Grant High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Celebrate Homecoming Spirit rose as Homecoming Week progressed. Some students displayed bizarreness on Tacky Day. Students strutted down the halls in their outlandish clothing and gaudy jewelry. Suzy Dennis, an active participant of Grant’s spirit week, remarked, “If there was more involvement and enthusiasm among the student body, we could have a better Homecoming Week yet!” The week consisted of various activities and events including an escort service for the homecoming dance. Seniors Mike Miller and Sean Six organized an assembly in which winners were chosen from a drawing to be escorted to the dance by one of twenty-two selected students. A pep assembly awakened the student body by arousing spirit and school pride. The Varsity Rally announced the 1985 homecoming court: freshmen Missy Palmer and John Houston, sophomores Margaret Richen and Matt Nolan, juniors Molly Rask and Ruben Nisenfeld, and seniors Hillary Colbart and Kenny Graham. The yearbook staff sponsered a pie-throwing contest which attracted students after school in the front yard of Grant. Eighteen students and teachers got creamed by ticket winners. Junior Jennifer Loney commented, I was just in Ms. Bennett’s office and I had told her I bought lots of tickets so I could get her. Then, I won. It was the most wonderful thing I ever won.” To conclude the festive week, the varsity football team trampled over the Lincoln Cardinals at the Civic Stadium with overwhelming support from the Grant section. This was followed by the homecoming dance which consisted not only of freshmen cliques, but a wide range of students. “There was just the right amount of people; I wouldn’t have liked wall to wall humanoids.!” exclaimed junior Trent Robb. The dance proved to be a complete success! Ift 8 Introduction

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Motivated by academics For the sophomores and freshmen, the academic standards were toughened. An extra year of both math and science was required for the classes of ’88 and ’87 to graduate. Some of the underclassmen felt cheated by the new requirements, like sophomre Kay Kay Waller, who complained. Why should we have extra science and math when the upperclassmen don’t? For the college-bound student, however, these courses were already necessary, and students who were desparate for electives added zero and eighth period classes. How much fun is homework? It’s probably not the highlight of the week, no matter how serious a student is. Yet students keep studying, working for that elusive A . Grades are my life! When I do poorly, my self-esteem suffers,” explained senior Meredith Bleakley. The honor roll may be a top priority in the eyes of parents and colleges, and grades are certainly important in determining how well a student understood a course, but they are not the only aspects of academic life. Senior Scot Zeller said that Grades aren’t that important to me. I feel that it’s the learning process that’s important and not the grades that go with it. But, of course, there’s nothing wrong with getting A s in honors classes and 100% on physics tests. Introduction 7

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During a fundraiser for the yearbook, adviser Ms. Demien takes a pie in the smacker. Competing in a class competition, the senior class donates money to the United Way during a pep assembly. The homecoming court, made up of sophomores Ken Nolan and Miggle Richen, juniors Ruben Nisenfeld and Molly Rask, seniors Kenny Graham and Katie James, and freshmen John Houston and Missy Palmer, gets a taste of fame at the homecoming assembly as Nic Paulson announces them. Ms. Yabuki smiles through the whipping cream as future victims of the yearbook s pie throw look on. Exuding enthusiasm, the male prizes in the date-of your life fundraiser for the senior class eagerly await the drawing. John Hanches accepts his award for from the Fleet Reserve Association for his essay on My Role in the Family of Nations. Introduction 9