Charter Oak High School - Shield Yearbook (Covina, CA)

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Making a New Tradition 'Y' mas? X . The crowning of the Sadie Hawkins king was an special addition to the dance. Prince John Rose and Prince Paul Silva congratulate King Chris Subject after the crowning, Photo by Chris Urso. Going to a dance with a bunch of friends is sometimes more enjoyable than going with a date. Karen Williams, Tina Fernandez, and Lori Kiser have lun dancing together. Photo by Chris Urso, 'All the hard work and planning that Students League put into the Sa- die Hawkins paid off since the Sadie Hawkins Dance proved to be a big success - Rasika deSilva Activities 1 ---:fl-yn! 1 QQ,-. , . -H' 4 , : ' -R - 4' L i'S?3?gv'f .1 K . 4- jf. 1-1 ' . 'i'-S12-YY '.J3:Th4,L L .A W 7ff.1:'-sts'-H. . Q- UN' Q iff' kiss Q L j.i'+: x ' ',.g ALI- K ,N-Q..Y, .4 f .5 F A' ',' .L .J'.+ Dancing with a prince is often an honor, Prince Paul Silva dances with his date vu he awaits for the crowning. Photo by Chris Urso.

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Xian? we tv , haf' 1 MJ M., w ept ,gra ss . , g s K fi r - Ur wiv giib vnb w w s q s k -. . - ,1N1. g, his year 's Hallo ween. with the Halloween Contest held dur- ing lunch time. was a success. The Halloween Contest was conduct- ed by Commissioners of Activities Liz Richardson, Kari Meissenburg, and Renee Hilton, and Commission- ers of Publicities Kristi Day, Mary Richard son, Scariest, Most Funniest, Most Ordi- nary, and Most Original A person who dressed up like Freddy from the movie series Nightmare on Elm Street was the winner for the Most Scariest category. The winner for the Most Funniest was George Pizar- ro who dressed as a werewolf flash- er. The Most a n d L a u r a Brown. 'Most of the students felt that it was stu- pid to dress up for Halloween in high school So we decided t o o f f e r awards to encourage them to dress up on Halloween. commented Liz Richardson. The prize for each win' ner was S5.LX7 in cash and a pumpkin 'lt was a marvelous Halloween, everybody had a lot of fun! Ordinary win- ner was a Girl Scout, Paul La Fond, David Marlow, Bobby Tuck, and Bry- an Allen imper- sona ted the group KISS and won the Most Original category. To many students, this Halloween was memorable. Mr. Jon McNeil ob- served, it was a marvelous Hallow- gi basket filled with candy. And these een, everybody had a lot of fun! - fi awards did motivate more students by Yi-Chun Hsieh V 5 to dress up for Halloween. .,, M There were four categories in the Halloween Contest. They were Most Clowns are commonly seen on any Halloween day. Chris Urso and his girlfriend Sandra Rodriguez found it is easier to dress up as clowns than thinking up some unusual costume. Photo by Matt Prandini, Some interesting costumes are worn on Halloween. Carrie Owens and Margaret Rivet received many curious glances as they walked around on the campus. Photo by Matt Prandini. as rw Halloween

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' lthough Students League did not have an advisor, they successfully organized the Sadie Hawkins Dance, Headed by Liz and Mary Richardson, Students League spent many hours in prepara- tion for the big event. The dance was not only a dance, but a carnival as well w i t h s u c h games as the b o t t I e r i n g game, tic-tac- toe. and the 7- Il game. In ad- A dition, a royal court was added to the dance with a prince elected from each class, thus setting a new tradition. As Mary Richardson stated, The purpose of the dance was to give the guys a chance to have a court of their own and have a fun dance for every- body. But the dance did not come about The purpose of the dance was to give the guys a chance to have a court of their own, Renee Hilton, Rasika de Silva, and Mi- chelle Profit. They raised 5l400 to pay for the dance 's expenses. Some of these expenses were the DJ, the decorations, the security, and the carnival equipment. The dance started at 9:30 p.m. after the foot- ' ball game. With 40 schools in- vited, the out come was bet ter then pre vious years'. The climax of the e vening was reached w h e n K i n g Chris Subject was crowned by senior president Mike Silva. Chris com- mented, l was really pleased to be a part of the Sadie Hawkins Dance at Charter Oak. Many people supported it and I feel it was a success. I hope the success continues next year and we start a new tradition. - by Mar- garet Wong. . without the dedication and efforts vs of Gymeka Williams. Monique Bates. 3 X1 E3 Dances ga ve a chance to the students to show off their dancing abitilt y. Denise Cotroneo shows her moves as she looks for a friend. Photo by Chris Urso. Sometimes when a dance floor gets crowded, dancing becomes quite difficult. Nanette Horvath dances all night without getting tired. Photo by Chris Urso. Sadie Hawkins Dance