Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

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Dance with me. The last dance of the year gave Patrick Wojtowicz and Christy Mar- shall, Richie Fisk and Kristy Kloechner a chance to hold each other tight. Flying high. With the help of Mr. Lesky, Dan Eager and Kevin VanBuskirk get their rocket ready to be launched into outer space, with the rest of the earth's satellites. Jr. High 23

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Boogie-woogie. The every-other month dances helped compensate for not being allowed into high school dances, as far as these junior high students are concerned as they dance all over the lobby floor. Letting-their hair down. The many restrictions of jr. high make it almost impossible for Dave Free- man, Rory Regina, Lance Snyder and James Traynor to have fun, but Mrs. Garvey's going away party made it easy. Heave-ho! Grunts and groans mar out of the mouths of jr. high tug-o-war competitors Rachel Hernandez and Dennis Osterhout while bystand- ers like Shannon Kloeckner scream encourage- ment. Special Sp BCT $S Students brace for guinea pig years by Mary Dangler A new lead had surfaced and the clues could be overheard in the hallway that stretched from the art room to the library. Hurried chatter bubbled by a locker, be- hind the books in the library or in the restroom on lunch hours. Girl talk about clothes for the next junior high dance or a whispered invitation from a classroom sweetheart all hinted toward a new way of life for the newcomers at VHS. Despite the innu- endo that junior high students were from another species, it was soon clear that 7th and 8th graders weren't all that different. Taking part in the homecoming festivities, the ju- nior high made the queen's float and had a princess in the queen's court. At times stu- dents had their own separate activities such as activity nights, spelling bees, and Odyssey of the Mind competition. In attempting to delve into the life of a junior high student, one must discover the ins and outs of their everyday life. Lunch hour, according to Pat Wojtowicz was spent in much the same way as everyone else. Activity nights were generally well liked by the students as well as faculty. Activity nights have turned out well, said Mr. Koutz. They are well attended, and there are no problems with behavior. The transition from 6th grade to 7th has always proved to be a difficult one, how- ever, a sense of responsibility and maturity is gained. Through the course of the year, difficulties were encountered since the friction between age groups has always been unavoidable. The situation may at times be a tense one but the students learned social flexibil- ity and both junior and senior high pupils gained from the expe- rience ultimately. With spelling bees and Odyssey of the Mind, the kids got a chance to challenge themselves and have something to do after school besides going home. For the first time, they won the Lakeview Invitational Bee, defeating every other school in the league. The underlying tone for the junior high was easy to detect. As always they were faced with proving themselves. They had to demonstrate that they were capable of interacting with the senior high, yet could socialize on their own. The se- nior high, on the whole, found the junior high to be not quite so squirrely and intol- erable as they were rumoured to be, and so another year passed without any mass murders — only a few trash can stuffings. I feel like a tiny kid in high school. M Ryan Smith 22 Jr. High

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A look inside the files I moved on to take a closer look at the curriculm. Keeping an eye on the students as they attended their classes and special meetings was an enormous job. Homework was a big complaint but I was intrigued by the amount of enthusiasm students put into classroom projects and organizational work. Following is some of the data collected on classes and clubs. It's not fair that the student council isn't allowed to have meetings during school hours, they'll never get any projects organized. Although the number of meetings was reduced from pre- vious years to only once a month during school hours, the student council was able to plan many projects. They sponsored homecoming, put on the Christmas assembly, held the Christ- mas giveaway, had a bike-a-thon for St. Judes hospital and for their own pleasure, went to a Tiger baseball game. How can the cadets and the publications classes get their work done if passes aren't being issued? Cadets and publications' classes were issued year long hall passes, with the warning that abusing them, got them taken away. This rule cut down the number of students roaming the halls and lessened the noise level during class time. That'll be great going on an overnight trip with the Spanish Club. For the last few years the school board wouldn't allow it because of insurance reasons. The Spanish Club didn't go on an overnight trip, but they did go to Grand Rapids to eat at Casa Lupita, a Mexican restaurant. They also participated in Foreign Language Day at CMU and won second place for their skit performance. The power and auto mechanics classes never work on engines — all they ever do is paint and work on car bodies. The power and auto mechanics classes received three cars and nine motors from Buick, Chevrolet and Oldsmobile who donat- ed them for classroom use. The classes also worked on each others cars. 24 Academics Organizations ? . € Rumor: Fact: Rumor: Fact: Rumor: Fact: Rumor: Fact: