Gunderson High School - Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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-ri' dl 6 if Freshmen twins Monica and Andrea Barney both received heli- um filled balloons on their special day. They had to share their birthday, but that just made it double the fun. On freshman Bill Boland's birthday, his friends made him carry around a big bunch of helium balloons. I-le wasn't hard to spot anywhere at anytime during the day. C' X -X 3 fe? . . 'fi l X' N5'?,,.f l fr W .1 Decorated lockers are often seen around the halls. Senior Doyle Smith was led blind- folded to a table in the foum set up completely with balloons and par- rr ty decorations. she was surprised by cake smeared all over her face i r as the blindfold was removed. But bs they all had a great time eating ' r what was left. l

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in stef? eisg I g'.'1P'f'+'. - , it S q i Make a wish . . . all right, blowl Confetti thrown as you walk through the-,.door, balloons deliv- ered in firstilperiod, ci colorful sign hanging in the forum saying i'Hap- py Birthday from all your friends, a package decorated locker, pre- sents waiting at lunch, and a huge cake topped with lighted candles . . . what do these things have in common? They're allways to cele- brate a birthday ot Gunderson High, A birthday is the one time in the year to realty single out a person and make them feel extra-special. lt's a legitimate excuse to embar- ass a friend. Even if they tell you not to make everything so obvi- ous, deep down they like After opening her presents and making a wish, junior lsela Gan boa blows out the l6 candles on the cake her friends ma earlier that morning. For her, lunch was especially exciting aj delicious-a great way to make a l6th birthday stand out. Senior Nicole Corneilius shares her birthday with ther frieni senior Kim l-lobbs. A decorated table in the Forum and a ul-lapp Birthday cookie from the Original Cookie Company made hi day stand out. it We fif- all the attention. It's nice to be so noticed. Singing Happy Birthday down the hails and forcing some- one to carry fifteen heiium-filled balloons around ali day are just two of the ways to openly adver- tise a friend's special clay. By the end of the afternoon, the whole school knows just whose birthday it has been. There are o few unique ways Gunderson students have cele- brated. Once, a white stretch limo picked up the birthdayigirl, took her and her friends out to break- fast, and took them to school. Kid- napping is also a fun morning ac- tivity. At 6:00 a.m., ci bunch of people arrive at the birthday per- son's house and take them away in their pajamas to o breakfast brunch at Bob's y The obyious birthday bash is usually put on by girls for girls. Giris seem to enjoy the fuss. But what do guys do to celebrate each oth- er's birthdays? To teii the truth, not that much at schaoi. lf you really, really want to know, some- times it we're lucky, we get an oc- casional 'Happy Birthday,' but that's just about it, replies junior Craig Welliver. Each year, birthdays at Gunder- son get more elaborate. People are going all out to create a per- fect day for their friend. They want it to be a day for them to remem- ber for the .rest of their tives.

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