Chicopee High School - Memini Yearbook (Chicopee, MA)

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Looking at Sophomore year LOOKING AT SOPHOMORE YEAR 1985-1986 Sophomore year was the year to unite as a class. We elected our class officers who would work together to make our time here at Comp the most enjoy- able ever. We held our first ma- jor fundraiser, the M M candy drive, to earn money for our Senior dues. But more impor- tantly, Sophomore year was the year to purchase our class rings. Our class rings allowed every- one to see that we were no long- er Freshmen; we were a class which proved itself strong in spirit and determination. Our teams proved to be very powerful our Sophomore year. Not only did our football team defeat Chicopee High, but they also made it to the Super Bowl. The hockey team became the Berry division and Western Mass, champs. Both the boy’s and girl’s basketball teams won Western Mass, and the boys made it to the state semi-finals.

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Looking at Freshman year i LOOKING AT FRESHMAN YEAR 1984- 1985 Freshman year, at times it seems like so long ago, at other times it seems like only yester- day. We can all remember the excitement of freshman year. We had finally made it to high school -but what then? The first few days were confusing. We asked questions such as “Where is the fifth floor?” and “Can you really buy an elevator key?” Soon we found our place to fit in and freshman year truly began. The Homecoming game our freshman year made history. After eleven years of being de- feated by Chicopee High the Colts were finally victorious- and brought the sword home to where it belonged. We were the last class to join the Modern Foreign Language Club. Outside of school many events took place which made freshman year memorable. Ron- ald Reagan defeated Walter Mondale in the 1984 Presiden- tial campaign, making him Presi- dent for a second term. The 1984 summer Olympics held in California allowed the world to see what the United States was made of-people who worked hard to be the best they could be. No one would soon forget the smile on Mary Lou Retton’s face as she won her gold medal after a perfect vault; or the look of pain and disap- pointment on Mary Decker’s face after tripping over Zola Budd during the 3,000 meter race. We were saddened to learn of the death of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, as well as the deaths of Marvin Gaye, Count Basie, and Baby Fae. Although far away, the suffer- ings of the people of Ethiopia and of Bhopal after the Union Carbide gas leak were felt by many of us here at Comp. Samantha Smith’s letter to Yuri Andropov gave the world hope that the future generations might be able to reduce the threat of nuclear war. Michael Jackson and his Thriller tour set fashion trends around the country. Sequined gloves and red leather could be seen here at Comp. And now, a look at our Soph- omore year. 1 t ) I

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Outside of Comp many impor- tant events took place in and around our country. Many events of 1985 and 1986 were saddening and discouraging. On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded after 73 seconds of flight, resulting in the deaths of the seven crew members aboard. This was the worst disaster NASA had ex- perienced since it began. During the year many planes were high- jacked causing tensions to flare be- tween the United States and terror- ist countries. Africans, still under apartheid rule, suffered greatly by having restrictions placed on their lives. In Russia, the nuclear power station, Chernobyl, exploded caus- ing many deaths and exposing those people still in the area to high levels of radiation. On the brighter side. President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met at the first U.S.-Soviet summit in six years, opening up the pathway of communication between the two countries. New York City, along with the rest of the world, celebrat- ed the 100th birthday of the Statue of Liberty in a week long tribute to “the Lady”, which ended in a mag- nificent fireworks display. Singer Bob Geldof, along with some of the most noted singers of our times, performed the Live Aid concerts to aid Africa’s famine victims. Unity, the word that best de- scribed our Sophomore year- at Comp and throughout the world. And now, let’s take a look at our Junior year. Sophomore year Looking at