Northwestern High School - Compass Yearbook (Hyattsville, MD)

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Look! What Are Those Moving Masses? What? You really think that's a mountain? Well, if you stayed up all night working on those floats, I'm sure you would know what they are really supposed to be. Massive mounds of chicken wire, paper mache' with globs of paint, they sometimes turned out to be a bundle of nothing but garbage. Fun and friends! Those were the key words. Coofing off, eating McDonald's Food, and wondering, How will this thing work? Building the float turned out to be a fun social event, according to Kenny Morgan, a senior who donated his house as one of the float building sites. Who??? Each class, freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors, all competed to make a parade float depicting the theme, Bring out the wildcat in you. All classes had a house, a sponsor, and a bunch of spirited students eager to win the float-building contest. And this year's winner was the junior class! Those were huge, mangled pieces of art. Yeah! That's what they were. Protecting their Wildcat den, these eight seniors whose faces were made up by Jackie Codi and Hey even though the Sophomores came in last Chris Kerdock show off their costumes made by Mrs Zimmerman the home economics teacher place they still march with their float of chicken here at Northwestern. The senior's human Float got a second place banner wire and paper mache 14 PLOATS

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The Senior class and the pom pons prove that they have more spirit. Expectation fills these poms, Dana Dickerson, Krista Odum, and Cindy Toth, as the spirit of homecoming rises. The spirit of the Sophmores are shown in their red hot cheers. PEP RALLY 13

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. ., 'he dreaded morning before the parade. All our classes made slight alterations to their loats as they sat in the parking lot of Prince Seorges Plaza awaiting the start of the parade. kmy Cosgrove lends a hand to the freshmen loat. ed with balloons and banners, jenell S 5uZul4i25amur21i l1aS 6 few extra balloons Jabba the Wildcat tnicknamed by the Juniors and Seniors for its large sizel is the center of attention for by Jamie BYEWSKHFV the freshmen who proudly walk next to their Wildcat creation. I .TT T7 li. Oh no, The parade is about to start! Don't worry I've got it covered thinks Ivett Sithitha- vorn, as she touches up the cheerleader jeep before the parade. hun.: a WL Towering over the crowd was the 12-foot tall junior float. The Wildcat exploding out of the chest of the football player is in its 3rd year running and has proven itself a winner as the class of 89 takes first place for its 3rd straight year at Northwestern.