Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

SPHprogram a success
By Julie Vcnu>im
According to Rcox Gorevin,
•pecial education tuehcr, the
Severely Profoundly Handicapped
(SPH) program has been "... f real
since the beginning of the year."
Five students ranging dom |4 io
17 yean of age are enrolled in ihe
SPH clau. "The Uudenu have improved
100 percent," reported
Gorevin.
Gorevin also commented that the
SPH uudenu enjoyed being at
Lowell and having contact with people
their own age.
Atong uiih aides Joni Millet and
Donna CHpc. Gorevin has additional
help from indent volunteers. Law
semester there «TTC 22 regular
volunteer!. "The volunteers are
great!" declared Miller.
Ai for the ruction to the SPH
students by the rest of the student
body. Gorevin uated. "I don't feel
that we've had any buJ experiences.
I don't expect people to meet us with
a tmile everyday, but we've been
treated with respect, and no one has
made fun of us."
No major problems face the program
now since sariicr problems
wi'Ji arranging bus schedules, getting
a suitable room, and installing a
telephone have been solved.
However. Gnrcvin feels that improvements
art changes must be
constantly made to tail the needs of
h d
She would like to sun a disability
awareness program at Lowell, but
plans are still undefined.
Gorevin was pom in Hillsboro,
Oregon. She attended Oregon Swe
University and graduated with a
B.S. in physical education with a
minor in psychology.
Gorevin became interested in
special education after spending
tn-cc summers working at a
residence for the nentally rented.
She moved to .Sin Francisco and
attended Snn Francisco 5laie
Univenhy. She received a teaching
credential for elementary education
and another one for special
education.
Her new poiitkxi at Lowell is r*r
first regular teaching job.
SP. plans io get a M.A -nipccia!
edwetion and go into rrwMtch m
that fold.
Special education trachtr Krner
£oroln uys the program h Roinf!
In her spore lime, Gorevin cujoy»
cycling, skiing, camping, backpacking,
and jogging. She also lite* to
read and she hopes to travel in the
future.
"They (the votuntcers) do
anything and everything. It depend*
on what need* io be done. They
might work with the uudenls on a
one-to-one basis on a social or
leisure activity or just localize with
them," explained Gorevin.
Litter raises fuss
By Gordon Tang
On Monday. Principal Fibish announced
that due to the dirty condi*
tions during the previous week, room '
246 would be dosed on Tuesday, and
all eating in the hills would be banned
until Wednesday.
Sound familiar? The same announcement
was made last October.
Despite more "announcements"
since October, plus the ban of the
removal of salads from the cafeteria,
the overall situation has remained the
same.
"A group of really irresponsible
students has created this situation,"
said Principal Alan Fibtsh.
However, questions arise as to the
rdttjuacy of only two daytime custodians
at Lowell.
In fad, of all the public high
schools, LowJI has the fewest number
of custodians per wudent. While
many schools only have two daytime
custodians, they also have fewer
students.
Fibish argues, however. "The
garbage problem is not a custodian
problem: it is a student problem. It
is the poor attitude ofthe students....
When you have a dirty room, you
can't blame the maid."
Robert Hicks, auburn principal at
Lincoln, further adds. "There is really
DO reason for ga.1iage probfcms-...Tbcy
(the ittdcna) wouldn't
throw trash on uw lloor at home."
At the present time, the custodians
cannot handle more than two major
ckaoup jobs at a time. However.
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Fibish insists, "More custodians
wouldn't help the situation. Even
with seven custodians you can't dean
up for 3.000 student*. Only if you
had one (a custodian] for each student
could you cban up after them."
Fibish alto points out that Lick
Wilmerding has no custodians; the
students do all the cleaning.
Social scknee icichcr. Nancy
Kayc*. >lds. "I have seen the situation
continually deteriorate since being
at Lowell."
Other solutions may also He
available. For eumplc. each of the
other major public high schools have
inccnlisc programs whereby if the
school is kept clean all week, the
uhool is dismi»
At Washington Hi;n SoooJ. in addition
to the incentive program,
teachers, once a semester, have their
class just after lunch go outside to
vlcan the campus.
Fibtsh points out. "You come to
Lowell to get the best education not
less of it....The absolute solution is.
of cuirsc. to w hack In the normal
period system.
"From now on. stricter measure*
will be taken. Tcachcn will he asked
to give the names of ihe offender*.
