Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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DONATING TIME iValk of Life Each year Seaholm students stock up on gum, pop, and a radio, put on their most comfort- able shoes, and hit the streets of Birmingham for a five mile trek. Members of all four classes, after receiving monetary pledges, follow a course around Birmingham in order to raise money for a pre-determined charity. This money is totalled for each class and points are given toward Field Day for the class in both the upper and lower schools who raises the most and has the greatest participation. As Kerry Shea proudly asser- ted, Not only does it help a hy Katy Andreae charity and your class at Field Day, it gives people a chance to go out with friends and do something you wouldn ' t usually do. Although participation was slightly below par, it was ail worth it when $1500 was pre- sented to the Mott ' s Children ' s Hospital in Ann Arbor. Leading the senior class, Kristin Hoke, Colleen Roberts, Karen Reynolds, Heather Burch, Kathy Solowczuk, and Dan Demarco set out on their five mile hike. photo by Judy Macey Dance if You Can With the purchase of your Sadie Hawkins ticket, please bring a donation of three or more cans of food. With this simple request by Student Congress, Seniors Amy Bowen and Shirin Caldiran collect cans from sophomore Julie Rybicki as she buys her Sadie Ha wkins ticket. The food went to feed needy families in the holiday season, photo by Doug Engic by Stacey Springer more than six hundred cans of food were collected for needy families in the Detroit area. The project worked through Operation Can-Do, a pro- gram sponsored by the Elias Brothers chain. Because of the importance of the cause. Con- gress hopes that it will become an annual event. Most Admired Women 1. Mom 2. Dr. Ruth Westheimer 3. Princess Di 4. Christie Brinkley 5. Meryl Streep 6. Barbara Angott Missionaries of Hope A group of students from the First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham left for Camden, New Jersey last June on mis- sionary work to the third most depressed city in the United States. There were twenty-five students involved, fifteen of whom were from Seaholm. They spent a week there run- ning a vacation Bible school for the children and helping at various day care centers throughout Camden. Ten peo- ple ran the vacation Bible school, teaching classes in the morning and painting the church sanctuary in the after- by Kevin Burke noon. The day care division split into groups of two and three and worked throughout Camden and chains of day care centers. The mission was headed by Reverend Stuart Broberg, who become affectionately known to the chil- dren as Reverend Fozzy Bear. The missions were to open the eyes and hearts of all involved, to break down cultural and racial barriers and to see each other as people, one and the same under God. Sophomore Sarah Ferryman poses with some friends she has made during the trip to Camden sponsored by the First Presby- terian Church. photo by Liz Robertson 22 STUDENT LIFE

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Seaholm Breadwinners What do you do if you ' re broke and you need money fast? Do what senior Bob Matz did. He went to the Career Center and got a job. 1 went there because I figured that they would have a lot of good opportunities for me. I needed the job to pay for my Senior Trip to Florida and equip- ment for my darkroom at home. The Career Center is a good place to visit if you are looking for a job. A student can go in there, look at all of the different places that are hiring, and apply there. This student has an edge over someone else looking for a job, since he or she already knows the job openings for which to apply. Another way to get a job through the school is by joining either the SEOVEC or the Co-Op programs. Students are assigned jobs from names of employers after having taken specific pre- requisite classes in preparation for these jobs. Several local businesses participate in these programs, including Douglas Cleaners Swensons and Beau- mont Hospital in Royal Oak. The SEOVEC and Co-Op programs The friendly voice at the other end of the line when you call the Baldwin Public Library belongs to junior Ellen Shuster Ellen helps students locate anything they mav need pti i ' - i ' ' n i ) M,,ii.v by Sarah Yorl are designed to prepare stu- dents involved for their futures in a related field of work. Many Seaholm students ob- tain jobs by applying to differ- ent places. Belinda Carter, a junior who works as a cashier at Bonanza, applied there after her brother worked at that same restaurant. She said, I enjoy working at Bonanza. They ' re flexible to my sched- ule. I work with interesting people, and learn, too! Junior