OK, check it out! I need some help on this one. Denise Behnke, Chris Kailas, Bonnie Reschel,
Eddie Kron, Lisa Waldheim, Mr. Althoen, Mr. Goehmann, Tom Saliture, Tracy Litsey, Wendy(?)Hardy,
Eddie Strezlcyk (sp?), Sarah Eagan, Bob Hall, David Lewis, Adrienne White, ???Tony Kowaleski???,
Marie Warwick, Wayne Dansby, David Roberts, Chris Mitchell, David Fischer, Lauri Kuge, Ned Baum,
Carrie Dillman, Frank Barnett, Wendy Raymond, me, John Huber.


This year we had open classrooms.
Mr. Althoen teaches us science. We learn about catalysts, properties of liquid nitrogen, the
difference between Fahrenheit and Celsius, and the rotation and revolution of the planets. We
were "AOK". We refer to Miss. Odbert as "Miss. Oddbod" behind her back. Sally Deibel plays
"American Pie" like 3,000 times. Sandy Shapiro plays piano for Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
Rumors abound that her hands are insured for $1 million and that she has a pet monkey. Some kids
harbor an irrational fear of Mr. Goehman because he had a crew cut and and one black orthopedic
shoe...and because he's the principal. We're given reassurance that "there is always a 'pal' in
principal". We realize he is a very nice guy after all. Mr. Knurr arranges an awesome photo exhibition
and we are the subjects. In math class we calculate square roots long hand and work on fractions.
We call Denise Behnke "swivel hips" because of her trampoline skills. We find out that Tom Saliture's
mom has a German accent and think that it is kind of cool and mysterious. We all try for the
Presidential Physical Fitness Award. One girl in our class does a "bent arm hang" for like 2 hours.
If you can't do one pull-up people call you a "lame-o". We have band with Mr. Ridgely in the sound-
roof band room. Bob Pachner amazes everyone with his piano virtuosity. Coronet trio (Chris Anderson,
Mark Spooner, John Eifler) perform Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass' hit "The Lonely Bull" during
a concert. Awesome! The school has a talent show. Eigth grade boys dress up like greasers and lipsync
to Sha-Na-Na. The next day I subscribe to the Columbia Record Club and buy the album along
with 6 others I have never heard of day for like 11 cents, then quickly cancel my subscription.
A kid named Frank Trenary sings and tap dances. He, too, amazes and is only like in kindergarten.
(take home message: we are already too old for a Broadway career.) We have gym with Mr. Finger.
Before gym we warm up with jumping jacks or a "fartlek" (Norwegian for "speed game"). Everyone
laughs because it sounds like he is saying "fart lick". We square dance a lot. Everyone gets cold,
sweaty palms as boys line up on one end of the gym, girls on the other. The boys cross a seemingly
endless sea of parquet and select partners. Nobody really knows what "allemagn left with your parter"
or "doo-si-doo" means. We have great fun. In shop class we make wooden "trivots" for our moms.
"What the hay is a trivot?" is heard frequently. Mr. DeStefano and Mr. Neuwirth coach track.
We run hurdles indoors along the corridors. Ned Baum high jumps nearly 6 feet using the old
"Western Roll" technique. Nobody can believe it. Miss. Odbert gets back at us by conducting some
sort of freaky social experiment where some kids are blindfolded and fed exotic foods from Pier 1
imports like octopus legs and chocolate covered ants. We get snowed in during a blizzard.
Some kids get picked up on their dad's snowmobile. Kids whose families have no snowmobiles get to
hunker down in the gym. How fair is that? Pizzaburgers are the favorite hot lunch. Tater tots are
eaten in large quantities. Lunch trays are a peculiar shade of green with small compartments for
each course. The trays are indestructable. Wayne Dansby has a hair pick and nobody knows what it
is. Sue Grootemat goes on an African safari and shows us slides of Thompson's gazelles, lions and
wildebeasts. Other kids just go to their grandparents for Christmas. News comes in one school day
that the US is finally pulling out of Vietnam. Spirits brighten. We are all a little scared by
newsreels from the war. Mom and Dad listen to Walter Cronkite every night. People start wearing
metal P.O.W./M.I.A. bracelets. World Series fever at school. Reggie Jackson is "Mr. October".
Scouts in our class (John Huber, Bob Hall, Tom Saliture, Dave Lewis, Tom Suh, Dave Roberts)
and other classes go to Camp RoKiLio. Dave Lewis can swim as fast as we can paddle a canoe.
During the summer Tracy Litsey falls of her bike in the parking lot at Mequon Pool and injures
herself. My dad rushes to help her up and tries to lift up her t-shirt to see if she is
bleeding, not knowing that she is really a girl. She blushes and runs in the other direction.



source: Google



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