Oak Park High School - Cambia Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Pep Club girls cheer as the team scores. Support was shown for both the Royals and the Oakies by Katie Gardner sophomore and friends in the Homecoming parade. Oak Park encounters celebrity look-alikes walked around the corner? Wow!! There s Don Ho. Many of these look alikes could be seen around Oak Park halls as Oakies demonstrated their homecoming spirit during spirit week. Each day of that week, Oak Park welcomed Northmen from the 50's and 60's, from Hawaii, and others who could not be seen without sunglasses on. But students did not just work on how they looked. Everyday students could be found planning and working on preparations for the assembly and the dance. lt was fun, but a lot of hard work, Kirby Kavanaugh, pep club vice president, said while working on the back drop for the assembly. To remind everyone of each day's theme, mock Oakies could be seen hanging above the main stairs in crazy clothes. The mock Oakies were made from paper and had on clothes belonging to several Student Council members. Cindy Call, StuCo publicity committee chairman, came up with the idea of the mock peo- ple. My mom is a kindergarten teacher. She does it Cmakes mock people? to teach things to her kids, said Cindy. The spirit continued on into Thursday night as pep club decorated the varsity football players' houses. We had so much fun. The parents even helped us, said varsity cheerleader Debbie Dobney. When the players returned home from practice they found their rooms decorated with signs, balloons, and crepe paper. I couldn't walk into my room when I got home, but it was a nice surprise, ey!! Wasn't that Fonzi whojust Brad Newland, varsity football player, said. Friday morning started out with a homecoming assembly. The pep band and the pom pom girls welcomed the candidates and the students into a gym decorated with angels and stars. The Oak Street singers continued this wel- come by singing When You Wish Upon a Star. 'But thiswas not the end of spirit week. Over 65 cars and trucks decorat- ed with balloons, crepe paper, and victory signs met at Oak Park to make one of the biggest parades in Oak Park's history. Dr. Dan Kahler, in his last parade as O.P. principal, thought the parade went very well. There weren't any accidents on -Oak Park's part, Dr. Kahler said. Then it was on to the game. Even though the sky was gloomy, many Oak Park fans showed up to watch the game. The field and track were both muddy and the sky looked as if it could rain any minute but this did not dampen the spirits. The weather is always a worry, and sometimes a problem, said Miss Patty Warren, pep club sponsor. Though the Corvettes carrying the girls could only go half way around the field, the spirit did not let up. It was kind of disappointing that we couldn't drive all the way around the track but it was still special, Lisa Easley, homecoming candidate, said. Although the outcome of the game ended in Lee's Summit's favor, students still went on to the dance to finish off a busy week. Homecoming seemed to go by without a hitch, Dr. Kahler said. I had a great week. By Michelle Tunnell 5' Homecoming Activities

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