East Mecklenberg High School - East Wind Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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0,103 f gm? I LW Perhaps the 'pest word to descrroe the duh rneetrngs, hand practrce, ptay ree students had a chance to unwtnd tor a 198763 East Mack student 'oody ts XN- hersds and tearn practrces to 'rust standrng, coupte ot days. Many students enroyed XlOEXlED.Xn addrtron to the requrred seyen tn the tounge and tattdrng, yytth trtends. gorng to partres and the vnoytes, whte ntany Eages spent rnuch ot Students' schoot sprrtt and tremendous otherstustyyantedto steept Mso,CharXotte X that East proytded 1.eaXtor partrcrpatron rnented therr reputaf ottered a yvtde yartety ot ptaces to ytsrt, ttres tor tron as proud Eages. such as Sprrtt Square, Drscoy ery Ptace, Ees- Ptnother tvnp0rtant part ot student Yrte tryd tn the Park, and Sprtngtest. Eagyes Xavdrng on the weekends. Pttter a tnyotyernent tn dt these actryttres arded apers and horneyyork, therntnCYrrn'ornfg,TheNNdXsto5uccess. hours a day, therr tree trnue at East. n students yytth so rnany opportun tnyotyernent, there was dways an atrno' sphere ot 'ousttrng actryrty surroundrng the was re chooX acttyktesranged trorn week ot tests, p schoo X. Pttterfs I I When we came o East as Soph- s vv e 1 o n1 o r e ' arate were In sep DE NT LIFE DIVISI ON ups, but we gr a d u a t e d a s one group. fvircta Cumrrftngs If

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The heat is on as summer moves in and school moves out. Beaches, lakes, and mountains become popular resting spots for East Meek students. , , . s 5 . ft' , 8 VACATIONXTRIPS if i 5i1g!eWii1g ily Cv uiiziizer june 6 . . . the beach . .. lune6...theheat... lune6...thepool... .' lune 6, 1987, 2:25 p.m. ' East Meck Eagles awaited the final ring of the bell that ended the school year and began their migration to the southfs beaches and anywhere they could rest their tired Eagle wings. Last summer, some rocked their Eagle wings at such concerts as Whitney Houston and Billy Idol, to name a few. Meg Keally, a senior, who went to see Whitney Houston, thought it was a 'great concert despite the reviews. Christy Conroy, also a senior, went to the Psychedelic Furs concert at the Grady Cole Center with a bunch of friends. Her review of the concert was that 'it was incredible . . . we were up Q, 'QQ Q ,Oo front and I got squooshed but it was worth it. Of course, the majority of the Eagles spent their summer at the beach soaking up rays and sending out umating calls to the opposite sex. lunior Shannon lack- son settled down on the warm sands of Kiawah Beach while others flew over- seas to foreign countries. Alisa Long, a senior, went to France and stayed with her French llsister Christine. Senior Donna Cook toured the Sears Tower, Art Institute, and malls of Chicago, lllinois and found it to be quite an experience. Everybody benefited from last sum- mer, whether they worked, slept, or traveled. As senior Mark Love put it, the summer of 1987 was 'la great wave peaking in lune, rolling through july, and thunderously crashing in August. We Care: lunior Marc West and sophomore len- The Cookie Monster: Senior Donna Cook can't nifer Love taught Bible school in New lersey. resist the llsweet side of Chicago.