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

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The foreign exchange student float adds a unique touch to the parade (6). The creative junior class float, “Surfn to Victory,” gets second place in the class competition (7). The Future Farmers of America worked hard on this sailing entry, which featured real sprays from the waves as it sailed down the parade route (8). Catch The Wave 3

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 Catch The Wave The theme of our parade this year was “Catch the Crimson wave.” The four classes and several organizations caught the wave by constructing some of the best floats which have ever been entered in the annual parade. The float competition brings out the best in class organization. The officers of each class form their committees early. The groups decide on a float theme, draw up a design, and order the materials, hoping they arrive in time to build the winning float. Construction ususally begins two weeks before the parade date, although some classes (which we won’t mention here) don’t get their acts together until the last days or even hours. The sophomores have figured out the secret, apparently, as they have won the prize two years now. Mette Frank works on the foreign exchange student float (1). The sophomore took first place with their moving fan float. (2). The seniors deliberately generic float capped four years of frustration (3). The freshmen got third place with “Smash 'em (4). The sophomores truck their winner down the route. 2 Catch The Wave

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Between Classes Junior girls Camy Moore. Jody Miller, Charlotte Moore, and Stephanie Darwent relax before school (1). These juniors recover from lunch on Aloha day during Spirit Week (2). Rachel Jones makes a quick locker stop (tall girls get top lockers) (3). Heather Stracezk and Brenna Baldwin are ready for class (4). The mob heads for the exits at 3:30 (5). Exchange students Carina Nycander and Mette Frank during lunch hour (6). David Miller, Darin Buhlig, Ginny Hamilton, Scott Buhlig, and Shannan Smith are ready to call it a day (7). 4 Between Classes The halls! A student’s home away from home at school. The hallways are a place to stretch your legs, rest your back against your locker, and relax from the hectic academic life. Each class claims its own territory in the halls. The freshmen class usually is given the uncarpeted upper hallway on the west side of the building, while the upper classes can stretch out on the carpet in the rest of the halls. Before school, the hall slowly fills up with students as a few arrive before 8:00. By 8:15, the halls are packed with sprawling students who are catching up on the latest news of shouting “compliments” to each other. At lunch time, the hallways in the lobbies are filled with little groups which appear to meet each day in the same designated space at just about the same time. While the halls fill up slowly in the morning and appear crowded in lunch hour, they empty very quickly when the bells chime at 3:30. i -