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

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Trac Ely Melanie twin Lana Farrell Joanna Fem David Frost Tammie Gale Jennifer Gates Bryan Gawecki James Gentry Casey Gerber Holly Gerber Matthew Gifford Christina Gilmore Jennifer Good Matthew Gower Jacob Grasley Michael Gra Angel Greenicf': Kevin Greewalt Matthew Gregory Joseph Grifka Stacy Grime Christopher Grimes An ela Guiberson alti Sue Hale Shanyn Hall Nathan Halsey Christy Haman Jennifer Hardin Brent Harrold Jeffery Hart Ryan Headley Carrie Held Shawna Henman Michael Herbster Chad Hotchkiss Michael Houttekier Edward Hudson Stefani Huff Dawn Huffman Michelle Huner Jess Hurley Bradley Huston Krista Irons Kenneth Janick Renee Jennings Tlmothy Jensen Christina Johnson Jennifer Karay Jeffr Karczewski n'ie Keeler Thomas Kiefer Christopher Kimler Peter Kinsey Scott Kleinert Scott Klostermeier Jennifer Knopp Jennifer Komorowski Paul Kowalik Blian Kreinbrink Randall Krupp Susanne Krzeminski Brian Kujawa 64

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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

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Kimberly Kulla Melanie Kurth Marcie Lambers Geoffrey Lamunyon David Large Lizabeth Leathers Michael Lee James Lee Jennifer Lemay Samuel Lerch Thomas Light Kristen Lloyd Veronica Lockrey Kelly Long Note Writing Mania Kids Show Feelings On Paper! uHey babe whats up? This was one of the familiar ways students started off notes to a friend. Most girls in school loved to write notes to a friend or a boyfriend but very seldom did you see a male give a note to a fellow male. ttI love writing notes to some of my friends, but its tor- ture getting caught writing one in class! , replied ninth grader Stefanie Wozniak. Freshman Dee Dee Wysoszinski can relate to this. She quotes, uWhen I was caught I thought it was funny, but I would have been embarrassed if my teacher would have read the note in front of the class. Notes aren't just simple scribbling on paper in ink. For upeace , they use the peace sign. If they wanted the per- son who received the note to write back, they put WIB. Sometimes they added their favorite rock groups IRed Hot Chili Peppers, Love Bug Starsky, Cameo and Wang ChungI, or the name of the person they like. People also used just normal words like PARTY and SURF or verses from songs. Why do people write notes? Freshman Jenny Sowards confessed, uI only passed notes to inform my friends of the latest gossip! So as the year passed , so did the notes. Take It! Carrie Braden uses some tricky moves to pass a note to her friend Joanna Ryan. Don't Show Anyone! Shanon McMorland and Claudia Eid pass notes during class.