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

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Language Ar e Read any good book lately? That questron was often asked rn thus class as students completed short stones novels and book reports Both grade levels Included gram mar spellrng wrrtrng treadrngand Project S.T.A.R.s rn their currrcu lums. r Reading Week was planned through thegLanguage Arts depart- ment. The week of February 2nd l l through the 6th contained af Book Swap, anart contest for books, and fQal3ookrFair. Each day of the week was designated has a especial day such as Biography Day, e Science Fictior1yDay and Poetry Day. The purpose of thfweek was to empha- 'lsiielandr encourage reading. A of Top Flight, Eighthj grade studertts take part lin the Boston Tea Party. Middle Right. Checking the booked out at the book fair t gave students the yctrancef see new books. Q x - - at he Q g ,gQtQe 'W '1 I , K ' f S k X ,J ,I f ' t......-- ki. Q Ma... I 5 , l ' Knowing how to use the card catalog is a big help for Scott Tucker. l me if, , Acadernics!21

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NNW AW, Kim lrwin completes a lab with the metric system. Science Constant Change Ask any of the science teachers and they'll tell us that we will see science improve right before our very eyes, be- cause of the constant new tools and instruments that are being invented ev- ery day to help man understand life. lt was this interest in change and knowl- edge that enticed Mrs. Helen Matchell to become a science teacher. "I like the challenge of presenting information in different ways for students to gain and use," she commented. With their love change in mind it was easy to see why the ACE science classes, along with their leader, Mr. Ki- ple, chose to change Missouri law. After studying fossils, the group decid- ed to promote the crinoid as iv1issouri's state fossil. This project entailed rais- ing money, handling publicity, contact- ing state legislature representatives and helping present the bill. The pro- ject has taken two years to complete and the whole school has been proud of its advancing and budding scien- tists. M ? 7 "'fff'df, 2 ,ff fm W' Maw' are f M ' ff ' ' f ff, f f X Academics!23 M!