Talk:Overlake School

Hello Overlakers! Please use this page to discuss the article rather than putting comments in the article itself. Yellow Ant 18:11, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

My apologies about the revert. I was looking at an older revision. Amcfreely 02:48, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Some major changes
"In a recent development, the wikipedia article for "The Overlake School" has been the site of a small editing battle, during which several students inserted funny but false statements about the school and the faculty; the edits have since been removed and Bill Schuver has been made aware of the problem, although it is currently unclear if the vandalism has stopped permanently."

I don't think this is an appropriate matter to put on the wikipedia page itself.

I also have added a section related to the conflicts between the administration and the students. I tried to move this information out of the main part of the article, as well.

I graduated from Overlake in 2005, so any more information (especially current) would be great.

Opblaaskrokodil 04:08, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Food Director
Is Michael Vaskovitz as food director the high school senior Michael Vaskovitz? If so, I think it might be worthwhile to note that it's a student held job. I left it alone for now in case it's his dad or something... Opblaaskrokodil 04:25, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

"Notable Alumni"
The people whom I just removed were not notable at all. Keita is not a professional male model, these are just jokes put by people who know them (like Andy Lum being called a professional baby maker a while ago). I welcome someone with evidence to prove me wrong, however. Opblaaskrokodil 20:28, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

"Administration"
It might be useful to have the names of the current administration on the page. 69.91.149.105 22:24, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Generally these types of lists are discouraged, but it's really up to the article's editors. Calebrw (talk) 22:41, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Sup
Opblaaskrokodil i wanna help you look after this page, me being a current student, i can probabaly do a much better job than you ever can anymore, unless if you become a new teacher here. and i know how conservative you are and wanna keep things clean, but a little bit of the truth wont hurt.

p.s. the reason i came on here, is because i see you cant handle it on your own, so if you could please post the original because this artical got "edited" wrongly, i tried to change it but i dont have the full length default article.

Ethics
as a newcoming student i am wondering why some of the students feel that the school has lost sight of the original purpose of the school and what has happened to cause that could someone please shed some light on this matter

Follow up to question in Ethics section

As all things do, the Overlake school is ever-changing. As individuals we grow from a certain environment, and accept that as a standard. Change is needed to continue to function in society, even though they redefine that basic environment we where used to. This is the sensation of Old Age. When people say “back in my day...” and “kids today don’t …” it is for this same reason. The Overlake I remember is much different then it is today. (I was on campus having this discussion with a teacher last week in fact). There is a pattern of people being liberal in their youth and conservative later in life. Overlake is a bit of a microcosm of that. I still believe that all major changes are well thought out and enacted for the greater good of the community, even if in the immediate eyes of the student it does not seem so.

Hard facts are simple though.

The student conduct code has been rewritten expanding the school’s disciplinary power on off campus incidents. (Restricting personal freedoms for your own protection, sound familiar?)

The popularity of absolute cultural respect forced a teacher off campus how had been with Overlake for almost three decades. The school may be free of a few slightly un-tasteful jokes, but lost with him are stories of the Vietnam War and the schools farm history. (It is a serious question, which is worse for a student’s education)

But that is change. In my Overlake years, I saw a new art barn, a new performing arts center, a new gym and a new field, none of which I felt I really needed. The one thing that I truly felt I needed was gone by the time I needed it, few people at the school will even remember the words: Senior Lounge. -whitneyfreedman.com

Overlake culture
Wow, this article reads like a list of statistics. People reading this would have no idea what makes Overlake different from, say, 50% of well-funded private schools. The intro in |this diff is terrific compared to the one the article has now. Surely with all the news articles about Overlake there must be some WP:RS sources covering the vibrant culture and academic style? Mazemaster225 (talk) 11:22, 2 March 2008 (UTC)