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                                            Organizations allowed students to be
                                         who they wanted to be, letting peoples per-

                                         sonalities come out more. For those inter-
                                         ested in music, there was choir and band,
                                         for  those that like to perform they have
                Sing a Uttle Ditty       speech and drama.  If a person  likes  big
                Senior  Clay  Zaugg  and
                                         groups and meeting lots of people, FFA
                Freshman  Dan  Luers  sing
                their  best  in  Choir.  Choir   and FCCIA have their own state and na-
                members prepared for several
                                         tiona! conventions at which students can
                weeks for the Soup and Song
                concert in  February.    mingl  and meet new friends.
                                            "I can be outgoing and it lets me be a
                                         leader," said senior Hannal1 Glenn.

                                            Some students are in organizations be-
                                         cause they can relate to it.
                                                                         Ughts, Camera, Action
                                            "I work on a horse ranch so I fit right   Sophomore Adam  Rasmussen  acts  out his  part in  the
                                                                         One Act Play, Taming LaRue.  The  Drama team got an
                                         into the FFA organization," said junior Luke   excellence in rating at Districts.
                                         Bryan.

                    "I work on a            One other major reason students join organizations is to prepare for the future. FFA can prepare
                  horse ranch so I       a person for the agricultural occupations, while choir and band can help a student become more
                 fit right into the      musically talented. Speech and drama can hone acting skills just in case they wanted to pursue being
                        FFA              an actor or actress. Organizations can also be that last link that a person could need  to help a
                         .   .  "
                   orgaruzat10n,         competing college put him at the top of their list. "It's a good learning experiene; it looks good on
                  said junior Luke       college applications," said junior Sara Ballard.
                       Bryan                Students found that organizations can offer much more d1an what they d1ought. So whed1er they
                                         just wanted to belong to something important in their life or whether d1ey wanted it to look good for
                                         college, students found that "happy mecliwn" in their own schools organizations.



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