A-B Block Arrives in Caddo

OpinionOpinion SportsSports • The Gator stu- • Captain Shreve dents need to get football off to tough : more excited. 2-5 start. page 3 page 8 Liberal Arts & Engineering Magnet, TheThe Captain Shreve High School ENTERPRISEENTERPRISE October 2010 • Vol. 44, No. 1 • Est. 1967 • 6115 East Kings Hwy. • Shreveport, LA 71105 Buses change routine by Alona Warren This school year administra- tors have worked hard to improve the traffic as students arrive and leave school. The people most opposed to this new system are the bus riders. Things such as being late to class and having to walk so far from the school to the bus are a few issues. "I have my last two classes in the Magnet Hall," Said Natalie Pereira, a freshman at Shreve. "And I have to run every time [to get to the bus]." Teachers have not seen too much of a difference in tardies during their first hour class. "I haven't noticed any late students," Amy Ujke, a Biology teacher, said. "But I do hear complaints about not having enough time to go to their lock- er and get to class on time." Some teachers do notice tardies, but not because of the distance the students have to walk. "Yes, I do have late students," Catherine Green, a physical science teacher, said. Photo By Anna Boyter "But many are late from eating The Captain Shreve buses now pick-up and drop off students in the baseball parking lot instead of the front due to traffic congestion. breakfast." The bus riders being Principal of Administration, Sandra McCalla and security, Instead of being let off of the Students who do not ride the dropped off in the back helps said. developed this idea. bus at 8:20, the buses let out at bus, but drive, enjoy the new traffic in the front of the "I have noticed traffic is bet- "Buses leave sooner because 8:10. This is so students are bus route. school. ter in front of the school," Ujke of less traffic. Instead of leav- closer to the main building and "The traffic is better," Rhett "I get calls from parents that said. ing at 4:10, the buses are gone other students have time to eat Lee, a senior, said. "But the are very happy about the traffic Students are probably won- by 3:50," Silvie said. breakfast. The breakfast line is parents can't drive." before and after school." dering whose idea this was. Changes have been made to open from 8:10 to 8:25 for any Robert Silvie, Assistant Silvie, along with Principal make bus riders happy. students who want to eat. A-B block arrives in Caddo by Hannah Brosius schedule,” Lori Dye, the fresh- Christian Jackson, a sophomore, man counselor, said. said. Report cards will be issued on Students have had trouble There are ways that students Friday, and students will soon remembering what day a test is could try to keep up with this see if and how the block sched- now since every class skips a new schedule. ule has affected their grades. day. “I recommend having a plan- The new A-B block schedule “I think it makes getting ner.” Lori Dye, the freshman that was implemented in all homework done easy, but makes counselor, said. “Some teachers Caddo Parish high schools this studying hard because you for- have calenders for their students school year requires students to get.” Chris Morton, a junior, in their binders that tell them take four classes one day and said. everything they need to know.” four different classes the next Students could also easily get Students do not always get to day. confused on Mondays since the see their teachers every day now “I’m afraid the report cards schedule changes. either. might be worse because students “Sometimes I don’t know if Photo By Anna Boyter are still trying to get used to this it’s an A day or a B day.” •Continued on Page 6 Some Gator teachers now post whether it is an A day or B day on their doors to help confused students. 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With an E-Reader you take large amount of books, arti- To switch to E-Readers the one small piece of technolo- cles, and other text related school system would initially gy every day to every class, : material. take a financial hit, buying you never leave a book in Our text books are heavy, all the E-Readers at once another class, at home, or in a expensive, and a waste of would be expensive. The sav- friends car. paper, our school system ings will come when the buy- Another benefit to switch- should switch to E-Readers ing of new books comes ing to an E-Reader is that History of the “Enterprise” to help its students academics around. Having all of the when it comes to A.R. there Captain Henry Miller Shreve, steamboat pilot of the and save their backs. books in an electronic device are lots of literary opportuni- 1800’s and namesake of our high school, is famous for his One of the hardest adjust- means they do not get tat- ties that open up. Google efforts in opening the inland waterways of America. Not ments coming back to school tered. Books is a free online data- so famous, however, is Shreve’s first steamboat, the is getting used to carrying The only time new books base filled with books for “Enterprise,” and its role in American history. around textbooks, whose would ever have to be pur- free. combined weight among the chased is when a new type of After purchasing an A.R. Wary of the Fulton-Livingston monopoly over trade on core classes ñmath, science, textbook is purchased. test students can access and the Mississippi River, Shreve realized the necessity of history, and English- is Another advantage is that find out what stories are A.R. building a superior steam vessel. As a result, Shreve approximately thirty pounds, with most of the E-Readers online, find one that looks formed a partnership with entrepreneur Daniel French to that is not even including the you can highlight text, make interesting, search it in a design such a boat. The result of their work was the weight of elective classes and notes, and save all of it for book database, and never steamboat “Enterprise.” On Dec. 1, 1814, she left on her library books. studying later; this way stu- have to set foot in the library maiden voyage with 29-year-old Shreve as her captain. Each book price ranges dents will save money on until they have to take the This first voyage was no leisurely trip. A precious from approximately sixty to paper. A.R. test. cargo of munitions and supplies was desperatley needed ninety dollars so with core Teachers can email their Students having E-Readers by General Andrew Jackson’s troops in New Orleans. The classes alone the books students an assignment in a opens up literary opportuni- long trip down the Mississippi River was a success, and, would, together cost roughly file, the student can down- ties that otherwise are limited within two weeks, the cargo was safely delivered to three hundred dollars. load the file onto the E- by time, weight, and selec- Jackson’s camp. Shreve’s fearless attitude and the depend- The Kindle by Reader, then work on the tion. No longer will students ability of the “Enterprise” were crucial factors in the vic- Amazon.com costs a hundred assignment and turn it in. be limited by when they can tory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans in the thirty nine dollars, slightly The school will, in the go to the library, how many War of 1812. over a third of the cost of the end, be more environmentally books a student can check Now, as the student newspaper of Captain Shreve High book. safe and classrooms will save out, or how long they can Though the book files room without large textbooks have a book out for.

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