Valley Park High School - Val E Vues Yearbook (Valley Park, MO)

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 SIM Y 7 Pros and cons of a small school bc T School Valley Park High is classified as a 1A school because its 161 stu- dent enrollment falls into the 1A range which is 0-200 students. There are advantages and dis- advantages to a small school. feel that the best thing about a small school is that everyone here has a special kind of closeness. Everyone knows each other, said David Finder. Smaller class sizes and more in- dividual student attention are other advantages. We have a 12 to 1 student teacher ratio. This affords the teachers and stu- dents more opportunity to indi- vidualize, said Mrs. Lana Vlahio- tis. Small classes give teachers a chance to really know their stu- dents, said Mrs. Barbara Zingrich. I like Valley Park because you can do just about anything you want. There is very little competi- tion, said Cindy Cantrell. Want to be on Prom Committee? Just volunteer — your on! Or you want to play basketball or be in a club? You can do what you want. The only exception is base- ball and softball; more try out then there are uniforms. I talk with my friends who go to Park- way, and they don't get to do every thing they want. Eighty girls will try out for cheerleading and only 16 make it, said Tricia Barthel. Some of the disadvantages of a small school are that rumors al- ways abound. You can tell one person something and in 10 min- utes everyone will know, said Carolyn Sidwell. Another disad- vantage is that there is always difficulty in scheduling classes. In order to maintain a AAA rating the district must offer 60 V2 differ- ent classes; we offer 65 this year. Some classes are only offered one hour a day. I wanted to take sociology, said John Garza, but it was offered the same hour as chemistry, and I decided that chemistry was more important. Football, soccer and track are some of the major sports that we don't offer. We just don't have the numbers or facilities that those sports require, said Coach Brent Gregston. Every school has their advan- tages and disadvantages. But there's no doubt about it Valley Park High is simply the best, said junior Jennifer Walker. I liked wearing the sombrero donated by Cindy Cantrells' mom as much as the kids did. said Mrs. Natalie Fritts Mr. Small and Mr. Stokes plot their re- venge after the first basketball pep rally. Mrs. Lana Vlahiotis helps Alicia Jacobs with a question on Pygmalion during English lit- erature. 4 Simply The Best School

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Time out for some fun When students have the free- dom to do whatever they want, how do they spend their free time? Some might choose to be at home and just relax while oth- ers spend their time skateboard- ing, eating, bicycling, hanging around with friends or...do- ing homework? Skateboards have really be- come popular again, said Jeff Miller. It's fun to think of places to go riding. McDonald's now offers good salads, said Dawn New as she Jennifer Walker, Cindy Moise, and Tim Fain wait in line. I hope Mrs. Fridley doesn't mind if I read the paper on the floor, said Claude War- ren. Simply Good Times 3

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