McCluer North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Florissant, MO)

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Freedom vs. discipline, how did you feel? “| feel that the guards are necessary to prevent disruptive behavior,” said Craig Ollar, senior. “| think the more discipline you have, the more rebellious people become,” said Bev McDonald, sen- ior. The majority of MN students seemed to agree that discipline was necessary, but what sort of discipline varied. Many felt the schools regulations were “just right” without the rules added this past year. Pam Laramie and Janet Foeller, seniors, felt many of the new rules were not needed. “We think that a lot of the rules are useless, especially having to have stickers to park in the student parking lot. The spots aren’t reserved for people and if someone wanted to leave bad enough, they’d just park somewhere Susan Orr Il Nita Orso 10 Lorna Osborne Il Bryan Ousley II Becky Pace Il Cindy Panetti 10 Stephanie Parks 9 Tricia Paterson Il Karen Patrick 10 Lora Patterson Il Sarah Patton Il Beth Paulsen 9 Mike Pawelko 9 Gail Payeur 0 Teresa Payne 10 David Pearson 10 Rosalind Peebles 9 Stephanie Peebles II Dale Peeples Il Donna Percival 10 Andrew Perry 10 Andrew Peters II Dan Peters Il Julie Peters Il Eric Peterson 10 Brenda Phillips 10 Gwen Phillips 10 Steve Phillips 10 Marcie Pickens Il Martha Pigg Il Chris Pillar Il Cyndy Pitlyk 10 James Pitts 9 Melinda Ploudre 9 Scott Pollard 10 We the people of MN else.” Some of the rules were new this year, while many of them were always around, just never enforced in the way they should have been. But whether old or new, the Administration and the MN staff put their feet down, and by enforcing the rules, kept the students in line. The guards, who were usually seen out in the park- ing lots from 6:45 until around 3:00, stated that their job was “not to neccessarily keep kids from leaving school but to keep unwanted visitors out and to watch the smoking area.” The guards got along with and were liked by most all of the students, which allowed them to enjoy their work and stopped a lot of the hassles that they would normally have had to put up with. Underclass II5

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A real workout for your brain “It’s like a scholar quiz, but we ask un- solved questions and are looking for original and creative solutions,” said Mr. Chuck Westover, sponsor. Olympics of the Mind was an organization that was started in New Jersey. A few of McCluer North’s teachers saw a Bill Moyers’ spe- cial about it on channel 9 and were imme- diately interested. The organization tried to bring out the best of a students’ cre- ativity. “When you get on a larger scale, Olympics of the Mind is like a sporting event, with cheerleaders and everyth- Using his Knowledge of physics, Greg Ploudre, sen- ior, draws out a plan for his balsa wood bridge. ing,” said Mrs. Joan Avioli, English De- partment Chairwoman. Most of the time, students worked on short range projects that could be com- pleted during the meetings the organiza- tion held every Thursday. At other times, they worked on long range projects that could take a couple months. Once, the members were given a small amount of balsa wood and were told to make a bridge. The idea was to study various angles until they could make the bridge that would hold the most possible weight. Could you have come up with a good an- swer to these problems? If so, you should have been a part of this unique group of students. Dawn Richards II Cindy Risenhoover IO Mike Ritchie Il Eric Ritchey Il Dave Ritter Il Barb Roades Il Susan Roades 9 Billy Roberts 9 Darren Robertson 9 Ellen Robinson Il Marti Robinson 10 Robert Rockwell 9 Robin Rockwell 9 Blair Rodenborn Il Deon Rodenborn 9 Tying a piece of cord to a suspension beam, Chuck Westover, sponsor, prepares an experiment for members of the club. With intense concentration, Karen Knorr, sopho- more, makes a futile effort to keep her pen on the lines. Underclass II7