Lees Summit High School - Reflector Yearbook (Lees Summit, MO)

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It's not that bad Judy Barnes, even the Student Council must work during the summer. Expectedly waiting for the Foreign Ex- change Students to disembark are citizens of Lee's Summit. Summer Preparations Insure A Successful School Yeor School was not forgotten during the summer months. The student council carried on their work so that when school opened in September they would be ready to go. x On June 27 Lee's Summit's citizens housed foreign exchange students ontheir wayto New York. The students presented a talent show in exchange with the Lee's Summit students at a pot luck supper. Sophomores, Susan Belt, Nancy Alexander, Mary Dale Honey, Toni Williams, and Brenda Jones look pretty for Marilyn Miller and Jane Dunning on registration day.

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Yorma Merino displays her gift of copper plate in the showcase. Amloossodors Alorood Enhonce World Unity John McKee tells about his summer A.F.S. visit to Sweden in an all-school assembly. The Lee's Summit Senior High School sponsored their first foreign exchange stu- dent in 1959-60. In the school year 1962-63, the Senior High School welcomed Yormo Merino from Chile. Yormo lived with the Robert Pease family. Jo as her fellow classmates called her, was officially wel- comed to the community at at tea held at the C. W. Witter's in September. Jo fur- thered the American Field Service's goal of understanding between foreign countries, both for the Lee's Summit students,and for herself. The A, F, S, program worked in re- verse as John McKee lived with Swedish families this summer. The Lee's Summit Senior High School tipped their hats to Yormo Merino and John McKee for the part they played as student ambassadors of understanding be- tween nations.

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I a er , nda ane 7 1, Q f ,, , Work Begins In Eornest Before September Swimming pools emptied of shouting, tanned youth, the hamburger and coke hangouts waited for business at the end of the day, summer camps sighed in relief, and summer jobs dwindled. School had begun. Now all the energies of summer were WW aff ' I is tw - f sw we N if J. NV Q Z ,Z -, f V' V1 X 0 channeled into schoolwork and extra-curricular activities. The school eagerly awaited the beginning of school events. Football games were first on the agenda, having been ready since August 15. The football boys are back to school early to get in shape for the coming football season. On Freshman Orientation Day John Ballou looks as confused as the other Freshmen.