Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

Bors victorious at
MTA contest
Bjr Chris Crism
Junior Chris Bon was a«anJal
dm price and a J100 scholanhin for
Ws performance in the Bay Area
Music Teachcn Astocialion (MTA)
compoilioo held on April S.
The competition was divided Into
lira sepeme divisions-« betinninx
division, in iiucrmcdialc division,
•ml an advanced division. In each
division, five accomplished pianists
vied ta two pras.
Boa enuttd the advanced division,
ta which each couxnni was required
to play three very dilTcttnl selections
•one modern piece, one classical
piece, and one piece from the romantic
past - to demonstrate his skills in
playing the piico.
Bors 1 performance comistcd of
three difficult pieces. For hi* das^a]
oiecc. he presented a Occthoven
•orota. His romaaic period sclectun
»as i. Rachmaninoff ptriude. For the
noJem pa.1 of his performance. Boo
played il.rec Bulfarian dances.
For his flne tcrfomunce in the
comfvtilion, Btm *a* awarded s
SIOOschoIanhiptiytheMTA. Bon
modestly comnicnlcd. "It really
wain'I that his of « deal."
Cork Bors b the winner of the
Music Teachers' Association
SchrJarship contprlHon.
In addition to hrt Kholarvhtp. Bon
was a*Kcd to play at j recital at the
Century Club in Sun rranc:*co »>n
Apr.l 14. In the reciul. he pU>cd
knually the umc piece* that no
played in the MTA i-nmpctitkm.
Lowell tops city
CAP test scoring
By Irene Kuo
Despite an overall drup frum last
year's California Assessment Protram
(CAP) test scores. Lowell
vtnton scored well above ititc companion
score bands and cumtdcrably
rtener thin senior* in any othc vrtrxW
in the San FranciKu Limited School
Dutrict.
Lowell's 1984-M reading scores
fell by .1% from 83-84. written cxpreuion
scorn dropped by . I %, and
spelling and mathematics scores remained
unchanged.
After four years of cprmttcnt improvement.
Lowell** scores pealed
with the 1983-84 {Clan of *84) wore*
which showed gaira u large as 1.95
over the 1982-83 scores.
"The Class of '85 had difficulty in
holding onto tlte huge gain* of the
Class of *84." said Dr. Fibish. "In
a way. •' .r prubtem was that we did
loo well last yev. and we gave up
some of tiit huge gain.
"The loucs arc innre of*n indication
of the huge rive in score* in
previous years.
"Maybe there is a diffcrtr*c bet*
ween the Class of '84 and the Clau
of*8. if there if. iibn'l significant.'*
he said.
The preliminary result* released by
tlic Sute Depanment of Education
meal that overall, the District'* perfomwftce
improved significantly over
lait >ea'"i le%d; the District seniors
showed more growth in each subject
test than did senior* state-wide.
According to I Jr. Robert F. Alirto.
Superintendent of Schools. "This
of lakes**
"EXCELS IN SHAPING
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year's I2ih graders demonstrated
gains in ever) mbjcci area."
"Si^ of r«ur cumprehcmisc high
schooli maiittaiie-J or imprmnJ their
previous jfar'i pctfittmutcc in e\tiy
are tested. CiKH,^rcd to last year's
i«« *t,«t*. w*^h».|[ii n IIK.-CU tl»c
Rtcjic\t improvement in rodiny.
ILJINM the grraicvi •mprosnwm in
written expression, the Center uf Independent
Studies the greatcM spelling
icore increase, and Wilvm the
grcsicM increase in the urea oi
nuincmatics."
These '
in; frun
uls stwwcd gains
to b.1%.
Dr. Fibivh panulty attributes these
marked improvements to Ihe ictcti-
*ivc test awareness programs tncaltcd
in other Khnuls. " Wr can do a test
auarcness program here, but if our
'cores are already very high, what ate
w-c proving?"
"We would be choosing to depart
from the normal curriculum of a
course. Students w uuld be taking tenyear
old tests: they wouldn't be tio-
•ngariyihJi^dKmamathiff English
class for two weeks.
"If we do install such i» program,
we would be doing it M the etpcn*c
.if something else." he concluded.
,NEWS
V* lm*U. Uiy 10. 1913.
Fibish prohibits
non-Lowellites from dances
RyUwhooLcc
Oiu> LowtU uudenu will heallowed
to attend the Cardinal Carnival on
May 17 due to problem! with oui-
•iders that occurred at ihe recent
Monte Carlo Dance.
Principal Alan Fibish mandated the
policy for Lowell's lay dance oi*the
year because of several instances oi'
drunkenness and belligerence at
Monte Carlo Night, wt jch was held
on April 26. In addition, there is to
be no smoking allowed and the
number of tickets to Lowell indents
will be restricted.
Of the over 1.600 students at the
Monte Carlo Night, an unknown
number were drinking alcoholic
beverages inside of the dance as well
as outside of the school in the surrounding
neighborhood. Several
LowcUilcs and gucus from tthrr
schools were aWe o bring alcobN into
the school by hiimg it under hca»>
clothing H fry pawing it ihiiHjyh
side domj of th-; building.
There wcic iutfotcd incidcn-- nf
tng hc'Iigcrent with .Hhcrv jt the
dance, and an owner o. r a car rarkM
near camr>u% alleged that students
Liiming fnxn the dance tniAc sxnc
gins and 0a\hctl t*»c Iirev of his car.
Due to the pnWcn.t rclalcd t.> nxi-
NntthhcM. MintK-x..tj
Minv.n hjJ prcsi.His|> rvirn
lunwd one u| 1 *.5OnumScr,
SIHIK 5.-WX) Hnjlitis uill
cam M,h«)ljr\hirH
The JTMIUHI ol cnllcjic \r*inu>rciJ
stipends average bct\»cn $25« ii»
S2000 a >«r and is ciimputed actor
dinp to ItruiK-ul need- Johnson's
siholarship is renewable U-i Unix
I!K Hh.ilar%hip in rv SJIUI.
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•ik-dcnnc and pcis.mal icmtj
NiitnUr tn that nl uhiJi rus tvvn
rep'ned in ihe NMSC liinnj: hiv
tenure JS a vmi liruli%t in ihe n*ni
pctilmn. In adiliitixi. he muvt altcivl
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Lmell 'AjJcnu, Fibish instituted the
policy of no guests i-> l»opc of
avoiding more problems at the Cardinal
'Jarnival. There will also be
chance* in dance policies for SAB
dances ne»t year, including the printing
of til rules for (he dance* on -Sc
bock ofeach ticket and £K ending of
IIMCCJU IOp.m..whiciiisrrandated
by divtrirt policy.
"The diiturttncct were causnJ b>ovuiders.
so there will be no nort
guesu." staled SAB sponsor Edgar
Led.mnn. He uplaincd that with only
Lowell students at the dances.
identifying participants who did not
belong *vukl be easier.
Dean James Thomas corone wbhtil.
Sotrol L»wc>' tfudenu ru^cd been
ponivhcd for their actkmv on Mt,nic
C^rlo Nipht. ihe punivliments tneluding
denial »f {uiikipjtiim in
tutuic wt*i.J acti%>tics. wvcmJ *rcL>
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