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

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l The ultimate in creative captions arise from the fertile minds of Ken and Paul-National Merit Scholars. De Merits Last September, 13 Shawnee Mission East students were recognized as semifinalists in the National Merit scholarship competition. These lucky 13 earned this honor as a result of scores on the PSAT, taken in October of their junior year. To qualify, they had to score in the top V2 of 1 percent of those who took the test. On a national level, 15,000 students from more than 7,000 schools were chosen for this honor. By taking the SAT to confirm previous high scores, students could qualify as finalists. lf they achieve this status they are eligible for more than 3,- 000 scholarships to schools all over the country. The program also awarded letters of commendation to 21 East students. These 21 out of 38,000 nationally, rank- ed in the top 2 percent of high school seniors. Although they weren't eligible to compete for the scholarships, the letters of Commendation were in recognition of their ex- cellent execution on the test. NATIONAL MERIT SEMI-FINALISTS: Row 1: Kyle Davenport, Mike Susan Kahn, Anne McGuire, Karen Schlueter, Ann Lintecum, Doug Anthony, John Harrington, Jim Appelbaum. Ftow 2: Mark Franklin, Dalglish, Paul Weium, Amber Edwards. ACTIVITIESH5

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GIRLS' STATE: Lisa Adler -W1 if ii 1 W LLL WWW NM Boys' State: Fid Norton Boys' And Girls' State Young men and women from across Kansas assembled at K.U. for several days during the summer in Boys' and Girls' State programs spon- sored by the American Legoin. Representatives from Shawnee Mission East studied and practiced concepts and principles of self-government. Boys are assigned arbitrarily to a city and coun- ty, and then perform the duties relating to their specific offices. Each city elects a mayor and each county a representative for the state legislature. in the congress delegates discussed such relevant issues as abortion and para-mutuel betting. Divided equally into two political parties, girls vied for city, county, and state offices through petition and open election. Along with staging a legislative forum, girl delegates chose a Supreme Court to advise and decide on current topics. Dor- mitory living offered relaxation and fun. 'ft fl.'ff 1-, ff we H M .l .Mg l I , if 3,54 9' t, ,gel '

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A perfectly straight part. My-Y LETTERS OF COMMENDATIONZ Bottom to iOp2 Melanie Bush, Suzanne Usdin, MOHY Mmef- Doris Bywaiers, Dennis Woods, Mike Pr0r1k0,Laurie Brown, Becky Davis, Noni Strand, Sheri Johnson, Janet Scnutte, Amy Br0Wr1, Gretchen Harper, Tom Weary, Sally Burger- 'IGXACTIVITIES