Acalanes High School - Aklan Yearbook (Lafayette, CA)

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Teacher ' s aid. Marie Olson advises Swathi Desai about the best way to phrase her opening paragraph. Because the term paper accounted for about 75 percent of a student ' s English grade, the teacher ' s desk was usually surrounded by worried people asking for help on the project. Desk job. Ion Spangenberg composes his rough draft in Mrs. Olson ' s seventh period class. Juniors took advantage i .1 the large amount of class time alotted for work on their term papers so they would not have as much to do as homework. Essential ingredients. Peter Lin carefully checks over the final draft of his term paper. Recipe boxes like the one on Peter ' s desk were the most efficient way to store the 75 notecards required for the preparation of the paper. CALIFORNIA SAVINGS Loan Company 3524-A Mount Diablo Blvd. Lafayette, California 94549 284-9054 Managing assistance. Sophomore lanet Lafayette. Many students found a Lautenberger discusses the advantages checking account a great convenience of having a checking account with because they didn ' t have to carry large branch manager Sylvia Rummonds of amounts of cash. California Savings and Loan in SUN VALLEY LUMBER CO. 3287 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Lafayette, California (415)283-8211 (415)935-1100 i— — l CR€RTIVe maRK€TinG B €RVIC€ LAFAYETTE. CALIFORNIA Gl ENNYS CHRIST1I 283-3337 PUBLICITY PUBLIC RELATIOf ADVERTISING PROMOTION L 1 s J 211 PEOPLE AND EVENTS

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Elfin eatery. The Christmas elves breakfast at Millie ' s before school. The gathering was a fun way to get the girls in the Christmas spirit. Santa ' s helpers. Jackie Fee, Eileen Simon, and Julie Sussman gather bags of mistletoe from Eileen ' s car, preparing for that day ' s deliveries. The mistletoe was labeled on December 1 6th and sent the following day. fcW Season ' s Greetings The cold weather sets in, December rolls around and selec- ted seniors clad in green tights, red skirts, red, green or white shirts, and Santa hats crop up in halls and classrooms all over school. The Christmas elves were in full force, delivering their anony- mous mistletoe messages once again. The popular messages were actually address labels, with notes written on them, tied to sprigs of mistletoe with a red ribbon. The mistletoe sale, an annual fundraiser for the se- nior class, presented an oppor- tunity for sweethearts and friends to express their secret sentiments. The sale also tempted pranksters to play practical jokes for the mere 50c each message cost. Charlotte Monroe said, A lot of the mes- sages were signed anony- mously or written in code, which made it fun to try to fig- ure out who sent them. Ten girls and one boy volun- teered to skip one class on ei- ther December 17th or 18th to dress up and deliver the bun- dles of mistletoe to their sur- prised recipients. Although the first reaction to being an elf was humiliation, none of the elves regretted it. Meg O ' Dea admitted, At first I thought I would be embar- rassed to be an elf, I liked to get into the Christmas spirit! Hunting for humor. Jackie Fee sifts through the remaining mistletoe to find the funniest messages. Many of the notes were written and sent as jokes. Welcome surprise. A smile appears on the face of Mike Heckman as Terri Stevenson delivers mistletoe from Alda Masters, his girlfriend. Couples often sent mistletoe to each other. Crab bag. Kellv Ryan and Cindy Sinott rummage through a bag of mistletoe to choose their next delivery. The sprigs of mistletoe were tagged with the person ' s name and class period, in order to make distribution quick and easy. 213 PEOPLE AND EVENTS