Fort Osage High School - Indian Legends Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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I WELCOME GB CK just what does a Fort Osage student think of when one mentions going back to school after summer vacation? Diana Davis, junior, said, I think of getting back into the routine of scoping out the NEW DUDES and emotional stress. Barb Crawford, another junior, said, Going to bed early and getting up at six in the morning, oh how boring! I also think of losing my tan that took all summer to get. As yellow buses carrying students arrived around 7:30 a.m. on the morning of September 4th, many thoughts were going through the heads of students in every grade. Mike Scott and jerry johnson said, The buses were way too crowded, there weren't enough seats. Anxious students filed off of those buses and into their first day of the new school year, which, due to the new law, was after Labor Day. Sheets showing homerooms filled the walls and students reported to the designated rooms. Information cards were passed out, filled out, and turned back in. After six years of filling them out, I had all of the information memo- rized, said Angie Reed, senior. The new bell tone sounded and students were off to their first hour classes. Dan Weakley, senior, said, I know that these new bell tones are the latest advancements in technology, but too much technology can be irritating. Lockers were assigned and students made the best of their 1x3x1 spaces. Tom Grinlinton, a junior, decorated his locker with a urinal and various other things. Tom said, We put a uri- nal in our locker and we also put our chain of beer tabs in there. Why did we do it? Because we needed something to break the monotony of school. We asked the janitor to put a light in there, but he didn't want to have to drill a hole in the wall to do it. Sometime during the course of the day, stu- dents were fortunate enough to have the chance to venture into the long-awaited lunch hour that they had heard so much about. Hop-

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bv! is 'V 6 , -its ing to get a lunch shift with friends, students poured at tremendous speed into the cafeteria where a friendly cafeteria staff greeted them. Hundreds of trays were filled with nutritious, well-balanced meals. Chriss Butler, senior, said, I like school lunches, some of them are disgusting, but some of them are good, too! Things like hamburgers, pizza, and barbequed beef were offered to hungry students who had worked up an appetite during the course of the day. Hot and cold sandwiches and cupcakes were also sold at the snack bar. Mr. Bob Bach said, I really enjoyed the reuben sandwiches this year. They are the only sandwiches that you can eat and floss your teeth with at the same time, because of the hair in them. After lunch it was on to either two, three, or four hours of class, still searching for friends. Students had to change gears and get ready to listen to the teacher. Some evaluated their teachers, others evaluated the opposite sex, and still others evaluated clothing, make up, and gossip. When the tone sounded at 2:45, it was a stampede to the buses. Some were happy to be back, others weren't so happy. Most felt that summer wasn't over yet. It was the beginning of a new year and everyone felt a sense of the words Welcome Back, and looked forward to the beginning of a legend in the making. BY: Angie Serner, Editor and Lisa Pittman, Associate Editor Lisa Pittman, Angie Semer-Opening!3 Ai'- lf-1142 - r- f H- a-f aff-f 'f- '---f:---f ' 'inn ' -ni ---- -v- - - --4f---- -- '