Jeff Vogel works to meet some of the major costs of his car. He has to pay for the gas and upkeep, as well as the insurance. Jeff feels that his job at Saunders has taught him as much as it has helped him. Working has given me the opportunity to earn spending money and has taught me responsibility and the impor- tance of balancing my home- work with other commit- ments. My summer job at Beverly Hills Athletic Club will allow me to earn money, meet new people and help my summer be more exciting, said Wendy Wagner. It will give me some- thing to do rather than watch soap operas all day! Great Week-Enders Parties are a big part of a Seahom student ' s social life. Ac- cording to junior Wendy Wagner, Parties are a great way to end the week. It ' s fun getting together with friends and having a good time without worring about the past week. Some people party with the same people every week while others choose different compa- nions. Senior Cindy Vanderbrug said, The people I party with are a lot of fun. Sometimes we ' ll go to a non-Seaholm party where we by Sarah York don ' t know anyone, just to meet new people Jon Teachman parties with different people. Different people have different charac- teristics, he explained. Why do people pick parties over other activities? Laura Schmidt answered, More peo- ple around you means more fun! Senior David Hofer helps his friend Jennifer York celebrate her eighteenth birthday- Jennifer ' s friends decided to give her a birthday to remember with a dinner at ttogan ' s ph.,t.. hi, s,ir..li Yi.rk FREE TIME 21

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Reachinq Out iVith Love 0 by Kevin Bu For the past two years stu- dents from Seaholm have par- ticipated in mission trips to Port-au-Prince Haiti to wori at the Good Shepard Orphanage and establish friendships and contacts with other people. In July 1985, five Seaholm stu- dents, Sara Perryman, Steve Kopcha, Kevin Burke, Dan Muir, and Ernie Dambach, were a part of a company of nine that traveled to Haiti for ten days to help an impover- ished nation that is losing all Steve Kopcha ' s lap provides security and a welcome pillow for children in need of love and warmth in Port-au- Prince, Haiti. photo by Li2 Robertson by hope. Each student had to raise $1000 for the trip. About $300 of the money went to supplies for the Haitians, such as medicine and clothing. While in Haiti, the students mainly worked with the fifty kids at the orphanage. They established a sponsoring program where a person can sponsor a Haitian child for fifty dollars a month, as well as spending time meeting the people of the country and visiting various missions in the nation. Although the students gave a great deal, as Sara Perryman said, 1 received ten fold what 1 gave. Most Admired Men 1. Dad 2. Bob Geldof 3. Martin Luther King, Jr. 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Mikhail Barishnakov 6. Bruce Springsteen 7. Lee lacocca They Need, lA e Bleed ' bu Staceu S Be nice to me, 1 gave blood. This was a commonly heard saying on October 17th, the day of the blood drive at Seaholm. The event, sponsored by the American Red Cross, was ex- tremely successful once again this year. The drive went on all day and raised over ninety pints of blood, putting Seaholm in the top ten schools in Southeast Michigan. There ' s a lot more involved than just offering to donate. First, there are requirements to be met. All blood donors must weigh at least one hundred and ten pounds and be at least seventeen years old. This last criteria cuts down on the number of donors in the school, limiting the majority to the senior class. Although giving blood isn ' t difficult, some people encoun- tered problems. Under the super- vision of the Red Cross workers, , many potential problems were avoided. For the most part even the people who had bad experi- ences did not regret their deci- sions to donate. Paul Mylod by Stacey Springer agreed, 1 really believe in the cause. I ' d definitely at least try again. Because of the relatively small number of people who could donate, there was some question as to the practicality of Seaholm sponsoring such an event. After the great success of the drive, there was no doubt that taking a chance paid off. The temptation of missing class alone didn ' t draw the crowds, they seemed to really care about the cause. Everybody who donated did so because they believed in what they were doing, said John Fitzpatrick, a Congress member who worked at the blood drive. Senior Burt Engel agreed, Giving blood helps others and makes you feel good about yourself, knowing you helped someone in need. One of the ninety donors at the blood drive, senior Pat Mitchell finds that donating blood is less painful than he expected. photo by Doug Efigle VOLUNTEERS 23