Fordson High School - Fleur de Lis Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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MAUREEA NOLL edztor-ln-ch1ef WILMA STEVENS assoclate edztor RUTH SANTANDER assoczate edztor 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1 PART V Faculty Sohhomores PART 11 PART V1 ' Junzor College 0rgan1zat1ons PART 111 PART V11 Senzors Boys' Shorts PART 1V PART V111 Junzors Gzrls' Shorts

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THE FLEUR DE LIS PRESENTS: A CITIZEN' ll THE MAKING At one tzme an the hzstory of Amerzcan schools the teachzng of the three R's was the begtnning and the end of educatzon. Today we realzze that readzng, wr1t1ng, and arxthmetzc are merely useful tools to helb us become worthwhzle c1t1zens zn a democracy. Where do we learn the mean1ng of cztzzenshzb? Obviously, in the bublzc schools' Cztzzenshzb means more today than at any other time rn Amertcan hzstory. W1th foreign thrones crumbling and other systems totterzng, we clzng desebrately to a triv- lege that we have taken for granted. Students realzze that th1s czttzenshzb IS a gxve and take ffOfOS1t1OH, that those who take all and g1ve nothzng rebresent the greatest dangers to our way of life. The schools of today are develotzng their trograms to meet the changzng needs of our democratic soczety. To helb students brefare themselves to make constructzve con- tr1but1ons to the1r communzty and natzon, the schools try to helh them discover thezr ab1l1t1es and znterests. Truly, tt 15 the zndzvzduals who take advantage of the offertngs of the school who develob into the valuable cstzzens of tomorrow. W1th these ideas 1n mtnd, the Fleur de Lxs bresents for your atbroval HA C1t1zen zn the Maklngn. It IS the hobe of the edztors that 1n these bages you may find a Dzctorzal story that w1ll brzng back fond memorzes in future years and more 1mportant, bortray the stzrxt of Fordson High School today.