Mound Westonka High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mound, MN)

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GERMANY. Senior Nicole Bergeron takes ,i break after climbing 524 stairs to the top of a cathedral in Cologne. I he medieval bell tower overlooks the city in West Germany. FREEdOM even for a little while sends students packing. Students at Mound Westonka receive two school vacations each year, aside from summer vacation. Two weeks in the winter and one week in the spring are devoted strictly to rest and relaxation. Winter vacation is usually spent with family. Popular places are Grandma's house and the aunt nobody likes. This relative visiting only lasts for about three days and the rest of the time is free for better things. Other places could be skiing in Colorado or swimming in the Bahamas. Sping break is made for the students. Parents don't have a spring vacation from work so it's hard to go relative visiting. Dam! Students usually plan far in advance for this wonderful week of play. The most popular places of unsupervised vacation- ing are Florida and Mexico. Those students who can't afford to go farther than Ridgedale stay home and go to a tanning booth. They also rake in the dough by putting in extra hours at their jobs. This might not be quite as extravagant as going to Mazatlan but, at least, it's a break from school. Of course, the Mound Westonka school calendar sees more than just winter and spring vacations. Mound has its two day and one day vacations jsut as well. For example, M.E.A. weekend in Octoboer means no school Thursday and Friday, which means a really short week. Students, especially seniors, enjoy these short weeks because no composition assignment will be made. HANGIN' LOOSE. Senior Todd Westfall gives all of his native Hawaiian friends and his friends back home the “Let's Party'' sign while vacationing on the Island of Oahu. CHRISTMAS VACATION. Senior Ed Rosen and his little sister. Joy Rosen, take a break from body surfing and tanning, while on their Christmas vaction on Florida's Sanabel Island.

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' I'd like to go to Texas or Mexico so I could get the darkest tan ever. -Junior, Heather Dorfner run IM THE SUn. Seniors. Krista Swedenborg. Laurie Kaster. and Breck Jenson finish up a full day on the beach, where they soaked up the Florida sun. Since the sun is now going down, Krista. Laurie, and Breck, have put on some warmer clothing, and are now planning for an adventurous night on the town, in Ft. Meyers. UP, UP. AMD AWAY. In the sweltering heat of Mazatlan. Ken Ingle cools off while breezing through the air on a para-sail. In Mazatlan this is favorite American tourist recreational activity, however. this is an activity that many Americans can only dream about doing some day. THAT DEEP FLORIDA TAM. These two bikini-clad Junior chics enjoy their Florida vacation pool-side, soaking up all the Florida's sun rays they can, before they have to return to cold Minnesota weather. Mikki Maxwell and Holly Heit-kamp are only two of hundreds of Mound students who enjoy spending their vacation in the sunny state of Florida.

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sends fear into hearts as they sit in the barbers chair. Every year at Mound Westonka brings with it a new fad in hair styles or coiffures as the French say. Last year it was frosting but this year seemed to break all the rules with the motto “anything goes, meaning a varied selection of cuts and styles. Walking through the halls, one could see lots of hair, not much hair at all or a unique combination of both, however, the styles this year did follow two basic patterns: long and short (the girls tended to stick with long hair as usual). Short hair was the ticket for many of the guys, though some did elect to stay a strand ahead of the rest and go for substance and style. But no matter how long one's hair grows, he must succumb to the age old ritual started by parents and continued later on by the children themsleves: the haircut. Where do students at Mound Westonka have this done? ho one place seems to stand out among the rest, though. Horst, Rocco Altobelli, and the Golden Razor are just a few favorites. Of course, for those of a more adventurous nature, downtown Minneapolis offers the uniqueness of Hair Police and Avant. O.K, Finding a place to go is one thing, but paying for “ the chop” is another. Just how much money are students willing to spend on this endeavor? Twenty-five dollars seems to be the average sacrifice, though some have been known to pay less and others considerably more. Anyway it's “cut,” students at Mound Westonka all have their own ideas of the perfect head of hair and how to get it. Proving to all, once again, that MWHS's students have individuality and uniqueness. Nicole Good really wants to make a lasting impression upon the world. Her haircut definitely shows a desire to be different than the general public, her style is rebellious, but clean, which is a quality that doesn't always accompany this type of cut. It is in no way offensive to others. Whoops! Jason Belcourt does not seem to desire to conform to the trend of the short-spiky 'do' that most of the jocks tend to lean toward. Mis look is longer, straight, and has an over-all casual appearance. Could this possibly be a reincarnation of the late sixties, or does he just want to be different? SO STUDENT Lift