Archbishop Mitty High School - Excalibur Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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ww Michoel Fdllon gives his definition of school spirit dur- ing the Stote of the Union oddress. Peggy Schroder celebrates with stu- dents ot the Christ- mos liturgy, sur- rounded by home- rooms' odopt-o- family dondtions. - ' -.. f ' Liso Sheredy, Kim Throndson, ond Dorect Gutierrez re- spond enthusiosti- colly to the Penny Lone Concert. allies Broaden M ind S Self-defense to concerts found at activities ctivity mods stopped bei porty mods when Studs Government ond the Sp squods begon plonning octivities rollies for eoch dctivity period. R lies ottrdcted students wontlng show their pride through divisior e ond crowd cheers. The octivities troduced sport tedms ond cooch The 2nd onnuol nite rdlly wds h September 29. Students ond foci come out to give support to the fo boil teoms before they foced 1 Belldrmine Bells. The Penny Lone concert wos o of the best rollies becouse eve body come ond hdd o redlly gre time, commented Peggy Nlik

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on-:Jr 'i' 'WWW 34-U rw' of The Gospel Th Theme wds hope ond how give hope in our lives, com- Neno Schwob, Compus SocromenTs Gloss presenfed o e Four dciys previous: No sTudenTs were cozy Gr snug in Their beds As They donced To The music of The group Tolking Heods ApproximoTely 700 people urned ouT for This open donce, hich wos more Thon usuol, sTciTed ill Hufion, Junior Cldss Moderofor. he ChrisTmos donce, sponsored by ejuniorcloss, wos held Fridoy, De- ember 17. Toking picTures wiTh SonTo louse, ployed by Bill Bdrone, wos WiTh The chorus quieTly singing, VincenT Oddo ffor lefTJ begins o reoding of The ChrisTmos STory. Surrounded by gifls, Kim KisTler flefTJ reods The peTiTions for ChrisTmds joy. FciTher Rod lbelow lefij gives Thonks To dll for Their help wiTh The ChrisTmos projecT gifls. Fronk Oddo fleffl shows his conducTing Tolenfs while conducfing The concerT bond. As The IighTs dim. The chorus begins To sing The TrodiTionol SilenT NighT fbelowj. As The cudience opplciuds, The concert bond prepores for Their nexT performonce flefTJ. Frdnk Oddo lbelow lefTJ gives losT minufe odvice To chorus members While The chorus pouses, Vincent Oddo fbelowl conTinues wlTh his ChrisTmos STory reoding. o populor evenT during The evening. Neorly 180 picTures were Token of sTudenTs siTTing on ST. Nick's lop. The resT of The nighT wos spenT dcincing To music provided by ci disc jockey from KSCU. The donce wos reolly greoT ond siTTing on SonTo's lop wos fun. There wos o greciT fesTive spiriT, com- menTed Junior Dove Truhe. ln keeping wlTh The spiriT of The seoson, The concerT bond provided Trodiiiondl ChrisTmos songs on The nighT of December 20. The evening begon os The choir enTered The ccifeTerici, singing ChrisTmos corols. Three hundred people llsTened for Two hours before joining in The sing- o-long. 'The concerT wos successful, ond we were well received, com- menTed conducTor Fronk Oddo. For The firsT Time, plciyers oppeored in uniform. Block Tuxedo jockeTs were provided by The combined efforfs of sTudenTs ond depcirimenf members who rdised funds. Bond members provided Their own whiTe shirTs, block ponTs ond block shoes. AfTer The fesTiviTies, The crowd moved To Their ccirs for The drive home: And I heord Them excloim 'Ere They drove oui of sighi Merry ChrisTmds To cill And To dll d good nighT. - PoTricio Currcin

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music and the style are the Beatles' th . . . . e gultanst and his guitar belong to Joe Lemus lbelow far s next class. Lane lbelow leftj. The Puget Sound gives a performance to Mitty and elementary school students Queen of Apostles lbelowj. Although the crowd was urged stay in the stands, students rushed the stage and bunny-hopped en- . Because of their late many students were not able enjoy the sounds of Puget Sound. played in the gym in January. at the end of the period, students had to leave after econd number to make it to Self defense is something more more people are learning. Mugging, Self Defense for is a program designed to women how to defend them- against attackers. A repre- came to Mitly during the semester to demonstrate self de- techniaues. Student body rep- were asked to help in leftj rides high in spirit as everyone rises up in pride. A 'victim and her rapist demonstrate the demonstration. Not all rallies were for spirit or sports. The State of the Union rally. January 6, informed students how each class was doing. Presidents from each class gave flnanical re- ports and discussed upcoming events such as bakesales, prcms, concerts, and dances. After a tvvo-year disappearance, the dating game retumed in Febru- ary but to much the same response that prompted its dismissal. The na- ture ofthe questions prompted staff response that resulted in a letter of apology from student activities. The following day's activity proved more eventful. Everyone seemed to like the idea of slaughtering each other with volleyballs on February 16. ln the first round, seniors saueaked aggressive self-protection techniques at the self defense rally lbelow leftj. Penny Lane Band members bring back memories as they sing the Beatles I want to hold your hand lbelowj. xx Josie Reguero lbelowj is one of the teachers and students expressing their idea of the spirit of Christmas at the liturgy. past the sophomores and juniors smeared freshmen. In the finals. seniors showed experience and outplayed the juniors to win the final. Liturgies also took part in activity periods. The opening liturgy, Sep- tember 9, brought a sense of unity back to the students. The Christmas liturgy, held December 21, put the true meaning of Christmas into many students and faculty mem- bers' mind. Activity mods, no longer party mods, were enjoyed by the entire lvlitty community. A sense of com- munity spirit was brought out at each activity. - Kirsten Kaercher -