Junction City High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Junction City, KS)

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With the numbers of students and the number of hallways at JCHS, a crash is not an un-comnon occurrance. Here Vincent Handy, 87, and Cynthia Molina, 87, meet in a rather unexpected way. Laura Booth, 87, participates in Campus Life s Halloween Party by dressing up as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. Michelle Testa, 86, Trisha Mathis, 8 7, Hope Pugh, 87, and Valere Walker, 87, involved in an early morning talk. Students participate in the pep rally for the Manhattan football game which topped off Spirit Week. 4 Introduc tion Jill Plankinton, 85, Molly Lueker, 85, and Martie Galvan, 85, work intensively on the Senior Class float for the homecoming parade. During Spirit Week,Karry Null, 85, shows off in her Zoot suit.

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fcrpd Bolland-r—B'r. shows h ilt spirit by riding afront £he 'y »aman-Eatr4ng-Monoter in iej homecoming paraded Driving the first place individ bntrjF' is SOTTbr, Steve So sty. ■ra or years, I students £ have come and gone these students through the halls of more room. JCHS, taking with them These three memories of their high rooms gave new school years. They will life to a dreary never forget the first day music hall. The they walked through the most noticealbe Commons Area as sophomores, change, however, timid and shy, but equally was the addition eager to be known and re- of a wing on the cognized. Nor will they northeast side of forget the feeling of tri- the building for umph and accomplishment as the band. Con- a diploma was finally struction of the placed in their out- room began last stretched hands. school year, and The 1984-85 school year ended just in tine was a time for Happy for this year's Endings and New Beginnings. students to use it. A casual observer could The extra rooms were see the New Beginnings, built to provide band The choir room was re- students with more modeled to provide better space, and to prevent acoustics and logistics, the other classes from while across the hall, being distrubed while the old band room was re- the band was in session. built to accomodate the Other remodeling also drama classes' growing took place in the cafe- needs . Next to these teria, as the snack bar three rooms, the keyboard was expanded and new kit-studio was enlarged to give (Continued on next page)

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chen equipment added to better fit students' growing demands. Also, the library installed a security system called the Book Buster . The system was installed to help cut down the number of books that disappear from the shelves. In addition to the new facilities, several new faces were seen in the halls. John Kimbrel and Ferrell Miller became a part of JCHS by filling vacancies in the principal, and assistant principal positions. The new principals hope to make this year and years to come the best for JCHS by improving communications between the students, faculty and administration. Along with these administrators five new faculty members greeted students. Margie Heddens, became a new math teacher .Major Roger Kugler, took over the reigns of the JROTC program, Dr. Don Sontag became the new learning facilatator for the Extended Learning Program, and Carl Taylor took over as basketball coach and study hall supervisor. A few policies were put to an end this year, including Senior Release. In previous years, seniors had the option of having either first or sixth hour a free period. The ad-minis trat ion, however , receives money for students enrolled six hours a day and as more and more seniors took release, the district was losing money. The release program was made available to seniors with legitimate reasons,, but only after the request was cleared by a committee of teachers, counselors, and the principal. The results of this change, were increased enrollment in study halls, the Work Experience program and the Business Intern Program or BIP. :ntrod”.ction