Hicksville High School - Comet Yearbook (Hicksville, NY)

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Psyched for Homecoming, seniors M. Viseglie. L. Connaughton. T. Kennedy. N. Geraghty, A. Frain, S. Price. D. Teleskey, R. Price, and C. Calone sit on Kim Stanley’s Sunbird, waiting as seniors eagerly antici- pate the annual judging of the floats. On their way to Hicksville’s annual crusade to the Homecoming Parade are seniors - L. Volo, H. Drab, and J. Joyce - Burn the Devils!” Float Follies The Senior float was thrown to- gether in such a hurry that it’s a won- der it came out as well as it did. There was only one week in which to build the float, which was constructed at Patti Grady’s house, and as Dawn Trenka said, “With all the complica- tions, the float still came out great and we deserved to win.” Fewer people turned up than were expected, and they had to obtain materials from many different places, including box- es donated by Tower Deli, and giant sneakers from Kim Lancer, a Foot Locker employee. With hard work that continued well into the night before Homecoming, the senior class man- aged to make a float that they could be proud of, and had a lot of fun doing it. As Jennifer Joyce said, “It was great to see people working together, and getting along so well for a change.” - Betsy Edelstein Senior nominees for Homecoming queen, Ni- cole Adamec, Pam Risica and Dawn Trenka anxiously await the results.

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ft I Felt Like I Be- longed More To The School Who needs this same routine? Sure I see more of my friends, I also see more of homework, reports, etc ... As the intoxication of summer slowly faded out, that’s how some of us may have felt. What is needed to re- lieve our tensions brought about by school? An activity which every one can enjoy whether they be a football player, cheerleeder, band member, kickline, or member of the audience.- In lighter terms; Homecoming. Homecoming had a different meaning for everyone. For senior foot- ball player Matt Knapp, it was “My best game of the year and also my last because I hurt my leg.” Though we were defeated, Matt was still proud and felt that we played well. He stated “We could have beaten them, we just made more mistakes. To Claudine Colasanti, co-captain of kickline, Homecoming is “The big- gest game of the year. ’ ’ This is the first year that freshman took part in the festivities. Maureen Gill was glad she attended, stating, “I felt like I be- longed more to the school. It was dif- Hicksville puts an end to another Freeport play in the first half of a very exciting Home- coming game Kickl iners, D. Doyle, C. Carr, L. Sebas- tiano, B. Edelstien, and J. Foy performed Hello Again” at the 50-yard line during half- time to the cheer of the roaring crowd. F omecoming’ ferent from the junior high’s Home- coming-more exciting.’ Looking forward to Homecoming, Principal Hogan described it as “kids having a good time. It doesn’t matter if the team wins or not.’’ Mr. Hogan also was concerned that the ninth and tenth grade would not have an enjoy- able time but after the events ended, he felt confident that everyone had a great weekend. The spirit at this year’s Homecom- ing was one of hope, and pride. We will look back on Homecoming with good memories and feelings of warmth. - Laura Catanzariti

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 I love the people 1 work with — we help each other with our jobs. Many of our fellow students are employed at McDonald’s, Burger King, or White Castle. Those jobs are not very interesting. What follows are very exciting and interesting jobs which many of us might find desir- able. Claudine Maas, a junior, works at Work the exclusive George Washington Manor Restaurant. She is a hostess and cashier and really enjoys working there. Claudine works on weekends so her job does not interfere with her grades. Another responsible student, se- nior Greg Sholl, works at Video Guest. His boss thinks he is very responsible and allows Greg to watch the shop. He does everything from being a cashier to handling tapes. A junior, Diane Boehmler, is em- ployed by her father. She types data into a computer. Large corporations are now using computers so after high school Diane may be employed by a large corporation. A very unusual job | Debbie Alexio, a senior. S robics instructor at Jac She works until 10:00 o and also works weekends Laura Lombardo is a at General Vision Service out many customers wh held by s an ae- Lanne. ekdays tionist e helps ■hey are trying to find eyeglass fra mes. Seeing fellow classmates employed may en- courage others to go for 1 ighe • goals. - Jill Van Kasten