Highland High School - Shield Yearbook (Highland, IN)

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King selection, two tie floats break tradition Excited chants mingled with the crackling of blazing flames initiated three days of Homecoming celebration. Festivities included a snake dance to the football field where team captains Dave Brant, Dave Devich, and Randy Stockham delivered speeches at the Thursday night pep rally. Letterman president Dennis Bell introduced the court of honor and announced Lee Anne Mercer as queen. After being crowned king by the 1970 Home- coming Queen, Sarah Barr, Dave Devich replaced the traditional Mr. Football and reigned as Highland’s first Homecoming King. Receiving 150 out of 180 points, the juniors and sophomores tied in class float competition making school history. 8 Homecoming Depicted through their smiles, Queen Lee Anne Mercer and King Dave Devich. seniors, happily accept the crowns marking the beginning of their reign over 1971 Homecoming festivities.

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High school students enrolled in foreign languages walk over to the junior high each day to utilize the labs which offer them individualized instruction. Students face changes, struggles in The Movement’ THE MOVEMENT. Forceful, challenging, a part of us. Who is involved? 1579 students engulfed in a whirlwind of activity. A Change from the characteristic hush of taboo subjects to studies of the everpresent problems of today . . . New courses face reality — Humanities, Alcohol Tobacco Narcotics, Man Society Technology. From dark to light: a contrast in approaches — the system meeting students through team-teaching, independent study, pass fail. A Struggle to attain athletic excellence in an attempt to exceed past achievements . . . Encompassed by an all-consuming desire — the big game, conference, state. Victory or defeat: the compelling force pushes toward the ultimate goal — A boy matures into a man through the glory of a win, the agony of a loss, the realization and the acceptance of the two. A change ... A struggle . . . combine in a flowing progression of activity as Highland High joins The Movement. Due to an overcrowded classroom situation at the junior high, freshmen students journey to the high school daily for health and guidance. Theme Development 7

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Sharing first place for class float competition, the only such tie award presented during Highland High School ' s history, the junior and sophomore floats represent weeks of work and preparation by the members of classes. Homecoming 9 Prior to the announcement of balloting results, king and queen nominees Seniors Joy Lourik, Rich Meade, Marcia Rincon. Ted Crawford, Julie Yuhasz, Tom Arnold, Lee Anne Mercer, Dave Brant, Pam Ciochina. Allie Mysliwy, Debbie Rinehammer, and Dave Devich, are presented to the pep rally participants.