Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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I-1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I Kite sections make school life complete Winds too high or coo low can cause a kite to be wobbly or erratic in the air and may even cause it to crash. Therefore an ideal point of balance needs to be achieved to make a kite fly smoothly. If highs or lows complicate a student s flight, he or she is likely to crash too. This is where the kite line comes into play. Although the winds supply life for the kite, the kite line keeps it in one place and allows the wind to pass it. Students at Minnehaha make up that line. They help each other pass through stormy school-life days. Minnehaha students together have proven they can keep that kite up. Kites come in different shapes, colors and sizes which make them unique. Minnehaha differs in that it is Christian, and while the school year's appearance may be the same as other years, if looked at closely, it had a unique color, size and shape. The first kindergarten class met at South Campus, enabling students to enjoy 13 years at Minnehaha. The sophomore class bulged to 200 students, while the senior class shrunk to 158. More than the usual number of new teachers were added to the flight plan — 12. Students met new faces in drama, speech, choir and Spanish. The language lab gave way to a new German room, the kitchen received a new floor and ceiling, and the band room was carpeted. Margaret Zimmerman (12), Toma McKay 112). Annnarte Adeline (12) am! Sharon Fisher (12) try to gel closer to the main event at a pep ft it. Cb t o .W MI Karra Sage (II) helps Kristin Olson III) after Kristin injured her knee in a soecer game (• Keep It Up

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Every kite has its peak of efficiency, and since winds will vary, no kite-flies at this peak constantly. Students tried daily to maintain the flying balance. Low winds came with failing a test, being scared about failing a test, forgetting to do homework, having too much homework, having family problems, getting into a fight with friends, not having a date for JS and. worst of all. having two or three of these at once. One of Sara Redeske's (10) lows was feeling anxiety about Mr. Erickson's Area Studies test on Russia. 1 felt nervous because 1 thought I'd do badly. Mr. Erickson told us it was supposed to be hard.' Kim Lokhorst (12) felt low about a German IV cultural test. She wanted to cram everything in. but couldn’t. so she received a poor grade. 1 ler comfort was that others did poorly too. Our lows C3n be com forting to others, and together can even things out. Another way students overcame lows was through God. When I'm excited about God. I want to go out and share it with everyone, Kim said. When she felt low, God put (her) in a good mood.” High winds also came. Juanita Bochland (12) noticed her highs in winning a conference basketball game in her junior year. We were built up so much. We all supported each other. It took, everyone to win, so when we did, we felt fantastic. We gave everyone hugs: parents, managers, boyfriends, everyone we wished were boyfriends. Marc Rindels (9) also felt an athletic high in winning an SPA soccer game. After we won, 1 congratulated everyone on the team and told them they had played a good game. Carol Patterson (12) found her highs in Mrs. Mattson's accounting class, we had an accounting exam for chapter three. I felt I had prepared, but it wasn't going to be enough. When she received a high grade, she felt her efforts had paid off. There arc lows and highs in Minnehaha's winds, but everyone learned to overcome the lows and share the highs, and thus keep the kite flying. Flyers encounter high and low winds Jenny Tatienall III crer xart a (ontenation in Amtrunn Union Chii i W », Keep It Up 5

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