Rainier Beach High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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to Make h nge .gil .J V, sf 3 5 fei- eggs In tie and hat, Stephen Bell conducts one of the ASB meetings in the Little Theater at lunch. Felicia Webster busily takes notes at the ASB meeting. l ASB Officers: Treasurer Coryna Baldwin, Corresponding Secretary Jeannie Mar. lnter High Rep Julie Richter. Vice President Siu Po Cheung. Advisor Mrs. Jan Weaver. Special Events Coordinator Portia Romero, Public Relations Ann Chin, and President Stephen Bell. Not pictured- Recording Secretary Felicia Webster, ASB - 9l

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U in Communication SB - the Associated Student Body of Rai- - nier Beach High. lt consisted of eight officials all voted into various positions to better the school and promote participa- tion and spirit, and through bet- ter communication, they hoped to do just that. One major change they wanted to make through communication was the image of ASB. One rea- son, said President Stephen Bell, why people didn't bother to come and participate in previous years was because of the image they were perceiving, and we wanted to change that so people would participate. Their answer to this problem was the Student Organizational Handbook which was make abailable to both staff and students. This book was made in order to familiarize ev- eryone with ASB, parliamentary procedure, and other miscella- neous details such as how to pass sales. Pride, enthusiasm and spirit were also on the top of their list Siu Po Cheung takes a moment to review her notes at an ASB meeting. of accomplishments for I986- 87. A large part of this was the trophy case that ASB had been striving to get for the past two years. To be proud of a school, you have to be able to see your school's accomplishments, said Bell. Funding for the trophy case was provided by the various fund raisers held throughout the year. ln addition to the trophy case, to boost pride, ASB tried to limit trash and graffiti in and around the school. How can anyone be proud of a trashy, dirty school? questioned Bell. So to solve this problem, along with the adminis- tration they looked towards the community for help with the trash problem and worked for the installation of cement garbage cans in the student parking lot. Among other change this year was the new dance policy pro- posed at the end of the l985-86 school year. This policy limited dances to only major organiza- tions within the school. These in- cluded: Classes, Annual, Shield, and ASB. This decision caused much controversy. Dances are a major source of revenue for our school, and as such, should be giv- en to those who benefit from them, said Stephen Bell. Throughout the year, commu- nication was the key factor to- wards improvement. Whatever the changes made were, commu- nication was largely responsible. To be proud of a school, you have to be able to see your school's ac- complish- ments. ASB Officers: Siu Po Cheung, Coryna Baldwin, Portia Romero and Felicia Webster listen attentively while President Stephen Bell runs the meeting. ASB

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Successful From the Start The music slowly faded away int the background, the whirl of bodies came to a stop. The lights came on and the crowd stood, rocking the bleachers with ap- plause. The Cheer Squad had just completed its first performance and there could be little doubt as to its effect on all those who were present. That was last May, on Viking Day, shortly after the group's se- lection. The group made a lot of progress over the year, but one thing didn't change, their suc- cess. Their performance carried right on, not only into the new school year, but before that, right on into the summer. There was no vacation for the cheerleaders. They weren't given the luxury of taking the summer off. The squad spent 6 hours a week practicing during the summer and also spent a very important week at Cheer Camp. What the squad learned during that week was basically how to be cheerleaders. They learned lead- ership skills and how to deal with problems among the squad. And, of course, they learned about cheering. They won the Pep Pad- dle for most spirited group three out of four days and in addition they brought home the Leader- ship Banner. They also started the daily performance of the ho- keypokey in the lunch line just to provide a little more fun. As Gary Armstrong said, There is no equal to Cheer Camp because you can never get that many spirited people together in one place. Well, just .what was it that made this Cheer Squad so suc- cessful? Part of the credit must go to their coach, Leonard Whid- bey. Leonard had been a long time coach of cheer squads but he had Shock the Hawks represents the spirit of Al one of the group's frequent after school the school in the football game against sessions, some of the the members prac- Chief Sealth. Cheer tice a somersault for an upcoming routine. always been coaching more than one squad. The situation was quite different this year howev- er. The only squad he coached was ours. His time was complete- ly free of other squads and he could devote more time to the Rainier Beach Squad. The rest of the credit must of course go to the cheerleaders themselves. This year's group was abounding with energy and spirit. All of the members were willing to sacrifice their time and efforts, and their attitudes to- wards their duties and activities were wonderfully positive. Jor- main Cady felt it was a special experience and that she wouldn't trade it in for anything. This is a group of people that we all owe a little something to. They made being there all that much better.