Highland High School - Iris Yearbook (Highland, IL)

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Breakaway days A crowd gathers in the commons, sur- rounding four students with their faces buried in chocolate pudding. W. C. Fields and Groucho Marx accompany Frankenstein and 101 Dalmations in the halls and classrooms of HHS. Students became in- volved in unusual activities such as these during Homecoming week, Oct. 24-29. With the theme “HHS Goes to the Movies,” Homecoming came with renewed energy and a burst of special activities. These in- cluded T-shirt day and movie star dress-up day. Old, classic movies provided entertain- ment during lunch hours. Students gobbled pudding and carved pumpkins into original designs to compete in special contests. Classes and clubs decorated sections of the building with movie scenes and characters. These special events brought a welcome break in the routine of school.

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Traditions, innovations break daily routines The year 1977-78 proceeded a little more comfortably for students at HHS. Student activities were able to take on a wider area, with the newly available time of a full lunch hour. A number of contests and other activities were initiated to take advantage of this time. Traditions such as Homecoming, fall play, Prom, and musical proceeded as always, with only the changes inevitably resulting from a new year. A number of planned dress-up days broke everyday routine while students devised a few methods of their own to break the monotony. 1. The junior class’s successful prom was based on the theme ‘Come Sail Away 2. As the year moved on, thoughts turned to the spring musical, The Music Man 3. Leading the team to the stadium was just one way the fans showed their support to the football Bulidogs 4. The freshman girls practiced dilligently in order to prepare for the Powderpuff game during Homecoming 5. The fall play, “You Can't Take It With You,” gave many students, such as Marie Bosché, a chance to display the humorous acting abilities 6. Marie Bosche, a member of the Channel 13 newstean views psychic David Hoy who visited HHS during tt Escape Week 7. Tammy Ambuehi and Kirk Arbogast were seniors who were chosen to participate Coronation 8. Almost Anything Goes, sponsored by t March, helped break the boredom of Participated

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dtttag 1. Displaying their unusual costumes are the Gunky brothers—Terry Aschbacher, Harry Jaconis, Steve Kunkel, Jay Hoffman, and Dean Frerker. They pose in the media center in front of Emerald City, created by the juniors as their contribution to decorating the school in the Homecoming theme. 2. On movie star look alike day, four of the 101 Dalmations, Sally Felts, Barb Yesnosky, Marie Bosche’, and Janet Dye, roamed the halls led by Frankenstein, Jeff Gehrig. 3. Kim Niggli and Tina Gilomen worked together to create a winning entry during the pumpkin carving contest. 4. T-shirt day gave these students a chance to display their movie star shirts. 5. Contestants of the pudding eating contest, surrounded by a crowd of interested students, quickly engulf a quart of chocolate pudding. Winners from each lunch hour were Alan Eley—4th hour and Doug Beard—Sth hour.