I will stop accepting apologies. I am
going to require them (the offender**
to provide service [cleaning up the
On Wednesday. Fibish decided to
allow the reopening of room 246 and
rescind hb ban of toM in uV
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r Rivalry issue unresolved
Pv Sandm I loot
The Umell student h.Hy still rm
nu decided * revJutici on ihe
Lowetl'McAtecr nffktal rivalry
lontroveny.
On February 13. registry nrprc»cn-
Utis-es Uc$ rep*» were given a bnilrt
along with % an Of pro 0Od con
aigtitnenls of the officij rivalry In
tead to tfw-ir rcgttlrics. The reg reps
Acre to (a>c ait actual count of how
many students were opposed or were
in favor of the rivalry aal record ire:
totals in the proper s-uns of thr
ballot.
However, because the ballot did
not spccily to tale the actual count,
there were many miwouus.
Dan Harrington, the fall student
body president, went to several
registries and discovered several faulty
voting procedures. Some rcg reps
just checked "opposed" or "in
favor" depending on the majority
vote or the registry. A few reg reps
made up the numbers for their sote
counts. One registry vottd J day late
while others didn't vote at all.
The Lowell Executive COUIK.1
(LEO will hasc the student body vote
again on the controversy in late April
or early Ma) when elections for officer*
of the fo-jrgovenifTKnt boards
arc heM in the courtyard. Mistake*
arc unlikely to happen durir> ihi>
cKiJon.
K\ Tor the McAtcer students, they
have not \otcd on the issue yet. Josh
Laurence, McAtecr's »tudcnt body
prexidi'nt, only icceived pcrfiuion
from McAtrer'* lUcculitc Baud of
Studcnu to ptupmc the official
rivalry to Harrington.
Laurcncr pmnicd out that there uv
ed tc be *n official rivalry between
ft>l)icclini: High School (My) and
Lowrl! until earthquake c'onc'rns
caused the furmer Khoot in cUne in
the 197O's. S'nce the Poly Cuknt
b>xly was moved to the McA'nef
campus, he felt that the t*.« \chc from this rhnlry.
"I've SAI violent acts come out
from McA'ccr." dccUrrd Aviv
Laurence, Lowell's student tody
pmidcr.t-elect. "I am referring to
las: ycai 's desecration ofour btskcthall
J-AI tennis courts."
f.ven though Lowell docs have the
pirt*crso cancel the rivalry if violence
arJ vandalism started, A • Laurence,
who opposes such a rivalry, strcurd.
"Ttiis conflict will ixrt Dcocfit
Lowell, and it wi!l provide McAtf-r
witlt justification of Anther acts of
ii"
Kocntg remarked, "Vtndaliun ik
going io come anyhow, and how do
*c know if they're kid* from
MsAtccr?"
"The vandalism goes two wiyi.
We've received vandalism here a>M>
at McAteer." J. Laurence staud.
When asked if he though! a rivalry
would be bcnerichl or not, I^wclt's
PntKipjJ Alan Finish replied. "It's
a question without aa amwer."
He rvited. "Everybody like* to
have Lirwclt for a rival. They want
to beat U>weK."
PTSA holds Drug-Alcohol Awareness Week
By Grace Kuo
The National Parcnt*Tcacher
Awviation's (PTA) Drug/Alcohut
Awartncit Week was held March
4-8. Lowell's Parent-Teacher-
Student AMoci.**~->n «ical education
classes.
In addition, a Drug/Alc»hol
Awarcneu Prewntation tuok place
at LOHCII on March 6. from 6:30
p in. to 8 p.m. Along with parcntv.
icihcn. and student*, the community
wa« alu> invited to attend.
The oeniag forum comUtcd of a
gruup made up of lormcr and
rcco%cring drug atmen. a panel of
prufcviional drug counsclorv. and a
speech by James Thomas, dean of
students.
A few "ccki before. facult>
membcrv were gi\cn a *ur*ey o»nccrnmg
the evening program and the
powible me of educaiiorui materials
in the classroom About ore-half of
the teacher* w ho mp«>nded agreed to
attend the e\cnine forun.
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jram. Coylc rm»ni. "TV «udcni\
(volunteer*) hi\c interesting iUca*
and infi>rmation."
"I don'l know if it's coincidental
or not, but there nc uudent
represent*' 1 -e% from each cla.\ except
the juni'U clavs." concluded
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