Blue Springs Junior High School - Wildcats Yearbook (Blue Springs, MO)

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v.i.i,w- Horen Hodo quickly checks over her music be- fore the concert. 3 u: UI X AS QD S. Vi X if i' f Y right hond mon worked long ond hord to orgonize the progrom ond work with the students to help them reoch their full potentiol os musi- cions. Mr. Leeper did o remorkoble job during his lost ueor os the direc- tor of what we know os Blue Springs Junior High School. l-loren Pojmonn CHOIR I Mr. Carl VunConnon, Choir UJhen uou heor the word choir uou outomoticollu think singing . lllell, uou do sing, but uou olso do other things. Vou Ieorn whot goes into music. iuou leorng the terms theoru, notes, ond rhuthm of music. Thot is what went on during choir closses. Choir consists of o 9th grode choir, o girls chorus, ond two 8th grodeclosses, o totol of 152 stu- dents. There wos olso on Honors ond Chombers Choir thot met ofter school on Tuesdous ond Thursdous. Truouts for those choirs were held in September. The students were to sing o required piece of music, ond sing one or two scoles. Theu olso hod to do some sight reoding ond pitch memoru. S i thot wos Mr. Vun Cannon leads on attentive choir. H guest conductor works with the jozz bond be- fore contest. choir olso went odist College ond to the LUorlds of Fun Choir Festi- vol on Fipril lb. The choirs performf ed three concerts throughout the ueor. p p Choir is directed bu Mr. VunCon4 on M orch 4. non who hos been teoching, for three ueors ot BSJH. Mrs. Bettu Chopmon is the occompionist. Theu both enjou teoching ond working with the students. i r Clossesn 39

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Eighth grade art classes receive instructions from Mrs. Biomberg before drawing the sus- pended skate. This summer Mrs. Judu Rains, home living teacher, and Mrs. Bar- bara Hughes, 8th historu teacher, ex- perienced living in the 1850's at Mis- souri Town, USR. For five daus, Mrs. Rains and Mrs. Hughes slept, ate, cooked and even dressed the wau the people of the l850's did. f The time at Missouri Town, USR was done for college credit. Theu had to listen to lectures and take notes each dau. Theu also had to do manu worksheets. The lectures helped add to their knowledge of life in the 1850's Theu also participated in candle- making. Here theu would dip the wicks in hot melted lard until candles would form on both ends. Mrs. Hughes also said that spinning and weaving was quite hard. If she had to make clothes like that for kids, theu would onlu get something twice a uearg and what theu did get would Q -I 5 B' rr S 8 G' M have blotches where the thread mat- ted together. 'Hard work is what it was all about. It was a different kind of stress - the stress was survival! Mrs. Hughes exclaimed. Theu both had different reasons for going back in time. Mrs. Rains said, l went out to evaluate and to examine the qualitu of life in the l850's. Mrs. Hughes was looking for more in the field of actual historu studu. l can talk from the l850's be- cause l've been there and I can make it more meaningful to mu students. Hll in all, life in the 1850's was hard, but appluing that wau of life to now, there is a lot to be learned. Hmu Coffman

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Ninth grade communications students carefully choose the scripts they will be working on for class and possibly a speech tournament. ' Robyn Hatchff LUhile giving a speech, Haren Hada quickly takes a glance at her notes before continuing. Mr. Beal tollfs over a student 's schedule Q!