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

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Typing can really . help you in the ? f future by allowlng you to get better . A ' robs- .tot Joke Ferguson TYPI SPEEC lf you wolked by the Typing Cldss this yeor, 'lFlying Fingers is whot you'd see! lt wos d very busy yeor for students enrolled in either the semester of yeor-long course. Students Iedrned ports of the typewriters, touch-typing, formotion skills, ond mony other con- cepts. Speed ond occurdcy were stressed ds very importont skills in closs. Students hdd the opportunity to work on both :electric ond electric typewriters os well os computers. Mrs. Bowles soid, I think keybodrd- ing skills ore necessory for dll students in todoy's com- puter dssisted society. By Mott Oberweother The Speech cldsses, tought by Mrs. Little ond Mrs. Wogner worked very hdrd this yeor on vorious produc- tions. In the Foil they presented d musicol for the school coiled Coming of Age . During the yeor they worked on public spedking, debdte, ond o dromd unit. They ended the yeor with on exciting owords dssembly thot wos enjoyed by dll ot PLJH. Isroel Houk ond Brondon Curtis proctice typing o lesson. Above right. Students perform in 'Coming of Age, Mrs Dee Bowles! Mrs Robbie Littlef Mrs Esther Typing Speech WognerfSpeech 28 fAcodemics

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' fuTure soid lf To im- Closs. loss for d sTu- wd ex- e orTs in ll .g -. f Z! fr fl Mr Russell Berlin Mrs Debro Horder A Z f 7 W Q WW W 'T W f US C New Harmony The Music DeporTmenT showed new sTroins of hormony os new Teochers were odded. Former music Teocher Mr. Poul ShrouT become o new vice-principol which lefT on opening in The deporTmenT. And by increosing The group To five, The new posiTions were filled by Mrs. Bonnie HowerTon ond Mrs. Debro Horder. The five insTrucTors Teomed TogeTher To moke The PLJH music deporTmenTs one of The finesT in The oreo. This wos proven in Thefollf winTer compeTiTion. The vocol secTion of The deporT- menT wos ToughT by Miss Helmer, Mrs. HowerTon ond Mrs. Horder. Miss Henry led The bonds ond Mr. Berlin wos ln chorge of The orchesTro or sTring secTions. All The sTudenTs were required To give procTice Time. Pre- cision ond Teom work, cz lifelong skill, were exTremely imporTonT in order for The groups To sound polished ond moTured. Sounding older wos impor- TonT. lT wos o complimenT To pe mis- Token for on older group pecouse of The performonce ond The perfor- monce wos everyThing for eoch of The closses. ConcenTroTing on ploylng The violin is Kim Fronko. Miss Glorio Helmer 5- am Henry Mrs Bonnie HowerTon Acodemicsf 27

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HO ECO M CS In The Home Economics classes, The Teachers, Mrs. Briggs, Mrs. Bullard, and Ms. Bird, prepared sTudenTs for Things They will need and use in everyday life. The classes were divided inTo four basic uniTs: Food, l-lealTh, Grooming, and Child Care. The sTudenT learned how To prepare nuTriTionaI meals, how To handle and pre- venT accidenTs, Taking care of a child when pabysiT- Ting, how To apply makeup and choose The colors ThaT are mosT appropriaTe for you and many oTher lnTeresT- ing Topics. Allison Hood, a sTudenT in Mrs. Briggs class commenTed, Even Though iT's hard work, Home Eco- nomics is fun because iT's challenging and rewarding. By Sara Murphy ' 'In Home Economics class, C I like the unit T on cooking the best ' ' O KaTrina Hadlock iii. Q .ss 4 , ,g , . g U Ms. KaThY Bird glxggzotricio gg 4 EAJLQQCK' Kelli Kvasnicka and Karen Moore make a pillow for Their sewing projecT. Academics f 29