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

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 V V X » There’s nothing like study hall to start the year off right BEST OF 87-88 AT THE GRAMMYS: Best Actress— Cher (Moonstruck) Best album— U2’s Joshua Tree Best Movie— “The Last Emperor” Best Male Vocalist— Bruce Springsteen IN SPORTS: Best Female vocalist— Super Bowl Champs— Whitney Houston Washington Redskins Best song— 87 World Series— “I’ve Had the Time of My Minnesota Twins Life” NCAA Champs— AT THE OSCARS: Kansas Jayhawks Best Actor— Olympics— Michael Douglas (Fatal winter—Calgary summer— Attraction) Seoul NEWS BRIEF 87-88 Jimmy Swaggart falls from pulpit due to sex- ual misconduct. AIDS becomes increasingly rampant and no cures are yet available. Soviet Premier Gorbachev visits U.S. Presidential hopefuls George Bush (R) and Michael Dukakis (D) take the lead. Chiropractic wins 11 year suit over the AMA for professional abuse against Chiropractic. Plane lands in Hawaii after top is completely tom off. Kansas City people raise over 200,000 dollars to save Baby Albert thus opening up funds for liver transplants in Kansas. USD 204 reorganizes Elementary Schools. brought Holiday Break. St. Nick flew by, and Baby New Year pushed out 1987 before we knew it. Celebration ’88 got underway as the second semester rolled around. Mother Nature put a damper on things as she hurled her icy forces in our direction. Though often knee-deep in snow, we pushed on, hoping that Spring was just around the comer. The boys’ basketball team won the Tongie tourna- ment and school spirit reached its peak. The wrestling team sent three to State with Veteran Jay Verdict cap- turing a 2nd place medal in the 138 lb division. Invariably Spring Fever sent everyone looking toward the end of the year. Opcning 3

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Waving Hello Starting off the year, we saw the endless days that lay ahead, the fa- miliar and the not so familiar, along with the continually chang- ing spectrum of the world around us. Enrollment day started the countdown for the Seniors and the confusion for the Sophomores. The Juniors just realized they were one step closer to becoming Seniors. The faculty and adminis- tration began their long year of setting the pace for the students. Coaches and athletes rushed to the fields and courts in waves, setting the fall sports season in motion. The volleyball team had a remarkable season and won Sub- state, but the football team was one and eight. The heat took its toll, but before anyone realized, it was time for Homecoming and the traditional week of festivities to begin. Spirit Week brought float construction, anticipation, and vandalism as each class tried to outdo the oth- ers to the point of destroying signs and even spray painting “no-no’s” on the parking lot. The week con- cluded on a much happier note as the class divisions became less and less until they finally dwin- dled away. By Friday, the only things left were a mass of black and orange decorations, a school clean-up, the pep rally and the fi- nal touches on the floats. The game and dance the following day were the grand finales of the week, but unfortunately, the game score was not to the Braves’advantage, and as usual the sophomores had the winning float. But life goes on. Halloween, then Thanksgiving came as the days became shorter. Basketball and wrestling practices landmarked the coming winter. At long last the Christmas festivities t 2 Opcning

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 Ins and Outs.........................6 Homecoming...........................8 Christmas Dance.....................12 Fall Play...........................14 Valentine's Dance...................16 Prom................................18