Riverhead High School - Blue Peconic Yearbook (Riverhead, NY)

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Above left Going out m style the senior doss rides o slick block Mercedes in lieu of o floor Homecom- ing Queen Annette Tor- ten enjoys the view from the top of her doss Above right Reigning over the Class of 67 s down-home floor ore Homecoming King and Queen Rob Dokinz and Kristina Johnson Despite efforts by the Junior doss the floor come in third Right Dedication ond perseverance helped the Sophomore floor to o Homecoming victory Working in the roin ore Kim Godzinski (left), ond Mrs MocLellon the Sophomore doss floor advisor 20 Floors

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AN EXPLOSION OF SPIRIT Left Riverheod s own ( ockerres. otherwise known os the Varsity Cheerleaders, whip their audience into o frenzy of school spirit with their daredevil ocrobotics. This year's foil pep roily was one the students of RHS were reolly looking forword to After the ex- ceptional performance of lost year's Vorsity foot- boll team they reolly hod something to shout about, they wonted the team to know thot they hod the right stuff to repeat lost year's record The roily itself hod o lot going for It The ever- populor Curtis Highsmith was the emcee, which meant that the roily wos sure to be run in his energetic style Cindy Lull s stunning performance of the Star Spangled Bonner ond the stoge bond, led for the first rime by Mr Goldwyn. both odded great musicol touches to the festivities. The routines of both the JV ond Varsity cheerleaders were bet- ter thon ever All this, plus the amount of energy ond spirit the students hod thot afternoon mode it look like it wos going to be on exceptionally well- run pep roily Unfortunately, on incident involving on obstinate student ond o firecracker held up the pep rally just long enough thot the remainder of the program hod to be rushed. The students of RH5 didn't let this ruin their day. though For the seniors, this wos their lost Homecoming ever, ond they were determined to moke the best of it. so they shouted their support for their fovorite teams even louder thon before To help students get in the mood . the seniors passed oround gorboge bogs of shredded newspoper so there would be plenty of confetti to throw. Some students needed no such encourage- ment They brought their own confetti, the usual complement of oir horns, ond. of course, their voices. At vonous times during the roily, the dosses hod shouting matches to prove once ond for oil thot they hod the most school spirit As usual rhese bouts ended in o four-woy tie If seemed thot oil the dosses hod about the some spirit This is one contest thot will probably never hove o clear winner, no matter how long the tradi- tion continues. Left: School spirit triumphs over the emotions of everyone os the ex- uberonr Vorsity Football ream lets our their win- ning combination of dedication ond excitement. Pep Rofly 19

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WORKING AGAINST THE ODDS Homecoming weekend is o rrodmon rhor Riverheod srudenrs ed to use o rheme for Homecoming weekend rhor eoch doss hove olwoys eogerly onricipored. This year's celebronon of could use The rheme chosen wos rhe four seasons ' . Goss od- Homecommg con be looked upon os being even more visors chose o porriculor season or random from o hor. jubilonr The odminisrrorion and srudenrs worked rogerher com- The srudenr body found if ro be o difficulr rosk consrrucring promising on ideas, while sronding up for whor rhey believed rheir floors on school properry because ir wos difficulr ro juggle in or fhe some rime orher exrrocurriculor ocriviries with floor meerings righr offer The srory reolly began in Augusr Homecoming weekend school.” soid Donnie Cheshire, wos ploced on on earlier dore compared ro years before Due In rhe end rhough. oil rhe srruggles ond problems morrered ro rhe feor rhor srudenrs would be injured off of school properry lirrle Jusr before rhe gome, srudenrs scrambled ro assemble or floor meerings. rhe odminisrrorion debored wherher floors rheir floors A romsrorm hir. which domoged rhe floors, nor one should be consrrucred or oil The srudenr council, in keeping floor escoping rhe roin unhormed The seniors hod ro obondon wirh rhe besr mreresrs of rhe srudenr body, hod conversorions rheir floor msreod using o Mercedes ro show rhor rhe closs of wirh rhe odminisrrorion. hoping ro swoy rheir decision 86 wos going our in sryle Togerher rhe fwo parries compromised. If wos decided by All rhings considered ir wos omozing ro see rhe spirir ond rhe odminisrrorion rhor rhe srudenr body could build floors energy displayed on rhor doy by mony of rhe RH5 srudenrs However, on unexpecred change from losr yeor consisred of On second rhoughr. you reolize rhor rhis is exocrly whor ro ex- rhe building ond ossemblege of floors on school properry Floor peer from rhe Blue Woves They do rheir besr when working meerings were held on Tuesday ond Thursday ofrernoons offer ogoinsr rhe odds school hours. Going one srep further, rhe odminisrrorion decid- Above left: Sophomores spring oheod wirh o winning floor, complere wirh blue skies sunshine ond bunnies who stood in for rhe Closs of 36 s Homecoming King ond Queen Todd Von Scoy ond Louro Troy on respectively Above, right: This vivid winter scene captured second place for rhe freshman closs in rhis year’s floor competition. Unfor- tunately. rhe roin melted rhe cotton snow , along with their hopes for first place Left Mokmg a great start in rheir high school careers. Erin McKinstrie ond Mike Wooley debut os freshman Homecoming King ond Queen Floors 21