Center High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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RIGHT Student Orientation Day brings students into the heat to see their friends BELOW Making the perfect catch. Cheryl Eimer. 11, participates in a summer softball game ' 7 ABOVE: During the hottest days early in the school year, students find comfort in the air-conditioned Media Center 6 Student Life

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BELOW: Seniors Andy Miller, Kent Brisley, Erika Blacksher, and Rachel Levy punk out long with the reorganization came a TV new Superintendent, Dr. Walter L. Swanson, who brought many new ideas to the district. Other staff mem- bers joined the center roster including a counsel- or, a nurse, and several teachers. In sports there arose a girls' cross-country team for the first time in Center history and the other sports teams decked out in new uniforms. Both the Newspaper and Yearbook adopted new styles. The Newspaper chose a tabloid style over the usual magazine style. The Yearbook changed in both size and style. Financial difficulties forced the cafeteria to raise the price of lunches in February from 70 t to 80 t. During February the traditional Snoball dance gave way to Courtwarming, a type of Home- coming for basketball. Senior nominees were chosen by each club instead of by the teachers. The royalty were then crowned at the game and a dance was held the following night. A new club, Cosmos, formed when the show of the same name became popular with science students. The show's creator and narrator, Carl Sagan, became a kind of hero to some. The many changes resulted in NEW HORI- ZONS for everyone, Freshmen, Sophomores, ju- niors, and Seniors alike. Only when the year had ended did we realize just how those changes had affected us. Student Life 5

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Heat slows summer plans he mercury in the thermometer IT reached 113 degrees throughout the city, but officially the highest tempera- ture reached 109 degrees on july 1. Record-breaking temperatures throughout the Midwest, Arkansas, and Texas left people, espe- cially those without air conditioning, to suffer in the blistering temperatures. To help combat the summer heat, students spent more time in air conditioning or at lakes, pools, or water slides. I enjoyed a majority of my summer playing frisbee at the lake and going to various water slides, stated Mona Appleby, 10. Although some students simply spent more time in the water, others felt the scorching heat stopped them from having an ordinary summer. I spent a lot of time in air conditioning when I would have ordinarily done more things out- side ' remarked Tina Eveland, 10. ABOVE: Keeping cool in the summer heat. Kim Wardlow, 11. participates in a school car wash LEFT In the excessive temperatures, the Marching Band prepares to perform at MU Student Life 7