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

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. - ' E , ,Lf . . .s , . ---M .W Y Y-YY -4-V Y A is-an A -- '-- 'fe -f-Y--1 'R - 'V J Library St A Staff Uncovering Adventure For more adventure and long last- ing fun, check out our new books! was the advice that Mrs. Prier gave to students who visited the second floor library. The school was unique in that two libraries were offered, allowing more than two or three classes in the library at a time. All of this space need- ed supervision however and Mrs. Shar- on Early was in charge as the head librarian and newly appointed coordin- ator of the elementary libraries. Work- ing under her direction were Mrs. Prier, Mrs. Beaman and Mrs. Yeager. Their jobs ranged from aiding students to locating materials to adjusting equip- ment to helping with the computers. PLJH's pride in its library was due to these dedicated ladies. l if H Z Mrs. Sharon Early Mrs. Wanda Beaman i . , 3. v 5 ,. Q J' I . W. fl, 1311? A V I. 2 1 ' 9 'w,4vv7.fi.3V, ,- W: , fi X A , 4 7 J! .2 zz Mui ilk' M - 4 Z Q. . - , .ig 3 5 f- , ff. i f ' ,ff Mrs. Esther Prier Mrs. Dara Yeager Top Right. Library Staff, Front Row: Piick Welsh, Greg Thorson, Scott Hammack. Row 2: Carrie Perkins, Monett Born, Kim Crawford, Row 3: Abe Schilb, Amy Letzig. Lower Right. Office Staff: Aimee Jacobs, Sandy Distefano, Cherrie Dabbins, Nikki Norred, Beth Jacobs. Fiow 2: Chris Baney, Jennifer Kalie, Lori Naeger, Suzy Hitchcock, Teri Madole. Row 3: Cindy Pipes, Diane Burger, Camille Harrison, Chrissie Besermin, Terra Paulson, Kelly Mus- grave. f 'tl E 'gn . . 5. .f t Ni -1 3-fx ' S s 2e.::-- sewgsw? ,gk wik f. 26!Acade-mics I W fag Z. .awff ,f f t f fi Z l W 7 Q 7 1Y ,,.- 1' ,,Q- ,3 3. y t . my uw tv infix

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1 Counselors Hugs Are Better Than Drugs! Three counselors aided the staff and students of PLJH this year: Mrs. Judy Yancey, Mr. Duane Bierwirth and Mr. Fion Hoduski. Their goal this year was to help the students solve their problems and to help keep more problems from arriving. One special way was to participate in Project S.T.A.Fi., a drug awareness program funded by the Kaufman Foundation to help middle school and junior.high students in the metro area say no to drugs. The counselors had first participated in this program three years ago. lt initially began in the seventh grade Language Arts classes. This year the counselors again help set the program for the seventh and the eighth grade classes. Then they promptly set up a new program for the seventh grade Social Studies to aid in communication and decision-making skills. - Left. ln a quiet moment Mr. Ron Hoduski takes a moment to interpret tests scores for a student. All of the counselors aided in this area as over 1200 students took tests. Not pictured on this page is Mrs. Cheri Holmes, secretary. ,VW 1 i- . reassert, Q ,Mr Q' Q. - sift: if WN r, if .3 Q E, N s t rs X f Q Tris. r S f ix X f E S X 6 f is NX? X J 3 X 7 A X N y , Z X X f r Kb -2 N X X X I X X Q xx A . fa X W X539 Mrs. Anne Berry Mrs. Norma Purdy Mrs Connie WSUOUS Gttice l-lours Seven To Five Working in the office at PLJH had its own rewards and hazzards. The office opened early each morning for incoming phone calls of parents who had sick children. This usually began at 7:00, a.m. Throughout the day the secretaries, Mrs. Berry, Mrs. Diekman and Mrs. Watrous, helped students by answering questions and basically organizing the school. Roll was sent to the office, schedules and bulletins were delivered from the offices and tardies were kept by the office staff. Students were chosen to work in the office on the same principle as the library workers. Each potential candidate had to submit their previous year's grades and a recommendation from a teacher. The students were then selected and aided the secretaries by running messages, stapling, stuffing enve- lopes and a variety of other jobs. It was thanks to this group of people and the secretaries that the student body received help and answers when it was needed. Left. Office workers Sandy Distefano and Mike Wilkerson put together the booklets for the North Central visit. Academics!27