Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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F, Pep Club Helped C eer at Football Game School spirit was generated by the Pep Club. Posters were painted, goal posts were decorated and cheers were yelled by the Pep Club members. Meetings were held regularly every Friday. Officers of the club were senior Cindy Otte, president, Rhonda Gray, vice president, Sandy Bingham, secretary, Bruce Jones, treasurer. Advisors were Mr. Atwater and Mr. Austin. To raise money for the club, dues were collected from members. Cars were washed, and candy and baked goods were sold. During Christmas vacation members visited hospitals. They sang songs, told stories and made Christmas gifts. At the tirst school dance of the year, Pep Club was responsible for the deco- rations. Pep Club was organized by its president, Cindy Otte. She worked during the summer to bring the members to- gether. Girls usually wore white gloves, white blouses and blue skirts at the games. Boys wore white shirts and blue slacks. PEP CLUB OFFICERS-FRONT ROW: Cindy Otte, ROW Mr Atwater advisor Bruce Jones treasurer president, Rhonda Gray, vice president. BACK .T ,b gk if ii. 5' ,P .L 7 at me , gt gs, 'is . fr-7-'sg ,ws .gf ,gsffv-tem.. . 3-1. - ,, ,f .Q '- me Q, . f M . .. -Q .L -1 'ow ... y . -.sm ia' 1 'iil2...f.i? I nf' levi K . J ..,.. .k Cheering, screaming and yelling, Pep Club boosted PV spirit at the Catalina bull team to victory. Cindy Otte president led Pep members In gheerg and game. They helped the cheerleaders and student body cheer the varsity foot- songs. Pep Club had a reserved section for all football and basketball games ie

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at Pep Assemblies, Game During the Year Mrs. Strang, advisor to Pep Leadership, talked with songleader Teri Giambruno about her performance. ' 1' SONGLEADERS-FRONT ROW: Kati Christensen, Brookman, Anna Nussbaum, Judy Garrity. Sandy Buzzard, Donna Lombardo. BACK ROW: Pam Accompanied by the Titan Marching Band, song- Ieaders did routines to popular music for all foot- ball games. Timing and coordination were maior objectives of a good performance. Songleader Teri Giambruno cheered enthusiastically as a Titan football player ran for a touchdown.

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CHEERLEADERS-FRONT ROW: Pat Wheeler, Debbie Hoxie, Celia Riddle, Tam- Bradley, Barb Mitchell, Julie Vining, Patti Merril, Mindi Ligner, Chris Santi. my Vukovich, Lynn Pepe, Cathy Cleven, BACK ROW: DeeDee Ligner, Barb eerleaders Praetieed Ten Hours a Week Cheerleader Debbie Hoxie iumped excitedly as the Titan team made a touchdown at Sunnyside. Varsity cheerleaders were chosen from a large group of interested girls through several very competitive tryouts. All girls involved went through two practice ses- sions. In the semi-finals most of the girls were cut. ln the final tryout the girls useol their own cheer. Thirteen girls were chosen for the squad. Ten per- formed at each football and basketball game. Girls who were selected to be on the squad were expected to keep up a 3.0 or better academic grade average or give up their position on the squad. They were also expected to have a neat ap- pearance and show school spirit at all times. Varsity cheerleaders were at all home varsity football games plus the game in Alhambra. They also were present at all varsity basketball games which took place in town. Cheerleaders played a maior part in all pep assemblies. Members on the varsity cheerleading squad put in a great deal of time in practicing and promoting school spirit. The girls played a vital part in uniting student school spirit. Varsity cheerleader Tammy Vukovich energetically led football fans in a rousing cheer of support.