Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell
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Thclowttl.Honmlittl.l9M '<br />
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Semifinalists announced] Staff plans ahead<br />
ByAmyS.Ue<br />
Four <strong>Lowell</strong> seniors, Ivan<br />
rif2>. Nadlne deCotcau, Luan<br />
ld and KeM Johnson.<br />
e been named Semlflaalkts In<br />
21 it annual National Achieve<br />
meat Scholarship Program.<br />
Orr 73,000 b'ack students who<br />
took thr Preliminary Scholastic<br />
ptitude Test (FSAT) In their<br />
junior year requested contldcratloo<br />
In the Achievement Program.<br />
OI these studtmt. I 500<br />
ScmlfinalisU were chosen.<br />
Presently enrolled In about<br />
.000 hlfth schools across 44<br />
states, SvmUinaUit? are the<br />
ighcsMcoring participant! tn the<br />
tuics within each regional selec-<br />
HI uoh established for the proatn.<br />
5eminnalbu are eligible to ad*<br />
inee to Finalist stamping by<br />
meeting four requirement*: they<br />
must achieve • high score oo the<br />
:hu!astfc ApUtude Test (SAT).<br />
proem a strong secondary school<br />
transcript, write a personal essay,<br />
and be recommended by the<br />
icbool prindp*J.<br />
FinaUsU wUl compete for 620<br />
scholarships, valued at over $2<br />
mQUon. to be given in the spring of<br />
1945.<br />
Tbae scholarship* Inctud- 350<br />
32,000 nonrenewabk "National"<br />
awards, which are linsneed by<br />
about 50 businesses and industries<br />
and by undesignatet* program<br />
funds.<br />
<strong>The</strong> other 300 svnotarshlpi are<br />
Sl.OOO-S.000 renewable corporate*<br />
spoasorcd and college-sponsored<br />
awards.<br />
Achlevtexat aad Hispanic schoUn Include: Richard Miranda.<br />
Patrick ComiBcr, Xatheriae Loo. Nadlne OeCoutcau, Uu Garcia.<br />
LoaAnaaSchwartx, Aathony Hudgtns. and KcUl Johnson.<br />
By BHndar Singh<br />
Six <strong>Lowell</strong> seniors have qualified<br />
as Seraifioallstt In the National<br />
Miipanic Scholars Program, wrlch<br />
1 ipoutored by the College Board.<br />
Named as possible contender*<br />
for college tuition scholarships<br />
were PatrtcU Ccmme.*. Lisa Garcia,<br />
Anthony Kudglns. Kalherine<br />
Loo. Richard Miranda, and LeAnna<br />
SchwarU.<br />
To qualify for consideration In<br />
this program, Knlon muil hue<br />
Hispanic background and high<br />
scores on the Preliminary<br />
Scholastic Aptitude Ton (PSATJ.<br />
Winners of the scholarships *1II<br />
be Inoscn from Hiipa.Uc scholars<br />
Winning cheerleaders show ofl their hairstyles.<br />
— for'Red & White'<br />
who achieved SemUlnalht tun<br />
ding and will be announced In the<br />
tpririg of 19S5.<br />
SemlflnalUu must now submit a<br />
series of recommendation* and<br />
high Scholastic Aptitude Scores<br />
(SAT) to remain in contention for<br />
the tuition scholarships.<br />
Speaking in behalf of the <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
qualifier. SchwarU said. "Rectoring<br />
a scholarship would be a<br />
significant help In meeting college<br />
com "<br />
Last year. <strong>Lowell</strong> had four<br />
student* who qualified for the National<br />
Hispanic Scholars Program,<br />
two fewer than this year.<br />
By Sandra Hong<br />
<strong>The</strong> 1985 <strong>Lowell</strong> yearbook Tbe<br />
Fed ant. White. U eip^led to in<br />
one' f the best yearbooks ever produced.<br />
"We've got an eicelknt staff<br />
this yearl" enthused editnr-lnchief<br />
Alex Wong.<br />
"Tory (the stuff) know what<br />
they're doing. AHol them have<br />
been l«i yearbook for several<br />
years," the icnior noted.<br />
Die staff plans to have tSe coir*<br />
ing yctrbock circulate arounu tbe<br />
ibemc of movie titles. This ccnlial<br />
idea will run throughout the book<br />
to tie different sections together.<br />
Wong said that the staff b trying<br />
to meet the deadlines much<br />
earlier tnan did the prior staff and<br />
that this will help reduce :he prin*<br />
ting cotts. "Every time we mlu a<br />
deadline they (the printers) double<br />
or triple the cost." he esplaicrd.<br />
<strong>The</strong> money the yearbook team<br />
saves for being punctual will be used<br />
to make a better yearbook.<br />
Senior pictures were taken as<br />
early as the second week In<br />
August, and freshmen pictures<br />
were taken on their Orientation<br />
Da). August* X. Junior and<br />
sophomore plctuies will be taken<br />
wine lime during November and<br />
not in the spring.<br />
"We will have aU our portraits<br />
done by December and that way<br />
we can start other thing* earlier."<br />
said Wong.<br />
<strong>The</strong> senior tectlons in the 1985<br />
yearbook Is expected to have more<br />
Fuller honored<br />
By LcwUon Lcc<br />
Engllth teacher Gwendolyn<br />
Fuller l>at qualified at Die San<br />
Francisco Unified School<br />
Ontrkl't nominee lor ihc |0K5<br />
California and National Teacher<br />
of (he Year AwarUt.<br />
Dr. Mobert Almto. *,uperin'cndent<br />
of tchooU In S». Iranciwo.<br />
named Fulto the winner alter<br />
chotning among many (cachen tn<br />
the school district who applied for<br />
the national award.<br />
"1 couldn't belirve Ul" exclaim.<br />
ed Fuller. "I'M very honored and a<br />
bit scared. Thlt It not ao award fcr<br />
me. It It an award to represent all<br />
the outstanding teachers in San<br />
FrancHco."<br />
Atlolo staled. "Miss Fuller is an<br />
outti tntllng teacher who motivates<br />
her UtuJ?nU through the excellent<br />
Cheerleaders claim title<br />
By Debbie Hanser<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>'s vanity cheerleaders<br />
have gained the title of the "Vidal<br />
Sassoonettes." <strong>The</strong> squad claimed<br />
• first place In the first contest of<br />
lb* year at the Vidal Sassoon<br />
Cbcerkading Competition.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cheerleaders, consisting of<br />
laaicc Chinen, Louis Hoaancs.<br />
Am> Lee. Karlna Lee. Carmen<br />
Murphy. Doalne Ng. Jennifer<br />
Paige, and Diana Yuen, were<br />
among cheerleaders of ISO other<br />
Bay Area schools asked to enter<br />
lbeeom;^Ution<br />
beeom;^Ution.<br />
Each school was requested to<br />
send I* a picture of the squad and<br />
male LI an original cheer tor the<br />
Vldal So MOOD Company. Tbe three<br />
top school* picked wrre, Novato.<br />
SkyUoc. and <strong>Lowell</strong>.<br />
On tbe Toasday previous to tbe<br />
competition, every gW oo the three<br />
teaau received a complett hair<br />
"mafce-owr" furnbbed the "VKd<br />
Sassoon way." On October 5. the<br />
dar ol the contest, each squd<br />
member got -touch-apt" eonibllogot<br />
* wash. dry. and style Job<br />
aU supplied witbln • ball hour of<br />
t f c t i t<br />
um com fK* • • TUB*<br />
.. Ttm iqudi comprttd on UK<br />
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