Belleville Township High School East - Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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Principal H Fred Curtis welcomes the student body back with a smile during the first assem¬ bly of the new school year. Students walk around the campus to find out where their classes are. Students gather around central terrace to make new friends and to get reacquainted with old ones. remainder of the week felt short. The sun came out Thursday enabling at least half of the freshmen to put away their schedules and show off their tans in their jams. The teachers looked even fresher than they had the day before, as if they were prepared to keep the freshmen busy with homework for life. One senior, who was sitting next to the flagpole during her lunch hour said. “My classes are great and I love my schedule! I can already tell that this is going to be a great year. Back With A Smile 3

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On August 27, after a short but fun summer, Belleville East opened its doors for the twenty- first time. The sun came out at the end of the unusually cold and rainy week enabling the students to replace their coats and umbrellas with short sleeves and jams. Allison Lauf and Beth Cummings take time out of their day to talk about the week. BACK O n August 27, after a short but fun summer, Belleville East opened its doors for the twenty-first time. held an assembly to introduce the new teachers and to welcome the students. After the assembly, students gathered WITH A The students streamed onto the beauti¬ ful campus on an unusually cold and rainy day. but the weather did not dampen the enthusiasm of the students and the high around central terrace to socialize before resuming class. When asked about the first day of school, one senior replied, It’s really no SMILE spirit of the teachers. Along with the awful weather was a tense atmosphere. Some students were hyper and excited, while others showed confusion and anxiety. As one freshman who asked not to be identified for obvious reasons put it, “It wasn’t so difficult to find my classes after I realized that they were in alphabetical order in a big square.” During second hour, Mr. H. Fred Curtis big deal. It’s just a normal school day to me.” Another student, a junior, was al¬ ready looking far ahead into the year. “I can’t wait for Junior Prom!”, she said. The first day of school ended at 3:30 for most students. As they loaded up onto the dirty yellow buses, they were prob¬ ably contemplating on what happened that day. It had turned out to be okay. Since school had started on a Wednesday, the 2 First Week Of School

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Far Right: Todd Blomberg escorts Candy But¬ ler. Right: Randy Shcmidt escorts Kirsten Halton. Later in the week Randy went on to win the position of queens escort. Below: Rick Barret escorts Missy Blum. Right: Julie Freed being escorted by Steve Walters. Far Right. John Talley escorts Janice Hart¬ man LOYALTY AND ROYALTY L oyalty Week has been a tradition at East since the school first opened in 1966. Not only did they have a homecoming queen, a parade, and a football game, but they celebrated dress-up days such as: T-Shirt and Jeans Day; Sweatshirt, Sunglasses, Sneakers and Slacks Day; Button Day; and Teacher Appreciation Day. This year, the activities included float decorating, hall decorating, class spirit chain, Senior Olympics, Staff Apprecia¬ tion Day, dress-up days, and a parade. Hall decorating is when the clubs and or¬ ganizations compete with one another by decorating a hallway. This year’s winner was the German Club. The class spirit chain is a contest among the four classes to see who can raise the most money The freshman class won this year Float decoration also is a contest between the four classes. The sophomores won this event. After the winners were announced, all the floats are in the school parade. Loyalty Week also included the Home¬ coming Court and the escorts. Belleville East is the only high school in the area which combines Loyalty Week with Homecoming The candidates for Loyalty Week Queen were Missy Blum, Candy Butler, Staci Dumstorff, Julie Freed. Kir¬ sten Halton, Janice Hartmann, and Chris Vlahavas Chris Vlahavas was crowned Loyalty Week Queen Friday during the assembly. 4 Loyalty Week