St Xavier High School - Xaverian Yearbook (Junction City, KS)

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KEEP SMILING Junior Nate Meske tackles his General Math assignment with commendable en- thusiasm. EXOSKELETONS: 1, 2, 3 Junior James Bailey watches closely as Senior John Hulett counts exoskeletons of mealy worms during his research project for Biology II. Photo by Brett Henderson SAY WHAT!! A look of disbelief crosses Sophomore John Briestensky’s face as he learns there are two more assignments. Science And Math 27 Design by Brett Henderson

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Elements Of Essence Essence is defined by Webster’s dic- tionary as “The property necessary to the nature of a thing.” There are 110 elements, give or take, depending on where you’re learning about them and who’s teaching the subject. Yet while studying science as a subject we find many calcu- lations dealing with multiplica- tion, division, ad- dition, and sub- traction and many other areas of math. Thus we find a coexistence between the two. If it were not for the technology we have gained through science then many cal- culations used in science would be slowed down and so would our for- ward progress in many fields of sci- ence. We find in the coexistence of math and science that without one, we would not have the other. If it were not for these “elements of essence” then we would not have pro- gressed to the ever expanding and technologically advanced state we en- joy today. Although we are introduced to both subjects at the age of six when we enter the first grade, it is not until six years later that we be- gin to study them more in depth as Seventh and Eighth Graders. However once we enter high school as freshmen we may choose to keep pushing ourselves and learning more. Or we may choose to learn just enough to graduate. By taking the first option we will be opening up many new hori- zons for ourselves. By Brett Henderson “I like the easy stuff like dis- secting animals and watching films.” -Audra Henderson T 26 SO WHAT’S COOKIN’? Sophomore Preston Small watches as Ju- niors April Parker and Tiffany Tate pre- pare to fry (?) some chemicals. Photo by Brett Henderson Science And Math Designed by Brett Henderson

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Flash From The Past She knows Christopher Colum- bus, John Smith, all the great presidents, and many more people reaching further back in time. Who is this time-traveling per- son? The great historian, Mrs. Lisa Bonds. As well as History, her schedule includes Current Events, Geogra- phy, and Government. The Stu- dents study everything from land forms, how our government was formed and how the past has formed the present age we live in now. In honor of Centenial of our Consitution, every class this year viewed “The Blessings of Liberty” a documentary based on how our Constitution has changed over the past 100 years. The eighth grade class put on a skit of the “Donahue” show with students playing guests Christo- pher Columbus, an Indian, and the Advisor to the King of Eng- land, who answered questions from the audience. The seventh grade class studies land forms and constructed bulletin boards of them. Moving farther back in time, the Sophomores studied the Ancient Greeks and their contri- butions to the present and the fu- ture. The Juniors studied the In- dustrial Revolution and how that era changed our country faster than any event in the world’s his- tory. The Seniors studied the con- stitution and the rights it defines. The rights that let us be who we are . .. Americans, just as Mrs. Bonds teaches in all her classes. SCHOOL DAZE Carmen Rodriguez, Freshmen, dreams about summer break while sitting in Mrs. Bonds’ Current Events class. Photo by Charlene Henney WHAT’D HE SAY? Eighth graders, Isabel Mitura and Brian Melvin look to A.J. Melvin as he struggles to answer Mrs. Bonds’ historical question. Photo by Kevin Walsh COMIC RELIEF Junior, April Parker does not seem to be very amused at one of Tiffany Tate’s little jokes about use of the Spanish language. Photo by Kevin Walsh 28 Social Studies And Spanish Design by Kevin Walsh