Seeglitz Junior High School - Yearbook (Peabody, MA)

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STUDENT COUNCIL Mrs. Juffre and Mr. Desjardins, Advisors OfiBcers: President, Gregory Johnson; Vice-President, Janet Girgus; Secretary, Rita Higgins; Treasurer, Judy Lynch. Representatives: David Clow, Mary Silva, Sandra Harris, David Pleva, Renee Bacherman, Robert Marshall, David Silverra, Larry Fixler, Victor Barros, David Hosker, William Gagne, Theodore Zolotas, Paul Visconte, Mark Meinnis, Mary Creeden, James Pashhy, Richard Jordan, Steven Brissette, Nancy Marshall, Barbara McCatherine, Linda Naezas, Romdd Antresian, Ann Silva, Henry Waters, James Inglis, Gina Viscusi. PURPOSE: The purpose of the Student Council is to let the student body have a voice in school affairs pertaining directly to them. The Council, under supervision of Mrs. Juffree and Mr. Desjardins, has arranged all social events such as: dances, tag days, etc. To see what government in action is hke, the Student Council visited the State House. — 26 —

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REMEMBER WHEN . . . After a long summer, the corridors of Seeglitz Jr. High were once again filled with happy and confused students searching for their homerooms. It was exciting trying to find which room you were going to next and meeting new teachers. Then, after about a month of school, elections for the Student Council took place. The first election was voting for the p erson of your choice to represent your homeroom. The second election was for offices of the Student Council. Assemblies were held in the audi- torium where members made speeches for the offices of president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer. Money was first successfully raised when the Council held: Tag Day on Nov. 8-9. On the 8th the girls tagged the boys they liked to carry their books to the next class. On the 9th the boys did likewise to the girls. It was fun piling your books on top of the f ersons you tagged, hurrying with an armload of books trying not to be late for class, walking along without any books and watching the next person drop a double armload on the floor, and running down the corridor trying to get away from someone who’s trying to tag you. Before we stop talking about all this excitement, the highly successful — Christmas Dance was held on Dec .14. We were satisfyingly entertained by the music of the “What Group”. Even our swinging teachers joined in on the dances. It was a blast! After a while of exciting school work, the Clothes Drive was held. Its purpose was to collect clothes no longer needed to be sent to the unfortunate people of Appalachia. The drive was sponsored by the Student Council and was very successful. All which led up to the — ■ Valentines-St. Patrick’s Day Dance. The Valen- tine-St. Patrick’s Dance was held a month away from its original date, Feb. 14, because of the snow storm. It was still a smashing success! The “Bay State Settle- ment” and our own school group, “The Sands of Time” provided the groovy music for the swinging crowd. Our Valentine-St. Patty’s Queen was Kimberly Tinkam in homeroom 311. She was voted the prettiest girl in the school. The next big excitement was the Student-Faculty Basketball Game. As for the game it was, in a way, a success. The women faculty blitzed the girls’ intramural with a score of 28-20. But — as for the men faculty, they were creamed by the boys’ all stars, 48-32! On May 14, the Science Fair was held. Three of the best projects from each class were chosen by the students’ science teachers to enter the fair. The exhibits were very unusual and plenty of time and hard work was put into all of them. Bruce Buehner was awarded the first place trophy for his exhibit of an analog computer. The biggest success of all was the Lincoln Park Surprise Dance. We once again danced to the music of a fave group. The money we raised from the dance was used to go on a trip for the whole school to — Lincoln Park. This activity, the whole school thought was the best we ever had. Once you paid the admission you were able to go on any and as many rides that you wanted for free. So for one day we were out of school, with friends, and having a great time and a lot of laughs. As the year was coming to a close we had Awards Day. This was both an exciting and confusing day. Awards and pins were given to basketball champs, football champs. Science Fair winners, scholastic achievers, club members, etc. And so as the last day of school finally came, it was the happiest day for everyone. The kids said farewell to their teachers and looked forward to summer. — 28 —