Harrisonville High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Harrisonville, MO)

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1 J -, J 1 Administrators e ft Iron Out Problems i t The 1977-78 school year brought new issues for this year's administra- tion. Many proposals and problems were answered by the Cass R-IX school board and aministration. A proposal to construct a new facility for the severely handicapped, the controversy over the smoking policy, and students who live within a mile from school not being allowed to ride the bus, were a few of the problems which this year's school board was faced. The board adopted the new teacher salary for the 1978-79 school year. They also approved early graduation for 26 seniors who met all qualifica- tions. Two new members were elected to the school board this year. Mr. Vencil , Hayes and Mr. Elvin Douglas, Jr. Q A replaced Mr. Tom Carter and Mr. 1 Vernon Walker, who did not seek J ,.,, if J up re-election. ' iTi1-22532922iiigum 1. Mrs. Carole Carey reads the oath to new member Mr. Elvin Douglas. 2. Mr. Vernon Walker, served on the board until April, he did not seek re-election. 3. Mr. Tom Carter served on the board until the election in April, he did not seek re-election. 4. Mr. Walter Bruens is superintendent of the Harrisonville Cass R-9 schools. 5. Mr. Jim Means is assistant superintendent of the Harrisonville Cass R-9 schools. 6. School Board members are row 1: Mr. Charles Jones, Mr. Vencil Hayes, Mrs. ,Linda Wheeler. Back row: Mrs. Martha Frein, Mr. Bill Friedrich and Mr. Elvin Douglas, Jr.

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V' A 'her Z. - .As +, . MMF 53 Speci RQ f-x. rf! al services appreciated When 11:00 rolls around, you can be sure to see a line of students in and outside the lunch room. In order to have hot lunches, salad plates, basket lunches, and even extra cooks begin arriving at 7:00 in the morning in order to fill empty stomachs. Keeping things up to par is the Job of the custodians at Harrisonville High School. A typical day may exist of sweeping floors, unclogging bathroom toilets and even helping unlock a student's car whose keys are inside. Occasionally you might even hear, Will a custodian please come to the office, and you can imagine what this might mean. ,-1-'Y 1. Harrisonville High School cooks are the busiest between 11:10 to 12:25, the lunch hour. 2. John Pimberton sweeps up the dust off the floor. 3. Kevin Coakley comes to work at 4:00 p.m. and works until 11:00 p.m. 4. Mr. Don Urmewehr drives the shuttle bus back and forth between the junior high and the senior high. 5. Mr. Clyde Burton took over as maintenance director in the early part of the year. 6. The 1977-78 cooks were: Mrs. Deanna Schuster, Mrs. Geraldine Pratt, Msf, Mary Stuart, Mrs. Ann Schrock and Mrs. Helen Burton. 7. Washing dishes is just one of the jobs that the cooks do.

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ss.-S inf l if Monachino Leaves Post 1. Mr. Ono Monachino served as principal for Harrison ville High School for six years. 2. After leading the basketball team to state playoffs, Mr Gerald Smith resigned as vice-principal of Harrisonville High School. ' 'iq . . , 4,1 l ,- . r 'V4'. fd? .1 ! , '52-gs. P.,-o V' ,f 4 WE' 'gi if il i ,lay Q wgyf. .., Q '-'f .--7.4.-f' QE s f.,..f i V r pn- ' L-. - , 'U N .. it - ,. - 7 ' T-,l li 1 1 if dfifjfslflf mf ffgnz1'1f5izz1:w.':-1-sv ,jilfiisli H-',2v1'f ', 155.7 553555 . 7 - ' -'f1.?5f5:55:i:1'1 98 5 . . .:li9. ---- H' I. l-- i . ,I -Tw 'V 7 -1 -ex , Mr. Monachino's goal when he came here was to prove there was more good to the students of the high school than there was bad. He in- tended to impress upon the students and the community that the criticisms they had received were unjust. He ac- cepted this job as a huge challenge. Now, six years later, Mona- chino has turned in his resig- nation to accept a position as superintendent of South Har- rison School District, in Beth- any, Mo. With him, will go Gerald Smith, vice-principal, and the coach of the boys' basketball team. Smith has been at Harrisonville two years. Monachino feels he has accomplished his goal, and that he has the best kids in the world in his high school. Monchino's most memor- able moments stem from the times any student gets invol- ved, when a student accomp- lishes something that he has never before accomplished. Some of these incidents were when the 1978 basketball team traveled to Springfield to the state playoffs, and the school came together to go and cheer the boys on. Seeing kids take pride in whatever they do was partly his reward for being principal of Harri- sonville High School these past six years.