Alwood High School - Alwood Album Yearbook (Woodhull, IL)

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Genevieve McKee This page is lo honor Gen McKee, a Latin and English teacher at AlWood High School for over twenty years. Her warmth, enthusiasm, and energy is credited for keeping the students interested in the Latin program. She has also been involved in the production of countless musicals. Her caring and understanding touched many—inside the classroom and out. Gen always considered the student’s feelings just as important as the academic lessons. She was known affectionately by all as Mom” and Grandma. She will be greatly missed by staff and students alike, and the loss of her presence w ill be felt by everyone. 3

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School Calendar August 23 23 September 2 4 11 20 October 7-11 7 11 12 First Day Of School Football Kick -Off Night No School. 1 Jibor Day High School Band Monmouth Parade FHA Rally Senior Hog Roast Spirit Week Swing Choir tryouts Homecoming Parade Homecoming Game vs. Winola Homecoming Dance 14 15 16 19 22 25 30 November 1 6 8 9 12 13 14 19 20 22 28-29 December 5 8 18-21 19 20-Jan. 1 January 16 17 20 22 27 February 10 14 15 19 22 March 1 3 11 13 22 25 27 April 5 6-12 12 15 16 19 30 May 2-3 4 12 17 18 21 29 No School, Columbus Day School Pictures JV Varsity Volleyball vs. Alexis. Parents Night University of Illinois Marching Festival Spanish Club Banquet Varsity Football vs. Galva, Parents Night HS Volleyball Regionals End of 9 Weeks FHA Daddy Date Night No School. Parenl Teacher Conference Speech Contest in Geneseo Football Volleyball Awards Dinner HS Choir at Elementary School Tip-Off Night for Basketball Jr.-Sr. High School Open House Choral Festival at Cambridge Swing Choir Performs for Senior Citizens No School. Thanksgiving Christmas Program Practice Christmas Program. Swing Choir Performs at Maxwells Orion Tourney Swing Choir Performs at Alpha Methodist Church No School. Christmas Vacation Semester Tests End of Semester No School. Martin lather King Jr. Day Swing Choir Performs at Jumers, FHA Officers Interview at Annawan Senior Cap and Gown Measurements Jr. High District Night JV Varsity Boys Basketball vs. Toulon. Parents Night FHA FFA Valentine Dance JV Varsity Girls Basketball vs. Cambridge, Parents Night HS Choir to 1SU Solo Ensemble Contest at Sterling FHA Trip Basketball Awards Dinner. Henry County Spelling Bee at Cambridge Section FHA Rally at Annawan Benefit Night Spanish Honor Society Induction End of Nine Weeks Sr. Pancake Breakfast Close-Up Program Spring Dance FHA Style Show Spanish Club Banquet Organizational Contest Jr. High Band Festival Musical Student Council Softball Tourney AlWood Invitational Track Prom Baccalaureate Music Department Recognition Banquet Graduation

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ta‘Wli it Was Happenin' 85-’86” World News---------------American Hostage held on TWA Jet in Beirut Reagan-Gorbachex Summit in Geneva Halley’ Comet Return (Kinda) Apartheid in South Afica Cheap Gasoline (80 ) Aid to Nicaraguan Contras considered U.S. bombs Lybia in response to terrorist attack Khadaffi linked to Terrorist Acts Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Diaster Live Aid People------Bruce Springsteen Whitney Houston Madonna-Sean Penn Bill Cosby Molly Ringwald Michael J. F ox Sylvester Station Hulk Hogan Pee Wee Herman W hoopi (kddberg Tom Cruise National News—Reagan’s Surgery for Colon Cancer Censorship of Rock Music Indebted Iowa farmer kill self. wife. banker 1st National Holiday Honoring Martin Luther King AIDS Scare Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes—Killing Crew Extra Strength Tylenol removed from Market after tampering Al Capone’s Vault opened—Nothing Found Prince Charles Princess Di xisit U.S. Hands Across America—Farm Aid—Fund Raisers Fads-------Paisley Apparel Swatch watches and paraphernalia Miarna Vice “Look” Levi 501 s Unshaven face Floral Apparel Bermuda Shorts Hawaiian Clothes Untied High Tops Air Jordan Basketball Shoes Bobljed Hair Deaths-------Konstantin Chernenko Orson Wells Yul Brynner Laura .Ashley Rock Hudson Robert Crawford Space Shuttle Challenger Crew—1st school teacher in space. Christa McAuliffe Flo Hyman—Volleyball star of ’84 U.S. Oly mpic team James Cagney Joe Mateika Sports --------------- Chicago Bears—Superbowl Champs Kansas City Royals—World Sene Champs Ferdinand—Kentucky Derby inner Jack Nicklaus—Winner of Master at age 46 Bobby Rahal—Winner of Indy 500 Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb hitting record William “The Regngeralor” Pern J.V. Volleyball Conference Champs Varsity Boys' Basketball—Conference Regional Champs David Heady places 2nd in Stale for High Jump New Crow’s nest put up T.V.------Miami Vice Moonlighting Cosby Show The Colbys Return to Mayberry I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years loiter North and South North and South Book II Growing Pains M USic-----Super Bowl Shuffle Money For Nothing (I Want My MTV ) Tears are Falling Home Sweet Home—Motley Crue Artist Against Apartheid—Sun City Rain on the Scarecrow Why Can’t This Ik Ixive Some Like It Hot Shot in the Dark Separate Lives Live to Tell How Will I Know Movies-------Back to the Future Pee Wee’s Big Adventure Rocky IV Pretty in Pink Iron Eagle The Color Purple Cobra Top Gun Out of Africa White Nights