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

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The Stars forever Cheerleaders keep enthusiasm McCluer North Cheerleaders ... They started working on school spirit three months before school began and didn’t stop until tryouts for the next year’s squad. This year’s varsity and sophomore squads spent June 27 to July | at Missouri Valley College in Marshall. They learned new cheers, chants, and pyramids. The varsity squad, under the leadership of Molly Pilkington and Beth Derrington, co- captains, received a blue ribbon nightly and the sophomore squad, under Tonia Busse and Jennie Canterbury, co-cap- tains, won two blue ribbons. Together, the squads brought home a spirit stick and many memories. After recovering from the muscle aches of camp, the squads began practicing for the upcoming sports events. They cheered for football, soccer, and girls’ If at first you don’t succeed try, try again — as the varsity cheerleaders here demonstrate. Giving a chant on the sidelines are Andrea Kinner, Carol Eberhard, and Jackie Kurlowski, varsity cheerleaders. 48 Varsity And Sophomore Cheerleading and boys’ basketball games. The cheer- leaders also gave the teams a boost by decorating the locker rooms and lockers. But why did people try out for this time- consuming activity? Amy Bernhard, sen- ior, reasoned, “I had always been an ath- lete until | hurt my knee, and | still wanted to support the teams. Cheerleading gives me that opportunity.” “This year has been the most re- warding because the teams have never shown so much apprecia- tion.”’- Beth Derrington Did this year’s cheerleaders really do their job promoting school spirit and cheering for the teams? Doug Wynd, soc- cer player, answered, ‘Cheerleaders helped keep the morale up on the team and helped give other schools a good im- pression of the Stars.”

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News and a decade Tenth anniversary of Star Gazer For more than a decade the Star Gazer brought the students and faculty the most recent events that have been hap- pening around McCluer North. “I can’t believe it; | didn’t realize it had been around for so long,” said Lisa Jace, sopho- more. The obvious question: How did the Star Gazer actually get started? When McCluer North opened in the fall of 1971, the school didn’t have just one pa- per. Instead, different groups and organi- zations published their own, at least until the spring of 1972. That was when the Star Gazer started. Starting a school paper created numerous problems for Mrs. Virginia Navarro, the first adviser, and for Mr. Doug Lane, the second, who inherited these problems in the fall of 1972. To begin the Star Gazer, Mrs. Navarro and Mr. Lane had to find students who were interested in being on the newspaper staff. The paper, in the beginning, was distrib- uted monthly. Soon, however, it turned into every two weeks. This year the Star Gazer was delivered every three weeks. Many changes have developed over the years. In the beginning, the newspaper used handwritten headlines. After some technological changes, the staff used typed headlines, which looked more pro- fessional. Steve Loving, editor-in-chief, said “I feel out of all the other high schools it will make an All-Missouri paper.” “| enjoy it a lot. They all work to- gether It makes it easier on me.” - Doug Lane The progress of the newspaper, accord- ing to Mr. Lane, adviser, varied from year to year. “This year we’ve had a lot more new students, so we had to start with the basics.” Before the first newspaper deadline, September 15, Steve Loving, editor-in-chief, offers advice to John Gruender, exchange editor. Struggling over an ad, Alan Thompson, business manager, tries to meet an issue deadline. Star Gazer 47

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Demonstrating a bit of their talent are Dawn Pollock, | “Go Stars go,” yell Beth Derring’ sn and Sandra Clark, — Jenny Canterbury, and Jill Hass, sophomore cheer- || varsity cheerleaders, with enthusiasm. leaders. ge ee With enthusiasm and pep, the varsity cheerleaders try to get the Stars to “show their might” during a game. With serious looks upon their faces, the sophomore cheerleaders watch the activities at the assembly. Varsity And Sophomore Cheerleading 49