Algonac High School - Algonquin Yearbook (Algonac, MI)

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Enthusiastic crowd rocks gym Under the organization of Student Council, Homecoming ' 85 took shape. Traditional activities were the dress up days throughout the week. Class themes were: Seniors - Holidays, Juniors - Punk, Sophomores - Fairy Tales, and Freshmen -Nursery Rhymes. Students dressed to Occupation Day, Beach Bum Day, Nerd Day and of course, Blue and Gold Day. “I liked it better this year compared to last year because the school put out more activities and the students showed their spirit for once. said Tim Harlow. In August and September, Student Council had meetings to set up a list of possible days. They also made a list of themes and each class chose their own theme this year in a break from tradition. On Theme Day, a committee of four student council members went to classes and counted individual students for points. Stacy Bellia Student Council President, explained: Each class received one point per person. They had to have more than two articles on to qualify. I think that getting dressed up for Homecoming Week is fun. However, I think getting dresssed up should be your own choice, said Debbie MacDonald. The point results were announced at the Homecoming game with the other spirit jug totals. Organizing the w r eek provided many challenges. According to Stacy, Spirit Week takes more time than expected, it becomes your life for about a month just getting the entire week organized. Besides the dress up days, there were also dances, halftime activities, assemblies, float building and hall decorating. In a break from tradition, girls became participants on October 1 1 in the first female tug of war. Tasha Linsday, Cherie Reed, Patty Carson, Debbie Gontarek, Gina George, Kim Hallum and Melanie Claik pull to keep points in the ’87 column. As a result of publicity all of the classes filled the gym on October 8 for the evening pep assembly. For the first time in many years, freshman numbers were close to the other classes. Homecoming -11

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Rowdy and enthusiastic seniors cheer for the contestants in the October 1 1, 6th hour pep assembly. Stacy Pisarski finds dressing up on Nerd Day amusing and a bit embarrassing as she and Jerry Lee wait for class to begin. Trying to catch that elusive doughnut is more of a challenge than Jim Lipps realized. Tug of war has become a traditional challenge between classes. Seniors Jeff Poosch, Jon Byerly, Tony Meldrum, Mark Heyza, Preston Borchardt, Dennis McGuire and with the juniors exert the muscle in a tough battle during the October 1 1 assembly. 10 - Homecoming

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On his way to football practice, Kurt Heyza helps add holiday cheer to the senior hall. Time affects quality, amount Enthusiasm and cooperation are major essentials when it comes to class competition, especially in the hall-decorating contest. This year, however, those essentials were not there. Very few students showed on October 9 to help their class win points toward the Spirit Jug. This damaged the feelings of Spirit Week for many. Although the shortage of students was partially due to the lack of enthusiasm and spirit, it was also due to the lack of knowledge. Many students did not know when the decorating was to take place. Freshman Lori Yax commented, “I didn’t know when we were supposed to.” The small number of announcements was not the only problem, as some students thought the hall decorating was limited to certain people. “I never knew I could decorate,” stated Freshman Jerry Lee. Student Council members tried to utilize class memoes to let everyone know how to be involved in the homecoming week activities. The memoes did help increase attendance at the pep rallies, but not with the halls. Time was limited with decorating time beginning at 2:30 until 6:00. Band members had to assemble at the school by 5:30 to participate in competitions that evening. This prevented many Band members from helping. For the few students that did show to decorate, there were some problems such as the themes being too difficult to decorate to, and just not enough bodies to do the decorating. 12 - Homecoming Homecoming, events add a touch of class Homecoming for Algonac came on Friday, October 1 1 at 4:30 without the traditional float parade before the game. Instead, there was a brief showing of floats before the game and during halftime. Lack of time was the main enemy of Homecoming 85. Time was too limited for a float parade or showing of the floats on the center of the football field.. “If the floats would have been displayed, the game would have run until after dark,” Mr. Ford said. He also said that Homecoming will be held on a Saturday next year to give everyone more time. “And the two queens are...” were the words that Mr. Gilbreath used to surprise the entire crowd. The members of the court were surprised also. After recounting the votes four times Ms. Broeder and Mr. Ford decided that both girls should receive the honor. This meant a rush to secure flowers and a crown., “Throughout this entire Homecoming Week Taking second place with an outstanding float, sophomores Lisa Dabelstein, Deana Vernier, Sara Meldrum, Lisa Christiaens, Shawn Leonard, and Kelly Ponke portray favorite fairy tales. things were close between all of the classes. It was a real pleasure to see both girls recognized, said Student Council adviser Ms. Broeder. .Queens Chris Castiglione and Sandy Placencia said they were both happy and excited to be picked. Sandy said “1 thought it made the whole thing more exciting,” while Chris said “I was really surprised. I don’t know how I feel about two queens. It was an experience and I’m just happy I was one of them.” During the first quarter, float judging took place. Community members judged the floats and then they were displayed on the track around the field for the crowd to see. Band put on a spectacular show for the fans with a special number featuring the Precisionettes and Majorettes. Captains of the two squads set up their routines and then had them approved by Mr. Reed before working on the show. Nursery rhymes welcome freshmen, Tracy Lobeck, Steve Moran, Carey Eaton, Tracy Tetler, and Jenny Newman to their first Homecoming.