New Bloomfield High School - Beacon Yearbook (New Bloomfield, MO)

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Students from some of Coach Walker's souri State Capitol and Supreme Court State Champion Girls Basketball team, classes enjoyed a field trip to the Mis- buildings. In addition. Walker took his 1A cheerleaders, and managers. Kevin Powell receives a History award School Academic Awards assembly. her work in Mrs. Suttles’class. Mr. How- from Coach Walker during the Middle Maria Cain was presented an award for ard made the presentation.

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Building Blocks for Tomorrow in Social Studies In building blocks for tomor- row we first have to learn some things about today and yester- day. To do this the Psychology class went to Fulton State Hos- pital to experience mental health care. “The students were reluctant and somewhat hesitant when we left, but they came back with a much better feeling about the fa- cility,” their teacher, Mrs. Pat Suttles, said. She also teaches Middle School Social studies. In mid-se- mester, her raven-colored hair became twinged with gray be- cause of the sixth graders (it was a transition year for both Mrs. Suttles and the students due to the change from elementary to middle school). This simply meant a change from a self-con- tained classroom to six or seven classes. This was a learning ex- perience for her because it has been a number of years since she taught Middle School. Approxi- mately 40 Middle School stu- dents tried out for the Academic Bowl she said. The High School history teacher, Coach Walker, took sev- eral students to the Missouri Su- preme Court and Capitol build- ings. Later, they visited the Mis- souri State Penitentiary. While there they talked to two inmates. Coach Walker’s classes had a lot of discussions and acted out skits in current events pertain- ing to child abuse, drugs, self-es- teem and other related subjects. Jason Thompson, a student teacher from the Bahamas, taught American and World History as well as sixth grade. Experimenting with the stock market was just one of the many projects assigned for Ms. King’s economics students. In addition, they were presented with a guest lecture by one of the owners of the Stifel Nicolaus Co. invest- ment firm. In other money matters, the class studied taxes and how they affect us and the country. Who pays, how much they pay, what they get and what they give were covered in various areas. Of course everyone is concerned about money, so investments, CD’s and insurance were inter- esting topics. Several areas of insurance, namely auto, home and life were covered too. Of course one has to pay for these things so a hypo- thetical budget was put in place and students were amazed with the fact that it takes a lot of money to live today. “Most students decided that they would need to make about $1,000.00 a month. That was a real eye-opener for them,” Ms. King said. Jeff Custard de- monstrates the An- aconda Policy in Mrs. Suttles history class. 14

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Kneading through Home Economics “The move to the new building was very hectic, said Ms. Poindexter, and took forever to find things. “It’s more convenient now that we have more space to move around,” she added. Although enrollment was small in some areas, Ms. Poindexter hopes to have larger classes in the future. Ms. Poindexter has received three grants and is in the process of getting Moving is very messy, can you tell? a fourth one. If the home Economics department had not received these grants, they would not have had the luxury of having dishwashers, mi- crowaves, and garbage disposals. A part of one grant bought the new sewing machines. When asked the importance of the grants, she stated two words: “Dollar signs.” This was explained as more equipment for the home Economic classes. All of the grants have gone toward new equipment for the room. Through hard work and persis- tence, the New Bloomfield Home Economics department has devel- oped more than just basics. Seniors Amy Zumbehl and Jennifer Will- meno start cleaning up and putting away while a workman installs wiring. Ms. Poindexter was interviewed by Chan- nel 17 during the new building dedication ceremonies. 16