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

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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!

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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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...f- f.. ,. ,..- .....,....---.,...-i..-.,. Mrs. Ulinter spends many hours on the phone to effectively do her job. . . V. if .IMPRESSIQN . sss ss ssssss . , QD Z P . V1 Cl'- .J xu Z O l This object is 8 feet, 6 inches lang, iM pounds and looks to most people more like a spear than some- thing someone would throw for recre- ation. Mr. LUalton, 9th grade history teacher, has been throwing this spear-like javelin for many years. It all started when he was a freshman in high school. Since I was good at throwing a baseball, people thought l'd be good at the javelin. He tried it and stuck with it. Lllhen he was a senior in high school he was state champ in Kansas. He also placed while in college at Iowa State three out of four years. His highest ranking was second. Last summer, Mr. l.Ualton partici- pated in the Show-Me Games in Co- lumbia, Missouri where he placed first in his age group. Mr. lllaltan says that in the past few years he hasjust been competing off and on. ln the summer he competes in a few track meets around the area. I don't practice too often, he says, but I did train for the Show-Me Games. Him Lonsbury l T GIPS fhersrudenrs.lwhorolerlrrrl ifealizethe importance of what they gsayfand howtheysay it A 7 iommunicationsyisl an .opportunity students to lose their shyness. ifln 'regard to public speaking. It is a :class that teachesways of speak- eia rlrl .l.i f ffri f -.l. P re.. toss required grforr 9f0F'U0f10nflrrrlf ' ll ling to inform. persuade. or enter- italn. lt also teaches students how to be good listeners. Communica- . tions provides information to last a lifetime. lllendy Havens . T ENGLISH Mrs. Diane Mayfield and Mrs. Debi Vou have to have a way of com municating to do anything Vou have to read to be able to keep up on the news and you have to write so that you can report' to your boss. These are just two of the ways English plays an important part in our everday lives. The eighth grade English classes did many units to teach the impor- tance of reading and writing. For ex- . dents sey. The knowledge of ing the lopportunityg lplg to ' again this year.. M T T , No matter where you do English is there. yl.. .i it