Bedford Junior High School - Transition Yearbook (Temperance, MI)

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Cynthia Adams Jonathan Allen Melissa Allen Matthew Alvaro Misty Alvaro Kathryn Anderson Sheila Anderson Michael Ansted Sean Aukland Eric Bagrowski Michael Bait Tania Balazs Stacy Ballinger Tara Barker Jamie Barnes Stephanie Bamhizer Jessica Bateson Brian Beard Nathan Beard Andrew Beck Jennifer Beck En'c Beddoes Jennifer Benedick Page Bemath Benjamin Berry Benjamin Biglow Tracy Blakeman Victor Blanton Michelle Blessing Amy Bohland Daniel Bond Michael Bonnar David Bowser Annette Bovee John Brace Came Braden Matthew Brandman James Brescol David Bridge Jennifer Bringman Julie Bringman Heather Brown Rush! Rush! Rush! Seventh graders Leslie Shapiro and Veronica Locimlzy hurry to make finishing touches after gym and rush to their nex c asses. 62

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Yuck! I Dorft Want To Do The Dishes! Household Chores Provide Allowances But Are Time Consuming If you ever had to dust the living room or pick up the moldy socks under your bed unwillingly, then you were a victim of a kind of slavery - the forcing of labor upon children or young adults by parents or guardians: chores! Of course not everyone was FORCED to perform their household chores or duties. Many students worked to earn money, others liked a cleanly atmosphere, and some en- joyed pleasing their parents who were exhausted after a hard day's work. ii1 do chores to keep the house clean, said 8th grader Angie Wojcik. ttl'd be embarrassed if anyone came into the house if it was messy? Dusting, vacuming, cleaning the bedroom, washing the dishes, feeding the pets, mowing the grass, and taking out the garbage kept many students busy every day of the year. When did all of this hard work pay off? Mostly on the Brian Zink Joe Stetler weekends when mom and dad paid allowances. The amount of these allowances varied. Some received as little as $3.00 a week when others got as much as $10.00 a week. A lot of the allowances went into piggy banks or were spent on material items. iiI like to save some of my money and also buy gifts for my parents and two younger brothers? stated Rich Fisher. Besides keeping the house in order, helping the parents and getting money, chores meant responsibility. Confided Marcie Bihn, iiNow I do jobs Pm supposed to do without having to be toldf' Throughout the year, chores allowed students to buy the things they yearned to own. They taught them a lesson and made their homes a prettier place to live in. Cheryl Webber Julie Webster Amy Weirhouch Lisa Wells Ruth Werner Amy Wesolowski Kimberly Whaley Chad White Mary White Joshua Whiteman Robert Wilkins Amy Wilson Robert Wingate i Michael Wisniewski Clark Wittenberg Darrin Wodarski Tara Wodarski Gail Wojciechowski Angela Wojcik Chad Wolniewicz Heather Workman Beth W ckhouse Elizabe Wymer Ga W er An rea oung Rachel Young Becky Zakrzewski Jennifer Zent 61

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Seventh Graders F ace Problems Hurry up! The Bells Going to Ring, Welre Going To Be Late. It happens every year! Bedford Jr. High is flooded with 12 and 13 year olds coming into the seventh grade. Frightened and confused, most had a hard time getting used to the radical changes from elementary school. Timing seemed to be a real problem for first year junior high students. Tania Balazs commented, llAt the begin- ning of the year I was afraid I was going to be late for my classes because I had never been on such a tight time schedule before. But after a while, I got used to where my classes were and how to get there. Before too long, tardi- ness was not a problem. But timing wasnlt the only problem seventh graders had to face. Junior high brings much more hard work and homework. Newcomer Hollie Earhart stated, IlIn grade school I didnlt have homework very often, and school- work wasnlt very hard, but seventh grade brought homework almost every night and schoolwork became much more difficult and time consuming? The third major problem with the new students was the switch from having one teacher all day, in the same room, to having to change to a different teacher and room each hour. Seventh grader, Tracy Ely said, mI was really con- fused at first. I always went to the wrong rooms and teachers. I had trouble adjusting to new and different teachers and teaching methods, but I caught on after awhile. The new seventh graders all caught on after about a week or so and most of the confusion let up, Tracy Ely commented, l hope it will be easier next year and years to come. Mark Brown Shannon Bryant Shawn Buck Allison Bugbee Ronald Burchett Brian Burmeister Michelle Byrd Scot Campbell Danelle Casey Jamison Cavallaro Shelly Church David Clark Aaron Claussen Chtisty Clegg Kristine Clouse Ei-ennifeCrtCook eny OplC Paul Costanzo Dennis Cox Wend Cramer Danie Cum'e William Daniels Jeffery Deck Egrla IDgMenitt ryn enny Angie Dhnngra Jason Dirkmaat Gina Disarro Nicole Dobson En'c Driftmyer Thomas Dudley Holli Earhart Jason Eaton Claudia Eid Shawna Eighmey 63