Neil A Armstrong High School - Gyre Yearbook (Plymouth, MN)

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Ref iTThoT's one small sTep for man, a greoT leap for man- kind. A dream had come True. And on eorTh a school was being planned e no ordinary school, buT a school for The new generoTion. And a Truly new generoTion H was e a new decode, new era, new values and new ideas were all coming inTo view. Neil A. ArmsTrong High School was a monifesToTion of socieTy's inspiroTions for The fuTure. The 4970-4974 school year opened wiTh The school as yeT uncompleTed. FuTure ArmsTrong sTudenTs wenT To school in spiiT shifTs oT Cooper. The sTudenTs and Teachers were enThusiosTic Though, as They woiTed for The opening day in November. The school opened wiTh a minimum omounT of confusion in spiTe of The consTrucTion workers being mixed in wiTh The sTudenTs ThroughouT The building. BoTh sTudenTs and foculTy were impressed by The new fociliTy ond iTs reflec- Tion of independence and flexibiliTy. eCTion And InnovoTion Since The opening day, ArmsTrong has been an example of deTerminoTion To succeed oT creoTing on insTiTuTion designed To fill each sTudenT's educoTionol needs. The school sysTem hos wiThsTood much criTicism and under- gone changes, buT The quoIiTy of The educoTion has never folTered. lT wosn'T only The building and The foculTy which made ArmsTrong on innovoTor, The sTudenTs Too, supporTed The values presenTed To Them and added Their ideas for improvemenT. CooperoTion of all involved produced To- day's ArmsTrong. Ten years have passed and The 4980 groduoTing class will be The final phase in The esToblishmenT of a new educoTionol sysTem. ArmsTrong hos sTepped over The boundaries of TrodiTionol educoTion ond inTo The age of progressive educoTion.

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.152 i is Time Is On Our Side independent study, popularly known as free mods, means something different to each student. It seems that some people may have three or four hours of free mods on o particular day, while some have only two or three free mods. The decision of how to spend the free time is on individual one, and every student uses their time differently. Most students divide their time proportionally into study time and relaxation time. The resource centers and media center are the best places to catch up on homework and to study. The commons is the place to talk with friends or just sit and have something to eat. Some students prefer to relax in the media center with 0 book or magazine. What- ever the choice is, Armstrong has a variety of places to spend a free mod. Are we at Armstrong representative of the fosh- FOIIOWing Falcon FGShiOn ion world - totol Chic, dressed, as they say, Hfit to kill ? Or, on the other hand, are we so isolated in the midwest that our only concern is keeping worm? It is probably most accurate to conclude that Armstrong is somewhere in the middle - 0 happy medium of modern foshion, comfortable clothes, and our own peculiar fads. Calvin Klein. Gloria Vanderbilt, and Sosson are high fashion names which turn up often oround Armstrong. On the more practical side of clothing, Lee, Big Smith, and the Limited are likely to be found on the tags. Certoin styles seem to hit Armstrong particularly hard such as: overalls; tight, straight - leg jeons worn with high, spikey heels; jeon skirts with slits; turtlenecks sprinkled with tiny hearts; ploin flonnel shirts Che old clossici; clogs mow for guys as well as girlsy and cowboy boots. It is hard, then, to classify Armstrong's foshions into one category; although there are many fods and styles that everyone seems to conform to, it is also 0 matter of individuality.