Independence High School - American Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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1976 not only marked lndependence's first year in existence and the United States of America's 200th birth- day but it was also a presidential campaign year. In Montreal the 1976 Olympics were making history with such superstars as Nadie Comaneci and Bruce Jenner, who soon became everyone's All-American boy. The following year was the end of a new beginning. It ended lndependence's first year in operation and began a new school year in September. The first graduating class of Independence had something to boast about with such athletes as Mike Menacho and Al Gallo. Another first in the world came into existence when Louise Brown, the first test-tube baby, was born, Other celebrities such as O. I. Simpson, Donna Summer, and the glamorous trio of CharIie's Angels skyrocked to fame. F7 P ,ii 1 1 ii 5, ' ' l r , J W fbi l' 'xl' , f - rx TNKQQXWJ i XW K Wiikx! W Ulf X ft ,Nr my , Wal tmk g, ,X PGN fifvsl ,fu A -sw F V A ,Two ixlj f ii fiiwliv if'W f . .4 td R M13 F AN I it l A W 1 Xl - i lkyxj w Titel Q , A A KK .uv E l .- is pq, K FQ' J N U ,f i l ,V A wx mvxxqgx, Y fxwwuqxkr XQ I gp fxrx L, I ir., f J. . QX l.i ll-al ki,-l A Xu L R 4 ll- r ,K fx' Ax' ,x 'ff Qfhtlalfv Ugfiil VW ,N CW ' . 'L fl K' , in sc wk ,it tw? i i , , fl lfflvkdl Xl li I i Af ' ' r- VQ-Lf J F Xfvw, is X 1 ,..! Ki, N ll gif l tiff

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While our country was celebrating its Bicentennial, Independence High School was celebrating its first year in operation. The first years are by far the most difficult. Unfinished landscapes, class- rooms without blackboards or pencil Sharpeners and teams without uni- forms were not uncommon sights during Independence's first year. Tradi- tions had not been established yet so we were forced to create them. The faculty and the student body alike were eager to predict an auspi- cious beginning for the experimental school. , f .ll XX ' kwa-VIA5 ,tlluilmlllo W . U dimdxlx -J ltrjyllll OJ by 'J 'O up X9 ix VX T wwl. QW uf i uoiiv CV Q 5 ta A lb WW it tl X 6 .t AAL -M. sf 'Ls 300 i k'k'k

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1979 proved to be an even better year in lndependence's history. The girls track team ended their season with their usual record of all wins and no losses. Chris Lundy, Pam Landrum, Tony Harris and U'rainnah Broussard each left hisfher perspective sport to graduate and enable some other aspiring talent to take his place. Shawn Petera and David Chew demonstrated their abilities academically and won awards and schol arships to further inspire their educational goals. ' While Independence had its own successes and failures so did the rest of the country. Inflation continued to take a tremendous bite out of everyone's salary. Skylab began its final descent in july of 1979 while the world waited and worried for the outcome of its perilous fall. Nuclear power was increasingly becoming the subject of many debates, especially after the near-disaster at the Three Mile Island plant in March of 1979. l 1 Q Qtrl 1 vvxeel io islpvgrfh wmv Mlws Avo vagal- OA 960.0165 KIXOXJS . SX goxwlbfwx - soz wwf