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

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(continued from p. 3) Checking out of school proved to be a different story entirely. “It was ridiculous,” said Michelle Myers (10), “You had to give a note proving you went to the doctor.” Phone calls from parents excusing their students for school lost legitimacy. Cracking down on the no smoking-in-school policy also proved to be a large item on Mr. Collopy’s list. Tighter rules forced students to smoke only off school premises. But even then, he attempted to stop smoking. Occasionally he appeared on Porte Cimi Pas, across from school, before first hour, to break up smoking groups and gently shuffle the students into the school. “He has no right to do that,” said Chris Nash (10), “that’s not school grounds. He might think it is, but it’s not.” Without the In-School-Suspension Class, taken away because of District budget cuts, smoking offenses were punishable by five days of out-of-school suspension. As Mr. Collopy put it in his second hour announcement on the first day of school, “Either the smoking goes or you go!” The smoking announcement was one of the last morning messages given at Center, for Mr. Collopy also did away with the morning intercom announcements. Students presented some controversy about the absence of the announcements. Many students never realized how informative intercom announcements were until they were removed. Even club fundraising took a new twist. Because of faculty complaints of annoying candy wrappers and distrubing in-class transactions, the ever-present candy sales of past years were brought to an abrupt halt. Development of an alternative fundraiser, an all-school magazine sale, went into planning. Administration and faculty set up the sale, but lack of student interest and support hurt sales considerably. Faculty communication between faculty members, though, proved more fatal. Communication broke down when teachers tried to decide how each club would receive money from the sale. Several faculty members understood that each student would specify the club he wanted to donate his sale money to. Others believed each club would specify how much it needed for the year and receive a percentage of all the sale money collected, based on how much that club requested. Autumn colors accentuate the academic wing of Center Senior High School. The 1982-83 school year marked the 20th anniver- sary for the structure. (Photo by Myron Ashley] (continued on p. 7) A friendly chat with a parrot brings a smile to Carla Webb’s face in Mrs. DeYoung’s speech one class. The bird was the topic of a speech presented by classmate Jack Welsh. [Photo by Bryan Frischer] Ground breaking ceremonies for Center High’s new sign drew a small crowd on November 14. Pictured are PTA Council President Betty Slusher, Principal Dean Collopy, Gift Committee Chairperson Mary Latteman, Superintendent Walter Swanson, and Student Council President Phil Scaglia. (Photo by Mary Lu Foreman] 4 Design by Bryan Frischer

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After a year of fundraising, the PTA Gift Committee’s newly purchased sign found its home in front of school on Holmes Road. (Photo by Kevin Donahue] Tongs provide Margi Coggins (12) with a means to agitate enzymes during a Biology II experiment. (Photo by Kevin Don- ahue]