Niles Township High School North - Saga Yearbook (Skokie, IL)

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had an optomistic view. I told my Senior Class Board members that without spirit we could never have fun during the school year or good memo- ries when we look back on our high school days. After pulling together to make the best Homecoming float, we felt that spirit was higher in general. Although there were many different opinions about the attitudes of Senior spirit, many students possessed in hearts their desire to support (North teams and to have been in the stands, yelling Go Vikings! The cafeteria wasn't just a place to con- sume sustenance Patti Vargas and Lauren Kurtz takes time out to study. Accelerating in academics was a top prior ity for most students The library was just one place for Jeff Liang to retreat for his studies. A student rose from the murky depths of his resource room cubical Alan Speigos takes a break from his studies A traditional Homecoming parade would have never been the same without its queen Cindi Blease rejoices over her new ly elected title A vivid example of excitement mounted before homecoming week Senior Dan Ca- chetto practices his viking spirit Senior Spirit — 25 ®

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A Purple And White F plosion it is usually a safe guard to assume that when a student reached his sen- ior year, school pride increased a great deal for him. Homecoming and j arious sporting events should have teen supported by the Seniors of the class. This was not the case for some of the members of the Senior Class of 1988. Captain of the Varsity football team. Seth Novoselsky was disappointed by the minimal support from the Sen- iors. The only fans who came to the games were parents and a few loyal students. It was really disappointing to look into the stands and see only a handful of fans, while the opposing team's bleachers were packed.'' Seth stressed the importance of Seniors showing support for their team. It means a lot to players when fans are cheering them on. After all. the games were exciting to watch ' Another Senior. Joe Morwitz agreed that school spirit was in decline among upperclassmen There is a certain negative attitude that most seniors have towards school func tions. They seem to feel that it is not important to support the» school I'm sorry to say that I am one of those people.” Contrary to all the negative state- ments about Senior spirit. Senior Class Board President. Tina Rafael, Throwing toilet paper on the Niles North building is many a student's dream Handfuls of seinors funfilled their desire Tension mounted before a varsity game. Coach Jim Giambaluck and players pause to acknowledge their unity as a football team On the field a vetern cheerleader clapped her hands and cheered her team Cocap- tain .Kim Berg feels her performance was lip-smacking good A seasoned musician vividly displayed his musical talent Alan Winkler per forms one of many classical master pieces.

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 “HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOWr “NOTHING! I HAVE .. School built stress for a student. Somewhere or sometime stress must be unleashed. Students must be given a chance to un wind. The place can be anywhere. Activities during free time varied from student to student. Junior Igor Murokh said. Free time is the time to do whatever you want to do. During school, free time spent m the library. ca)€teria. Tnrnrniuii tornri it nurr f rfntrn us ! I T ate Schwab -i : 1 my free time in the cafeteria, talk to my friends, and do my home work That was true for a lot of students. Most students had be tween three and six mods of free time a day and it was usually After sc ver the - tudents went h some staVed ui trti ibh enough for their needs. When lunch time rolled around, students headed for the cafe. Senior Doug- las Bressler said, School lunches are cheap and convienent but taste bad.” A few students who had cars used the time to go off campus for lunch. other a hanie Powers participated in National Honor Society. Span National Honor Society, and Student Congress Steven Ger- shenfeld was a member of the Medical Science Club. Current Events Club, Acedemic Achieve ment Club. National Honor Soci- ety. and French National Honor Society. A variety of clubs enter tained. taught, and informed mem bers through their monthly and weekly meetings. Some students had after school jobs Senior Robert Saldana, a head usher at Old Orchard The aters. said. When I got a break at work. I ate. rested, saw parts of movies, or talked with my co workers. He worked approxi- mately thirty hours a week Other students worked in just about ev ery other store in the surrounding area When school and work were over and the weekend arrived, the fun began' Parties, shopping, watch ing T V., hanging out. reading, go ing to friends houses, and some recuperating was done on week ends. Sophomore Dawn Feldman . when she was not working, liked to call, hangout, or go shopping with her friends but most of all she liked to party. What a student did during his or her free time was their own decision A little play ful wrestling was what Joel Carmen and Harry Litberg decided to do m the halls during their free time Can you tell who s winning? ® 26 — Opening CJse of free time varied, but what was done during that free time un leashed stress and tension for stu dents. Allen Kuo Mike Rynes Some students decided to use their free time to just sit arround and think by them selves Tammy Sherwood seems to be da ing just that on her free time The cafeteria was a great place to do things during free time Lauren Kurtz de cided to use the cafeteria for contempla tion and studying