Kiski News, September 29, 1995

Welcome Volume XXXIX Kiski From left to right: Mr. Smith, Mr. Karstadt, and Mr. Gough SKIMINE SPRINGS CHOOL D·1888.1 News Saltsburg, PA, Friday, September 29, 1995 New Faces on Campus by DAVE KOVALCHIK Staff Reporter As we all know, the beginning of a new school year brings about some frustrations. This year, to help us with some of those frustrations, Kiski adds to its staff three new teachers. Mr. Ken Smith, who completed his undergraduate classes at Harvard University and received his Masters degree at Columbia University, has been inspired by others throughout his life to pursue a teaching career. Prior to Mr. Smith joining the Kiski staff, he taught for a few years in Long Island, NY. In addition to teaching Spanish I and II, Mr. Smith is the assistant coach of the freshman soccer team. He is also the assistant dorm master of MacColl Hall. Mr. Robert Karstadt, joined by his wife here at Kiski, is teaching Introduction to Art, Art History, and the Studio Art Class. Mr. Karstadt did his undergraduate studies at the College School of Visual Arts, in New York City, where he earned a BFA. He then went on to earn a MFA at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Mr. Karstadt is a Director of the Physical Education course and is assisting Mr. Turley and Mr. Perry in Sheesley Hall with dorm master duties. Mr. Sam Gough first earned his engineering degree at Clemson University before he realized that he wanted to be a teacher. He went on to earn his Masters degree in mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He taught for ten years in Charlotte, NC before coming to Kiski. At Kiski, Mr. Gough teaches Math IV, Pre- Calculus, and Calculus. Mr. Gough is also assisting Mr. Crawford with the golf team. He is also assisting Mr. Raiford with dorm master duties at Wilson Hall. The Kiski News would like to give these three new faculty members a warm welcome. ARKSO Students, parents and faculty enjoy the fall picnic. On Saturday, September 16, following the athletic events, faculty, students and their families were invited to a picnic by the outdoor pool. This was a wonderful oppor- tunity for parents to feel a part of the Kiski community as another year begins. Photo by Bolen Photo by Bolen Fathers The Internet at Kiski by BRITT BOLEN Photo Editor Number 1 Unless you've been living under a rock for the last year, you've heard at least some reference to "The Information Super-Highway", or, more accurately, the Internet. Thanks to the help of alumnus Tom Jones '79 Kiski has been connected to the Internet. Mr. Jones donated a connection to his company, Industry Net, which allows the computers in the library to communicate with the world-wide Internet. The Internet began as a government-sponsored project to help researchers at separate universities communicate and share results. Since its inception in the '60s the Internet has grown to connect over 10 million computers worldwide serving over 40 million people. The school is connected to the Internet through a leased 56K line. This gives nearly twice the maximum speed available through conventional phone lines with a modem. The writing lab also received an upgrade in hardware this summer. The school purchased 10 Macintosh LC 550s, 2 Mac IISIS, and 2 Mac Classics. These, plus several machines already installed in the library, give students 19 computers from which they may access the Internet. Currently the student body has access to the World Wide Web, FTP, Telenet, and Gopher sites through Netscape Communications Netscape Navigator. All students and faculty will have personal Email accounts at no charge, hopefully by the first of October. Future plans include a web and FTP site to distribute information on the school, including a Hyper-Card Tour of the Campus and Library. FACULTY SUMMER ACTIVITIES by BRENT BLACKBURN Staff Reporter Yes, as hard as it is to believe, school has begun once again and brought an end to yet another precious summer. For us that brings to a close all of those sleepless nights and wakeless days in which doing nothing of any major significance was, in effect, doing something. But what has the Kiski faculty been doing for the past three months? It may come as a surprise to some of you, but they haven't spent their summer obsessed with the changing of lesson plans so strategically that it renders our long-sought-after notes and tests from previous years useless. The faculty has certainly taken advantage of time off by doing many interesting things. A few of the faculty enjoyed what was, for them, a traditional family vacation at their respective summer getaways. The Pohls spent the majority of their vacation on beautiful Lake Movil at their cabin in Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Pohl could be found canoeing, fishing, and enjoying weather that was considerably more moderate than that in western Pennsylvania. The Kozub family had an overall quiet and relaxing vacation at home and at their New England retreat. The Crawford's personal slice of paradise can be found just off the coast of Maine, where their time was consumed by many relaxing activities such as sea kayaking. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford had quite an interesting experience while eating at a restaurant on their vacation, for while they were enjoying their dinner they spotted former President George Bush and his wife having theirs. For about a week during their stay in Maine the Crawfords were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Perry. It seems as though Mr. Perry ran into some trouble with a lifeguard and was removed from the beach. Aside from keeping Mr. Perry in check for the remainder of the trip, the group reportedly had a favorable time. The Crawfords also ventured to the famous Prince Edward Island in Canada. As many of us know this is the setting for the critically acclaimed Anne of Green Gables series. Activities on P.E. Island included visiting Green Gables and being up close and personal with a 60 foot finback whale while whale-watching. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford commented on the absolutely gorgeous countryside and atmosphere of the island. Not all of the faculty's vacations were fun and games, however. Many spent their time being both students and teachers, learning more about their personal areas of expertise. Dr. Lane received two grants this summer and used them wisely to strengthen his teaching repertoire. He spent four weeks in July on a grant from the National Science Foundation at Ithaca College studying psychology, and he attended a seminar in Germany on the social and economic changes since German unification on a grant provided by the Goethe Institute. If you have ever taken any type of math or science course at Kiski within the last few years you are aware of what an integral part of our curriculum the TI-82 calculator is. You are also probably aware of the important work being done by the math and science department in the development of this tool. These individuals include Mr. Bower, Mr. and Mrs. Brueningsen, and Mr. Gough, and they should be recognized and commended for their efforts thus far. They were able to work both as a team and separately at various workshops and seminars nationally and internationally in order to make presentations to other math and science teachers about the TI-82. Mr. Gough worked for both Texas Instruments and Hewlett Packard in such cities as San Jose, Chicago, and Corvales, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. B made presentations such as TI Technology, and were able to go to Europe for attending a technology conference in Scotland. Mr. B taught a statistics workshop at Mansfield and a workshop for physics teachers at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, and with Mr. Gough, did a workshop at James Madison. In order to become more familiar with the yet to be released TI-92 calculator Mrs. Battended a workshop involving this prototype at Ohio State. She feels as though it will enable her to teach future Geometry students even more. Congratulations to all for your dedication and efforts. Let's not forget about those who gave six weeks of their summer to teach summer school. Directed by Mrs. McAtee summer school ran smoothly, and some classes were taught by Mr. Waite, Mr. Jessup, Dr. Krawiec, and Mr. Raiford. Mr. Lombardo and Mrs. Crawford co-directed the summer camp with able assistance from faculty members, Mrs. Perry and Messrs. Shephard, Muffley, Karstadt and Stokes. Mr. Raiford was also able to squeeze in a week of fun in the sun on the beach in Florida, and he spent some time in the Big Apple for the Broadway production of Sunset Boulevard. Mr. Raiford gave the musical a rating of "absolutely fabulous". It is nice to see that the Kiski faculty had an overall relaxing and enjoyable summer doing whatever it was that interested them, and now that the summer is over there will be plenty of time for homework, tests, and lab periods. After all, teachers are people too.