Cheshire High School - Key Yearbook (Cheshire, CT)

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S.N.A.R The Students' Nuclear Awareness Pro- ject tS.N.A.I7J is a new club at CHS. lt is composed of concerned students who wish to increase awareness among the student population about world prob- lems. Projects that they have worked on include the collection of food for the needy Toys for huts, raising money for UNICEE walking for hunger and various other activities. One Acts The One Acts is a competition among the four classes in which the members of each class display their theatrical abili- ties. This year's Senior One-Act play was Santa Sees a Shrink, or Yule Never Know the Troubles l've seen. Iim Gafney directed the play which starred Todd Yocher as Santa, Stefanie Rosenberg as Mrs. Indemnity Clause, and Sara Crutcher as the shrink, Dr. Ruth Lassi- tude. l38!Clubs and Activities Amnesty International The CHS chapter of Amnesty Interna- tional was just formed this year at the school. The group works with the inter- national organization to free prisoners of conscience throughout the world. By writing letters to the heads of foreign governments the students are attempting to end the persecution of political prison- ers. The CHS group also works to help homeless people in the United States. A . .

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Board of Education Representatives Every year four CHS students serve as liasons between the student body and the Board of Education. This year's represen- tatives are George Brough, Kevin Dayton, Sheryl Ehrlich, and Shellie Peck. They report on issues which concern students and sometimes they investigate special projects for the Board. 1 N .M 'it .2 Cadet Volunteers Cadet volunteers are foreign language students who share their knowledge of a language, either German, French, Latin, or Spanish by teaching the language to grammar school or junior-high school students. The goal of this program is to inspire younger students to continue their language studies at the high school level. Peer Advocates The Peer Advocates are CHS students who are specially trained in basic com- munication skills. They are supposed to act as a valuable resource for helping other students with personal problems. They provide information for personal decision-making involving issues such as alcohol, drugs, sexuality, and relation- ships. Clubs and Activities!l37

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Rampage The Ranlpngu has completed another successful year as Cheshire High School's student newspaper. Four first place awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association were awarded the Rum- prigt' in 1986-1987, for overall excellence in a school newspaper as well as Best Service to the Community Award. In ad- dition, the Rampage is working on con- verting to state-of-the-art Desktop Pub- lishing. The staff has enjoyed another year of journalism, looks forward to con- tinuing to support the school and com- munity and to exceeding all expectations. Spilled Ink Spillcd Ink is the Cheshire Hire School literary magazine. It publishes student work, including poetry short stories, es- says, drawings, photography and other reproducible art forms. The selections are determined by an editorial board com- posed of students from all four classes. Mrs. Mancinelli serves as the Spilled Ink advisor. in-...li S.A.D.D. S.A.D.D., Students Against Drunk Driving, was formed to prevent teen- agers from driving while intoxicatedsln its third year of existence at Cheshire High School, the club plans to make stu- dents aware of the dangers of drwmg drunk. Clubs and Activities! 139