Reading Memorial High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Reading, MA)

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I remember my first day at RMHS. Freshmen. A shuffling of feet, a slamming of lockers, Parker meets Coolidge. There is a beep instead of a bell. I can’t recall ever being so lost. Orange lockers and the Candy Store - ■« .,. Decisions, Intro, to Soc. and assigned studies Hurricane Gloria, the Space Shuttle exploded. It all became a part of us. Anyways, we were there.with mixed emotions. Fear and confusion, yet, Somehow mature. But not really. We forever watched the clock in anticipation of 2:08. As sophomores we said goodbye to Mr. D’Orlando and Hello to Dr. Piechota. Mrs. Burne adopted us, becoming our class advisor. Now we picked on freshmen. Class rings, semi - sweet 16, Bow Tie Day We climbed the ropes in Gym Our Semi - formal with the theme “Stand By Me As Juniors it seemed to us we were finally growing up. Free periods, cars, the Jukebox The Sk i Trip and Boston Garden Anything Goes (Almost) “Never Saying Goodbye to our Junior Prom And gaining another class advisor, Mrs. LeClaire. Then it came. Senior Year. We had so many expectations.®; College this, College that. SAT’S, STRESS! Senior Passes (like we didn’t leave before) The football team is in what place? “Reading Teachers are working with No Contract!” Halloween, Homecoming, and before we knew it, the Senior Prom. We crossed the bridges on the way to a new era, And burned them behind us. Oh, how the days went by so slow, it seemed as if 2:08 would never come. But the years went by so fast. And it will never be 2:08 again. — Karen Abate 7

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ROCKETING THROUGH THE 80’S 1. Iranian hostages 2. U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics 3. Ronald Reagan elected President 4. Mount Saint Helens 5. Heavy Metal 6. VCR s 7. Yuppies 8. attempted assassination of Reagan 9. Concorde 10. Space Shuttle Columbia 11. attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II 12. Sandra Dav O’Connor y appointed to Supreme Court 13. royal wedding of Charles and Diana 14. assassination of Sadat 15. Reading’s new library 16. ERA defeated 17. home computers 18. U.S. Marines stationed in Lebanon 19. artificial heart 20. Contras vs. Sandanistas 21. Sally Ride — first U.S. female astronaut 22. “Awesome!” 23. Sony Walkman 24. invasion of Grenada 25. Tylenol — cyanide scares 26. Soviets shot down South Korean airliner 27. MTV cable 28. Big Brother — 1984 29. Geraldine Ferraro 30. deficit spending exceeds $1 trillion 31. Soviet boycott of U.S. Olympics 32. MX missle 33. Rav Flynn elected mayor of Boston 34. NutraSweet 35. New Coke Classic Coke 36. Live Aid 37. Hurricane Gloria 38. Ethiopian famine 39. CATS 40. Reading junior highs become middle schools 41. Woburn toxic waste 42. Premiere of The Cosby Show 43. Challenger disaster 44. terrorism 45. Marcos fled from Phillipines 46. return of Halley’s Comet 47. abortion controversy 48. Statue of Liberty renovated 49. Khadafi 50. Chernobyl 51. AIDS 52. Doug Flutie’s miracle pass 53. Patriots went to Superbowl 54. Boston Marathon pays racers 55. Red Sox went to World Series i 56. Roger Clemens 57. Discovery of Titanic 58. TV Evangelists 59. Crack 60. compact disc players 61. Gary Hart 62. red M M’s return 63. Jim and Tammy Baker 64. Iran Contra affair — Ollie North 65. safe sex 66. Baby “M” 67. “Freddy and “Jason return for several sequels 68. Wall Street Crash Black Monday 69. Baby Jessica rescued 70. Apartheid 71. Bruins went to Stanley Cup finals 72. 88 Olympics in Seoul and Calgary 73. Wheel of Fortune — Vanna White 74. U.S. downed Iranian airliner 75. Drought ’88 heatwave 76. National Park Fires 77. Amnesty International Tours 78. McDonald’s serves 1 trillion 79. Successes of Trump and Iacocca 80. Shroud of Turin proven false 81. Mexican and Armenian earthquakes 82. Greenhouse effect 83. George Bush elected President 84. Pan AM 103 85. Ted Bundy execution 86. Roe vs. Wade reemerges 87. Savings and Loans failures 88. Elvis lives?? 89. June 11, 1989 — Graduation 6

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IN COMMEMORATION 8 Commemoration 0. C Yearbook Advisor 1979-1989