Jacksonville High School - Crimson J Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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Top left: The freshmen cheerleaders hold the banner for the football team at the start of a home game. Top right: Randall McGee drives for a layup during a basketball game at the Bowl. Bottom left: The Homecoming bonfire draws a large crowd again this year. Bottom right: Kris Lockman has fun dancing at a winter dance. Opening 11

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Top left: Sammy Hagar performs during a concert at the Springfield Convention Center in the fall. Bottom left: Jeff Weeks, Tammy Chockley, Rob Karr, and Lori Taft enjoy a school dance. Top right: Sonya Massey, Laurie Rourke, Rachel Thomson, Julie Rowe, and Julie Green rock out at the Sammy Hagar concert. Bottom right: Seniors link arms at a winter dance. Bing-bong, bing-bong. The tones sound at 3:30. The halls fill — rapidly, and lockers slam. Students hurriedly pull on coats, gather up books, and jingle their keys as they head for the parking lot or the school buses. I he school day is over. But this isn’t an ordinary end to just any day. Today is FRIDAY! The weekend means it’s time to shed the regular school routine, put homework aside, and relax. The Crimson J staff followed students into their after hours world to sample some of the activities. We found students having fun at athletic events, dances, parties, restaurants, movies or shopping centers. There seems to be a re-occuring complaint that there just isn’t enough to do that is exciting in the area, so students have to work at finding fun things to do. We found one thing to be true. The friends we make at school are the ones we have the good times with after hours. 10 Opening

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Below: Amber Pruitt and Trena Evans clown in the halls. Middle top: Sophomores Lori Hartman, Dana Allee, Judy Dah-man, Rachel Jones. Brenda Van-Eman. Karen Robinson, and Amy Zachary are at the bonfire. Middle right: Amy Kesinger smiles. Top right: The Donovan twins wear helpful T-shirts. Bottom left: Juniors Ellen Daily and Melinda Vortman are on their way home. Bottom right: The fifth hour junior study group relaxes in the main lobby. They are Jennifer Roads. Celeste Hill, Shelley Shinall, Rob Long, Andy Shanahan, Joanna Chapman, Michele Phillips, Amy Symons, and Andy Ezard. Opposite page, center: Foreign exchange students Asta Kanervo, Marika Emanuelsson, and Kirsten Tobiason meet in the halls. They represent the respective countries of Finland, Sweden, and Denmark. Because we moved into a new facility three years ago, much of the talk around the high school has been about the building and the improved opportunities it has to offer the students and the community at large. In the midst of all the proud conversation about the new school, we don’t want to neglect a salute to the people who are the primary reason for all of us being here. This generation of students carries on a tradition of free public education in the Jacksonville area that stretches back into the mid-1800’s. Like the generations before them, the current students reflect the make-up of the surrounding urban and rural area. Moreover, six foreign exchange students enriched our ranks this year. They included: Marika Emanuelsson, Asta Kanervo, Raquel Kosberg, Reinaldo Marin, Mary Perez, and Kirsten Tobiason. 12 Opening