Jill Jackson
Jill Jackson
Class of 1982
My name is Jill Jackson. I am a teacher here at Cascade High School, and I graduated from Cascade in 1982. Cascade as I knew it is much like it is now, but I think the biggest difference is that we had seven periods instead of six. We did not have PAWS, but we did have two lunches. Some of the buildings we had back then are still the same, and some are different. The building I had my typing class in used to stretch across the grassy knoll, but that building is gone now.
Students back then were like the students we have now; they were normal teenage kids. The only difference I can see is that the students today are a lot more outspoken. I think the students now are more disrespectful than the students back then. The students in my time were disrespectful too, but the consequences for those behaviors were worse. There was not a lot of tolerance for it. Now, we tolerate some of that swearing and disrespect before consequences happen.
The classes have changed a lot since I attended Cascade. There were a lot more electives, specifically more art classes like ceramics and pottery. We had a metal shop as well. The greenhouses you see in the back today were used for horticulture classes, and at the time they were filled with plants. One of my favorite classes was the forestry class. We went out to 30 acres of land owned by the school and learned how to survey and use chainsaws. The classes were much more hands-on that way. In fact, the carpentry class built houses within the district.
The teachers back in my day were more reserved; their teaching could be described as “out of the book”. There were more lectures and less group projects. They also dressed more professionally: women wore dresses or nice slacks, and men wore slacks, a dress shirt, or even a suit.
I was not involved in sports while in high school, but I was involved in forestry and home gardening. There were two greenhouses attached to building five that we worked out of. We grew fuchsia plants for Mother's Day, as well as daffodils and tulips for Easter.
The country was at a peaceful point in time while I was in high school. There weren't any major wars going on while I was a student – not like the wars in the Middle East today. Two major events I can remember are the Space Shuttle and hostages being held in Iraq, though I don't remember the years those occurred.
Pop culture back in the day was typical '80s with legwarmers, big hair, and the start of heavy metal. Popular movies included Amityville Horror, Tower Inferno, Earthquake, Star Wars and Friday the 13th. Movies were a much more thrilling experience at the time because the special effects really impressed us, more so than they do today.
My fondest memory at Cascade was meeting my husband. We shared a class in the same classroom that I teach in today. Though I had some good times while I was a student at Cascade, I often struggled to fit in. This is a common plight for students. I loved the sports games and the dances, but what I found to be my “safety net” was the clubs I was in. They kept me in school and helped me on the road to graduation.
Class of 1982
My name is Jill Jackson. I am a teacher here at Cascade High School, and I graduated from Cascade in 1982. Cascade as I knew it is much like it is now, but I think the biggest difference is that we had seven periods instead of six. We did not have PAWS, but we did have two lunches. Some of the buildings we had back then are still the same, and some are different. The building I had my typing class in used to stretch across the grassy knoll, but that building is gone now.
Students back then were like the students we have now; they were normal teenage kids. The only difference I can see is that the students today are a lot more outspoken. I think the students now are more disrespectful than the students back then. The students in my time were disrespectful too, but the consequences for those behaviors were worse. There was not a lot of tolerance for it. Now, we tolerate some of that swearing and disrespect before consequences happen.
The classes have changed a lot since I attended Cascade. There were a lot more electives, specifically more art classes like ceramics and pottery. We had a metal shop as well. The greenhouses you see in the back today were used for horticulture classes, and at the time they were filled with plants. One of my favorite classes was the forestry class. We went out to 30 acres of land owned by the school and learned how to survey and use chainsaws. The classes were much more hands-on that way. In fact, the carpentry class built houses within the district.
The teachers back in my day were more reserved; their teaching could be described as “out of the book”. There were more lectures and less group projects. They also dressed more professionally: women wore dresses or nice slacks, and men wore slacks, a dress shirt, or even a suit.
I was not involved in sports while in high school, but I was involved in forestry and home gardening. There were two greenhouses attached to building five that we worked out of. We grew fuchsia plants for Mother's Day, as well as daffodils and tulips for Easter.
The country was at a peaceful point in time while I was in high school. There weren't any major wars going on while I was a student – not like the wars in the Middle East today. Two major events I can remember are the Space Shuttle and hostages being held in Iraq, though I don't remember the years those occurred.
Pop culture back in the day was typical '80s with legwarmers, big hair, and the start of heavy metal. Popular movies included Amityville Horror, Tower Inferno, Earthquake, Star Wars and Friday the 13th. Movies were a much more thrilling experience at the time because the special effects really impressed us, more so than they do today.
My fondest memory at Cascade was meeting my husband. We shared a class in the same classroom that I teach in today. Though I had some good times while I was a student at Cascade, I often struggled to fit in. This is a common plight for students. I loved the sports games and the dances, but what I found to be my “safety net” was the clubs I was in. They kept me in school and helped me on the road to graduation.