Matawan High School - Pillar Yearbook (Matawan, NJ)

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Holidays What's your favorite holiday? Is it Christmas? (Jetting gifts brings out the best in you! Or is it Valentine's Day? You'll always be a romantic at heart! Kinging in the new year is a blast! Most of us take a look at the past year and decide on some resolutions to make the new one better. Before we can face the challenges of the year a lot of us spend a last night partying and doing the things we promised ourselves we wouldn't do! The magic of New Year's Eve builds in the last seconds as the ball drops in N.Y. and you kiss someone spe- cial! Valentine’s Day is a vibrant holiday. An air of romance builds as people try to attract each other's attention. In school students are buying carnations for friends and even for that PERSON in your class! St. Patrick's Day, a day for the Irish and the Leprechaun alike! Around this time of the year we are dreaming of spring. Those brief moments of sun- shine are even better than finding a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow! Passover is one of the most important Jewish holidays. It marks the freedom of the Jews from Egypt. A great feast is Celebrate! cooked called the sedar. Easter is the day Christians remember Christ's resurrection. On this day fam- ilies gather to give thanks to Cod. Easter morning children run to their baskets to see if the Easter Bunny has left them any treats! Memorial Day is the day set aside to remember those who have died in war. Independance Day is a day for great celebration. At night everyone comes out to watch the fireworks. Kids go to Lake Matawan to see them. Labor Day comes and summer leaves. Many of us say goodbye to our summer friends and prepare for school. Over the summer you lost ALL your pens and pencils! Outside, pumpkins are glowing on neighbors' porches and little kids dressed as cartoon characters are walk- ing along with bags. Your friends get to- gether and you go Trick-or-Treating! So what if people look at you funny? No one is too old for Halloween! On Thanksgiving families gather for turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Many of us regret the fourth helping we had that night! Chanukah is the Jewish holiday in Jarred Gallo and Jamie Farrcr really get a scare at our Halloween Dance! memory of their victory over the Mac- cabees. This celebration lasts eight days and each night they light a candle on the mcnorah. Each member of the family receives one gift a night. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ. On Christmas Eve many families go to midnight mass. Christmas Eve you lie awake and hope that Santa comes. You sent him your Christmas list and you hope he will not forget. In the morning you drag your parents out of bed and pull out all the gifts. As the years go on you learn a few of Santa's tricks and you finally figure out his game! Other holidays are the birthdays of this country's most impressive people. On Feb. 15 we observe Washington's birthday, on Feb. 12 we observe Lin- coln’s birthday, and on Jan. 18 we honor Martin Luther King's birthday. Holidays are an important part in our lives. They remind us of all the things that happen in the world. They give us a break from everyday life, but most of all, they give us a chance to CELE- BRATE with the ones we love! By: Kira Kuhn

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Homecoming Huskies Carve the Rockets r epresentatives from Haritan admire our hallways on the 25th as they mention some major fear for the homecoming game on Thursday. You guys are our rivals, just like St. Johns is yours. But about tomorrow. . . I doubt we will win, Student Council Pres. Raritan Rockets That’s the way it goes, Rockets. We tramped the Rockets with a final score of 19 to 6. Halftime honored the homecoming court and awarded Judie Adamski — Homecom- ing Queen, and Jamie Caeta — Homecom- ing King. The band gave their Senior Salute, and Boats rounded the track. In the stands we greeted alumni with Hi! how’s school? (meaning college). After the victory, we went home to a wel- comed Thanksgiving Day dinner. Sophomores (upper left) wreck the rockets in a pickup driven by Iris Mehlmans dad. Congratulations Judie and Jamie! Mr. Post hands roses to the queen. DECA smokes the rockets with a smoke machine operated by Buddy Kustka. Homecoming 25

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Santa's Elf, Dara Petrignani, takes a break from making toys to have a Christmas candy cane! Barbara Wise floats on air as she walks down the ball with her Valentine's Day balloon. At Mrs. Cuffaris Hantikah party, Jen Maund and Lynn Basic play the dradle game. This Halloween. Stephanie Lofaro had a great idea for a party. She brought about 30 of her costumed friends to- gether for a scavenger hunt. Everyone was separated into groups of 4 or 5 people. Each group designated a driver, AND THEY WERE OFF! Some of the items were easy to find, like a book of matches and an ice cube (still frozen). But a “help wanted” sign is not always available at nine o’clock at night! The group that returned with the most items on the list in the hour and a half—WON! Teddy Kolshorn, Stephanie Ia faro. Jason Weiner. Andy Phillips, and Jarod Machinga party at Stephanie’s house on Halloween1