St Johns High School - Redskins Yearbook (St Johns, AZ)

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, , Seniors Reap Seniors receive recognition, aid with higher , fe r education fx i Forty-nine scholarships were handed out to seniors dur- ing this year's Honor Day Assembly. Kurt VWlhelm re- ceived the SRP Coronado Generating Station Engineer- ing Scholarship, an ASU Leadership Scholarship, ASU 's Medallion of Merit Award, an U of A Tuition Waiver Scholarship, a NAU Regents Scholarship, Ricks Full- Tuition Scholarship, and a BYU Half-Tuition Scholar- ship. Robert Waite walked away with a U of A Regents Schol- arship, a General Academic Scholarship, ASU 's Aca- demic Scholarship and the Wht Mtn Comm Hospital's Scholarship. Ashley Hall was awarded an ASU Aca- demic Scholarship, U of A 's Regents Academic Scholar- ship, a NAU General Academic Scholarship, a BYU Half- Tuition Scholarship and an Academic Decathlon Scholar- ship. A 4-year Air Force ROTC Scholarship went to Hyrum Lunt as well as an ASU Academic Scholarship, an U of A Regents Academic Scholarship, U of A 's President's Award for Excellence, an Academic Decathlon Scholar- ship, the Rose Hulman Institute Academic Scholarship, the SJ Education Association Scholarship, Wht Mtn Comm 8: Physicians Scholarship and a Nat'l Merit Schol- arship Letter of Commendation. Misty Mineer received ASU's Academic Scholarship, U of A 's Academic Scholarship, NA U 's Academic Scholar- ship, Ricks Award Scholarship and the Ann Wlbur Me- morial Fund award. The Alamito Scholarship went to Cindi Bischof Heather Wilhelm received a Wallace B. De Mtt Scholarship. The Wht Mtn Hospital Board pre- sented a scholarship to Kevin Crosby. Ryan Mangum received the Army Reserve Nat'l Scholar Athlete award. The Contel Scholarship went to Kelli James. Kim Pirtle received a Wallace B. De Witt Scholarship and the Ro- tary Scholarship. Debbie Porter walked away with the Navopache Electric Cooperative Scholarship and the Vocational Advisory Scholarship. Loretta Jackson was awarded an Army Reserve Nat'l Scholarship and a Wal- lace B. De Witt Scholarship. Wcki Jaramillo, Paul Acosta and Maria Pena were each presented with a Miguel Chavez Scholarship. Sarah Anaya received the Booster Club Scholarship. Juanelle Shreeve received a scholarship to Evans Hair- styling College. Robyn Lee was awarded a scholarship to the LDS Business College. A Leadership scholarship to BYU went to Brian Mnters. Scholarships, Departmental Achievement Awards Closer 'ro 'tina Futura Departmental achieve- ment awards were present- ed to seniors during the Honor Day Assembly. The Senior English award went to Ashley Hall. Robert Waite received the Physics award and Justin Platt received the Chemistry award. The GTA math award went to Ashley Hall. Faculty honor top students Kevin Crosby and Glen Pearce were honored for their achievements in Autos and Metals. The Graphics Award went to Brian Mecham. Misty Mineer walked away with the Psychology award. Kim Pirtle and Robert Waite each received a Democracy award. Hyrum Lunt, Mindy Udall and Robert Waite were recognized for their participation in the Citizen Bee. Athlete of the year awards went to Loretta Jackson and Mike Gray. The Advanced Foods award was given to Kelli James, Heather Mhlhelm received the Advanced Clothing award and Elouise Ballejos was recognized as the Most Improved. Dawn Begay received the DCE award with the Account- ing award going to Lisa Westberg. The Principal 's Extra Mile award went to Brian Winters. Robert Waite re- ceived the Honor Choir Award. Kim Pirtle receives the Rotary Scholarship

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Breaking Trucliiion ...., X ff S ' E 2 s ,...:f ---h-f . , as 2 M, s .1 SJHS broke tradition this year by making three outstand- ing seniors tri-valedictorian. The seniors, Kurt Wilhelm, Robert Waite and Ashley Hall, had Hnal grade point averages within one-hundredths of each other. Good friends since their elementary days, the boys ap- proached the school board and requested they be made tri-valedictorian. The board complied and for the first time in SJHS history, three students shared the top spot. 96 ln a morersomber mood as behtting the occasion are, from left to right, Ashley Hall, Robert Waite and Kurt Wilhelm,

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The i-lisiory oi The Class oi 'F 8' The class of 1988 began long and torturous journey towards graduation August 24, 1976. Things looked good then. We had no idea that someday we would be taking classes from Carl Ollerton. ln kindergarten we were safe within the confines of Mrs. Herring's classroom, heavily engrossed in the idea of napping on command and mixing colors of Hnger paint. First grade was remarkably different, we were suddenly presented with the idea of addition and subtraction lskills which Mr. Ollerton claims we still haven 't masteredj. John Postert, Mr, Misogyny 1988 , started a long running personal tradition that year. He cried when his mom brought him to school on the hrst day. He 's been doing it ever since. Second and third grade presented us with new adventures, like learning the fundamentals of grade begging la skill presently mastered by Ashley Halll. The fourth grade signaled a dramatic change in male-female relations. l think it was the first time that we noticed there was a difference between the two. This incredible boyfriend-girlfriend thing was suddenly pushed upon us when Loretta Jackson and Kevin Crosby held hands during the documentary Animals of Africa . The teacher, Mrs. Anderson, was totally unaware because they covered themselves with a coat. This deceptive camouflage worked well, all the way until the eighth grade. Sports became really important in the Hfth grade. lt is too bad we didn 't have a boxing team. If we had, the famous Mark Sherwood - Ryan Mangum fight would have been for the championship. The sixth grade was so uncontrollable that the administration was forced to split us into two groups during the seventh grade. Half of us were in the Pioneer school and the other half in the junior high. This only inflamed our competitive nature and the rivalry between the two groups became intense. In the eighth grade our athletic prowess was demonstrated as the eighth grade team won the district tournament. In case you are wondering it was the girl 's, not the boy's team that won. The eighth grade graduation ceremony only conhrmed that we were on top of the world. Our confidence remained unabated until we entered the hallowed halls of St. Johns High School. Our freshman year caused many long lasting friendships to dissolve. We no longer had the security of going through all seven classes in a group, and your best friend was whoever you shared the most classes with. That same year we saw the entering of the very shy and quiet Jeff Carpenter. Teachers are still wondering when he will come out of his shell. When our sophomore year rolled around, so did the age of sixteen. Parents of the girls were terrihed as the boys earned their drivers licenses and the right to take the family car out on dates. This fear was accentuated when Todd Gillespie and his green truck moved to St. Johns. The theme of our junior prom lived up to its name, Take My Breath Away. We spent a lot of time, work and energy trying to complete the decorating. As juniors we were proud of our record in the class competition. No one since has been able to match our achievements in this area. And Hnally the year we 've all been waiting for. As seniors we accomplished many things. Our boys went to State in basketball, the golf team won districts, and the academic decathalon team won the regionals. We also managed to get our political journal s in on time, well, most of us that is. On our senior trip to San Diego we experienced many adventures. One of those being that Ginni's roommates found out what she really looks like without all the hairspra y and make-up. We believe that we had the best time of any senior class yet! And at long last we stand here before you in all our splendor, anxious as heck to get done with this and into the real world. lt has been written that those who are the youth hold the future, so we, the senior class of 1988, lea ve to determine the future. Thank you. Misty Mineer and Ginni Naegle 98