Blue Springs High School - Campus Cadence Yearbook (Blue Springs, MO)

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6 - Theme working ing the Together means to have unity. Collectively bringing all of the indi- vidual people, groups and clicks, into one ,singular body such as the student body of Blue Springs High School. We are drawn together as one through common interests such as clubs, athletics, band, drama and mu- sic. These are all examples of activities that combine people with similar inter- ests. Once together, as a group, .stu- dents can accomplish more than was possible when they were individuals. lf one man no matter his size or strength, sets out to build a house there would be no way he could finish by the time a group of men built the same house. The same idea applies in sports teams. There could be one outstanding player but it takes other teammates to set that person up for the game win- ning point. Without people working together there would be no No. 1 teams or prize winning clubs. Because together we are the BSHS Wildcats. MAKE WHAT FROM THIS? Mr. John Jackson talks to sophomores Dan Brown and Don Strat- ten. RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION? Student Senate President Dirk Hubbard presents a Carnation to Ms. Gay Warnock as part ofa Senate project for Thanksgiving. THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH. Dr. Al Bihr, chairman of the NCA visiting committee and principal of Clayton High School, talks with teachers about the North Central Evaulation they must prepare for every seven years. Q X 5.

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fi i 1 I 5 i .. In l. l 1 l .al 4 i l l 4 4 it .T 1 u L. J -i I Pt rl? f - V+ ...WZ- V545 .15 5 ada A Q Dwi .A' na' We are stuck here, together, whether we like it or not. We must live and work together to get the job done. At six a.m. when the alarm sounds we must get up and face another day. There are days when we must huddle together on the corner to stay warm as we wait for our bus. There are days when we get soaking wet walking from building to building between classes. And there are days when our cars won't start and we're late to first hour for the fifth time that week. But we are living it all together. We are stuck here, doing things that are unpleasant but necessary. At Blue Springs High there are many things that we would rather not do, but we are stuck doing them. For example four hours of writer's cramp and starvation while taking the ACT test. We are stuck with the distinct smell of disecting of the fetal pig in Biology l. The trials and tribulations of getting the term paper finished early for those extra bonus points to pull the grade up to an l. Memorizing last's weeks geometry theorems for a big test. And then forgetting a No. .2 pencil to take the test. We are stuck getting every second in the commons that becomes available to talk to some friends and get a few laughs. Standing in the lunchline, finding out there's only 10 minutes to cram our food down our throats. lt's Friday and it seems that 7th hour has lasted as long as the whole week. And that dreaded Friday of hard basketball practice, oh, those aching muscles and pulled ligiments. And that nasty smell of body odor in the gym. But those fun things that help us make it through the day, like assemblies, films, and the 5 minutes between classes somehow bring out a smile in all of us. The week of Homecoming brings us together with the disasterous float building. Working together to get the job done by Thursday night, and then finding out that the float is disqualified. That play practice every day after school till 5 gets us working together to put on a perfect performance. The Prom, where the guys are stuck wearing a tux, and the girls in frills and panty hose. Over the years we're stuck here together as we go through different phases of life. The sophomore year waiting and waiting to get that drivers license. Being the lower classmen at the high school isn't something we would want to do twice. Getting lost the first week of school and being afraid to ask a junior or a senior for help isn't fun either. The junior year is a year of relief of not being called a little soph any more. lt means getting that new car and cruising down 7 highway just like everybody else. Then waiting and waiting for the class rings to get back, and finding out that your name is James instead of Jeff according to your class ring. The worst part about being a junior is watching the seniors graduate. The senior year, stuck here forever as it seems. But the hard part is deciding what to do after graduation. College sounds like fun but can we make the grades? For some the Army will appeal to them. And others will simply bum around. But, after all of this, somehow we know we will survive Blue Springs high together. Theme 5

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