Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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OVERACHIEVERS Scholars iVin Scholarships Based upon their performance on the PSAT test, twelve Seaholm seniors were selected as National Merit Semifinalists during the fall of 1985. These students then were allowed to apply for nomina- tion as National Merit Finalists, determined by the students ' grades, extra-curricular activities, and community involvement. Nine students were selected as finalists: Michael Albrecht, Ken Alexander, Sue Davis, Matt Kli- mesh, Yuko Maeda, Dan Muir, Beth Snider, Andy Song and Amy by Michael Albrecht Zalman. These finalists were eligible along with some 13,500 finalists across the country for one of 1,800 National Merit $2000 Scholarships, funded by grants from business and indus- trial sponsors. Another 4,000 scholarships are offered to finalists who meet specific re- quirements of certain corpora- tions, colleges and universities. FRONT ROW: Lisa Ament, Yuko Maeda. Amy Zalman. SECOND ROW: Mrs. Baldridge. Eric Fernando. Matt Hogben. Burt Engel, Dan Muir, Matt Klimesh. Ken Alexander. Pre-Publications Preparation In hopes of supplementing their already impressive journalistic talents, two groups of Seaholm students spent a week of their summer vacation at a workshop at Ball State University in Indiana. Yearbookers Kathy Young. Kristin Fitzpa- trick, Katy Andreae, Paul Mylod, Clau- dette Rowley, Liz Krebs. Libbie Wilson, Elissa Sard, Stacey Springer, Doug Engle. by S- Springer Members of both the Highland- er and Piper staffs spent their time organizing the student newspaper and the yearbook for the coming school year. Although the trip isn ' t listed in the top ten dream vacations, the week long workshop proved to be worthwhile, if not mildy entertaining. Favorite Actress 1. Meryl Streep 2. Molly Ringwald 3. Kathleen Turner 4. Katharine Hepburn 5. Cybil Shepard 6. Glenn Close Ally Sheedy Jolly Good Journalists n The frustrations, the late hours, the pressures of dead- lines. Is publications work really worth it? To most members of the Highlander and Piper staffs, the rewards are plentiful. For those staff members who have done superior work in publications, such as writing, editing, management or pro- duction, and are in the upper third of their class in general scholastic standing, a special reward awaits them. It is accep- tance to Quill and Scroll, an international honorary society for high school journalists. Nominees of Quill and Scroll were Mike Albrecht, Lynne Sher- wood and Linda Cadaret from the Highlander and Katy Andreae, Heather Burch, Paul Donar, Kris- tin Fitzpatrick, Liz Krebs, Kathy Morgan, Elissa Sard and Stacey Springer from the Piper. Andy Jordan and Claudette Rowley, from the Highlander, were induc- ted last year. 1 986 Quill and Scroll Nominees. FRONT ROW: Kathy Morgan. Paul Mylod. Lynne Sherwood. SECOND ROW: Uz Krebs, Elissa Sard. Heather Burch. THIRD ROW: Mike Albrecht. Linda Cadaret. Stacey Springer. Katy Andreae, Kristin Fitzpat- rick. photo by Paul Newton 28 STUDENT LIFE

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Tasting the Spice of Life Foreign language is a large part of Seaholm ' s activities. Twice during the year the foreign lan- guage department put on special foreign days. In late October the German classes put on the Oktoberfest. During the two lunch periods, German students dressed Ger- man, spoke German, and ate German food. Mary Stefano, a German teacher, remarked about Oktoberfest, 1 feel it is a great opportunity to use the language and find out about the German culture. by Mike Rafferty In February the French depart; ment sponsored a Mardi Gras. Like the Oktoberfest, it had plenty of food and music. The students sang and danced to French music. There was a raffle for food to end the day ' s festivities. Foreign Language Department Head Carol Wilson said, Mardi Gras should be an international event; it would be much more beneficial. Preparing for debut of Mardi Gras, Tina Albright pinsXes fleurs on Mrs. Mayman as Kristin Ostrander psychs up for a rollicking Shrove Tuesday. Favorite Soft Drink 1. Classic Coke 2. Diet Coke Pepsi 3. Dr. Pepper 4. Mountain Dew 5. Cherry Coke Mdzy Does Munich How many Seaholm students are lucky enough to become a foreign exchange student abroad? Senior Mazy Hommel was one lucky student. She, through the U.S. and German sponsored Y.F.U., Youth for Understanding, spent her se- nior year in Hennef, Germany. She took a one month orienta- tion class over the summer to by Mike Rafferty become familiar with the Ger- man language. In her host family, the Miillers, she has a si xteen year old sister and a seventeen year old brother. Hommel stated It ' s a great experience, every day is rewarding. Mazy and her host