tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post2133931562681116475..comments2024-03-28T16:02:39.851-07:00Comments on Flint Expatriates: Please send Powers some money!Flint Expatriateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352270564340149006noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-62409812516937186162009-02-25T20:13:00.000-08:002009-02-25T20:13:00.000-08:00Maybe they shouldn't charge so much to attend Powe...Maybe they shouldn't charge so much to attend Powers and their attendance would be higher! (I say this as a former student.)<BR/><BR/>TUITION FEES SCHEDULE 2008-2009<BR/><BR/>The tuition listed below includes class fees and student admission to regular-season, home athletic contests and to drama productions. This amount does not include the non-refundable $50.00 registration fee or student textbooks. Annual tuition is payable in twelve equal monthly installments.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Payment Schedule<BR/>Families Registered With a Catholic Parish: <BR/>June 1 - May 1 $ 575.00/mo. ($6,900)<BR/> <BR/>Families Not Registered With a Catholic Parish:<BR/> <BR/> <BR/>June 1 - May 1 <BR/>$ 635.00/mo. <BR/>($7,620)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-1956464735179684882009-02-23T17:27:00.000-08:002009-02-23T17:27:00.000-08:00J. Forlenza personally asked [insisted] that I not...J. Forlenza personally asked [insisted] that I not attend graduation and handed my my diploma in his office. Difficult to explain this to my mother.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't give that school a nickle if I was minting them in my basement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-66496926549305678492009-02-20T08:37:00.000-08:002009-02-20T08:37:00.000-08:00Ok...well...I had to contribute to the "Teacher Re...Ok...well...I had to contribute to the "Teacher Recognition" here. What about the famous Ecology teacher who would walk our class to the outdoor lab behind the school. I'm pretty sure he was smoking a lot of what he found out there in the woods. He looked a little like "Where's Waldo." I loved him though. He saved me from having to take Biology again.Martha Mendenhallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851413294426316844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-63037211105461885162009-02-19T17:37:00.000-08:002009-02-19T17:37:00.000-08:00Yes, Powers is across the street from the Flint ci...Yes, Powers is across the street from the Flint city limit, but it's obviously still a part of Flint. Would you consider Northwestern high more Flint or more Mt. Morris? Simply stroll over to the convenience store across the street from Powers and Northwestern and tell me if you're in Flint or Mt. Morris.<BR/><BR/>And I've got no idea what the breakdown is on who goes there. When I was there I'd say it was about half city of Flint, half hinterlands.Gordon Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911010126952753812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-53774979452928513292009-02-19T15:58:00.000-08:002009-02-19T15:58:00.000-08:00Isn't Powers located in Mt. Morris Township, a few...Isn't Powers located in Mt. Morris Township, a few miles north of Flint? Aren't the majority of Powers' students from Fenton, Flushing, and Grand Blanc?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-53408303756803822692009-02-19T08:56:00.000-08:002009-02-19T08:56:00.000-08:00Umm, I hate to intrude on the memories of Dan Dunc...Umm, I hate to intrude on the memories of Dan Duncan, but the point is to get people to donate money to Powers. So please, donate some money. Do it for Dan!Gordon Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911010126952753812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-19186147042022084782009-02-19T08:55:00.000-08:002009-02-19T08:55:00.000-08:00yes, tall, blondish hair. Used to have a beard. lo...yes, tall, blondish hair. Used to have a beard. looks somewhat like a seventies era rock star.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-44306939456808978762009-02-19T07:57:00.000-08:002009-02-19T07:57:00.000-08:00I'm not a Powers Grad, but when I read about Dan D...I'm not a Powers Grad, but when I read about Dan Duncan, could he possibly be the same guy who is now teaching Microbiology at Baker College? Tall guy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-89685476615053386422009-02-18T21:23:00.000-08:002009-02-18T21:23:00.000-08:00geewhy - she was not only prone to wearing polyest...geewhy - she was not only prone to wearing polyester pantsuits, i swear she invented them...redgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03728422502766545654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-1554691232080996352009-02-18T17:57:00.000-08:002009-02-18T17:57:00.000-08:00Since we named Dan Duncan - one of my favorite mem...Since we named Dan Duncan - one of my favorite memories of him was a name game. A bunch of us were sitting in English class saying people's names backwards. All of a sudden I was struck with the genius inversion of "Nad Nacnud" or Dan Duncan backwards. In a scene straight out of a movie he walked into the room right at the moment it crossed my lips. <BR/><BR/>This moniker made his "this classroom is my kingdom, in it I am the king and you are my subjects" much easier to take from then on.rwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02355358549839530630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-89355898484089506852009-02-18T11:22:00.000-08:002009-02-18T11:22:00.000-08:00As I recall, there's a building in Ann Arbor that ...As I recall, there's a building in Ann Arbor that was built with very little windows in order to withstand riots and acts of vandalism... perhaps that's what 60's architecture was all about... ;)grumkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834121792263687217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-8628702918110154842009-02-18T10:31:00.000-08:002009-02-18T10:31:00.000-08:00Powers is exceptional in its ugliness. It really ...Powers is exceptional in its ugliness. It really gives Cold-War era Soviet architecture some competition on depressingly bleak design.<BR/><BR/>Lucky for us Dan Duncan was sporting his pastel ties to lift the gloom!DrDoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028210833009503670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-34488931976144024782009-02-18T09:52:00.000-08:002009-02-18T09:52:00.000-08:00I'm with you, RWard. What was going on with the hi...I'm with you, RWard. What was going on with the high school architecture in the late sixties and seventies? I've often remarked that they look very similar to prison/jail architecture of the same period — tiny or now windows with a bunker-like feel. Northwestern is just a variation on the horrible Powers design.<BR/><BR/>Pink ties and cowboy boots? We must be talking about Dan Duncan.<BR/><BR/>And Mr. Rich was good at teaching you abstract theories and practical solutions to everyday problems. Drink too much? Here's how you use a pencil to throw up.<BR/><BR/>And I'm using names here because these seem like positive comments.Gordon Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911010126952753812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-32501467286956962192009-02-18T08:46:00.000-08:002009-02-18T08:46:00.000-08:00Okay, this same English teacher once shut the clas...Okay, this same English teacher once shut the classroom door ON a girl when she tried to slip in as the class bell rang. <BR/><BR/>My complaint against Powers is not the many teacher memories - the freshman science teacher in pink knit ties and cowboy boots, the assistant principal who always smelled like M & Ms, the anatomy/history teacher who taught our class how to vomit by sticking pencils down our throats - no, my complaint is those many classrooms with no windows. It was the constant gloom school. <BR/><BR/>I remember some teacher saying that it was a no or miniwindow design to protect students from tornados. But I say bring on the tornados and give me some sunshine!rwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02355358549839530630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-66211279106150555332009-02-18T07:35:00.000-08:002009-02-18T07:35:00.000-08:00Redgirl, it has to be the same teacher. Without me...Redgirl, it has to be the same teacher. Without mentioning any names, was she prone to wearing polyester pantsuits? She dealt a crushing blow to my gpa freshman year and it never recovered.Gordon Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911010126952753812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-57099974313733824642009-02-18T04:44:00.000-08:002009-02-18T04:44:00.000-08:00Quite apart from the donation thing and all, and s...Quite apart from the donation thing and all, and surely not that I harbor any grudges either, no no, but might that have been the same English teacher who forced me up to the front of the class to copy each letter of the alphabet on the board based on her splendid example all because my handwriting wasn't neat enough? Hey -my handwriting is still awful - so take that!redgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03728422502766545654noreply@blogger.com