Vergennes Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Vergennes, VT)

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Students Make Bicentennial Efforts In a bicentennial year, many new contests pop up, asking students to say what it's like being an American, and to demonstrate their understanding of our past. Several VUHS students look advantage of these contests, and the biggest winner was Laura Farley, who was chosen as one of two Vermont Bicentennial Seniors. By writing an essay and a ''bicentennial minute , Laura won $1,000 scholarship money and a trip to Williamsburg, Va. Steve Farnsworth won the school and district competitions in the American Legion Constitutional Speech Contest, and received $100 in scholarship money. Sophomore JoAnne Bodette was chosen by faculty members to represent VUHS in the Hugh O'Brien Leadership Seminar, and in an interviewing situation, competed with other Vermont school winners. Mrs. Crocker's sophomore English class contributed the most obvious bicentennial display, when they painted murals on the upper walls in the office lobby. Each member of the class wrote a research paper on some aspect of Vermont or U. S. history, and the painted scenes developed from these papers. Snoopy took his honored place atop the Liberty Bell, and from there the halls were enlivened with flags, poems and historical characters. TOP: Mrs. Crocker's 10 grade English class at the beginning of their wall painting spree. MIDDLE LEFT: Steve Farnsworth won the American Legion speech contest. MIDDLE RIGHT: JoAnne Bodette competed in the Hugh O'Brien Leadership Seminar. BOTTOM: Laura Farley poses with Mr. Fitzpatrick and her Bicentennial Senior plaque and check. 9