Viscount Bennett Junior High School - Terminal Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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JUNIOR HIGH CLUBS PAGE 70 THE TERMINAL THE BOOSTER CLUB This year, under the expert guidance of Mr. Plaxton, the Junior High-Booster Club has become one of the strongest and most serviceable club in the school. The main purposes of the club are to publicize any school event, arrange school dances, and plan the wonderful pep rallies that the Junior High Students have enjoyed this year. The executive, co-chairman EDDIE SCKEY and BOB GREENWOOD, and Secretary MARIAN RODGERS, along with committee ' members KATHY LANE, GORDON CORMIE and LYN HARRIS, spent much valuable time and effort preparing this year ' s pep rallies. Every time Fifi the French poodle appeared in the main hall, the students all looked forward eagerly to another rally, and to such celebrities as The Winnipeg Washerwomen and the Chipmunks A Quiz contest proved to be a popular item as well as an Interplanetary Trackmeet between the grades, and a fairly recent addition The Rumbles a Rock n ' Roll group. The functions of the pep rallies : besides entertainment, are the promotion of school spirit, publicity for oncoming events, and the fostering of good..teacher- : pupil relationships. The teachers who entertained the students by appearing in skits helped prove that teachers are human after all! The Booster Club was also behind the Year Book Sales Promotion. If the present status of the Booster Club is any indication of its future possibilities, then it is easy to see that this club will be one of the most thriving and beneficial clubs in Viscount Bennett next year, as it has been I this year. PAT CAMPBELL

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THE TERMINAL JUNIOR HIGH CLUBS PAGE 63 JUNIQR ' fflGH STUDENTS ' COUNCIL t .. ■ feia : , the ' Junior High Students ' Councils, got ' off to an early start. The student body elected the following people .-- ' Aa to the executive: i President: Vic e-President: r LYNDA HODGES ■ ■ ' ■■rci ' LYN HAfiRIS. V %UDREY DASH Secretary: AUDREY DASH At the first meeting eight committees were set up and each member shose the one he or she wished to be on. The committees Funds, Social, Red Cross, Display, Booster, Homeroom Efficiency, Crests and Jackets, Indoor Traffic. The convenor of each committee joined the executive, and DOUG SPENSLEY, convener of the Funds Committee, became Council Treasurer. Each committee was very active. The Social Committee sponsored and organized six parties as well as the Grade Nine Graduation. The Booster C ommittee held Pep rallies whenever possible to do so, The Crest and Jacket Sale was successful and the Display Cases were always filled i with new and attractive displays. Three campaigns were conducted for ' Homeroom Efficiency, and the final winners were 9-3» 8-2, 7-22. The Red Cross and Indoor ' Traffic Committees also helped in the operation of council. The Viscount Bennett Plan Committee was perhaps- the most- ' active ' . It was set up during the year, and was headed by LYN MEYER, who wrote the following article on VISCOUNT BENNETT -PLAfT - This is a special plan, organized by the Home and School Association in co¬ operation with the teachers of our school. It is designed to help the capable student j •to want- and to achieve-higher education. The Students ' Junior High has organized several projects to help put over the Plan ' s value tfe the students. The Easter Study Driye was one of these projects. During the two weeks .immediately pre-( ceeding the Easter Vacation, a- |tudy drive was held. The purpose of thipI drive was ( ; i to promote student interest iri fiomework. The uncompleted homework assignments in each room were tabulated, and five points were deducted from the posable daily total of fifty points per room. The progress of the rooms was shown to the students by a board in the hall. On this ( board, each class was represented by an arrow, and each day the arrow was advanced according to the number of points obtained by that room. Various posters, runners and small slogan bearing cards appeared in the hallways during the..two weeks. Both the teachers and the students fe that the drive was a success. Especially pleased are the students in 7 - 13 who ar( justly proud of the beautiful silk screen picture awarded to them for leading the drive, and coming through the victors. LYN MEYER This sums up our year in brief. It was a good year, and as a member of the Council and Executive I feel that it was an honour to work with such a fine group oi

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THE TERMINAL JUNIOR HIGH CLUBS PAGE 71 THE RED CROSS CLUB Around the Christmas season the Junior Red Cross Club undertook a project which would provide needy families in the city with necessities towards a happier The non-competitive Candy Sale also sponsored by the Red Cross was a big success. This sale seems to become bigger and better each year, and this year Christmas. Seventeen rooms in the Junior the candy was sold ' in a matter of seconds! High section of the school provided large Ten cents a bag for homemade candy certain] food hampers filled with the festive foods appeals to our student body. The money of a Christmas dinner, and delivered them to their allotted families. Four rooms donated money or toys to Childrens ' Homes Twenty dollars in the city. This project was very the remaining F successful but only was so because ' of the the school ' s tr co-operative and unselfish students in the The office school. ' The Red Cross thanks everyone who President: displayed such enthusiasm in helping those Vice-President: from this project was distributed as follow Twenty dollars to International Relief Twenty dollars to International Friendship the remaining Fifteen dollars remained in the school ' s treasury. The officers of this club are: DIANE McTAVISH steven mccullouc-h less . fortunate than e. Secretary: KATHY LESLIE Another project ' undertaken by the Red Cross was a Coupon Drive . The Nabob coupons- went towards a coffee percolator for the staff room, and all others went to the ...Red Cross Building. The competition proyed very successful as 9 - 3 took the ) lead with 8-19 close behind. These two rooms, however, were unable to maintain their lead, and the eventual winner was % - D. Thousands of coupons were pollected, again through the co-operation Of many students. This staff has made the year a big success. DIANE McTAVISH LORRAINE WADE + + + + + + + + + + + + 1