Belleville Township West High School - Bellevinois Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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The Steering Committee met weekly since last Mav to plan for the NCA visitation. Members of the committee were Mr. Robert Petri. Mr. Bruce Addison. Mr. George Shea. Mr Doug Dahm, Mr Jerry Turner. Mr Harold Umper. chairman. Mrs. Merle Guthrie, and Mr Farren Stover. Absent from the picture were Miss Jane Hansleben and Mrs. Juanita Wallen. West gets accreditation Every seven years schtxrls do a self-study to be ac¬ credited by the North Central Association. Faculty commit¬ tees studied our campus, its curriculum, and its activities. Their results were published in February and a committee of educations from Illinois spent four days on campus, studying the reports and visit ing with faculty and students. The final report indicated that our faculty and student body were outstanding as were our curricular and activity pro¬ grams. West will be ac¬ credited by the NCA for the next seven years. The NCA visitors from high schools and colleges throughout Illinois and Missouri met with the faculty in the Auditorium to view the current slide production on campus life, called The Belleville West Story. Memljers of the English Department talked over the self-study they worked on since September with the NCA team assigned to English and speech activities. Mrs. Me rle Guthrie?, Mrs Juanita Wallc?n. Mr. Harold Umper. and Mr. Doug Dahm join in a discussion of the NCA repe rt. Faculty and visiting NCA committee members got acquainted lx fe re the i ancjue t at Fischer ' s Restaurant. he ste d by Distirct 201 fe r faculty committees, administration, and the NCA visite rs. NCA self-study and visitatie n 23

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Activities kept us busy Donkeys waited to be entertained by the seniors on March 21. Seniors expressed their school spirit at the outdoor assembly in September Jay Farrar and Laura Anderson battled for the ball during the annual donkey basketball game. During our free time we turned to the current fad. playing Trivial Pursuit. 22 Activities

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Mr. Miller ends long school career Mr. Miller and Mrs. June Cox. president of the Board of Education, were at the head table as District 201 hosted the dinner meeting of the North Central As sociation visitation on Monday evening. February 25. The NCA visiting team met with members of the Board of Educa¬ tion. the administration, and faculty committees of West and East at Fischer’s for an evening of fexxi and fellowship. Mr. Miller and his wife were hosts during this year to Andreas Corsten. an ex¬ change student from Switzerland. On I loboDay. Mr. Miller invited Andreas and two of our other exchange students to lunch in the cafeteria. Andreas was sit ting next to Mr. Miller and across the table were Antonio Fernandez de Vel¬ asco fre m Spain and Jc rge Mr rales from I londuras. Mr Miller enjoyed contact with students and faculty on campus. Mrs. I felenClos- son. serving her hall duty assignment, and the superintendent enjoyed meet¬ ing Tim Miller and his unique corridor pass during one 6th hour. 24 Partsof the Year