Pleasant Lea Middle School - Flashback Yearbook (Lees Summit, MO)

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Q Wm? H4 ' TID f T Mya X W X f7 avwwe f fffyy , f fr ,Q f AH Y' f' problem. Mrs. Keeler and Warren Thomas discuss slrafegies for solving a Kari Husfler and friends work fogefher on problem solving. challenging buf fun! Tina King The lvlafh classes af PLJH were leveled according To abilily, lesf scores, and recommendafions. Each auarler, afler maslering a vari- efy of concepls, The siudenls would advance To a higher level. ln addi- lion To each malh class, all sludenls worked on problem solving sirafe- gies, using calculalers effectively, and becoming belfer eslimafors. Sludenfs had The opporfunily To parlicipale in four annual conlesfs. They were lvlalh Counls, Mafh Re- lays, an Algebra Conlesl, and Con- linenial lvlafh League CCML5. Academicsf 15

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- ev--Tx-.-, W Y---H .-. . - V ,-Y .,Y.,.-.,--.-,,, .,. . , . ,. ,,.:5,.c,: 1 .-,,. f.,2.f, 9- , 4 listen -261 sxs.+,.f,.,-.Ns www mmap A M!! so X ' N1 sw .M f .M wif' M .T . ms fs.4e.,,. . 4,-1 ........ .owns A lil i C 'flfiiiil Social STudies classes are fun aT PLJH because of Th e w a y Th e Teachers make iT Brian Villers MisTy McMullen presenTs a reporT for Mr. Cahill's Social STudies class. Merle Summers geTs Alexander hamilTon's auTograph from an acTor. CCIAL S UDIES The 4987-88 school year was a busy one for The Social STudies classes. Many exciTing acTiviTies were planned for each uniT. A vari- eTy of speakers such as Civil War re- enacTors and Alexander HamilTon visiTed classes and spoke wiTh sTu- denTs, videos, special projecTs, and a chance To parTicipaTe in The Bos- Ton Tea ParTy and lnTernaTional Food and Dress Day were a few ex- amples of acTiviTies sponsored by The Social STudies deparTmenT. This year was also imporTanT because iT marked The BicenTenniaI of The U.S. ConsTiTuTion. The week of SepTem- ber 44-48 was celebraTed wiTh nu- merous evenis To commemoraTe The signing of The ConsTiTuTion. Academics! 17