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

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Thomas Chun, Cherlyn Gibbs, and Krista Gresore, lead the drama class, as they compete down-town in the song and cheer contest. Because of their out- standing job, they took First place, and S2,000l A 4 ji 5 ' if As the Cheerleaders did a routine to the Patriotic music of the Band, the ex- citement is clearly seen as Doug Stagner blows his horn. Full of enthusiasm and emotion, Thomas Chun awaits his turn to perform with the drama-class song at the Voter Turnfon rally! assembly. Voter Turn-on 21

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To bring out the Gun-Control issue, Susanne Graves acts out a skit with Helen Halpern during the Voter Turnvon rally! assembly. Leah Prewitt, Eliza Ramirez, Marla Hoffman, and Judy Birch, cheerfully sing and dance, to the song, f'Get out and Vote, during the first all school rally- sembly for the Voter Turn-on, .Nami K I in P I want YOU . . . to Vote! Patrick Henry was involved in a unique experience to encourage citizens to vote on the Novem- ber 2nd elections, It was the first district- wide, voter Turn-on campaign. Fifteen schools participated in this event, which included many assemblies, rallies, pro- jects, and competitions. Sol Price and Robert Peterson, contrib- uted 585,000 in prize-money, to various schools which competed in the contests to enhance the Voter Turn-on. P.H. was among a few schools to receive 88,000 for a first place prize. Also, when the Drama Class combined with the Band and en, tered the song and cheer contest, they won 32,000 for overall first place. P.H. was supported by the Band, Drama, Key ... opulation to th Poll Club, Media Club, Patriot Press, Patriot Report, Science Club, Speech Club, and Octagon Club, Among all the activities, a very interest- ing and exciting event took place. P.H. had its first all school rallyf assembly. Activities were such things as skits, a de- bate between Jennifer Dill and Linda Cu- sik, speeches by Becky Parker and Brian Wolf, and voter song performance. Erik Harner said, l thought it was interesting and if l was 18, l would have votedf, How- ever, Barbara Kent said, Alt wasn't worth my while since most students couldn't vote. Even though most students were not old enough, the rally promoted a lot of spirit to make the Voter Turn-on a suc- cess.

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ln the Quad on Friday afternoon the Ballet Folklorico dancers put on a show. The flamenco dancer shows how the wide, colorful skirt is used in this special dancing. 3 was fr-fJl': if ., .. v I 1, 1. My .. 7 .yi-1 L, , . ' .. L., ,pr- Shelly Wong organizes the cans that were brought for the canned food drive. Carol Sevier helps support the junior class by There was a competition among classes on the number of cans a class could contrib- buying carnations. The carnations were passed ute. Mr. Marino's 2nd period psychology class won and received a continental break- out the Friday before vacation. fast. 22 Activities