Plattsmouth High School - Plattonian Yearbook (Plattsmouth, NE)

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FACING PAGE: (top) A various assortment of the candy sold at PHS during the year; (bottom) Crowds eat delicious pancakes at the annual pancake feed band fundraiser. TOP LEFT: Scott Snyder decorates valentine cakes sold by Food Service II; TOP RIGHT: Sophomore Ke- vin Heim gets an early start on prom fundraising. ABOVE: Journalism II raffled a car to raise money for the yearbook; LEFT: The new vending machine raised money for the Journalism Department, shown by Bill Hayes. 3

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PHS Reflects Fundraising Buy,buy,buy sell,sell,sell. Those were the two most popular words during the 1982-83 school year. Almost every club and organization sold something to try to raise money. The cheerleaders sold T-shirts; band members sold pizza kits; wrestlers sold brass; the girls basketball team sold candy; the boys track team sold candy and posters; Journalism II members raffled off a Plym- outh Duster, and DECA raffled chances for “princi- pal for a day.” Juniors did their annual fundraising for prom by selling candles, sun-catchers and magazine subscrip- tions. A major fundraiser that affected the school was the addition of a new vending machine. Many students enjoyed this and the funds went to support the year- book. The student council has been sponsoring the pop machines for several years for funds. Where does all the money go? The big thing bought with fundraising money was athletic jackets. Girls’ basketball, wrestlers, and boys’ track members all got jackets with emblems of the various sports activities on the back. The cheerleaders used their funds to pay for pep rallies supplies, poster materials and also room and board for the wrestling cheerleaders at the state meet. It was a flood of fundraising throughout the year with everyone trying to get a jump on money. Almost every day of the school year, someone could be found in the hallways trying to sell something. Sue Humphrey who sold for many organizations stated that, “I liked knowing that 1 contributed to the making of the prom and it was fun and easy to do.” Most of the students at PHS must be good sales people, because the rest of the students and faculty seem to be broke from the large amount of fundrais- ing. As a potential buyer Mrs. Audrey Smith said, “It gets to be expensive but, I feel an obligation to sup- port the students’ efforts.” At the beginning of the 1982-83 school year a group of business consultants, Nasco Incorporated, came to PHS and made a survey of the fundraising activities in the past. It was found out that the plan- ning and scheduling of the activities was poor because they all ran on top of each other. It was also found that some of the fundraising activities did not make enough money for the efforts that were put out. Mr. Jack Herweg feels that “there has been a definite improvement in the amount of money raised by the organizations because of better scheduling ” He added that the sponsors are “more aware of what activities will raise the most money.” 2

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PHS Reflects Business World Nickels, dimes, pennies, quarters these do not interest many PHS students. The students are more interested in fives, tens and twenties. But how to get them? Simple, either ask mom and dad or get a job. PHS provides two programs through which stu- dents can get a job and use three hours out of their school day to work. One program is Work Exper- ience led by Mrs. Beverly Harter and the other is Mrs. Ruth Wassinger’s Distributive Education On-The-Job Training Program. This school year there were approximately 100 students working, with about half involved in the work experience program and the other half in the D.E. program. The requirement to be in work experience is a minimum of ten hours a week on the job. Mrs. Harter said, “This program is offered because it is believed that a student can obtain a great deal of knowledge by being employed in a work environment outside of school — especially if the job is related to a field in which the student is interested.” What do students do with all the money they make? In a poll taken at PHS, food, entertainment, clothes and gas are the main items students require money for. In the food category, every student needs to eat. Money for food is spent anywhere and everywhere. Entertainment is a broad field. Dating would cer- tainly fall into that category, and there is no better place to go on a date than to a movie. Some movies that got a lot of attention in 1982-83 were “E.T.,” “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” and “An Officer and a Gentleman.” Fashions are always changing, and many were seen at PHS. Everything from mini-skirts and leg warmers to preppy shirts and top-siders. The new thing in hairstyles for guys was the short, over-the-ear look as opposed to the shoulder-length style. Tim Pittman, who works at Ruback’s, has his own thoughts of the work experience programs. “Nobody likes to work but money is the basis for life and through on-the-job-training I can fulfill my everyday needs (almost).” Bill Hayes, who works but does not get release time from school had this comment: “Working can sometimes be a pain because it interferes with your social life and sports. I’m usually late for work be- cause of golf.” But like most people Bill likes “to have extra money for messing around and spending foolishly.” 4