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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Juniors bask in sweet success on field day “A landslide is the only way to describe the junior class victory on field day, said junior Jason Ja- cobs. “We were totally awe- some. I mean we worked togeth- er as a class and stomped the sophomores by 30 points. “We took first place in every event but the egg toss, said ju- nior Jeff Miller. “The balloon stomp was our specialty. No one survived the wrath of the juniors. The trick was in not blowing the balloons up too big. The smaller they are the harder they are to break. Class meetings were held first hour to organize the teams. “The seniors had an atten- dance problem. Not very many showed up, commented senior class president Jimmy Walker. “We wouldn't have finished in last place if we had had more play- ers. When Jennifer fell it was hard not to step on her,” said Melissa Hendrix. it was tough getting my grip in the wet ground, but we won. said Jimmy Walker. 6 Field Day