Student Councils in Anderon area face role debate
Herald youth correspondents report on Alexandria Monroe Anderson Elwood and Frankton high schools where councils are praised as service organizers yet criticized for lacking real decision power. Leadership notes apathy, calls for open forums and more student influence in policy.
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Nign
Anderson
Herald
Alexandria-Monroe
Ent Council
Bill Kennedy
Kennedy
Darwin Chismar
Bob Sample
Sample
Elwood
Matia Updegratf
Jeff Leathers
Willkie
North Central ‘Association
Don Smith
E-Men Club
Frankton Frankton High School
Timmi Grissom
Barb Smith
FHS Council
Darell Crouch
Dave Barlow
Sue Gibson
Paula Vivens
Shenandoah Students Shine in Blackford Speech Sectional
Five Shenandoah students entered the Blackford County Speech Sectional with four reaching the semi finals. Dan Taylor and Brenda Caldwell spoke dramatic interpretations of Of Mice and Men and Our Town while Cheryl Casey and Denise Philips presented original orations on Teenage Drinking and Appalachian Poverty.
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Cheryl Casey
Shenandoah
Blackford County
Dan Taylor
John Steinbeck
Brenda Caldwell
Thorton Wilder
Our Town
Denise Philips
Cheryl
Robbin Cassity
Five AHS Clubs Send Delegates To State Meets
Five Anderson High School clubs prepared for statewide events this spring. DECA sent eight students to Fort Wayne with eight AHS delegates among 1200-plus participants from 92 schools. VICA, Latin Club, German Club and Future Teachers of America also mapped conventions, contests and activities with plans for trips and competitions through July.
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AHS
Michael Cox
Anderson
Anderson High
Distributive Education Clubs of America
Fort Wayne
Central High School
Wendall Hilligoss
William Montgomery
Roxanne Newby
Becky Rosencrans
Chelon Sayer
Pat Evert
Rohn van Campick van Baaleo
Paul Burkhardt
Gary Clark
Newby
Rosencrans
Snyder
Las ‘Ane
Rus
Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
Ars
Donald Dietze
VICA
Roanoke
Teachers of America
North Central High School
Indianapolis
Chicago
Marian College
David Newkirk
Martha McHenry
Debbie Wilkin
Rehearsals for Highland High Spring Comedy Up the Down Staircase
Highland High School drama director Ron Clark leads rehearsals for Up the Down Staircase with daily sessions 6:30 pm in the gym. Cast members perform stretch and relax and statue exercises to build non verbal communication and stage presence.
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Highland
Highland High School
Ron Clark
Coalition Promotes College Interest Among Black Youth
Four local groups form the Coalition for Higher Education to sponsor campus tours in Indiana for black high school students. Ninety students from Anderson, Yorktown, and Madison Heights High Schools will learn about college life and explore options at Ball State University, Indiana University, Purdue, and other area campuses.
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Madison Heights
Madison Heights High School
Rie Schoor
Phil Oleksy
Paul Redding
Pendleton Heights
Pendleton Heights High School
Mike Bare
PH Council
Larry Wallace
PHS Conation
Rex Hinsky
Urs
Hinsky
Greg Cowles
Kathy Romine
Tony Bailey
PHHS
Council
Coalition
Kathy Merouiy
James W. Geater
Coalition For Higher Education
Ball State University
Indiana University
Purdue
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Alexandria‘Monroe High School
Stan
Molly Marston
Dan Ice
Tndo
Anderson High School
Mary Jo Stewart
Jeff Hollon
Tom Castor
Cheryl Scharnowske
Mike Williams
Mickey Gilliam
Park Place Methodist Church
Rome
Indiana State University
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