Pittsburg High School - Pirate Yearbook (Pittsburg, CA)

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arltiisiss. rw gfsisegai fss'ia':z'.t fx' I . eatin as We. .a.a5sff .. ry.-.Q,.ss:WQfis- rseaflwg Easy Come Extra money didn't come easy. Either one had to work for it or got if off their parents. According to a re- cent survey ,most students at PHS spent their extra cash on clothes. Today's trends included troop , adidas , gucci , guess , bongo , lotto , british knight , and many more. Junior Heidi Smith commented, Students spend a lot of money on clothes because we feel we never have enough! Besides, clothes aren't very cheap these days. Latrice Gamblin added. A lot of girls didn't wear dresses anymore -- a skirt maybe, but it had to be mini! With the mini skirts coming back into style, many com- plained on how short they would be. The administrators thought that it was indecent and in bad taste, but there were no complaints from the students. . . Easy Go Another thing students spent their money on was their hobbies. Most types of entertainment are expensive and usually need a lot of money, Terrance Kawakami said. Hobbies were important to many because it's what they did when they are bored or when everyone else wasn't around. Many people had hobbies like shopping, movies, friends, putting together models, skiing, etc. Whatever it was, hobbies were expensive, but fun for whomever liked them. Sports were another thing students spent their money on. lf it wasn't going to see the sport, it was buying the equipment to play the sport. I spent most of my money on tennis equipment because I love the sport and l have money to spend, Michael Estanol stated. Nevertheless, whatever we spent our money on, it was important to spend it wisely. 1987 Top Ten Movie Rentals 1 . Lethal Weapon 1 Records Dirty Dancing 2. Outrageous Fortune Soundtrack 3. Tin Men 2 La Bamba 4. Hengf and the Soundtrack Hen ersons 3. Lost Boys 5. Star Trek IV: The 4 Madonna Voyage Home 5. Whitesnake 6. Project X 6. Whodini 7. Angel Heart 7. Salt and Peppa 8. Extreme Prejudice 8. Tiffany 9. Lady and the Tramp 9 UTFO 10. River's Edge 10 Patsy Cline 1 Sgs . Shake Your Love 6 Rock that Beat 2. I Wanna Be Your Man 7. Tell It to My Heart 3. Military Drum 8 Whose on First 4. Sud' of Die 9. Tramp 5. Push It 10 Ocean Front Property ln's and 0ut's of 1987 lN'S . . . mini-skirts . . . troop jackets and shoes . . . acid wa denim . . . turtlenecks . . . hightop Reebok's . . . trenches . crop tops . . . pastel colors Guess jeans .. . isotoners . leather gloves . . . Cabriolet's . . . Pictionary . . . Roger. . . Pe bles . . . Salt-n-Peppa . . .Tiffany . . . George Michael . . . De Gibson . . . OUTS . . . starter jackets . . . western wear . . . Fila . . . Adic . . . Nike . . . new wave. . .spiked hair . . . Michael jackson. trucks .. . Beastie Boys Monopoly . . . Vanna White . Bruce Willis . . . Moonlighting . . .Spuds Mackenzie. . . lereme Haley, junior, shops around for what's hot before he buys anythi 1- Mini-Magazine

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1 ...al p: Sarah Enea, Libby Ambrosini and Carmen Ambrosini eat lunch during bby Ambrosini's retirement party. bove: Mr. Terry Mercurio goes over a test as Armi Rayrao listens intently. Faculty Camera Shy Al Acuna james Atkinson Lori Baker Guillermo Barcenas Dora Becker lack Becker Paul Bruno Gabe Capeto Emma Collier Bruce Dexter Pat Diokno Matthew Edwards Charles Evans loan Foster George Galli Tony Gallo Margo Gonzalez Dan Hanel Glen Hummel Don lanes jacob Kolle Evangelina Lisi David Littleton jackie Lloyd George Mariman Virginia Martin Granville Oldham Annette Porreco Leonard Shaw Rose Shideler Patrice Shipe lack Tackett Robin Thomas jim Wagner Verna Warfield Corazon Willie Joe Narez Harold Scott Gloria Clawson Jeanne DiMercurio Rosemary DeMaggio Fran Scott Carol Zbacnik Dora Becker Roselean Gumina Margaret Gutierrez Doris Manley 207

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Decisions, Decisions! t's 9:15 a.m. on a Friday ming, and many thoughts ed through students' ids, none of which per- ied to class. 'fShould l go ising tonight, go to the fe-in, or go to the party? 'hese were just a few of multitude of options iilable to PHS students zry Friday night. Students ild take in a movie, play wiature golf, or meet inds at the local park. 'ter Friday night activities Iuded meeting everyone the local fast-food place, iting the bowling alley, go- dancing, or going out to iCity iSan Franciscoj. Nhatever PHS students use to do on their Friday Lisa Hoover mulls over what she's going to do tonight after the football nights, it was to relieve the tension of weekday responsibilities. WARNING: Parking Lots Full 'arking problems got irse every year. Between 2 crowded parking lot on 2 North side and the tricted area by autoshop ide it hard on the student io needed to find a parking ace before class. Each year 2 population of students th cars increased, but the mber of parking slots ln't 3esides the decreasing iount of open parking aces, there were many pro- zms with cars being keyed, hit and run incidents, and break-ins that occurred both during and after school. Although students were allowed to park on the home parking lot of the Pirate Stadium and on the Central side parking lot, both areas were distant from lockers and an inconvenience to students, and overcrowding still occurred. Thus far, an appropriate solution for these problems have not been found. And We Had a Great Fall . .. lt was a cold, damp morn- ing in early fall. Students ranging in rank from Freshmen to Seniors gathered around the home bleachers of Pirate Stadium, brought together by a com- mon goal. What possibly could have motivated these students to arrive at this par- ticular location, especially before 7:00 a.m. in the morning? lt was the second' annual Humpty Dumpty Revival, sponsored by Mr. Hanel, Mr. Stott, Mr. lang, and Mr. Sullenburger, of the PHS Science Department. Students were to design a contraption that would hold a raw egg and when dropped from the two-story height of the Pirate bleachers would prevent the egg from crack- ing. Only paper products, str- ing and white glue were to be used in the devices which Imade the task even more challenging. The containers were judged in such areas as least mass, and most creativity. Students eager to have fun, gain extra credit, and win prizes devised egg-holders of 'every type from parachutes to rockets. As in every com- lpetition, some were forced to face agony of defeat, but all in all, everyone seemed to have a good time. Bridging the Gap Science-oriented students met in Mr. Hanel's room on january 7, 1988 to test their bridge-building abilities. Some had started their bridges weeks ahead of time, others days before. Their goal was to build a bridge that would support a brick in two places, five seconds in each place. The contest rules specified that the structures' be made solely out of wooden toothpicks and glue. The types of bridges pro- duced were as limitless as their builder's imaginations. Designs included triangular structures, rectangular shapes, mounds of toothpicks stuck together, Mini-Magazine -- i and figures that defied description. When it came time to test the supporting qualities of the bridges, many students were apprehensive. Sophomore Mariann johnson said, l wasn't sure that my bridge would work - especially when it started sagging, but it did! Maybe it was the destruc- tive quality in all of us that liked to see the bridges col- lapse under the weight of the brick, or the sheer suspense of the event. But, whatever the cause, the second annual Bridge Building Bonanza was a success.