Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Decorating the Child Development class Christmas tree are Lilian Repar. Carri Broda, Barb Planojevic, Mary Santos and Cindy Bogard, seniors. The Child Development classes participated in many activities over the holidays. Children visiting Santa is a common site at Christmas time. Santa talks with some children at a local shopping mall. I had never seen the ballet, the I Nutcracker before, | and I really I enjoyed it.” I — Laura Kapitan, S French Club President If 24 Christmas

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TURNABOUT A dance to remember always Zawada Future Educators of America Front Row: Kim Row: Mike Bondra. Dan Rose. Colleen Pachapa, Penny Machnik, Chris Carlson. Back McDermott. Tom Vlasic, Carol Teeter, sponsor. It was your chance girls. The annual turna- bout dance was December 8. However, plan- ning went on for weeks before. Girls finally realized how hard it was to ask someone out. And, it wasn’t as easy as the guys made it seem. Karen Smolnicky, senior, said, “It wasn’t too hard to ask Jeff cause we’d been going out for so long.” For some couples, it was just another for- mal dance to be enjoyed like the others. To others, it was a whole new experience. Some girls asked guys who they had their eye on for months. While others asked guys “just as friends.” Yvonne Armenta, senior, said, “I decided to ask a guy from another school.” In addition, the question of who pays?” came up a lot. Some girls felt, although they asked the guy, he should pay. Others felt strongly that this was one time they ' d take the check. Michelle Traber, junior, said, “This year I’m paying for everything except dinner.” — Sharin Pigott Spending a moment together are Joe Januz. junior and Shawn Cunningham, sophomore. The dance was on December 1 1 in the MHS cafeteria. Jim Jones, senior, tries to get Elaine Wilk. sophomore on the dance floor. The dance floor was crowded because of the large turnout. Turnabout

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cereal £ Mon Les RT jr i 3 4 5 6 9 W II 12 16 17 II PI HOLIDAYS It’s Christmas at MHS! December. t brings to mind all sorts of things — skiing. snow days. Zhristmas. And the event that gets MHS students hrough the first few months of school — Zhristmas vacation. MHS was filled with activity in the weeks efore Christmas vacation, with each club banning special activities to celebrate the lolidays. Student Council had its Annual Food Drive o help the needy area people. Barb Hippie, unior, said, “A lot of food was donated and lopefully we helped to make someone’s holi- lay happier.” The Spanish, French and German Clubs all ontributed to the food drive. “It was a really |ood feeling to know that I was helping some- me who really needed the help,” said Manny iarcia, senior Spanish Club member. The Child Development classes had a party or the children who were brought to the lass, and they made crafts with them. Christmas is really special when you see rhat it means to the kids,” stated Kim Win- :r, senior, and a student in the Child Develop- ment class. Celebrating Christmas in a traditional way, the French Club saw The Nutcracker” at the Arie Crown in Chicago. French Club presi- dent, Laura Kapitan, senior, said, “I had never seen the ballet before, and I really enjoyed it. The whole club had a great time.” The Quest classes spent the weeks before Christmas entertaining the grade school kids. Quest students helped the children make Christmas ornaments. Transformed into elves with Paul Fiacable, senior, as Santa, they helped the kids get ready for Christmas. “I had a lot of fun entertaining the kids at Christ- mas,” said Lisa Primer, senior. The holiday season found the Sunshine So- ciety busier than ever. The group spent much of its time at local nursing homes where mem- bers sang Christmas carols and gave gifts to the patients. “It’s important not to forget the older people at Christmas time. They really enjoy it when we come to see them,” said Lori Equihua, Sunshine Society president. While MHS was filled with students antici- pating presents and holiday parties, MHS stu- dents spent a little time thinking of others too. — Kris Zimnawoda Santa goes to school? no, it ' s Quest Club members Paul Fiacable and Donna Dogan, seniors. Quest Club visited local grade schools in the weeks before Christmas. Operation Pride member, Deanna Baehler, junior, trims the office Christmas tree. Operation Pride along with several other school groups decorated MHS for the holi days. Christmas