Colonie Central High School - Rougetor Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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The Voice of the Student! By passing acTs To be approved by The principal, monTh by monTh The STudenT Council improves our liTe aT school while preparing us Tor adulT govern- menTal siTuaTions. Every Friday prooT OT The baclc- ing oT The STudenT Council is shawn by The appear- ance oT smarTly dressed sTudenTs. This resulTed Trom a resoluTion passed lasT year by The group suggesTing a dress up day each weelc. AT The end oT each school year, The STudenT Council sponsors an acTiviTies bangueT reserved Tor Those who play a viTal parT in Their school. This nighT is seT aside To pay TribuTe To Their hard worlc and presenT honors They achieved during The year. STudenT Council This year auThorized The Torma- Tion oT a TRADlTlONS COMMITTEE which works on TurThering school spiriT. They esTablished a school mascoT, Richard MarTin land his alTernaTe, James l-leislerl, a ninTh grade boy dressed in a Col- onial uniTorm, who beaTs a drum whenever our Teams score aT games. A Tlag was creaTed wiTh The Colonial mascoT and The sword Trom The school ring emblazoned on iT. The Tlag will be raised aTTer all noTeworThy school TuncTions. LeTT To righT: Bruce Connelly lpreside-nTl, WalTer Gordon lAdviserl, FaTricia Clark lSecreTaryl, Joan Twardy lTreas- -...L Y -4 ... A W urerl, Sandy Fiacco lVice Presidenll, Thomas O'Brien lAdviserl. Hel A--..h..M

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Tl1e Big Day! IT all sTarTs The nighT before: shining shoes. iron- ing cloThes. polishing The car, mixing The orange juice lToo confused aT 6:30 a.m. To do iT!l calling our besT Triends To make sure They will be aT The bus sTop or ready Tor a car ride. WhaT's all The Tuss abouT? Why The TirsT day of school is iusT around The clock . . . The TirsT day iT is a pleasure To be ready when The bus looms inTo sighT. Climbing aboard. shoving our way To seaTs, calling ouT sharp remarks, To our buddies add To The exhilaraTion of The momenT. When The bus pulls up in TronT of The enTrance The familiar sighTs seem hearTwarmingg geraniums bursTing Trom The planT boxes, The Tower clock designaTing The hour, The Tlag uniurled, and a friendly Teacher ready To dismiss us from The bus. Here we are. Where To now? Go Through The line designaTed Tor our class. Now rush up To our new homeroom amid smells oi polished Tloors and The glare of newly shined windows. No. don'T STOP To visiT wiTh our long absenT Triends: hurry on To our room. Suddenly good Times of lasT year 'Flood our memories and we miss Triends who moved or Trans- Terred. Faces seem sTrangely diTTerenT covered wiTh Two monThs oi sun and Tun buT many good Times associaTe Themselves wiTh old Triends auTomaTically. Where is Mary? Who is he? So many Things To do and so liTTle Time To do iT. All musT Till ouT schedule cards which are The Topic of much discussion Tor They are usually as much a surprise To The owner as The rules againsl' chewing gum and smoking. Then The Tamiliar clang of The passing bell sounds and ouT inTo The hall everyone Troops. A mad rush Tor our Triends occurs To compare schedules and Tind room locaTions. WiTh all These TranTic con- sulTaTions. iT somehow happens ThaT we are in our buddies' rooms. Amid The passing ouT of books. orienTaTing ourselves in Terms oi rooms and receiv- ing insTrucTions abouT how The homework is To be done. we find ThaT we become nosTalgic abouT The peace oi summer vacaTion. Then The closing bell rings and There ensues a rally aT The main enTrance To Tind ouT whaT bus everyone is Taking and where iT goes. Bumping along on The way home. conver- saTion never lags. Arriving home wiTh scuifed shoes. wrinkled cloThes. dusTy cars, we reach Tor The lemonade. call our besT Triends and via The Teen-ager's life line. agree ThaT iT wasn'T Too bad Tor The TirsT day. Hp ., .eu

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