Patrick Henry High School - Encounter Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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award winning Junior Class float wins two ds because of its creativity. ci? Recipe for a Float 1 Float - Delightful to serve at any parade Ingredients: 25 lbs. chicken wire 3,000 paper napkins 10 cans spray paint 200 helpful hands 1 rented flatbed trailer wood Directions: Once you have accumulated these ingredients, mix them together with pa- tience, creativity, time, and hard work. Warning! - Be prepared to spend a lot of time once you have started. Serving Size - one lf you follow these instructions carefully, the float will turn out beautifully. Grand Marshall Susan Farrell, channel 10. and Nick Alcorta, lead the parade down Wandermere and back to the stadium, of Henry's alumni, Uncle Sam and Christo- Columbus, promote the Voter Turn On. during .WU ,If 3 I .sm Danielle Sutherland, Elisa Eckles. and Tina Bradshaw clown around in Saint Dunstarfs Church parking lot waiting for the parade to begin. Homecoming 75

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T? l Jeff Caddy and Dwight Reese, members of the newly founded Sons of Liberty Club, entertain the Homecoming clowns excite the crowd during the crowd, parade. 'sf 4 .xr -K 'Nw by ,ff Q., TW'- M., rr 250 . -4,23 g,,, ff. ,.s. X i l Those Were the Days I've never seen a real parade before. It's neat. This young boy was referring to the first Homecoming Community Parade that expanded the regular parade to the residen- tial streets. This new idea was accredited to Minnie Park, Brian Wolf, and Melissa Oppen- heimer, who were in charge of the event. These three students arranged for Susan Far- rell to be the grand marshall, mapped the new parade route and the order of the events. Tammy Haenel, said, A'The commu- nity parade is a great idea and it brought Patrick Henry's spirit out into the communi- tyf' The parade went around the streets of San Carlos and finally to the stadium. Another tremendous part of the parade were the floats. Sharon Merrow, chairperson of the floats committee, contacted all clubs, organizations, and teams and encouraged them to participate in the parade. A new club that participated in the parade was the Sons of Liberty Studs, prancing around in their pink shirts and bermuda shorts. For awards, the Aerospace Club received the Most Cre- 74 Activities ative Float award, and the Junior Class re- ceived the Best Class Float and the Princi- palls Choice awards. Merrow said, 'Alt was a big success and the participation showed the community Henry's spiritfl Also seen on Homecoming were the horses, unicyclists, clowns, and court. During ll rought PH's spirit out into the Community. half-time the Band and Drill Team performed their award winning field show and the King and Queen, Peter Stamatopoulos and Reg- gina McFadden, were announced. That night the Homecoming Dance was held in the gym with the band NE-One. li Besides the usual clowns and floats, many P horsewomen participate in the community pai

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1 Q us Q 'F 3 t. fa ff. vi if-F Patrick Henry from a King's Angle Making a judgement about our school wasn't as easy as it seemed. Peter Stamato- poulos, chosen Homecoming King this year, saw that our school, meets the needs of a variety of students in a variety of ways. It was happening all over campus. Peter liked the idea of the smoking section, for in- stance, because it, 'lprovides a special place to relax - that shows our administra- tors trust our judgement. This was a spe- cial part of Henry that made it different from other high schools. Something else Pe- ter thought made our school special was the academics - Ranging from industrial arts to college prep courses, everyone is includ- ed. Still, students must want to learn - L'With a lot of hard work put into your stud- Homecoming King, Peter Stamatopoulos, receives a calculator key chain from the ASB. ies comes the reward of graduation and be ing prepared for your goals. Obviously we do this, or Henry wouldn't have the grea academic reputation that it does. Anothe controversial happening on campus was thi hour lunch. Having it everyday was only z lovely memory of the past. Peter optimisti cally saw that our campus lunches and Fri day activity hours, offer a bit of well ap preciated freedom. With all the different ways that Henrg was a good experience, there were down falls. I believe school spirit is losing its in tensity, said Peter. He also saw that the lack of spirited leaders added to the prob lem. 'iMost of us are followers and withou good examples of school to follow, spirit wil lagfl Peter said, I think of Henry as a grea place with a lot of great people working learning and interacting together. 16 Activities