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

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SE IOR SERV' CE CLUB Front Row: Amy Lenox, Linda Baynham, Robin Howse, Erik Murphy, Allison Keeler, Wani Sue Quayle, Mozaffarin, Allison Miles, Hilary Culverwell, Gretchen Haegle, jenny Layer, Lisa Kajimura, Stacey SPGTLIGI-IT As vice president o the club, Robin Howse took responsibility or the co-ordination o Winter Tolo Meetings or the event started o in room 309 at 2:20 p.m. As the date approached with frightening celerity, meetings took place in the car on the way to school. Despite these tense mo- ments, or maybe in spite of them, lots of laughter and good times were had by those involved. Robin admitted a small amount of surprise at the success of the dance, I absolutely could not believe it happened. Emphasizing that membership is an honor, Robin encouraged interested juniors to apply in the spring for the opportunity to belong. 7 Buhman. Second Row: fonelle Lind, Kelly Goto, Tia Lindquist, Neely Erin Flaherty, Kristen Nordmark. Third Row: Sarah Smith, and Karen There is more to Senior ervice than sweaters. This group of seniors work within the school, providing the man ponler for many activities. During football season, money is raised through selling tickets, seat pushions, and programs. Winter Tolo is their most visible contribution in the winter. uring the Spring, this club is hard at work co-ordinating graduation, they are responsible for ushering at the big event. Football, dances, and graduation the staples of bi h school We. This year s thirty seniors re under the leadership of Kristen Nordmark, Robin Howse, and Stacey Carter When as ed what Senior Service meant for her, Kristen Nordniark replied, we get the chance to ick back, enjoy life, and give a little bit back to the school. As most seniors realize, there is a Slot of work in between kicking back over the course of their last year. Seniors, having Hg red out the system , are some of the most adept people at creating a dance out of an extrlrmely low-budget and other adverse conditions. Decorating the mushroom for Tolo, the club embers had to work around seventy-five visiting debators. A debate tournament had been scheduled to take place in the mushroom. Despite many setbacks, including a non-func ioning photographer, the general consensus of those attending A Winter Wonderland wa I extremely positive. Senior Service is composed of many small successes along the way to the final product, this is due to the comradery and sense of humor among the members and their ladvisor, Lois Buhman. This club provides valuable services to the school as well as providing an outlet for seniors to give back to the school what it has given them over the years. 1 Kuhn. Not Pictured: Liz Lightfoot, Lisa Li, Iacqui Brinker, Amy Estep, Paige Kean, and julie - - l . l , . f f If - f ff ll 22 Senior Service N E i l 1

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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

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C 0-ED CLUB ll K .1 , , f 1 it 1 g A-Ji ' I g x Front Row: Debby Woodruff, Wendy Willison, Allison Williams, Lori Moreau, Kristina Vincent, Kim Stern, Karen Shrader, Linda Reutiman, Paige Kean, Second Row: Katie Caims, Kristen Nordmark, Tari Cooke, Mary Zelonka, Lisa Newman, Bettina Schutneor, Toni Baroh, Nako Hakomori, Cbxudta Castioni, Lopa Hajari, Louisa Chang, Third Row: Mrs. Skok, Nanette Allison, Cathxe Woolston, Debi Pegelow, jenny Draper, julie Kentnor, Erin Lehnd, Lisa-Britt Toning, Stefanie Choi, Moni Straub, and Karen Kuhn. Not Pictured: Lisa Mandlekam. Co-ed Club called out the National Guard this year. In November, a massive move to collect food for Northwest Second Harvest was initiated. With enormous teacher support and student enthusiasm, we were able to collect over three thousand tons of food. Students collected food at local grocery stores, from shoppers, from neighbors, as well as their own cupboards. The contribution to help the needy was more than double from last year. The focus of the club is on the school as part of the community. You are a member of the Co-ed Club. As Allison Williams explains, everyone in the school is considered part of the club, the members help channel the enthusiasm and good will of the students into productive and successful activities. The food drive is just one example. The club sponsors the Father-Daughterf Mother-Son Banquetg the growing number of students participating in the dinner-dance attest to its success. The square dancing with Skunk , an authentic caller, brought the chilli dinner into the proper atmosphere. Debby encouraged people to get involved, . . . bring both your parents! Don 't get hung up on the technicalities. ' Spring Tolo and Cupcake O'Grams on Valentines Day are two 'Co-ed sponsored ways of showing your friends you care. The Co-ed Club is put together with the idea of doing things which are beneficial to the school and community while having fun. As Debby pointed out, A lot of people like to help behind the scenes and this is one way to do it- I! SPOTLIGHT Allison Williams a veteran of creating success ful school events turned her talents to the vice presidency of Co-ed Club this year The em phasns of this year s club was on having a good time Officers Debby Woodruff Allison Wil hams and Wendy Wrlhson held a sun n fun party m August to set the mood Keep- 1ng this pnornty m mmd Allison helped make this one of the most successful years for the club Cuttlng through the procrastmation and red tape that has dragged many a club clown Alllson worked to make the club functlon smoothly and to make the time spent by people worth their whale , . , . . . , . . , - ' ' ' tt 1 9 4 77 - 3 9 Co-ed Club 23