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

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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

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