Nanaimo District Secondary School - NDSS Yearbook (Nanaimo, British Columbia Canada)

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THE ROLE OF THE STUDENTS ' COUNCIL IS TO HEAR THE CONCERNS AND SUGGESTIONS OF STUDENTS REGARDING THEIR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. THE COUNCIL DOES A LOT OF PLANNING, ADVERTISING AND ORGANIZING OF UPCOMING EVENTS BY WORKING EFFICIENTLY TOGETHER. OUR COUNCIL THIS YEAR HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL ACCORDING TO MR. A. BOHAY, THE ADMINISTRATION REPRESENTATIVE. THE COUNCIL PROMOTED AT LEAST THREE DANCES WHICH WERE ATTENDED IN NUMBERS EXCEEDING 300 STUDENTS. EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE STUDENTS ' COUNCIL INCLUDED A COSTUME DAY AT HALLOWE ' EN, A HAWAIIAN DAY, AND A SPECIAL APPEARANCE FEATURING THE UP AND COMING LOCAL BAND, THE MIX. APPROXIMATELY FORTY STUDENTS ATTEND MEETINGS, INCLUDING FIFTEEN VOTING MEMBERS. IN ADDITION, THE GROUP RAISES FUNDS FOR EVENTS BY VOLUNTEERING THEIR SERVICES TO CONDUCT BINGOS, SPORTS LOTTERIES AND HOT DOG SALES. OVERALL, IT WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR THE STUDENTS ' COUNCIL, BUT THERE WAS A CERTAIN LACK OF SCHOOL SPIRIT, GENERALLY. s c T U U D N EC N I T L PRIME MINISTER ' S MESSAGE WELL, WHAT CAN I SAY? IT TOOK A LONG TIME (18 YEARS TO BE EXACT), 3UT WE MADE IT! TO THE GRADE ll ' S I WISH THE BEST OF LUCK FOR THEIR LAST YEAR, AND TO THE GRADUATES, I LEAVE THIS THOUGHT FROM THE TALKING HEADS ' ROAD TO NOWHERE. AND WE ' RE NOT LITTLE CHILDREN AND WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT AND THE FUTURE IS CERTAIN GIVE US TIME TO WORK IT OUT. LORI MCMORRAN 141

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GRAD COMMITTEE EVERY YEAR, GRADE 12 STUDENTS ELECT A GROUP OF THEIR PEERS TO PLAN AND ORGANIZE THE MOST MEMORABLE NIGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL LIFE - GRADUATION. THE GRAD COMMITTEE ARRANGES EVERYTHING FROM INVITATIONS TO DECORATIONS, A DIFFICULT JOB CONSIDERING THE LARGE GRAD CLASS AT NDSS. LAST YEAR 605 STUDENTS GRADUATED. AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 766 POTENTIAL GRADS . THIS YEAR ' S GRAD COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS: KRISTINE WEBBER, CHAIRPERSON; TRACEY WHITE, VICE CHAIRPERSON; MIKE LAAHELA, TREASURER; MARISA PAITSOhj SECRETARY; KATHY MERNER, FOOD; MONIOUE BOHUN AND DEBBIE REIMER, DECORATIONS; LORI MCMORRAN, INVITATIONS; CAROLINE STARK, PROGRAMS; AND LINDA GEE, SPECIAL PROJECTS AND USHERS. GRAD ' 86 PROMISES TO BE ONE OF THE BEST PLANNED AND EXECUTED GRADS TO DATE. GRAD I 906 IS PLANNED FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 26TH AT BEBAN PARK. RED CROSS THIS YEAR ' S BLOOD DRIVE, HEADED BY MR. DON SHORE, TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 6 IN THE BOYS ' GYM. IN ALL, 260 PINTS OF BLOOD WERE DONATED DURING THE DAY. THE BLOOD WAS SENT TO THE RED CROSS CLINIC IN VANCOUVER AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT BRITISH COLUMBIA. MEMBERS OF THE RED CROSS CLUB WON THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD, IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE RED CROSS ORGANIZATION. THIS YEAR ' S BLOOD DRIVE WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TO DATE, AND MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WERE: WANDA CAMERON, INGE VAN OOSTVEEN, PAULA POIKONEN, TARA BALANGER, JENNIFER COTE, JULIA VAN HORNE, SHERRI MOORE, DIANE DUNPHY, ANN LALEY AND IRENE DOROCICZ. 140

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c u R L I N G THE NDSS CURLING TEAM WAS SPONSORED BY MR. ROD BROWN AND COACHED BY COM- MUNITY MEMBERS, WHO SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME PREPARING THE TEAMS FOR COMPETI- TION. THIS COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS SINCERELY APPRECIATED AND VALUED. THE GIRLS ' TEAM CONSISTED OF LORI MCMORRAN, TERI NORDSTROM, CORINNA PILE, JANET COOK AND RHONDA SINGER, AND IT WAS COACHED BY KATHY RICHARDSON. THIS GROUP WON THE A EVEN T AT THE ISLAND PLAYOFFS, BUT LOST THE RIGHT TO REPRESENT THE ISLAND BY A SINGLE ROCK ON AN EXTRA END PLAYOFF WITH THE B EVENT FINALIST. SIMILARLY, THE BOYS ' TEAM, COACHED BY GLEN ALLEN, AND CONSISTING OF STEVE WAATAINEN, DOUG NEFF, JOE KELLY, GRANT PHILLIPS AND DALE ROBERTSON, ALSO LOST THE ISLAND FINAL IN AN EXTRA END. THE CLOSE RESULTS ARE A REFLECTION OF THE STRENGTH OF BOTH TEAMS. ALTHOUGH THE TEAMS DID NOT ADVANCE TO THE PROVINCIALS THIS YEAR, THEY WILL HAVE A VERY GOOD CHANCE TO DO SO NEXT YEAR, UNDER THE GEN- ERAL COACHING OF MR. JIM YOUNG.