and depart
ments as to the number of
courses, the number of stu
dents per course, the teach
er who will teach the
course, and the period dur
ing the day that the class
would occur,” informed Mr.
Kanas.
Impartially and randomly the
computer electronically assigns
students into their courses. It is
STUDIO
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Kirsten was Junior Class presi
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only when the student’s program
is printed that anyone knows in
what period a course will be of
fered and who will teach the
class.
Computers do make mistakes,
and some program changes and
adjustments are necessary after
the initial printing. Counselors
check each schedule to see if
there are conflicts or other prob
lems that call for their atten-
tion.
After school ends, the pro-
grams are put through a final
run to make corrections.
“In this way, even though our
student programs are computer
ized, counselors do work on
them in their final form to as
sure students that their pro
grams have received full and
proper attention,” concluded
Mr. Kanas.
Teachers helper
Has the art department gone to pot?
assists children
Yes! — Juniors Alicia Perkins and Jeff Hull display pottery
made by art students. Alicia is standing next to her “pine cone”
jar and Jeff has made pots and jars.
at grade school
by Kathy Robinson
Do you ever wonder how it
feels to be a teacher, or to be
in his place and have to cope
with all his problems? Jeanna
Wilcox, a junior, did and she
satisfied her curiosity by be
coming a teacher’s helper in the
first and second grade, at Holly
rood Grade School.
In place of her second period
study hall Jeanna goes over to
Hollyrood and helps the teacher
with art projects, and works in
dividually with slower students
who find school difficult and
hard to understand.
“Being a student teacher helps
me understand my fellow class
mates a little better,” comment
ed Jeanna, “and I realize that
teaching isn’t as easy as it
looks.”
member of the National Honor
Society and actively partici-
pates in Kandahar.
Kirsten Boehmer
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What is it, a piece of junk or a
work of art? “It’s curious look
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McClain, a student of Mahlon
Read’s art class. It is an abstract
metal art sculpture composed by
Mr. Read, head of the Art De
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Mr. Read is one of the 124
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ruary 18.
Six hundred entries were tak
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art historian-critic from Illinois
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“My dad’s a mechanic,” Mr.
Read explained, “and he had a
lot of old car parts lying around.
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fun to make something from
nothing (the scrap metal) which
would otherwise have been tak
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Read learned how to do the
welding from his father.
The sculpture, according to
Mr. Read, “is just an interesting
effect that you can get by burn
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Mr. Read has entered the con
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selected to participate in the
contest each time.
Snow business set
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There’s no business like “snow
business” and Kandahar Ski
Club knows their business! If
you like snow business why not
join in on Kandahar’s business.
“Students that are interested
in skiing should join the Kanda
har Ski Club. It provides the
beginning and advanced skier
alike with transportation to the
mountains, with buses, and pos
sibly reduced skiing rates.
“There are a number of ski
instructors belonging to the
club,” commented Paul Tinker,
Kandahar member.
The students that participate
in the club go up to Government
Camp at 7:30 a.m. and return
home at 4:00 p.m. The bus which
transports them is rented by the
club. The transportation cost
varies each time the club takes
a trip.
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