Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

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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:

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Building up Assistance by Shane Vaughn In the beginning there was to- tal chaos. Then Zeus created the weight lifter , the worshipper to the god of iron. Once mighty gi- ants walked the land who had mastered the law of iron. Then the great war broke out and the towering giant civilization was laid to waste. Many centuries after the great war, man found the iron on the battle field and used it to better himself in the game of life by lifting this iron in great quantities. Now in the twentieth century, six of these omnipotent weight lifters have found their way to our little village of Vestaburg. And they call themselves the Vestaburg Wol- verine Weight Club. The mas- ter of these six mighty weight lifters is the awesome Mr. Kid- well. By day Mr. Kidwell is a mild mannered math and special ed. teacher but after school, he be- comes the Hulk! . These people may someday also be considered a Greek God if they continue to challenge the iron gods, said Kidwell. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, the Vestaburg Wol- verine Weight Club met in the weight room in the high school gymnasium to test their ability by doing leg, bench, military presses, curls, and cleans. To in- crease their power they challenge these movements by adding on gigantic, round, flat chunks of iron in mega tons. To be a good weight lifter you've got to have concentration and determination, said Brad Johnston. Referring back to Rocky III Mark Anna said, Apollo Creed said it best in Rocky III, 'You've got to have the eye of the tiger. Not all gods can be contented with their followers, as a small band of freedom fighters known as Teen Institute tried to set up many activities to better the com- mon people. It tried to bring this school to- gether by scheduling skilled ac- tivities and various counseling sessions. These counseling ses- sion's subjects ranged anywhere from drug and alcohol abuse to teenage sex. But the efforts of TI fell onto deaf ears. TI fell through because the students around the school wer- en't interested, commented Aly- sia Gallihugh, We should have worked harder to make it go. I've been framed! Weightlifting helps keep me in shape and anyway. Brad's in there. Amy Jenkins Let's have some discussion. Being the advi- sorof the select-few Teen Institute program, gives Mr. Palmer insight into many prob- lems students face. Just a few more. Building muscles in the chest area, during the off season, makes Brad Johnston a better and tougher football player. 26 Assistance