Pleasant Lea Middle School - Flashback Yearbook (Lees Summit, MO)

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Music I tit Il The musrc program at PLJH was dlrected by Mr Paul Shrout and Mass Glorra Helmer Seventh grad ers entered the Musrc I program whale erghth graders were placed by recornmendatlons at the end of thelr seventh grade year Both classes met every other day All of the stu dents were taught dlfferent funda mentals and srnglng technlques Both groups performed at the fall and wlnter concerts and at the Christmas concert Publlc pertor mances gave the students the conf: dence necessary to belleve In them selves so that they would take the oppcrtunaty to further their pursult of slnglng Rlghf Mass I-ielmer drrects Musto Il students at the fall concert Mr Shrout accompanres them at the prano Ar l8tlI Art I and ll utllezed the crltlcal thlnkrng skrlls and allowed the stu dents to express themselves vlsual ly The baslc fundamentals of art were lntroduced In Art I a course that seventh graders or an erghth grader who has never had art may take Recommendations were nec essary to enter Into Art ll These were based upon cttlzenshlp abrllty and consrstency All of the students had the opportunlty to do set de srgns for the school play dance decoratlons and art work for the yearbook The art classes were taught by Mrs Anna Jones and Mrss Lrsa Mendlrck Rlght Students lane up to observe a demonstration on how to burn the edges of paper. l8!Academlcs X PW

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K . A x ex fs hx of Xxx xex X X N X W X RN sa, he Mass-, x X AWXW ,-Y see hx Typlng wlthout glanctng at the keys IS trylng for Steve ... ...,...... s.-.awww f Typlng ln the typtng classes at Pleasant Lea Juntor l-hgh students were try ang hard to accomplrsh goals whtch they set for themselves earlter rn the year Mrs Bowles our typtng teach er at PLJH hoped that her students had learned as much as posstble ln the buszness world and had learned to type accurately and qurckly Mrs Bowles sand that approxrmately 8096 of all robs offered today tn volve typlng skulls Mark Bruno a student rn the ad vanced typrng class sard l hope an the future to be rn the bustness world and rt as necessary to know how to type well Mark also sand that he enjoyed hrs typrng class be cause Mrs Bowles was a great teacher There were two typtng courses of tered at PLJH tor the etghth grade level The full year class produced the school newspaper and learned about typtng and computers The semester class learned the basrc skulls for typrng By Emrly Akers and Carla Otto Home Ec Home Economtcs was a class that many students enjoyed Mrs Brlggs taught Home Ec t and Ms Bard taught Home Ec ll The classes were comprehenslve and taught a wrde vartety of subjects tn home maktng Some of the dttterent unrts tncluded foods clothlng chrld care groomrng, and personal care l took thus class to learn mo e about myself and also to learn how to cook commented Amanda Whrte Amanda entoyed thus class because she was able to make more trrends wrthnn her class Mrs Brugge hoped that her stu dents had become more mature, more independent, and developed good homemaking skills. f Q ,WW , f 7 Mrs Mary Ann Lanue Home Economrcs Home Economlcs students enjoy a guest speaker '-5.1 ' Y- Acadernlcsf17

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. f X Xa X 0 2 if NY f r f 7 industrial Arts The Industrial Art and World of Constructlon classes were taught by Mr Charlie l-iunzinger Mr Sam Claggett Mr Wayne Scrudder and Mr JW Page The umque dsffer ences the PLJH program had be sides the teachers were the tools equipment and the facilities that en abled PLJH students to compete in shows such as the Home Show at Bartle Hall Only the top show homes are allowed to enter the con- test, but PLJH has continually been 314 of the show and earning the top honors. Mr. Hunzinger commented that he and the other teachers were extremely proud of their students and their dedication. This year the department chose to construct a new utility storage for the sports program. Above. Greg Thorson and friends practice for their spring competition. Lett. Mr. l-lunzinger discusses respect of the tools with Thomas Reynolds and Jon Mock. Academics! 19