Meade High School - Genesis Yearbook (Fort Meade, MD)

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Harambee Club The Harambee Club has been at Meade since its beginning, and its purpose is to study and appreciate Afro-American histo- ry and life. Harambee is Swahili for 'togetherness', and in that spirit club mem- bers participate in many varied activities. At regular meetings on first and third Tuesdays of each month, students have lessons in afro-American history, from the African beginnings to life in 1984. These lessons are embellished from time to time with guest speakers. One such guest speaker was Meade teacher Evelyn Church, who shared her experiences in Kenya. Other activities consist of a yearly fund raiser, a Kwanza Celebration which is held in December, and celebrates the seven African principles of life, construction of bul- letin boards for Black History month, and field trips to plays, museums, radio and TV stations, and colleges. The club also helps put together baskets for the needy around Thanksgiving and finishes the year with a traditional Harambee Club picnic. V Ms. Bragg, the supenlisor of the Harambee Club again this year. 106 1' Harambee

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lt's Academic This year's lt's Academic team was again sponsored by science teacher Peter Weile, who has been 'irunning the show for five years. The team organizes early in the year and prepares for its one, single-elimination tournament, to be aired on WBAL television in Baltimore. The team had three members and one alternate. This year's members were Danny Beck, Sam Enda and Brian Potter, with the alternate as Kevin Kreutter. They were elected to be Meade's representatives by the lt's Academic Club, con- sisting of sophomores Karen Heatwole, Kevin Kreutter, Laurie Lavery and Bobin Nitchman, junior Harry Rowell and seniors Danny Beck, Sam Enda, Wendy Gotwalt and Brian Potter. lt's a hard job to be a team that has to know everything. Mr. Welle concentrated on trivia and practice sheets sent to him by a national lt's Academic sponsor. He also encourages members to read works of general knowledge, historical time periods, authors and celebrated people. The team already had strong backgrounds in math and scien- ce, but those subjects were also emphasized. The tournament was held on December 9th in the chan- pom pons supported the team. nel 11 studios. COmpetir'1g were Centennial High, Calvert Hall and Meade. Meade wasn't scoring well in the com- petition round, but did well in the round where the questions were directed to them. Centennial took a strong lead, and was in first place when the cameras shut off and the equipment was checked. Meade's buzzer, which gave them the opportunity to an- swer questions inthe competi- 4 Mr. Collins with the band members, cheerleaders and . .rcsrsrsssfr .rr.. Eli s.sc lien found, Wee not Wefking- A Q -..Q A-M5 fs . H' 5 if i Ci The show was not retaped, but 1...i ii?'f T ' T' T' i 'i WBAL invited Meade back fe if' 11: T iiii .... . ...T 1'.'f -1 e...- Z compete in February. In spite Danny Beck, Sam Enda and Brian Potter A A Members of the lt's Academic Club A of their handicap, the Mus- tangs tied for a second place finish with Calvert Hall. lt's Academic ' 105

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J... AFS The American Field Service QAFSJ was very active this year. They started fund rais- ers early in the year by selling Toblerone chocolate, Gummy Bears, and Gummy candy rolls. In November, the members sold advent calendars with chocolate in them. ln January, they sold more candy. The AFS had two exchange students in the school this year, Viviana Ortiz from 4 Members of AFS participate in the Homecoming parade, riding on their float decorated with the flags of many different countries. A , .,. 3 Q 2 Chile and Yajaira Zerpa from Venezuela. In December, all the exchange students in the area came to Meade and spent a weekend with the members of the AFS. In addition to the exchanges and fund raisers, the AFS had many activities. Among those activities were the Interna- tional Banquet in April and the A-Foreign A-Fair in March. 4 Members of AFS bottom row: Lisa Hall 2nd row: Susan Travis, Dani France, Kim Pessini, Robin Nitch- man, Joanna Kim, Lee Galvin. 3rd row: Tricia Morey, Lisa Surrette, Ms. Lang iadvisorj. AFS! 107