mother pose in the town square of WCippertal. Hommel visited Austria. Italy, Dusseldorf, and Bavaria. photo by Mr. Miiiler - vr,T , ;.. Field Trip to Toledo... Spain ' t 5v-«t In June of 1985, six Seaholm Spanish students met other Spanish students from across the U.S. and took a trip to Spain. The trip was organized by Kathy Young, one of Seaholm ' s Spanish teachers, and the pro- gram that made it possible is C.H.A. {Cultural Heritage Alli- ance). Once in Spain the students had quite a bit of freedom, The trip wouldn ' t have been as much fun or beneficial if we had to stay in the hotel all the While playing on a swingset in Toledo, Spain, the six Seaholm students enjoy the warm Spanish weather. by Mike Rafferty time, stated senior Bruce Craw- ford. The group visited many Spanish cities, including Cordoba, Grenada, and Madrid. With the amount of traveling they did, a lot of valuable time was lost on the bus. A typical day of sightseeing began with a four hour bus ride to the destination. They did some sightseeing on their own for the rest of the day. spent the night there, and took a tour the next day. Senior Doug Engle stated, It ' s good to use the language you ' ve been studying where they speak it. Other students on the trip were Kristin Fitzpatrick, Heather Burch and Dana and Doug Lindgren. FOREIGN AFFAIRS 27

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Inquirinq Minds iVdnt To Know For the second year in a row Seaholm participated in the high school Quiz Bowl. The quiz bowl is an almost game show- like competition and as Mrs. Marian McLeod put it, The way it ' s set up and the type of questioiis asked is similar to the game show ' Jeopardy ' . It ' s an academic competition in which a four man team goes head-to- head against another four man team. This year, Seaholm ' s team lost to Mary Star of the Sea, from Grosse Pointe, which put an early end to their second season. Another cable TV game Mike Albrecht, the captain of the Mind Your Language championship team, including Lynne Sherwood and Josh Calomeni. calmy waits to go on the air. by E, Sard and D. Quinn show-type endeavor was instigat- ed this year by English teachers Marjorie Taylor and Henry Malo- ney. Mind Your Language was entirely intramural, and the events were specifically English- related, as opposed to the varying topics of Quiz Bowl. The events included spelling, grammar, and word usage com- petitions, as well as completing a limeric. Captains of the three-man teams were all seniors who scored high on a short quiz distributed in the Spring of 1985. Captains then chose a junior and a sophomore as teammates and competed in a single elimination tournament of 11 teams. The eight regular season episodes were aired on BPS followed by two playoff rounds. Favorite Actor 1. Michael J. Fox 2. Rob Lowe 3. Clint Eastwood 4. Robert Redford 5. Bruce Willis 6. Sean Penn Harrison Ford Going for the Gold Last year Seaholmwon the national title for the Science Olympiad. They ' ve got the abili- ty to win if everybody lives up to their potential said the organizer of the current team, Mr. Jim Bedor. Our toughest competi- tion is Troy High School, they were runner-up last year. The competition is run a lot like a real Olympics. There are twenty-one events at regionals, held at Oak- land Community College and twenty-four events at states, held at Michigan State University. Events vary from orienteering and pentathalon to indoor events by D. Quinn like science bowl. They also have technique events like quantatative analysis, laser shoot and name that organ- ism. The competition is fairly tough; out of eighteen teams, only four get to go to states. The team has 15 spots and there are 17 people trying out for them. Bedor added. This year ' s team was made up of mainly juniors and seniors, and hopefully we ' ll always do as well as we did last year (which was the first year of competi- tion). Matt Klimesh, Jim Stephen. Linda Cadar- et, Ramsey Alsarraf. Gayle Kirby, Dave Williams, David Pierce, Simon Tomkinson. Yuko Maeda, John Tholen, Amy Zan- gerle, John Marshall, Tim Carroll, Andy Song, Jim Bedor. photo by P Donar Moving Right Along This year ' s Loren B. Fischer Memorial speaker was Elizabeth Dole, the secretary of transporta- tion. Secretary Dole came to Seaholm mainly to speak about what the transportation depart- Elizabeth Dole accepts her authentic Seaholm hat from Ramsey Alsarraf and Randy Winograd at the conclusion of her speech on February 28. by D. Quinn mcnt does. Some of the prob- lems they ' re confronting are: different drinking ages in differ- ent states, seat belt laws, drunk driving laws and airway safety. I liked it (the assembly) be- cause it was different to get to hear a woman of such high position speak. said senior Chuck Stern. OVERACHIEVERS 29