Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

*f 4, Tkr Lmit. May 2. 19S6
NEWS,
Writers place higK
in essay contest
Thc'imcsMi
lie Owmioa perpetual trophy for IW6
«n> amnkd 10 LamU lUth School for uihmkllnt llM blthol nlibrr
of wr'llcn wort In the maul competition. Winner! ibb year Included
(l-r): Alex Uo (cntinoli). Dun* l)ndi C4r*« drive.
"Il wat much more tucr»tful than
etpectcd. Eveoone retponded
gcncroutly." cnthuted Red Cioiv
tpuntor Alfr do Jordan.
In >pilc ol the wk'tevt. it ttat
CMirruted itM as many at 200 to 230
picu: or blood wuuld hate been
drott t»
V.1H1I iot special cdt>cation uudent^
that hjte the potentijl to wcccci! at
Lowell.
Since I U H2. the rn^ram hat
cradtutrd Htc uudenu. One o atten-
dent jokingly oddcif. "S
great, if you don't get on hit bad
»idc."
SiIverMcin UK! that itudcnU in the
program want to >trcu rmrmality and
they like thJ anonymity of
mjirw framing.
"They are not any different from
Most specialist students are in
regular classes 80 percent of the day.
ding Univcniry of California at Davis
and the other Mudentk have gone on
u> MWTK form of higher cducUion.
SiUenteinS itmientv teem to apruxciatc
hit help. He commented.
"They >ce me not only ai their
teacher and c»uniclor. but alu> at a
friend. Sometimes I hate to be the
ditciplirarian and that tui'l a role I
re! ah. Though the ttudents get angry
with me. they respect me Tor having
to deal with that role, too."
One nf SiKcntcin'k itudenu
remirtcd that he ofTen more of a one
to one rclationthip. and mother uu-
in line because they couldn't wait
anymore." ciptained Jordan.
"People htJ tc wait up to three
hour* in line, to a lot of people just
left. They (Irwin Memorial) were
uirpriscd (by ihe number of donon)
and they regretted their undereitima-
other Lo-Anlitei wc^t Out they may
have to w-ork a little harder to earn
the tame grade." Silventeln
remarked.
Silventcin tay» that the uudent'*
uliimate go*J U M be known a* 10mconc
who made it through Lowell,
just like anyone cl*c.
He added, "When I tec a student
graduate and nuke it. tf's very rewarding
that I've been a pan of thai pjocn».
The student made it for tare, but
tornchow or another rna> be I auhted
in helping that itudcnt."
Blood drive draws donors
the i/xentive money. Fibbh claimed,
"The only way to appreciatively rate
the score wniId be to leach the test."
Scores for I Mt graders in the seven
other San Francisco public high
schooli dropped diU year, pouibly
because newly appointed Superintendent
Cartot Comcjo** efTorts to have
all »enion take the test resulted in 97
percent participation. In the put, only
6010 70 percent of ihe city'i seniors
have taken the test.
The lest itself u administered in
matru form, meaning it i* divided into
si* tectioru. and students in eacli
*enjor registry -ecrive different oaru
or the te*t. ^
The perccniile Kores for the Clast
of '86 ha\e not yet been released.
"fXCELS IN SHAPING
NATISAI. WAVY HAIR"
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"Evcryone cooperated nicely.
Teachen were alto very helpful."
"My teachen' encouragement
really influenced me to give Mood,"
Mated junkv Nina Boe.-ger.
The Red Croii Qub sponsored a
lottery for donon as an extra boous.
AELW -86
Donating blood tt H nwaxdJot for the donor as It b beneficial for
tbc rccJpknt.
tion," added Red Crou Club prcsi*
dent Vicki Kao.
The publicity for this year's Mood
drive was more extensive than in past
years.
* This year we were better orjpuux*
ed: we publicized, and the administration
and students wtrc very
cooperative." stated Jordan.
Ihe publicity and organization of
tnc drive **is conducted by Red
Cross Club member*.
"People really went all out th»s
year. There was a Id of p.i sorul contact
with the itudent body." said Kao.
CHEAP
AIR TICKETS
We understand
students and always
find them the
lowest fares.
PETER'S TRAVEL
IlUTtmlSlmt
(off l«lh A*mtK)
' a -•oavcnicrl location
for Lowell studeats
Open 9-5:30
Sat. 9-1
Telephone: Ciusni '
They toed club funds to boy the
prizes, ••hid. were *ift certificate* to
tSe Emporium. Record Factory, and
Baskic Robbins.
"I don't think it (the lottery) was
the reason people gave blood, but it
got some fun into it." explained Kao.
There arc already arrangcrncflts
made to send Ihe right amount of OafT
from Irv-in Memorial for not year.
"Pot. dally this ct«iM have been
the tax year ever, but icil year we
waa lo jet JJO pinu. They (Irwin
Memorial) h&J me that they'd know
'befler next ycix." a