Bonner Springs High School - Totem Pole Yearbook (Bonner Springs, KS)

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Construction alters school With the passing of a $6.5 million bond issue, construction of a new shop addition and other improvements began last fall. In addition to the changes in the appearance of the build- ing, the construction forced students and teachers to adjust. When the teachers' parking lot was ripped up, the faculty was forced to park in the students' lot, overloading the park- ing facilities. Also, the entire industrial arts department was pushed out of its rooms and into halls, the cafeteria, the audi- torium, and anywhere possible. But knowing it was all for the school's betterment, everyone adjusted perfectly. Willi perfeci weather helping out, the outer shell of the new shop was completed by early fall. When winter set upon B.S.H.S., the work crews set upon building inside creating a new shop out of metal and mortar. 5 Construction

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11 - - -■ CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION A maze of scaffolding supports the rafters of the new shop as the building addition begins to take form. To the delight of students and faculty alike, new parking lots were constructed to supply ample parking for B.S.H.S. 4 Construction With the old shop classrooms torn out, Mr. Burns' drafting classes were forced to adapt to the cramped confines of the lower hall.

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Mrs. Chris Wood— bringing English to life The room appears quite normal. Inside this classroom at the end of the English hall are desks chalkboards, books, all the furnishings of any other room in the building. There is, however, one major difference—the room is Mrs. Chris Wood's. Once in this room, a student will find himself amused, hassled, intrigued, and in the end, literate. Because she breathes life into the room and the English language, Mrs. Wood is the dedicatee for the 1981-82 Totem Pole. To benefit her students, she has directed plays, sponsored students in speech contests, taught fencing, and generally given her time and energy to any effort which will advance students. Witty, intelligent, energetic, and demanding, she conducts her classes with dynamics that keep her students interested. From Beowulf to Murder on the Orient Express, Mrs. Wood's knowledge of literature is transformed to students in unfor- gettable ways. In short, Mrs. Wood is a major force behind the advance- ment of students. She leaves no stone unturned as she forces her students to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. With foil in hand, Mrs. Wood proves that not only is her tongue sharp, but her sword as well. 6 Dedicatee