Highland High School - Iris Yearbook (Highland, IL)

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Juniors Angie Lutostanski, Patti Young and Kyle Schumacher, along with freshman Annie Lutostanski help unload boxes filled with fruit that the band sold to raise money. HHS Lacks Money It was the °83-’84 school year that felt the first effects of the referendum which failed in ‘83. Yet, after many talks of cuts, just how much actually did suffer from the budget? “Most of the changes weren't apparent to the students,” stated Principal Fred Singleton. The most obvious were cuts concerning classes. Several classes offered one or two years are no longer being offered. Singleton commented that there had been a 5% reduction of classes alone in social studies in three years. Along the lines of the academic cuts were the cuts in staff members. Singleton also felt low teacher salaries revealed the low budget that the school faced. Sin- gleton stated, “We have a good, quality staff, and we're very lucky to have them. But we're having trouble competing with industry and we could lose teachers due to the salary.” ment was raise he themselves. The football team selling Pizza Hut coupons, the co- op students selling Dankin animals or the band selling fruit or coupon books showed the necessity for groups to raise money on their own. Yet, most groups wouldn’t be anywhere without the generosity of others. Sports were heavily supported by the Booster Club, while donations from people such as Mr. Louis Lutostanski, Mr. Sherrill Hampton, Mr. Carl Basler or Mr. Ralph Korte helped provide a better education for those in the industrial art department. A strong supporter of the school is the whole community itself. Purchasing the items that stu- dents sell, as well as paying taxes, the community enables the educa- tional process and activities to continue. Senior Ray Foster noticed the cuts in one of his business classes. “When your up in the business machines and you want to run copies of anything, they want you to use the old paper from Scott Air Force Base instead of the new paper in the nice packages.” The cuts will continue until a solution is found. But until then students will continue to be forced to fund their activities. 4 Band director John Heath, up to his neck in fruit, looks on as sophomore Stephanie Hosto adds one more box of fruit to the enormous stack. The school has been forced to buy only the necessary items. Clubs and sports found the only way to get supplies and equip- Mini Mag 10

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49 953 ad The year re-introduced the book, “1984,” as well as the Olympic games. As the old Year of '83 flew by and the cork of a champagne bot- tle was released, it was time to begin the year with the title 1984. Some people decided that this book 1984. In 1948 an Englishman named Eric Blain, under the pen name of George Orwell, wrote a novel about the future. He then titled the book 1984. Since that time the novel has appeared in many high schools across the country. The interest in this clas- sic became enormously high this year as many readers rexamined Orwell's predictions. The book, though, does not capture the reality in which our society and government operates today. It does, however, touch upon current issues such as politi- cal cover-up and nuclear war. Kim Kaminski, who read the book for a composition report commented, “I think everyone should read this book. It is so in- teresting to read. | really learned a lot from it.” Ironically, the book discusses nuclear war in one section and growing concern over the chance of nuclear holocaust, led to a T.V. movie titled “The Day After.” It was a television show that forced the viewers to experience the effects of a nuclear war. It reveals the average American go- ing about their day, when in the background a half-heard T.V. bul- letin reports on nuclear weapons. Then comes some of the most horrifying footage ever shown on a network TV. Mrs. Highlander, the school librarian, remarked, “I think that it was an outstanding footage on nuclear war. | learned a lot in just those two hours. | think ABC’s footage on it was really interesting, but | do hope that it never ever happens.” Also making headlines, were the winter and summer games of the 1984 olympic games. Continous snowfall delayed ski- ing events of the winter olympics in Yugoslavia, but when it was time to begin, the U.S. was ready. American skier Bill Johnson earned the ULS. its first gold med- al in the downhill. Debbie Arm- strong also brought home a gold medal in the women’s giant sla- lom. Figure skater Scott Hamilton brought home a gold for the U.S. In the women’s figure skating competition, Rosalynn Summers, the U.S.’s leading women skater, narrowly lost to Germany’s Katarina Witt. Following the victorious U.S. hockey team of the I980 olympic games, the 1984 U.S. hockey team had a lot to match up to. Unfortunately they didn’t match the record as they finished 2-2-2 for a seventh-place finish, the lowest ever. And finally in the men’s slalom, three-time overall World Cup champion, Phil Mahre, brought home a gold med- al just ahead of his twin brother Steve Mahre, who took a respective second. In the end, the u.S. team brought home a total of eight medals, four gold. The summer Olympic games were held in Los Angeles, California, and before the games even began, the Russians already shocked the world by pulling out of the summer competition. Mini Mag 9

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SIOGANMANiA in 84 Slogans play a large part in the life of a student, and a few seem to be the more popular. What's in a slogan? Is someone trying to say something important or is it just a gimmick enticing students to buy buttons, bumper stickers or a any other items that bear a few words of wisdom, or not so wise as the case may be. Commercials play a large part in slogans. Trying to sell an item with a slogan is the advertisers’ intent. The largest and most popular saying in 1984 became “Where’s the beef?” a slogan that the fast-food restaurant Wendy’s possessed in an attempt to sell their burgers. This saying soon appeared on buttons and shirts. Competing in the battle for fast- food business were slogans like Burger King’s ‘‘Broiling beats frying,”’ or McDonald’s ‘Good Morning. McDonalds and you.” In the contrasting spotlight are the diet soda slogans that think light is best. “Diet Pepsi, just one small calorie” became the hit slo- gan for Diet Pepsi with competi- tion coming from Diet 7-Up’s “No caffeine. Never had it, Never will.” Bumper stickers, a form of traveling billboard, gave individ- uals a personal form of advertis- ing as well as expressing their true feelings. “Leave it to -Bea- ver,” “Il love New York,” and “I love Michael Jackson,” were just a few sayings that garnished cars Seanad 7 creep . 2 : aM 2 gi ire toe Sd , Braver. Garnishing the car, this “Leave it to Beaver” bumper sticker found its place on Robbie McCord’s window. in the student parking lot. Also assisting in self-expression were buttons that decorated the shirts of many students. “I'm the one your mother warned you about,” “No Problem,” and “I love my Saint Bernard,” were just a few of the many sayings that traveled through the halls of school. Another popular item of expressing oneself was T-shirts. Wearing a shirt bearing a person's favorite college, a concert from the night before or a nickname became a very popular item among the students. Mini Mag |!