El Toro High School - Amanecer Yearbook (Lake Forest, CA)

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SENIORS REENACT SESAME STREET This year's senior Baby Day was a great success. Almost all of the seniors participated in the activities and had a lot of fun. During snack, the senior hall was available for viewing. The hall was decorated like Sesame Street. Life size figures of the children's T.V. show characters were on display including replicas of Big Bird. The Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, and Ernie and Bert. Down the hall was a playpen filled with stuffed animals and dolls. During lunch, the senior babies played kiddie games. In the quad, games like duck duck goose and ring around the rosie were played. In the lower quad, the babies rocked to the beat of a band called The Detectives. Preceding the baby day events was a night of parties before going to the school to toilet paper it. There were approximately 1500 rolls of toilet paper used. Almost every area on the campus was covered. The t.p. stayed up all day but after school the seniors were very busy cleaning it up. The hardest part was get- ting it out of the trees and off the wet grass. 1. Seniors Joy Binnt, Kristie Perkins and Sandy Spriggs snack on chocolate milk dur- ing Baby Day festivities. 2. Warren Paez and Suzanne Willis stroll amid post-Baby Day clutter. 3. Stuck inside the giant pen stands Johnny Perez. 4. Brian Flanagan. Dan Klien. and Drummond Buckley travel in search of mischief. 5. Pre dawn “decorated campus awaits the arrival of babies. 6. “Cranky Pants Sandra Lea observes Baby Day lunch activities. 7. Aaron Lybarger watches as the senior class is served breakfast at IHOP. 8. Vicki Mirza and Delise Smith look on as the senior class officers choose whose the best baby. 9. A group of babies gather into their teams for a game of red-rover. 16 Activities

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1. Jeff Mueller is surprised by the Homecoming Dance's photographer while dancing with Sharon Merritt to the music of Head First.” 2. The Lone Baby. Burt Walsh, looks on as the senior class plays Duck-Duck-Goose during the lunch time activities. 3. A masked Shari Farrington feeds pepperoni pizza to Dan Gibbs during a snack-time pep rally in an attempt to promote spirit for the Costa Mesa game. 4. An excited princess. Leslie Devereaux, watches as the Homecoming court rides to the stage in old time cars. 5. A group of students anxiously awaits the announcement of the 1981 Homecoming Queen. 6. Stephanie Sommers. Erin Parnell and Todd Wallin dance to the 60's sounds of Papa Doo Run Run during the first day Back to School Dance. 7. Clark Kent chooses Monica Osborn as the 1981 Homecoming Queen, while Leslie Devereaux watches the excitement. 8. 1980-81 Pep Commissioner Kit Bowen rides the bull during the Homecoming game. 9. Erin Westerman and Christiana Jenny perform to Hall and Oats' You Make My Dreams Come True during the Homecoming pep assembly. 10. Lylac Baker and Scott Ballard look on as the seniors are victorious in the Spirit Week field assembly. Wild Cards, as the yearbook staff prefers to call activities, were often times the highlights of the year. Breaking the monotony of school days and school work, these Wild Cards involved every aspect of teenage life, ranging from dances and formals for the music lovers, to Homecoming and Powder Puff for the sports fans. Some special appearances this year by famous names included a surprise visit from football great O. J. Simpson and a visit and speech from Wilson Riles, state superintendent of education for California, as well as a visit from Clark Kent at the Homecoming game to announce the 1981 Homecoming Queen. To see students walking around campus with ace bandages around their arms and the color gone from their face was not unusual on the day of the annual Red Cross Blood Drive. Sixteen and seventeen year old babies were not unusual on October 7, El Toro's annual senior Baby Day. which was preceded by junior 50's day. sophomore 60's day and freshman tourist day. The faculty wasn't left out of the festivities either. On Friday they dressed up in their best Western Duds. West Side Story was this year's musical production, a popular and fun-filled fund raiser for the performing arts department. The annual Sadie Hawkins dance and Donkey Basketball game were included in this year's Wild Cards. also. All these, and many more. Wild Cards were sponsored this year to give El Toro's students a chance to really play their hands! “WILD CARDS” Activities 15

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