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

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Valedictorian Sheila Wilson GPA: 4.0 Activities: Tennis, Basketball, Kaycttes, Yearbook, and SADD. Future Plans: Attend Pittsburg State University and major in pre- medical. Valedictorian Jackie Bums GPA: 4.0 Activities: Volleyball, Kayettes, Stuco, Basketball, and Track. Future Plans: Attend Kansas State University. Salutatorian Sherri Wise GPA: 3.98 Activities: Kayettes, FHA, and SADD. Future Plans: Attend Kansas City Community College for two years. Above: The valedictorians and salutatorian work together on their graduation speeches. Left, L to R: J. Burns, S. Wilson and S. Wise show their proud smiles while trying to memorize the dictionary. 28 Valedictorian Salutatorian

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The Rotary Award winners are above, L to R: K. Pappincau, K. Wood, S. Freeman. Back Row: L. Meinke, J. Tinbcrg. Not pictured are C. Hill and W. Rose. The Gold Key Winners arc. L to R: sponsor M. Knowles, N. Wright, C. Rademachcr, K. Noble. B. Rose, E. Gaunce Back Row: A. Bums, D. Mayhew, M. Gregory, B. Franz. S. Herrin, A. Johnson and C. Jen- nings. Mrs. Wood demonstrates how proud she is of her daughter Kate Wood for working so hard on her music and being elected into the all-state district 1 Band. Award Winning Studcnts 27

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Below: Mr. Allen demonstrates his strength through discipline on Jan Nuzum with the help of Bill Downing. Mr. Allen believes in “establishing what the students are expected to learn and giving them the opportunity to learn. Students need to be given the op- portunity to succeed.” Left: Mr. Clark, after rescuing B. Woolworth from a syntax error, states his philosophy on teaching, “I teach through examples and then give problems that can be learned through those examples.” He believes strongly in homework for classes that arc designed for it. Above: Mr. Leonard helps J. Rehm get his rhythm right. Mr. Leonard tries to “maintain a positive atmosphere every day, to compliment and accentuate the positive and to set high goals. I have high expectations; I try to bring out the potential in every- one.” Even though Mrs. Woods feels homework is essential, many of her present and past students have spent more time making up excuses for undone homework than they spent working on it. Some of her favorite excuses are: “Ollie North shreaded it,” “Hen- ry Kissenger came to my house and needed a piece of paper. The only paper available had my homework written on it. I have him the piece of paper so he could write the document of world peace. So you see Mrs. Wood, I did it for world peace,” and “On a VERY COLD day while waiting for the bus, my homework assign- ment shattered into small pieces when it slipped through my fro- zen fingers.” Above: Math teacher Mr. Mauldin tries to help some of his algebra students understand the new chapter. He feels strongly about homework and strict discipline. When asked about his teaching philosophy, he summed it up in one word, “perseverence.” Teacher’s Techniques 29