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

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Expressing concern. Debate Coach Wayne Brown takes roll on the way to a tournament. (Photo by Sam Schanker] Reclining in a chair seems to be a favorite position for relaxing students, shown here by David Byrd (10). (Photo by Amy Averill] 2 Design by Bryan Frischer

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1983 YELLOWJACKET DEALING WITH CHANGE 8715 Holmes, Kansas City, MO 64131. Summer brought lots of wet activities to K.C. Persistent rainfall squelched many summer activities forcing many people indoors. Many students ended up splashing in rain puddles on the way to their cars instead of splashing in a pool on the way to a diving board. But when skies cleared, Center students took the chance to squeeze in many water activities. For the first time in a year students broke out beach towels and Bahama Bronze sun tan oil. Many looked forward to hot sun, while others awaited cool dives. (continued on p. 3) Volume 47 Center students casually display the newly purchased sign in front of Center High School. All these students were new faces at school during the 1982-1983 academic year. From Top Clockwise: Ron Klein (11), Joy Sims (10), Kari Hanks (11), Beth Raedeke (10), Mia Woods (11). Hasib Hanif (10), Tina Picard (11), Gina Sipu (11). (Photo by Amy Averill] Introduction 1

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Clowning around at football games strengthens the spirit shown by David Wilhem (10). (Photo by Kevin Donahue] Watching a J V football game. Ted Johns (10) enjoys a musical accompaniment as Nate Branca- to (10) looks on. (Photo by Kevin Donahue] Several club presidents gather with Mr. Neal to discuss publicity for the all-school magazine sale. (Photo by Kevin Donahue] (continued from p. 1) Those students finding it difficult to decide where to “lie out’’ or swim, were pleased with the grand opening of Oceans of Fun. But the new amusement park, boasting three water slides, swimming holes, boat shows, man-made beaches, and a wave tank capable of producing four foot waves, did not live up to its expectations. “It wasn’t worth the money. I thought it was going to be really big,’’ said Angie Cannova (10). Arthur Shaffer (9) stated, “I like Worlds of Fun better. It has more activities.” Because it was new Oceans of Fun didn’t quite size up to the already established Worlds of Fun, celebrating its tenth anniversary. Many students preferred cooling off in natural surroundings, instead of man-made swimming holes. Boating and skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks were big events as families visited their lake front houses for a summer vacation. “It all depends where you are; we’re on the busy side of the lake,” said Mary Flack (11), “at night we go to the dam and walk around and meet people. It’s lots of fun” But summer fun for students didn’t mean summer fun for the Center administrative staff. Preparations for school were being made, and job number one was to. hire a new principal. Mr. Dean Collopy casually referred to as “Dean” by both faculty and students, filled the spot in July, and brought many new changes with him. He began by placing Mr. Ben Neal in the Assistant Principal position, vacated after Mr. Jim Lemery’s resignation. Afterwards he proceeded to draw up new rules and regulations for the school. When the school opened its doors in August, the student body felt the wave of changes brought by Mr. Collopy with full force. Big changes on passes and checking out limited student mobility considerably. Teachers wrote fewer passes, and then only for very good reasons. Passes to lockers, to drinks, or even to the restroom became virtually obsolete. (continued on p. 4) Introduction 3