Kickapoo High School - Legend Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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W. at 5 ws? .Q if K if A 'Rs 5 .K I Fi li Ei- 3 ack fa fke VSA' Jumping into the cool classy look of Prep, pogoing into punk, and keeping in step with wild western fashions, Kickapoo set the styles that let people know who they were, All-American. Classic looks complete with wool tweed pants, crew neck sweaters, oxford shirts, and plaid kiltie skirts were a common sight. Low shoes such as flats, oxfords and pumps were favorites for girls. Short cropped hair was a sure sign of the punker. Wearing tight straight leg jeans, and roomy sweat shirts decorated with brightly colored ceramic pins, some kids were ready to pogo at a moment's notice. Dressing for comfort was a rule of thumb. What better way to do it than decked out in cowboy attire? Guys and gals went cowboy mania from cowboy hats right down to every kind of western boot dreamed of. There was no more copying the styles from London and Paris for Kickapoo. Students were creating their own fashions and making them known. According to Vogue magazine 1980: VERY AMERICAN, THIS SEASUN IS MORE THAN A STYLE, IT'S A STATEMENT. Crossing the bridge to fall fashions, these students showed the latest look was a classic in itself. Fads an F

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PERFEET Ili As a decade ends, we begin was the theme chosen by the 1980-81 Cabinet to celebrate Kickapoo's tenth year in existence. Because of a workers' strike, construction was slowed so students were forced to attend double sessions at Glendale until October 25, 1971. That day, Kickapoo High School opened its doors to 983 eager students ready to begin classes at Mtheirn school, even though the academic wing was the on- ly part completely finished. The original Kickapoo School was located on Highway M between Glenstone and Fremont. A one-room elementary school, heated by a wood stove, had only one teacher for all eight grades. Later, as Springfield grew, so did Kickapoo. It was divided into North and South Kickapoo. South Kickapoo was the new building located on Plainview. In 1962, Superinten- dent Willard Graff told the Board that there would be a need for a fifth high school by 1967 or 1968. In May of 1970, con- struction began, and Kickapoo High School was born. To honor Kickapoo's first decade, the Cabinet scheduled a birthday party on October 24, 1980. Hlt was designed to motivate the students, unify the stu- dent body, and get the point across that it was our tenth anniversary and a special year, commented Michele Johnson. By the fall of 1981, Kickapoo will have taken on a new appearance. The building will have added 23 rooms. This will help to accommodate the 1418 students and put the dif- ferent departments in their own wings. Because of the strike, the gym looked much like this from June until October when the students started school. - -er W I C, , ,Lfi,41,,' ' ,, . we. in... M,.....Ja . -as --W A 4 -3 if -.,, f . ,.,. . 7 Y , ,-.... Ji? y ,,y,Ay 'yy A, Q., T , 7 J .l.:i '7..1 7' C 'li Traci Davison cuts and serves cake to W? over 300 people while also trying to talk to Bruce Fulbright. Because of the heavy fog on Kickapoo's first day in 1 97 1, the school could hardly be seen from Campbell. Anniversary f 31