Pep+Club

=Belleville West Pep Club= __**Summary**__: The Pep Club began in 1927. The club was created in order to back the school's teams and to arouse school spirit. In its early years the Pep Club was called the Snappy Snappers. Since 1927, Belleville West has always had an organization aimed at supporting school teams and bringing about school spirit. Over the years the Belleville West Pep Club has expanded and accumulated many more members. What started out as a girls club to show teams supports, has now grown to the largest club at Belleville West, with quite possibly the most diverse physical make up. As shown by the photographs, the club is no longer capable of taking just one picture in the yearbook and required to be split in half in order to show all of the club's members.
 * [[image:edited_2010_maroon_madnezz1.jpg width="468" height="186" caption="2010 Maroon Madnezz Freshman/Sophmore Members"]] || [[image:edited_2010_maroon_madnezz_2.jpg width="465" height="183" caption="2010 Maroon Madnezz Junior/Senior Members"]] ||

__**History**__: The Belleville West Pep Club began as the Snappy Snappers in 1927. In its beginning, the group was not large and was restricted to girl students. In the first few years of the club, meetings were held every Wednesday after school. In 1931, Belleville West had two pep clubs; the Peppy Peppers as well as the Snappy Snappers. The Peppy Peppers were a chance for the male students to also promote good sportsmanship and school spirit. The Peppy Peppers, ending after only a few years did not last as long as the Snappy Snappers. The club progressed and but eventually the Snappy Snappers came to an end. For many years Belleville West was without a pep club, but that came to an end with the Belleville West Pep Club. The Pep Club allowed students of any gender, but its purpose remained. Although the Pep Club took the place of the Snappy Snappers, dance and cheer routines were no longer a part of the club. The Pep Club experienced a name change to the Maroon Madnezz. No matter what the club is called, its purpose has always been to support the school's teams and to bring about school spirit from the student body. Nowadays, the club puts much of its focus on the Althoff and Belleville East football games. Maroon Madnezz often holds pre-game barbecues before many of the football games. The club no longer holds weekly meetings because of many of the students' busy schedules; meetings are now held prior to major events for the club.
 * __Snappy Snappers__**: The Snappy Snappers, beginning in 1927 was a club of all girls. The club both raised school spirit and put on dance and cheer routines. The club acted as the pep club, dance team, and cheerleading squad. The club boosted all the school's teams and encouraged other students to come out and help back the teams. In the clubs infancy it was sponsored by Miss Dorothy Harmon. Miss Harmon taught the girls various dances and cheers. Ms. Switzer later took over the club for Ms. Harmon. As other groups, such as the Cheerleading Squad, came about the club lost a some of its responsibilities. Although the club lost the need for cheer routines, the club backed the cheerleaders and helped them in their chants. The club's famous chant was "Rah! Rah! Rah!" The Snappy Snappers lasted from 1927-1946.

__**Name Changes:**__ Snappy Snappers->Snappy Snappers/Peppy Peppers->Pep Club->Maroon Madnezz By Sam Edwards and Kailey Ackermann