George Mason High School - Mustang Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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The overall spirit of the game was evident by the reactions of team members Robert Elmore and Bobby Williams. Making the tackle, senior Danny Ohr helps lead the Mustangs to an exciting 13-0 victory over Central. HOMECOMING 13

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It's All ln a Word... With the help of Christine Lewis and Buddy Speir, the marching band made a special a. appearance for Homecoming + 8 RN a bn .? 3 Od Spirit spir-it a: a special attitude or frame of mind. b: the feeling or quality or disposition characterizing something fun. From the first day of spirit week until the last fleeting seconds of the dance, students showed an abun- dance of spirit. How did they ex- press spirit? Some yelled, some jumped, some ate pie to show their enthusiasm. Junior John Pamer said that ‘“‘coming to school is spirit enough!’’ Even so, people found many ways to get into the rowdy attitude of things. Seniors tended to be the boisterous ones in the crowd. This was their last homecoming and making it the best was on the minds of each and every one of them. Climbing to the top, Senior Erin Dougherty cheers for the Mustang team. 12 HOMECOMING

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Taking a Break Learning Out of Class We were in school eight hours every day learning. Every once ina while we took a break for an as- sembly. Even though we were get ting a break from class, we were learning in a different way Dr. Thoms and Jamie Freeman, the student body president welcomed us back to school at our orientation assembly in September Journalist, Leslie Milk, associate ed- itor of Washingtonian Magazine, gave us a pep talk about why we Should stay in scnool The bicentennial of the Constitu tion was celebrated here on Sep tember 17th with an assembly. Law- rence Kocat from the International y Studies at the Center for trategic Studies, and John Stowell, a lobbyist for Public Service Indiana talked about the importance and the purpose of the Constitution, along with how the Constitution affected us as students This assembly was just for our entertainment. In November, the Pops Air Force Band played at our school. The band — Spectrum — entertained us with a wide variety of music from the 50's to the 80's. Usu- ally Spectrum performs for military ep lawrence Kocat. Ms. Nolan. and John Stowell discuss the Constitution with us at an as- sembly 14 ASSEMBLIES functions but this was their first time performing for a high school The high school service assembly on Missing Children in December was a more serious assembly. Jim Chandler, the Director of the Adam Walsh Center of Greater Washing ton, increased our awareness of the problem of missing children and en- couraged participation in the Walk- a-thon hosted by George Mason on April 17, 1988 The National Honor Society held an assembly on December 9th to induct eleven new members to the Before doing this, four members of the society explained to us the requirements for eligibility. The Choral and Band Assembly on December eighteenth enter- tained us with their holiday music before our winter break This was the first assembly of its kind in the history of George Mason On January 13th, eight speakers from the Forensics team presented a piece from their particular cate- gory in which they have all won dis- tinction society At our orientation assembly Dr. Thoms weicomed us Dack to schoo!