Burns High School - Blazes Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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Outside the Classroom History — no longer the Class full of lectures on the past. Now students are in- volved in making their own history, and learning about the various aspects of life and government at the same time. Helping students ‘‘Make history” are programs such as Presidential Classroom, Boy’s and Girl's State, and Close-Up. Presidential Classroom, held in Washington, D.C., in- volves lectures and classes dealing with national gov- ernment. State government is dealt with at Boy’s State, Girl's State, and Close-Up. At Boy's and Girl's State the partici- Members of Mrs. Lamb’s Revolu- tions class use the time before the bell rings to talk to their freinds. pants run for state office and listen to lec- tures on influential people. At Close-Up students take an in- depth look at how the government is run and what takes place within. Programs such as these are helping to make history more than just names, dates, and places. Presidential classroom nomi- nee, Tom Lutz checks to be sure he has the correct answer while doing his history lesson. Junior Amy Hull finishes her assignment in class. Amy attended Presidential Class- room in Washington during the first week in February. peed. oy «te + ls oe: b ocean ‘= yee on Me

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Mr. Miller helps Kevin Lancaster with his French composition. Mrs. Dellinger explains poetry ne scheme to her A.P. English class. seniors Clint Shuford, Chris Ed- wards, Cathy Edwards, David Cline, and Betsy Bowen discuss MAS cle in College-Prep. En- glish.

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Kimble Cook, Troy Fredell, and Tim Price read the newspaper to keep up with the current events. In first period Advanced Place- ment History, senior Jeff Bow- man reads about the Renais- sance period during an in-class assignment. Senior Kirby Pfeiffer looks over the chapter one last time as she prepares to take a test. Kirby attended Girl's State over the summer, along with Governor's School in Old Salem.