Northville High School - Palladium Yearbook (Northville, MI)

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Boosters Make Us Better Supporting the Northville Public Schools and the activities of their students has long been a priority of Northville parents. They have given their support through organizations such as the Northville Mothers Club, Northville Athletic Boosters, Northville Music Boosters, and the Northville Ac- tion Council. The Northville Mothers Club is a ser- vice Organization of 35 women w hose purpose is to promote the educational enrichment of youth in the Northville community. This is accomplished through many fund raising events such as the printing and selling of ads for the community phone book, ski and skate sale, and Christmas open houses. NHS has been fortunate to receive generous contributions from Mothers Club, such as a piano and tuxedos for the choir, a VCR camera, typew riters, computers, potters wheels and funds to send delegates to boys ' and girls ' state. Northville Athletic Booster Club is an organized group of parents who support the sports program at NHS. Coopera- tion and hard work by these parents have reaped very successful fund raisers. They sell season passes for sports events, gather advertisements for sport programs, and organize a popular and well attended Clambake. The aim of this Boosters Club is to offer support and to share their funds with coaches and students for the better- ment of their sports program. This year they bought a girls pitching machine and wind screens for the tennis courts. In addition they contributed to the pur- chase of a new timing system for the swimming pool and for asphalt to pave a runway along the track. Parents of students involved in the Arts program at NHS have organized to provide similar assistance to these students and their advisors. Their pur- pose is to encourage the development and growth of the Music Department at NHS. Among the fund raising con- ducted by Music Boosters are an an- nual pumpkin bread sale, cheese and sausage sale and the making and sell- ing of Music Booster buttons. This year their funds were spent to provide uniforms for the choir and to purchase awards for their spring banquet. The newest parent support group at NHS is the Northville Action Council. Their pur- pose is to give assistance to SADD — Students Against Drunk Driving, when needed and to provide programs and information to students at Northville High concerning drinking and drug abuse. They have been busy raising funds for these programs by selling hot dogs at the concession stand during home basketball games. Northville High and its students are very fortunate to have such active parents behind them. Mothers Club members vote in their next project.

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S.A.A.D. Students work for alcohol free proms One of this year ' s newest organizations is S.A.D.D. (Students Against Drunk Driv- ing) which formed under the direction of Assistant Principal William Hamilton. Despite the split schedules, a group of for- ty students attended the first meeting and elected officers for the 1985-86 school year. Under the leadership of co-presidents Beth Buckland and Mark Dozier, Vice President Roxanne Serkaian, Secretary Anne Griffith, and Public Relations Head Mary Phillips, the group made plans to in- volve a greater variety of students and to make elementary and middle school children more aware of the dangers of drinking and driving. Several officers attended league-wide S.A.D.D. meetings in Farmington to ex- change ideas and to broaden the scope of S.A.D.D. amongst other area high schools such as Harrison, Churchill, Canton, and Novi. In November students attended Pro- ject Graduation in Southfield where the day was spent exchanging ideas to be in- stigated around graduation time to discourage drinking and driving. Thanks to the help of Northville Action Council, the play One More for the Road was performed before spring break as a reminder to students not to drink and drive. Hopefully the efforts of this group will help prevent young teenage drinkers from sitting behind the wheel of a car. Co-president Mark Dozier ad- dresses the student body with a S-A.DD public service announcement. S.A.D.D. OFFICERS — FRONT ROW: Co-president Mark Dozier, Public Relations Head Mary Phillips, Vice-president Roxanne Serkaian. BACK ROW: Secretary Anne Griffith, Co-president Beth Buckland.

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booster clubs M yuii Top: Parents are fans too. Middle: Northville action Council inaction. Bottom: Betty Willerer, Carole McCreadie, and John and Karen Hill wait for their lobster at the Athletic Boosters Clam Bake. Bottom Right: Athletic Booster Dads man the ribs.