Fairmont West High School - Dragon Yearbook (Kettering, OH)

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Class projeci gels revision in second gear Through lecTures and discussions, sTudenTs oT EairmonT WesT learned more TacTs on recenT social issues oT The world and Their communiTy due To hard worlc on The parT OT RoberT Janes and his l969-l97O conTemporary issues class. As a proiecT The class seT aside one weelc ouT oT each school year as Social Awareness weelc. LasT year's awareness session scored such a success. Thus necessiTaTing one again This year Tor The weelc beTore ChrisTmas vacaTion. Ellen Arvold and her classmaTes Dana Glass, Dave OT- Tensend and Diclc Geyer organized new varieTies of programs. Mrs. Charf ion STewarT helped wiTh The proiecT and lvlr. Janes acTed as Taculfy super- visor over The enTire proiecT. Scheduled programs relaTed To The various subiecTs oTTered during each oT The days, sTarTing wiTh Ecology day, Tollowed by PoyerTy and Welfare day, Changing SocieTy day, Communica- Tion day and PoTpourri day. These pro- grams varied noT only in subiecT maT- Ter, buT also in presenTaTion. Each day TeaTured speakers, Tilrns, workshops, discussion panels and an occasional slciT. Some highlighTs in- cluded a women's lib worlcshop, an original sl4iT wriTTen by Clem l'lamilTon and perTormecl by WesT sTudenTs on Ecology day plus a Tormer VISTA vol- unTeer, Mrs. Sally Elclcens. 26 STudenT Life

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Seniors donale dance proceeds io help needg This holiday season had a brillianl slarl as lhe Senior class sponsored ils annual Chrislmas dance. Visions ol Sugarplumsf' chosen as 'rhe Theme, supporled by candy canes, ever- greens. and a gingerbread house de- signed by social chairman Lynn Har- rull, caughl sludenls' fancy. While dancing lo lhe vibranl rhylhm ol lhe Fabulous Criginalsfl couples Toolc advanlage ol lhe opporlunily lo relax and discuss lheir plans for The up- coming vacafion. Also, relreshmenls ol punch and cookies were served by chaperones al inlermission. Keeping wilh lhe Chrislmas spiril' ol giving, seniors donaled The proceeds of lhe dance To help lhe WING March on Poverly reach needy families here in Daylon and surrounding areas. w

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I 3 4 Clem Hamillon, along wifln classmafes Jenny Truax, Siu Hollander. and Dave Offensend, parlicipafes in a presenla- lion of his original slcil concerning llie ef- fecfs of pollufion. Mr. Curlis, from lvlonfgomery Children Services, lisfens lo guesfions asked by concerned Wes? sludenfs. Kellering Police officer, Palrolman Eggensclnwiller, discusses various aspecls of crime willi Blaine Frvrnan. Speakers discuss communal living willi a large group ol Wesl sfudenls. UNE? M fe A align I Sfuderit Life 27