Shawnee Mission West High School - Saga Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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S S E Hank Brown economizes by making his choice as he waits, but Kathy Hultman, busy talking, pauses in decision, until prodded from behind. Summer School Credits Summer signified a variety of opportunities to a host of people. To some it meant swimming and sun- bathing, to others, sports such as tennis and water- skiing, but to some 520 junior and senior high stu- dents who attended the 1965 summer school program, summer was transfigured into a time to pursue know- ledge, to expand their education to its fullest. With Mr. Charles Smith serving as head of the administration, students sought to acquire knowledge as they labored from 7:45 until noon duringjune and july. The staff of nineteen teachers, some regular West faculty and some additions for the summer months, taught eleven different courses, with citizen- ship, American history, and driver's education among the popular and interesting ones. Because a single day of summer school constitu- tued a week,s work, students received daily assign- ments and frequents tests. It was with sighs of relief Warily eyeing each other, Mr. Smith demands to know who that the door f0 knowledge W35 locked, only to be took the last Nutty Buddy as the culprit sneaks off. greeted a month later by eager fall students. 26

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+ A weary Viking parent sighs in distress as guide,-Ioyce Roath, delivers directions on Back-to-School Night. P.T.C. Back-To-School Night Enlightens Parents West's Parent-Teacher Club sponsored the an- nual Back-To-School Night, designed to acquaint the parents with school curriculum and faculty. P. T. C. Officers were introduced: Mr. and Mrs. james Wilson, president, and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Izard, secretary - treasurer. Mrs. Bill Oreen, American Field Service representative, informed parents about the foreign exchange program, climaxing her speech with the in- troduction of West's exchange students, Mike Cooper of New Zealand and Sanith Vilay of Laos. From the auditorium, parents proceeded to home- rooms to receive a brief summary of daily activities. Then began the long trek of retracing paths, famil- iar to students, but puzzling to their parents. After following their youngsters' complicated schedules, coffee and donuts in the cafeteria welcomed weary parents who were unaccustomed to long hallways, numerous stairsteps, a crowded Times Square, and long hustling bridge-all to be transversed in a brief five minute passing period between classrooms. t, l Parents graciously accept refreshments during the study halls which round out their schedules on Back-to-School Night.

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3 i Attempting to keep up with the fast pace of American history, Janice Ledford hastily jots down a few timely pointers. Add To Fall Records Mr. Williams and Mrs. Newman watch Patti Chowning and Debbie Dirks struggle with an uncooperative tire. 1 c Pens fly fast and furious as Vikings in summer school American History take notes for future reference during the fall classes. 27