Mercer Island High School - ISLA Yearbook (Mercer Island, WA)

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I-I0 OR SQCIETY During the 1984-85 school year, the MIHR chapter of the National Honor Society had over 175 members. Students were selected for maintaining a 3.5 grade point average and for their involvement in school and commu- nity activities. Under the guidance of advisor Ann Parsell, Honor Society members participated in the Knowledge Bowl and planned Senior Awards Night. In addition, they provided tutoring for students who need- ed assistance. Officers were Cloantha Copass, presidentg Jeff Weber, vice-presidentg Hilary Culverwell, secretaryg and Eric Murphy, treasurer. i 20 Honor Society

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3131 5-Q... Front row: Mrs. Buhman,Troy Phillips, Quinn Phillips, Mark Patterson, Sara Albrecht, Sara Gardner, Dana Livingstone, Kathy McConnell, Stephanie Marshal. Second row: Ward Halverson, Erin Charles, Steffen Nelson, Angie Oberg, jenny Peregrin, V. K. jones, Sherry Davis, Maury Hafferman, Tom Anglin. Third row: Ion Cuny, Wen- dy Haas, Cla Copass, Heather Meredith, Mary Sprague, Kristen Nordmark, Mark Willison, Sema Cal-ro, Lindsey Becker. Bach row: Elisa Ashland, Dennis Meklters, Reed Panghorn, Lou Malakoff Brian Siever, High Herman, Mr. Lindquist, Mr. Hillhum. You ask what are Natural I-lelpers?' They are over too people who have been chosen by their peers in a school wide survey. They are trained in communication skills, decision making, self-assessment, and resources for help. In short, a Natural Helper accepts people as they are. They listen, help people with decision making, and give support. The list of their qualities goes on and on. These special people are a great asset to our school. We should say 'thank you' to the Natural Helpers for all they have done for us. SPCJTLIGI-IT The greatest thing I Kristen Puglsey, learned is allowing people to talk through their problems Once I became a natural helper, people would shy away, thinking I was going to try to solve all their problems Some people have rather problems to solve, which is not true , . . . . ,, weird conceptions of natural helpers, that they go from door to door looking for ' ' Y, N-ff x... A ATURAL I-IELPERS Natural Helpers I9

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,jmw,,.,,. , 3' Academic Decathletes Paige Kean, Dean George-Falvy, Mark Elfendahl, Andrew Mammen, Greg DeForest, and Peter Remine. Cn Nov. lo, 1984, neither Greg Deforest, Paige Kean, Andy Mammen, Peter Remine, Dean George-Falvy, nor Mark Elfendahl had ever heard of the Academic Decathalon. On Nov. I7 they represented Mercer Island High School at the first National Academic De cathalon. Here is their story: Monday afternoon, the six students were called into the SSRC by Mrs. Parsell. They were informed that the administration wanted MI to be represented at this academic competition. Unfortunately, all the other one hundred teams in the state had been preparing for the competition since September. How could they possibly compete against their very prepared oponents? They had a strategy. The De cathalon the next week would test the participants in only six of the events: written exams in Science, Math, Language and Literature Fine Arts, Social Science, and Economics. Fortunately, each member of the team had an extensive understanding of at least one of the subjects. So they decided to have each member give a presentation on their particular subject. Friday the 16th, the team members assembled in a small Chinese restaurant. Each member gave a one-hour presentation. After listening all night to these presentations, the team felt confident they would have no chance of making it past district competition to state. On Saturday the 17th they did compete When the news arrived next Wednesday that they had achieved the second highest score in the State of Washington, no one was more surprised than they were. Who knows what they can do at the State competition after they have done a little studying? Maybe they ll make it to Nationals! Academic Decatblon 21