Highland High School - Iris Yearbook (Highland, IL)

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School at HHS was far from dull—it was jam-packed with holidays and other excuses to escape having a routine day. Hardly a week went by that HHS students weren't celebrating something — whether it was a traditional holiday, a club-sponsored event, or simply something that somebody started. Fall brought football season, and with it came pep rallies and homecoming activities. The winter blahs were chased away with Hawaiian days, basketball we games and dances. Groups of friends held “junk food potluck” lunch days on which everyone brought their favorite goodies to share. Christmas break was celebrated in such a big way that even Santa Claus came to see what was happening at the high school. As the year flew by, so did FFA Week, Foreign Language Week, Scholastic contests, the art fair and practically every kind of field trip imaginable. There was no such thing as a boring day at HHS. ABOVE Santa spent a morning before school in the commons of HHS. Senior Traci Riechmann tells him her wishes for a special holiday season

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ABOVE Mr. Hester assists Micky Hammer with a mathematics problem re HHS isn’t just a building — it isn’t just classes from 8:10 to 2:55. Sure, the building’s unique in more ways than one, but it’s the people of HHS that truly make school worthwhile. School is the place to meet new friends an to see friends from years past. The first day of school in the fall resembles a big family reunion, for many students meet up with those they haven’t seen since the spring before. Stories are exchanged about summer vacations and romances. Everyone discusses where last year’s seniors went to college. Teachers want to know how students spent their summer — usually in essay form. Freshmen walk around in a daze at times, wondering what all the excitement is and where ee ee ee ee they’re supposed to be when the next bell rings. But they are meeting lots of new people, too—both students and teachers, plus the administration and all the staff of HHS. They too have friends from school attending HHS with them, so they’re not totally lost. Adjusting is much easier with friends to help out. A friend is someone who likes you for what you are and not what they want you to be. A true friend can be told your innermost secrets without fear of having the news broadcast all over the commons in another hour. Friends are for sharing — sharing gossip, secrets, problems and true concern. And if someone can do this for another, he or she is truly a special person.

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ABOVE Senior Scott Michaelis picks up a mum he ordered WS Coronation date. Mums were handed out before school the Friday of homecoming week RIGHT Valentine’s Day was not all that made February 14 special—a heavy snowfall caused an early dismissal from school. After getting out at 10:30, sophomore Jarrod Zajac and others wait for the bus ABOVE Swing choir members sang and danced to two Christmas numbers at the winter band and chorus concert in the gym RIGHT FFA Week brought Tractor Day,” and i parked their tra classes