Shawnee Mission East High School - Hauberk Yearbook (Prairie Village, KS)

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N V Supplement Winter Courses 5 K P 4.- 2 fs 4,-A -. W 5' 3 Y As others wait for a chance for refreshments, Philip Mce X Ha. MR. DAVID SCHMIDT, Principal of Summer School Discussing which bathing suits to wear,-Iill Vance and Pam Hours leave summer school. E 5 'e -i Manis takes a break for a soft drink and a doughnut. git: , .: ,M-Q Reading in a casual atmosphere of shorts and bare feet, Cathy Robinson tries to ignore heat and humidity and concentrate on her studies.

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Unable fo Escape Heat and Humidity, Sfudenfs x Taking a break from humid classrooms and intense study, summer school stu- dents relax and talk over ice cream, soda pop and candy bars. Evading the ruling of no shoes without socks, Charlie Buck simply drops both socks and shoes during summer school. New circumstances faced summer school students: up-dated textbooks, varied curriculum, and earlier hours. The atmosphere was casual, shorts and sandals set the style for the four- hour day which included two refreshment breaks. Keeping up with modern trends, summer school progressively catered to both the remedial and ac- celerated student. Courses added this year in- cluded basic reading, applied science, and Eng- lish I. Manu World, for world history enthus- iasts, and the BSCS Biology series were used for the first time during the eight week session. To fill state requirements, classes began fifteen min- utes earlier than last year. Mr. David Schmidt, serving for the second year as coordinator, was one of the few familiar faces of the summer ad- ministration, He commanded a staff of thirty- Eve who instructed the 825 pupils. Small classes and individual attention paralleled the informal attire. Mr. Schmidt, with the cooperation of the teachers, worked to keep summer school run- ning efficiently.

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pav- iz ' A' Q I vm ' ' .fp V. Chemistry textbooks and pages of complicated equations welcome early-comers as teachers begin lectures in zero-hour classes. An experiment in education was initiated at Shawnee Mission East this year. The zero- hour program offered three courses for seniors: chemistry, citizenship, and auto mechanics II. The zero-hour courses, beginning at 7:15 each morning, were developed with the working student in mind. Because they came to school early, the 100 students in this program could leave for after-school jobs at 1:00 PM instead of the usual departure time of 3:30 PM. Students who participated in the program could take five hours of courses, but they could not have activity period under the new schedule. The new curriculum brought out one ma- jor complaint from students involved in it. Com- ing to school at 7:15 meant getting up an hour earlier. Although participating in the zero-hour program meant forfeiting after-school activi- ties, students found this new program profit- able both in and out of school. at I Zero Hour Affracfs Sleepy Minds Attempting to generate oxygen, Craig Wolfe struggles to keep his gas jar from slipping and dousing his workbook with water. In the silence and solitude of early morning, tired students mean- der into school to face teachers and tests.