Oak Park High School - Cambia Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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1. Iim rict Irs. 'ing P of 'L' ll -1 l l nix, fix together very day mods 10-11 and 12-13, Oakie students could be heard saying, What's for lunch today? The answer varied from day to day as head cook Mrs. Louise Koerber and her fourteen full-time cooks worked to make nourising lunches. The addition of the salad bar gave Northmen a chance to create their own salad. The success of the salad bar was great at the beginning of the year, but slacked off to about 40-50 people using it daily as the year progressed, said Mrs. Koerber. Least favorite lunches served this year were fried chicken, chili, and spaghetti. But on the other hand, Northmen flocked the lunch line when their favorites, ham and cheese rollups, pizza, and chee- seburgers were being served. As with the cooks, Jim Lawrence and the twelve janitors also played a major part in the well-being of Oak Park. The work was never done for the janitors as they spent twenty-four hours, six days a week working on a variety of jobs. Among them were: keeping the grounds maintained, mowing, shoveling snow, and sweeping the entire building. PLATE ROLL UP Louise Koerber posts the menu for the following day. Hllsll! SALAD! WUI . my CURRICULUM 26-27

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Carolyn Mings changes papertowels in the girls' restroom. Below, the kitchen staff of fifteen break for a moment in the scramble area. The custodians fupper rightjz Lou Sims, Carolyn Mings, Marty Clinton, and head custodian Jim Lawrence. 4234, Right, custodians Marty Clinton and Jim Lawrence load boxes on a school district truck bound for central office. Mrs. Koerber, below, sells breakfast to starving students who had time to catch a cup of punch and a cookie before class. ,,,g,,'49t.f' Q Cooks and anitors - teams that mix, fin

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ack to basics. Everybody has heard of it, and most schools are making the move back to those elusive essentials needed for life. The NKC district's philosophy of required classes is that they should help students learn the basics Creading, writing, and historyj. After the basics, it was up to students as to what classes they take. The state requires, for graduation, two English credits, two history, one physical education, one fine arts, one math, one science, and one practical arts. Oak Park required sophomores to take English and World Cultures, and juniors, American History. A major result of Oak Park's back to basics approach was Sophomore English, which prepared students for the Language Arts Proficiency Test. Of the approximate- ly six-hundred sophomores, four-hundred and sixty passed the LAPT, and one- hundred and thirty-five failed. In sheer numbers C150-35 it was evident that electives were a major part of Oak Park. w. f-,-,aw A sophomore readies himself for the LAPT test, 1 .,..,A-......-1 'fs Above required classes depend on attendance. Below, Carla Cobb and Mrs. Kay Mowry review Carla's past grades in English. Switching r C . K -5 get ss .s . , '-r Mary Addison Linda Alverson jerry Amorosa Sp Ed Learn Dis English Scien H Mafy Beethe Mike Bennett Larry Blackwell ome Economics English Cgungeling - U4 x c S . H Q .--0 ff ' A A A Marjorie Secre Warrel liirnvc