Del Campo High School - Decamhian Yearbook (Fair Oaks, CA)

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' 'H .,a.,- R -'- V' - 9 - 'Ska Although participation lacks during sapirit days, students twist and shout uring the I W IRP rally What was supposed to be a traditional dress-up 5 day appeared to be nothing more than any other day to students. A scant number of flower children and Beatle-maniacs did wander the campus, but they were greatly outnumbered by groups of people conservatively dressed. Generally popular lunch time activities went almost un- noticed. Traditional TWIRP Week spirit was almost non-existent. I felt really bad that I didn't dress up this year because I have every other year, but this year was different. No one has the spirit they used to. Not only don't peo- ple dress up, but they hassle the people that do. It's just not worth it, said Amanda Wiedman. Few students showed any sign of school spirit on the traditional dress up days during TWIRP week. The week started with '60s-Beatles Day, which was followed by Trash Bag Day, Generic Day, Hawaiian Day, and fmished with Blue and Gold Day. I really liked the dress up days! I'm surprised more people didn't dress up. I mean they were a Where was all the spirit? d lot better than last year's Senior Citizen's Day, said Monica En- sign. Some did not feel the desire to dress up for the spirit days or take part in the lunch time acti- vities, which included a Hula-hoop contest, a Chubby Bunny contest, a shouting contest, and the tra- ditional Tug-of-War. But as Friday approached and the sun came out, so did people's spirit TWIRP rally is my favorite of the year because everyone is out to have a good time. No teams get introduced, there's no royalty to announce, and everyone just lets go, especially the guys, said Ker- rie Berbles. Not only were there perform- ances by an all male Drill 'team and an all male cheerleading squad, there was also a tricycle relay and a Wheel Of Fortune skit, which incorporated the Student Govem- ment sponsored Litter Lottery. The whole idea of the Litter Lottery was to promote the cleaning up of litter by offering candy and prizes for those with the most tickets. All a person has to do to get a ticket is be seen pick- ing up trash by a member of Stu- dent Govermnent. Then all the tickets are put into a barrel and we have a drawing, said Peggy Gra- ter. Prizes awarded to winners at the rally included movie tickets, do- nuts, pizza, or cash. After the skit the spirited seniors were an- nounced as the winning class of the TWIRP Rally. The week of festivities was fi- nished off with a not so festive dance. Although few had a bad time all in all, even fewer enjoyed the dance's DJ. or any of the music he played. I couldn't believe the music they played at the dance. I didn't know more than three or four songs. It was like rapping music, without the rap, said Danielle Yates. The whole week was fun, with dress up days and contests, and then the rally with all the guys in drag. The build up just made me expect something extra special from the dance. Well, dinner was nice, said Peggy Smith. Tnodsling and shouting, Kris King demon- strates the TWIRP theme to excite the rally goers. Q ,Q . ima? E Being a chubby bunny, Isaac Mackey tries to say a few words to Mike Kane at a lunch time activity. '

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Ygggw ...And on a tragic note, a student from Del Campo l-ligh School was pro- 'f'? 'ft'W'-'Q nounced dead on arrival at the Med Center after he angrily bit through his alarm clock this morning... Did you ever get that urge in the morning, when your alarm went off and the sun wasn't even up yet, to reach over and dismember that annoying little box? Rumor has it that the feeling was even worse when you awoke to a cheery jostle from a loving mother. Some students had the luxury of a snooze bar on their clocks, which meant the delay of getting out of bed Ceight minutes at a timej could be postponed until at least 7:45 am. By that time, there was no hope of 2-'FL Steppin' oul. Brian Tinsman takes the dreaded step, finishing the morning ritual and starting a new day. M0mingMunchks! Ron Marvelli, Snap, Crackle, and Pop sit down to an early morning breakfast. 'E' ll , 5,-1, 1 Y -I 2,3 Ulglflgfwgl .1 - MT X, t - ' ' M ' 5 1, , ' . e With grirnaces and groans, students take mornincg classes, exercise, or just roll over an hit the snooze bar any hot water for a shower and the odds were in favor of the milk being gone. There was now just three minutes before the tardy bell rang and traffic was at a standstill backed up to Dewey and Papaya. The morning had a completely different meaning for those students enrolled in a first period Spanish 1, Drama l, Weightlifting, jazz band, or pep arts. For them, school started promptly at 7 a.m. l don't mind getting to school an hour early for Drill, said drill team member Amy Slagle, now I always get a good parking place. The rewards for early-risers, however, didr1't come without a price. l didn't used to fall asleep in sixth and seventh periods, said Derek Dykstra. His early moming religious 4' sta, education class at his church ran from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. But an early morning activity didn't mean just getting up an hour earlier. For Mike Pottenger, and about half of the DC Cross Country Team, getting up that hour earlier entailed running a rigorous five early morning miles. There's a second period condi tioning class you can take, or, well the rest of us run before school, said Pottenger, bemoaning his scheduling conflict that set his alarm at a chilly 5 a.m. While some rose early in the moming to fulfill obligations or just to get a good parking place some never seemed to want to get up. My mom thought I was dead, said Zach Hessler remembering the day he slept until 3:30 pm. 'riff J Q 1' id 1 , ff 1 ,' ,fl . f-val Z ,'Y'f AA' T HAD i N--M-..Q....