Bellevue West High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Bellevue, NE)

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mssj UTURE USINESS EADERS MERICA Getting Involved The 1984 FBLA theme was Getting In- volved , and that ' s what the Bellevue West FBLA members did. Among many other activities, they participat- ed in the Fall Leadership Conference in Colora- do Springs, where they attended seminars per- taining to decision making, physical fitness, wardrobe, and others dealing with the better- ment of an individual interested in a business career. The main project for FBLA was Careers Week. They held activities such as a dress-up day, faculty student breakfast and a careers night, where schools from the Omaha area were invit- ed for a pot-luck dinner and entertainment pro- vided by West Connection. This years FBLA was a large group. Those members of the club that got involved, grew both in leadership and cooperation. according to sponsor Mrs. Lori Grant. Pictured from left to right, lop to bottom. Holly Hobhs. Nancy Ellerbroek. Greg Thompson. Dung Scott, Donna Breilenfeld. Dean- na Black. Charemon Morgan. Michelle Shelton. Kerri Poll. Barry Black. Jocelynn Javier. Anita Otwell. Sheila Mitchell. Karma Geh- rig. Margaret Cunningham. Tammy Robertshaw. Lisa Wilson. Mike Pilda. Rob Massingill. Theresa Oauthier. Mrs. Grant. Bruce Holmes. Kris Green. Yvette Diaz. Kim Johns. Jennifer Curtin. Liza Rodiguez. Caria Dennis. Gina Adolf. Larry Segebarth. Laura Mill. Chris Slites. Patty Wines. Valerie Ramos. Tracy Otlerstedl. Becky Serefko. Jean- ette King. Dave Meyers. Pictured in the middle of the page is Sheila Mitchell, clowning around as only she can. Left. Jocelynn Javier teaches Mrs. Grant the use of sign language. 137

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DECA Busy at Work, DECA. Distributive Education Clubs of America, was open to any junior or senior in either Marketing or Marketing II. DECA helped the student ' s knowl- edge of the business world. In DECA, students learned and also had fun. Bellevue West hosts DECA Districts. At DECA Districts, students competed in various career fields such as advertising, finance and credit, apparell and accessories, or an overall cate- gory such as general merchandising. In February. DECA sponsored Free Enterprise Week, to promote ideas for creating a business, using our democratic form of government. This proved very successful. In order to publicize the events, marquees displayed messages, local restaurants used paper pla- cemats. three local banks stuffed their monthly bill statements with information telling about Free Enter- prise Week. At times this year. DECA sold MS Ms. cheese and sausage, and sold donuts. milk and juice in the morn- ing in order to raise money for its various projects, including DECA Districts, the DECA competition in Lincoln, and the National DECA Convention in Kan- sas City. Al the right: Paul Hudson, will testify that M M ' s do make friends. Pictured from left to right, lop to bottom: Rene Meers. Jan Sopers. Dawn Star. Kari Oroth. Joyce Edwards. Brian Wallher, Kim Mullins. Lisa Hoover. Michele Durant. Kim Lynch. Tom Kokes, Larry Schwanke. Tony Scanlon. Krisia Carlson, Michele Peters. Kelly McVicker, Krisly Williams. Caria Dennis. Debbie Beiek, Michelle Oullick. Karen FilzGerald. Denise Zarn. Traci Barnes. Kevin Wheeler. Jenny Dennis. Michelle Wayletl, Teresa Jones. Jarron Bradley. Kevin Earle. Renee Matthews. Linda Lueders. Traci Johnson. Laura Ontiveros. Mike Hockett. Lynette Hansen. Nicole Cox. Yvonne Lilly, Sumalia Williams. Cheryl Fullwood. Al Wenstrand. Chuck lurcher. Debbie Ralston. eco Massey. Paul Hudson. Terry Reynolds. Darrel Maklin. Jodi Mehser. Not pictured: Lisa Durant. Melissa Dodenhof. Donna Nemeth and Lara Snow. i

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key Club members are pictured at the lop. left to right Kari Groth. Laura Fyle. Peter Castellano. Scar- lett Shockley. Camille Caslellano. Roy Holeyfield, Matt kallman. Bruce Holmes. Margaret Cunningham. Tammy Robetshaw. Kris Murray, krista Guerrero. Kim Harrison. David Jaeckel. Julie Bryk. Vinay Nijhawan, Joe Butson. Phil Saunders. Steve Casey. Lee Adams. Greg Thompson. Lisa Hoover. Tasha Piper. Natalie foster. Bob Winkler. Amy Monke. Michelle Wolfe. Joyce Edwards. Jill Jefferson. Deanna Black. Caria Dennis. Lisa Hurley. Lori Hansen. Missy Meyers. Shelly Carleton. Debbie Howell. Laura Laney. Julie Jardon. Jeff Bean. Below. Jeff Bean. New In The Neighborhood A new word and organization was introduced to Bellevue West this past year. The meaning was as new as the name Key Club ---a club of students inter- ested in helping their school and community through voluntary service, according to club organizer Jeff Bean. Though new. this wasn ' t a hinderance. The mem- bers involved themselves with activities such as a snowball dance following a basketball game, a dance at Chap School, they planned a $500 senior scholar- ship, they started a PEER dynamics program, for Posi- tive Educational Experience Through Relationships, according to club sponsor Ron Habrich. Caring Our Way of Life is the motto that key club members feel most appropriate, and the theme for the 1983 84 year was Confront Confusion-Dis- cover Direction. 138