North High School - Polar Bear Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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With a population of only 750 students, the process of holding together all the aspects of a school is more difficult. However, whenever people meet in work, despite their number, interaction is bound to occur. L ike any school, group activities existed, yet lack of participation plagued several of them. Girl ' s swim¬ ming, student council, and other groups faced the problems of running a program with less than an adequate number of members. Likewise, some classes, such as ROTC, neared the possibility of extinction in the future due to lack of in¬ terest by the student body. However, the smallness of classes led to more individual attention, and a closer knit relationship between students themselves as well as with the instructor. Even with a decreased student body, some groups did exceedingly well. North High football saw its best season in many years, with the team going to state; an event which produced as much spirit from our populace as it would from a larger school. Band, with close to one hundred members, per¬ formed as in years past, and received an invitation to Hawaii to participate in the King Kamehahmehah Day parade. With a smaller amount of members to work with, more effort was put out to achieve goals, and several clubs and teams were preserved through determination—true proof that good things DO come in small packages. 3