Leo High School - Oracle Yearbook (Leo, IN)

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) Its Chad to the rescue, as Super Stuckey battles the evil forces o( John Souder At Halloween. photo by Donna Meyers It took some pushes, shoves, and those few willing to be crazy but it was proved . . . umm L4 We ' re from Leo; couldn ' t be prouder; and if you can ' t hear us, we ' ll yell a little. Mo, the word louder wasn ' t left out by mis- take. It was omitted because sometimes it was hard to hear any cheering at Leo, even at pep sessions. It seemed most stu- dents were content to just yell a little. Yes, there was a problem with school spirit, and something had to be done. So out came the few, the proud — not the Marines, but select groups of people who wanted to get the Lions roaring again. At the forefront of the war were the ever-positive cheerleaders, but even they weren ' t always happy with student spirit. Yet they were expected to be the ma- jor force in keeping spirit alive at Leo, and that meant a lot of frus- tratingly hard work. But try they did. They sponsored a variety of dress-up days ranging from toga day to twin day. Of course, they were present at the major sport- ing events to inspite the crowds to cheer the teams on. Their en- thusiasm was evident as the Leo squads won a county-wide cheer- leading contest sponsored by the Fort Wayne Flames soccer team. Other groups got involved as well. The Lion ' s Tale staff saw the problem and decided to do something about it. I felt the short-age of school spirit when I arrived. With so many students on the paper staff, I thought that would be a good place to start work on spirit rejuvination, said Mrs. Sawyer, newspaper spon- sor. The Lion ' s Tale ' s editorials and special spirit days shoved the issue up front and compelled some positive responses. Juniors and seniors did their parts to improve spirit with a Hal- loween costume day, a revived Breakfast Club, and a spirit blitz before class tourney. All the ef- forts didn ' t produce a major cure but did improve the rather ailing situation. The ones who really cared about Leo saw that school spirit couldn ' t be generated overnight, but in their persistence they proved that there was still life in these halls. As though seeking an endangered species, they found that the spirit was not ex- tinct; it was just hibernating and needed to be reawakened. — Kurt Schlatter 20 spirit

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Because of the pleading from her boss, secretary Emily Mason S ie ZyS entz retums to work . . . with her baby. Ignoring the threat of a possible lawsuit, Eva Kova (Melanie Brandt) makes her stand as Miguel (Jeff Jones) cautiously looks on. Bachelor J n Kankosky sighs with relief when he learns his secretary will return. play 19

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not necessarily holier than thou, Hikki Jenks takes an inspired approach to Hal- loween costumes. Showing off the classic Greek look. Dawn Scott and Mrs. Sawyer get into the spirit of Toga Day. like to be involved with school spirit because it encourages the teams and spreads a little fun around the school too. — Char Knepp photo by Donna Meyc spirit 21