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

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Changes for students I have discovered many changes in life since | started here at McCluer North. Life isn’t just a bowl of cherries. You have to work for what you want people to think of you. People here at MN see a person by who that person hangs around with, how they dress, and sometimes by who they date. I’ve learned to judge a person by the way they really are. Just because some- one wears a jean jacket and goes out to the smoking area, or goes out with some- one | don’t really care for, doesn’t mean these people are not nice. It’s what’s in- side of a person that counts not what they wear, or who they see. Before peo- ple start assuming something about a per- son they should meet them first. Jackie Kurlowski We're growing More capable 90 Senior Articles Benefits say responsibility | | feel that | have matured a lot since | came to North as a sophomore. North places a lot of responsibilities on the stu- dents and has a very carefree attitude. You are responsible for the courses you take; your advisor doesn’t tell you what to take, like at some schools. Also, McCluer North’s commons program has made me more responsible. When I’m on commons, | know it is up to me to do what I have to do: homework. If | don’t have any homework to catch up on, | also know what is expected of me and | am respon- sible to abide by the guidelines of where to be and where not to be and also what | can and cannot do. McCluer North has helped me to become more responsible and more mature. Carla Nelson Move over ... More intelligent More prepared Life after high school When I came to McCluer North, | was wondering what was in store for me. As a sophomore, | began to grow and mature. Now that | am a senior, | know where | want to go with my life and what | want to be. McCluer North contributed greatly to my decisions. | thank everyone who has helped me learn where | want to go. Tim Stelter Having gone to McCluer North for three years, I have really learned that it is im- portant to know what I will be doing when | am out of high school. The McCluer North staff has really convinced me on what | should do when | graduate. McCluer North really gave me a mature outlook of my life. | am really going to miss the school because | know | will nev- er have as many friends as at McCluer North. Charles Venable Killing an hour of commons, Mark Amrheim, Jackie Kurlowski and Pat Jensen converse in the snack bar area.

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Mark Wierhake Lynne Wilcox Karen Wilhoit Vonceal Wilkerson Pamela Williams Terry Williams Phyllis Williamson Patty Wilshusen Sandy Wilson Betty Winkler Jim Woll Cindy Woo Fran Wood Mary Wood Anglea Wright Erik Wuelling Michele Wurth Scott Zaehner Suzette Zahner Amy Zingre The lowest place The blahs: Mr. Webster defines it as a kind of nonsense. As far as the students at McCluer North were concerned, it was the lowest place on earth to be at any given time. The “blahs” were brought on by a variety of things. A low test score, nothing to do on a Friday night except homework (heaven forbid), a broken date, or just the everyday grind in the same old rut. ‘I get a terminal case of the blahs when I find out that | just ran out Skoal and all the stores are closed for the night or they’re out of it,” commented Chuck Venable, senior. Whatever the reason was, the person knew he or she was no fun and all a student could think of was, “What can | do to get rid of the blahs?” The cures for the blahs were as wide- ranging as the reason s for them. One par- ticular favorite among M.N. seniors was to go to a party. Music was almost always a part of the cure. Whether it was playing music at home, going cruisin’ with the jam up loud, or listening to the radio at someone else’s house, music had a defi- nite part in recovery. Staying alone was almost an insurance of keeping the feeling. So to remedy this, all students had to simply take a good dose of friends, apply a generous portion of fun, and soon they were well on their way out of the hole and on the way to a speedy recovery. The blahs: no matter how bad you felt, there was almost always a way of getting rid of them. Spending time together on commons in the con- course is one way to cure the blahs for Troy Peebles and Angela Reed, juniors. Seniors 89

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Remember golden days My three years here at McCluer North have added a greai deal to my life. When | arrived here on my first day of my soph- omore year, | was not quite sure where | was headed. But now, after almost three years, | have set a goal for the future. North has contributed to other aspects of my life as well. I've made many new friends, som e which | know | will keep for a lifetime. I’ve also learned to deal with changing situations and learned to do for myself. My years at North will always be remembered as learning, helpful years and | will always treasure them. Marvee Marr Adapting to new ways Coming from a junior high and going into a high school is a big change. The people seem more adult. They tend to act more mature than the junior-high stu- dents. | myself have changed incredibly since I’ve been at McCluer North. My at- titudes about people and where | am heading in life have greatly changed. Just being around older people can help me to mature. | have changed a great deal the three years | have been here. Every- one matures, but people, different envi- ronments, and situations make people re- alize things. | also have been able to get along with more of a variety of people. In junior high, my close peers were just about the only people | would talk to. Peer pressure usu- ally caused this. Now, | am able to make friends and not worry what anybody else thinks about them. I have also changed my attitudes about racial problems. | have a lot of black friends that | can associate with. | don’t think they are any different than whites or any other race. Stacey Collins — ST Attempting to finish their homework, John Dalton and Jim Paxton, seniors, make plans for the evening. Acquiring new friends McCluer North has helped me make more friends. It has much more freedom than my past schools and gives you a larger amount of time to meet other peo- ple. The variety of classes and wide range of career choices has expanded my knowledge in the career world. North’s learning atmosphere is very acceptable, making learning a little easier to come by, without all of the stress and strain on the brain. The smoking area is a place to re- lieve much of the strain of the day and relax for an hour or two. Tom Chac Students: number one | think the greatest thing McCluer North gave to me is the ability to use self- discipline. By taking advanced and honor courses, | realized that nothing in school (or in life, for that matter) was going to be handed to me on a silver platter. Good grades and achievements have to be worked for and | realized that no matter how difficult something may seem to be 90 percent of the time, it may be achieved if it is wanted badly enough. Although there were many times when | complained of the homework load here at North, | am now grateful to the school and teachers for making me work up to my potential. If they hadn’t pushed, | wouldn’t know now how much I can do. Tracy Obermoeller Senior Articles 9l