Palo Alto High School - Madrono Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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Rally Squads Paly's spirit groups act as leaders of spirit at games of major and minor sports. Each group performs different duties to help promote spirit. Varsity Pom Pon Girls, usually eleventh and twelfth graders, perform to band or tapes in front of the stands at football and basketball games. They also per- form routines and halftime activities at games. Varsity Cheerleaders, usu- ally eleventh and twelfth graders, or- ganize and lead different cheers. They get the cheering section to join in. They also make and post signs and run throughs”. Junior Varsity Cheer- leaders, usually ninth and tenth grad- ers, perform basically the same duties Raise Spirit as the varsity does except that the J.V. performs at different times and on different days. Lettergirls, from all grades, perform arm movements in the stands during the game to music and cheers. The Rally Commissioners' main job is to keep everyone working together. These students operate as the link of communication between the Advisor and the other students. They are in charge of rally meetings, rallies, fund raising projects and pub licity. All groups make and post signs on campus and at games on a rotating schedule. The main goal of the rally squads is to help Paly's teams per- form well. 28 Rally Squads

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Middle left: Cameron Smith and Jennifer Rich hold hands as sophomore prince and princess. Middle right: Sophomores make a dynamite presentation of their second place float. Left: Freshmen crush the odds with their remod- eled float. Above: Freshman prince and princess Ollie McIntyre and Carey Johnson grin at the enthusiastic freshman class. Homecoming 21

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Left: Rally advisor Gerry Meyers checks over routines to be performed during spirit week. Below. J.V. Cheerleaders: (top row) Samantha Grismore, Nancy Kamprath, Lisa GoldfuS; (bottom row) Joan Fiddaman. Diana McLaughlin. Linda Bates. Left: Varsity Pom Pons: (top row) Andrea Crozier, Laurie Seltzer. Julie Cunningham: (bottom row) Theresa Guillory. Julie Slomo- vitz. Mary Cambridge. Above: Letter Girls: (top row) Carrie Taka. Audrey Yue (bottom row) lisa Porter. Michelle Tate. Tan- ya Swezey. 59