Blue Valley High School - Reflections Yearbook (Stanley, KS)

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ise between i pro and growin yea istr fort nan clud the an niti cos e Valley’s present identity the student ion put forth a great er before to is strong rura opolitan influence. This y, faculty, and adm n- ith worl a continued concer individual, amidst e ncreased academic a for is a corn-heritage Blue Valley teachers, the source of th school's academic excellence, often prove extremely challenging, as well as extreme cooperative ef-eserve the best it merits’ n=- d the needs ormous grow socia opportu- ly fond of assigning homework. All thi work, however, did not completely stifl the extracurricular and social lives of sti ts. Leadership Seminars, for example e to involve over ten percent of the sti t body in various committees, whil iUjoined “cruisin ovie-going,” and “just plain partyin

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came the school’s first graduate. As Stanley High School’s population con-lued to expand through proceeding dec-es, the range and quality of its curriculum d extracurricular opportunities advanced pressively. The high school remained a nter of community life and produced stunts such as Coach Rick Taylor who today ike direct contributions to Blue Valley. By the late 1960’s, SHS students began to tgrow existing facilities, and the District proposed a bond issue to fund the construction of a new high school. Three years after approval, BVHS was completed, with a capacity of 700 students and an initial enrollment of 400. This yearbook, which examines Blue Valley’s past and present, commemorates the publication of Volume 1 of the Marooner, the Stanley High School yearbook, exactly one-half century ago.

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popular weekend, and sometimes weekday, completed in 1986. Aversions. II Throughout tjhis coi Expanding enrollment necessitated ithe iary gym did not provii addition of a new commons area, a larger atmosphere for const heater, four more mobile classrooms, and food, the halls were on ;everal inconveniences this year. The stu- underclassman parkin) lent body welcomed the completion of the Such inconvenie :ommons and theater, and indications are mized by the six minut hat students may even be taking a liking centralized lockers, ai or the mobiles, whose numbers will contin- munication breaks, le to increase until Blue Valley North is 5truction, the auxil-pleasant again packeji, and was often scarce. vTX v It til If passing period, the d the weekly com- L E- H 1— H rv V d | L S l- i E ■