Franklin Junior High School - Kite N Key Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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ACTIVITIES The happiest walk is one filled with busy hours, good friends, and worthwhile work. Franklin ' s path is touched by many opportunities to use one ' s talent and time. The student may direct his steps into areas of inter- est and fun, tread into meaningful meetings, carry away new ideas and goals, and prepare for life as he pauses at Franklin ' s activities before stepping out into the world beyond.

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Mr. Ault attempts to answer some questions asked him by members of his eighth grade history class. Those with their hands raised include (LEFT TO RIGHT) Dan Leist, Sharyn Miller, Kevin Ellison, and Phil Volkert 7th, 8th Chiefs, Learn About Their World Social studies are an important part of Frank- lin ' s seventh and eighth grade academic program. Each class the student takes helps him to become more aware of the world he lives in. Eighth grade students study American history. They follow the development of the United Statesfrom the earliest settlements, the American Revolution, the Civl War, World War I, the Depression, World War II, and the Atomic Age to the present time. Seventh graders study geography. They learn the location of foreign countries and discover the customs oftheir people. Types of land formations, sizes of continents, and bodies of water all become areas of interest to the youngest members of Franklin ' s student body. Dan Bernhardt points to the map as Mr. Hines, Betty Brummett, Doug Sheets, and the rest of their class look on.

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The Publications Club was composed of the Post and Kite ' n ' Key staffs. They met on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, working hard to meet the deadlines. They were under the direc- tions of Mr. Clough, Mike Martone, and Janne Dorset! Franklin Students Learn to Plan, Write, an Publications Club worked many hours on the newspaper and the yearbook. The Franklin Post staff, under their adviser Mr. Clough, were responsible for writing stories for the monthly edition of the newspaper. Production for the paper began with the editor-in-chief, Mike Mar- tone, and Mr. Clough compiling a list of stories for the next edition. The stories were then assigned to members of the Post staff. After being written and typed, the stories and pictures were sent to the printers where galleys were made. These galleys were sent back to the staff, were corrected and pasted up, then were sent to the printer again for the final printing. The school paper was then dis- tributed during lunch. The Kite ' n ' Key staff working underthe supervi- sion of Mr. Clough and its editor-in-chief, Janne Dorsett. The students met on Thursday afternoon and were assigned copy for the pages. Each week they worked on copy until they had perfected it. The Kite ' n ' Key agents helped by selling the yearbook during the annual sales campaign. Each agent collected money and filled out receipts in his respective homeroom. With their help, ordering yearbooks would have been more difficult. The Kite ' n ' Key agents were helpful in selling yearbooks. With- out these people, the job would have been more difficult to complete. 18