A few of the things I remember about Junior High:
1. My Junior High School included 7th - 9th grade students.
2. Our school mascot was a Cougar Cub. (The high school mascot was a Cougar.) The school colors were maroon and gray.
3. In PE we had a section on gymnastics. (That was my favorite part of PE.) My least favorite part of PE were calisthenics and running a mile.4. Each class was in a different room with a different teacher. In 8th grade I had a teacher who had a big mustache and looked like a lot Mr. Potato head. In 7th grade I had an english teacher named Mr. Shrek. Rumor was he came to class stoned on occasion. (He didn't return as a teacher the next year.)
5. We had a lot of school assemblies mostly before home games to promote school spirit.
6. They lumped art into a quarterly elective series that also included wood-shop and home economics. I was lucky to get Art the first quarter. After Art was over I transferred to choir.
7. The 7th grade choir students got to go on a "tour" to local grade schools. We sang for the students. (It was the choir teachers way of recruiting future choir members.)
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1. Mackenzie Junior High part of the Affton School District was a separate building for 7-8 grades only. I attended from 1972-4.
2. We had our first experience with changing classes each period with different teachers.
3. I had a wonderful teacher named Ms. Humor she taught earth science. She was a drill sargent in the Army and taught class the same...I still remember quite a bit of what she taught.
4. Our mascot was the cougar. Colors were purple and gold.
5. The school was located too far away to walk to school.
6. We had to wear a uniform for gym class - navy shorts and a navy/white thin stripe top (looked like prison attire) and shower after gym class!! Yuk!
Posted by: Julie Miller-Oconnor | October 07, 2012 at 08:02 AM