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

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Sweetheart Safari Week Featured in April i 'W Gayel Bradshaw twirped Barry Schur during Sweetheart Safari Week by pinning a card on him. APRIL 8-ll Girls' League sponsored Sweetheart Safari Week, also known as Twirp Week. An assembly on Tuesday ex- plained the week's activities. Skits were presented to the stu- dents demonstrating appropriate dress for Bermuda Day. All formal social rules and customs were broken or set aside. The girls twirped or pinned a card on their date and he was caught for the week's activities. Cards were obtained at the bookstore for the pinning. Wednesday, April 9, a box supper was planned. The boy prepared it, as the girl had taken over a more masculine role in the dating process. The box supper was held in the cafe- teria and patio area. Throughout the week girls could be seen carrying books for boys. They opened doors and picked up dropped articles. Also during the week, courtesy cards could be obtained from the bookstore. When a girl did a courtesy for a boy he was to sign her card. The girl with the most signatures received free passes to the dance scheduled on Friday. Bermuda Day was another event of the week. Students were allowed to wear shorts to school. Students wearing shorts were watched by knee checkers and if their shorts were too high above the knee, they were penalized. Regular dress could be worn if preferred by the individual student. Friday, April ll, the freshman, JV and Varsity baseball teams traveled to Douglas for a game. Speech students par- ticipated in the state trophy tournament held April 8. April i5 Palo Verde hosted Catalina's JV and Varsity baseball teams. The Tucson District l Vocal Department sponsored the String Festival for all schools in the Palo Verde district. Miss Nancy Renshaw's advanced drama class put on a major drama production April 29-30 and May l. 1555555-HQ tit During Twirp Week it was not unusual to see girls loaded down with books, and boys empty handed. Es if Q favors for boys, such as opening doors for them. 3 TS.. 3 ,' . 12,4 1 V A 5- '2f y3f W 5. , y,fw,fs,.. Q, S , M 'f Wwe fy . H ' s ' ' tr.t ir.. . ........ ..,,... Q N . . i. , l T ' i' f i t A pf' if Y it ,M , . , , 3 During Sweetheart Safari Week in April, girls were able to twirp a boy to ioin them in the week's activities of a box supper and a dance. A custom of twirp week was for girls to do small

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Letterman's Club Chose Sweetheart In March LeIfermen's Sweetheart-Chris Sonii Attendant--Sandy Buzzard Aiiendani-Jill Vaclor Aitendanl-Lynn Smiih Ailenduni--Jenny

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Junior-Senior Prom Climaxed May Events MAY held many exciting opportunities for Palo Verde's student body. Les Pieds Dansants was presented by the Ca- pricians and the advanced dance classes on the eighth of May. Capricians cho- reographed almost all of the dance num- bers under the supervision of Mrs. Davis, dance teacher. The concert enabled dance students to perfect technique in their individual performances. Moonlight Melodies, presented on May 13 and 15, was a concert combin- ing efforts of the Music Department. Be- ginning chorus classes also participated in the program. All advanced choral groups traditionally sang the school alma mater at the climax of the program. The Junior-Senior Prom held a spe- cial place for many upperclassmen. Stu- dents planned decorations, refreshments and entertaiment for the long awaited festivities. To enhance the evening, couples dressed formally for the oc- casion. The yearbook signing party provided students with time to have friends sign their individual yearbooks. Refreshments and entertainment were available at the party. If - J' ..,, ' Just before the conclusion of the year, the staff of Students gguld hqye fun, dqnge qnd, beg' gf qll the Olympian sponsored the annual signing pdrty- fill their yearbook with famous autographs. Junior classmen spent months in advance planning for the Junior Prom. After Capricians started choreographing early in February for their maior dance pro- the theme was established, creating and making decorations took three weeks. duction of the year, les Pieds Dansants, performed on the evening of May 8.