Minnechaug Regional High School - Falcon Yearbook (Wilbraham, MA)

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School spirit is hav- ing pride in your school, and caring about what happens to it, its teams and its people. It grows as you spend more time in your school. If you have school spirit, you take part in extra curricular activities, like sports and clubs. You go to games and help your individual class at fund raisers. Specific events that increase school spirit are Hal- loween, pep rallies and sports events. Junior Scott Coudreau sits with suspended animation as he waits for Greg, the Barber, to cut his hair on the evening before the October Pep Rally. Many of the Falcon football players joined the group endeavor. STUDENT LIFE DIVIDER

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LIFE What a life! Whether it took place after school or on week- ends, inside of school or out, at work or at play, those times we had for ourselves were treasured during the school year. Some of us went out and tried earning some extra bucks, at places catering any number of delica- cies from fast food to pizza or semi- gourmet. Some of us babysat, cut grass, or cleaned house to fill our wallets. Others did work in drug stores, gas sta- tions, or in doctor ' s offices. What toil and time, but what a job! We partied our way through the year at dances, beginning spiritedly at the Senior Kick-Off dance and finishing nostalgically with the Senior Prom. We viewed an uncountable number of movies at Allen-Cooley or Showcase Cinema or just rented movies to enjoy at home with friends. We consumed thousands of hamburgers and ice cream cones at Burger King, McDon- ald ' s and Friendly ' s. On sunny days we caught some rays at Spec Pond or Lake Mark. As many times as we could, we escaped by the hundreds to Springfield and Hartford where we were content to scream, at concerts, until our throats were raw. What a busy life we led, but some- body had to do it! STUDENT LIFE DIVIDER

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EUROPEAN DAZE Students find Europe dazzling Have you ever wanted to travel abroad, experience a whole new lifestyle, surroundings and culture? Many students at Min- nechaug already have. Each year Dr. Sager takes a group of students from Minnechaug and surrounding schools to Spain for February vaca- tion. There they stay in Madrid, but they do tour some of the beautiful surrounding cities. They also visit one of the Spanish schools for a day where they can make new friends and talk to the classes about our cul- ture in America. Other students, such as junior Denis Duran and senior Janet Moody choose to spend some of their summer in Europe. Denis, the recipient of Spanish Heritage Associ- ation Minnechaug ' s scholarship for summer travel, spent four weeks in Spain where he lived with a Spanish family. Janet traveled to visit with her brother who teaches English in northern Spain. She spent one week in Spain, then traveled on to France and Belgium. Although in strange countries, both Denis and Janet said that it was not hard to adapt. Janet even liked some of the customs of the other countries better than ours. Denis en- joyed that in his family children were treated as adults and that both kids and parents joined together to play soccer. They also agreed that, given the chance, they would definitely return. With the city of Madrid as their background, Janet Moody and her brother, Douglas, con- tently converse. In the Plaza Mayor of Salamanca are Melissa Garafolo, Chrissy Froehlich, Lavalier Alves, Amy Hersman, Susan Huszar, Jennifer Shea, Mrs. Johanna Desautelle, Mr. John Przy- bylowicz and Dr. Joyce Sager. EUROPEAN DAZE