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

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Move over ... Wow .... people !!! The first impression of McCluer North that | got was confusion! Not only am | confused but it seems as though every- one is confused. At one point, | wasn’t even sure if all the teachers knew just = exactly what was going on. There are We're growing More responsible people running up and down the halls looking totally lost and bewildered. | know of some people who have yet to find their locker in this big maze. | won- der if the person who created this build- ing was confused. After all, there are classes inside of classes and rooms with- out walls. Now, if that isn’t confusing, | don’t know what is! As if all that confu- sion isn’t enough, there are commons. In order to find out when you have com- mons, you have to read a totally confus- ing schedule and when you figure out how to read it then you have to find out where to get one. More considerate Everything seems so confusing, but | guess in time it will all be an easy part of an everyday routine to me. In the mean- time, though, | guess I'll just be confused. More distinctive Glimpses: big bold My first impressions of McCluer North were spectacular. The people are great. The teachers are great and it is really a fun place to learn. It is a little over- crowded, but the more the merrier. Jackie Schafer, freshman SD) | was scared at first because | really didn’t know what to expect and how oth- ers would act towards us. After a while | got to know a lot of people. Everyone is really friendly and | think this school is great! Karey Stiefer, freshman i was excited to come to McCluer North because of how much everyone talked about it. | like it a lot better than Cross Keys because you have so much more freedom and responsibility. Nancy Gaffney, freshman 128 Underclass Articles Kelly Mitchell, sophomore Searching for ideas, Janelle Gonzalez and Kelly Gumper, juniors, help to arrange activities for the junior prom. New: unlike anywhere I notice lots of differences from other schools. Last year, at Florissant, you had to be in your seat when the bell rang. If you weren't in your seat, you got a deten- tion right then and there. You couldn't get out of class as often as you can here. If you were late for lunch, you got a de- tention. If you wanted to go to the bath- room at lunch time, you would have to give the teacher your I.D. and he would give you a “potty pass.” There was no smoking area for people who like to smoke, and, for the most part, they treat- ed you like a little kid. But now that | go here, I feel like a grownup person because of the way the teachers and staff treat us. The rules and regulations here are a lot better than the rules at Florissant. Laura Eckert, sophomore

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Scott Wolf 9 Jeff Wonders 9 John Wonders II Anne Wood 10 Alicia Workman II Fred Worell 9 Rick Worell 10 Kris Wortmann Il Eddie Wright 10 Dayna Wulff 9 Robert Wurth 10 | Doug Wynd Il Sue Yates 10 David Young 10 Jon Young Il Scott Younker 9 Denise Zangara Il Sally Zastrow lO Laura Zimmerman Il Kami Zulch Il Trying hard to make every important minute count, Nancy Gruenewald, senior, studies intently for yet another big test. Underclass I27

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Crowding , Politenesss the crowds My first impression of McCluer North when | got to school this morning was: crowded! | walked into the concourse and thought, “Oh, my gosh! There are so many people in here. How will | ever get to my classes?” As | walked through the halls to find my classes, | saw all these strange faces. Half of them looked scared, about a fourth looked like it was no big thing and the other fourth looked like they were trying to look cool about everything but were really scared as any- thing. When | finally got to lunch I knew my first impression was right. It was so crowded in there my friends and I| were thinking about eating outside. By the time we got through the snack bar we had about ten or twelve minutes to eat. Everyone is so tall, too. I’m not short; I’m just average size but to a lot of these people here | look short! When you go through the halls all you see is the back of some person you don’t know. The only time you can see in front of yourself is when you are going down the steps. When you walk down the halls it’s not really like walking, it’s flowing with the crowd. | guess I’m just not used to going to a big school, but | like it here so far. Linda Bohn, sophomore Large can be beautifull! My first impression of McCluer North was how large this building really is. In my ten previous years of schooling I have not been late to one class on the first day. | have been late to two classes as a result of congestion on the stairways and its great size. There are three floors, two houses, rooms inside of rooms, two rooms with the same number and a lot of other things with which a new student, such as myself, must deal. | am sure that in time it will all become second nature. | will learn back routes, short cuts, and just become familiar with the school. These will all aid in cutting down the size at which | now perceive it, but the first impression is, HUGE! Doug Driemeier, sophomore Sharing the gift of gab, Chris Shilliot, sophomore, and Dave Epstein, junior, enjoy a relaxing hour of commons. for students At the very beginning, the first tew weeks, | couldn’t stand the changes. There are so many kids in the halls, I’m usually late for my classes. | think we should be allowed more time to get to our classes. | got used to all the people here but one thing I’m not going to get used to is all the people in lunch. If you try to save a chair for a friend, you might as well forget it unless you can sit on yours and your friend’s at the same time. Kids, without even asking, take the chair or chairs. People will put their books on a table thinking it’s gonna save the table and the chairs. It doesn’t save either one. You'll come back and somebody will have put your books on the floor. So don’t ever leave your table with just your books on it, because when you come back, some- body will be sitting there. Becky Brickson, junior Little change: even better McCluer North has changed in a few ways. Rules, of course, have changed; leaving school campus during commons and lunch periods isn’t allowed anymore. This rule has stopped some students but still you can see a lot of students leaving, and if you ever happen to be at McDon- ald’s during fourth hour, you'll see just a few students from school. So, instead of having all these wonderful fellow stu- dents and even teachers getting in trou- ble for leaving, change the no-good rule. Something that should also change at this school is the smoking area. During the winter months, if you haven't noticed yet, it’s no longer swimming weather, but rather winter coats and gloves. So how about an indoor smoking area. Greg Polk, junior Underclass Articles 129