Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Cheerleader Pam Sedgwick holds the banner, while Glen Elston breaks through to commence the homecoming game. The senior doss won first place for their homecoming float Burn the Devils.” In spite of cold weather, King and Queen, Kris Dasso and Jackie Anderson enjoy a ride in the parade. Using all his strength, George Dixon races to carry a moiden across the finish line. Student Life

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Camelot Lights Homecoming Rocky experienced o trip bock to me¬ dieval times during 1981 homecoming week, A Knight In Camelot. The week of events included the ever popu¬ lar gelatin eating contest, maiden races, a banana pass, pyramid building, and a Sir Lancelot contest. The assembly not only disclosed the 1981 homecoming court, but it also honored the KSTT foot¬ ball player of the week, Michael Coun¬ try Johnson. The annual powder puff football game took place after school in the stadium. With a little help from the referees, the seniors upheld the tradi¬ tion of winning. For the first time Rocky had a night pep assembly too. The next morning, clowns, royalty, bands, and floats drew a crowd as they paraded through downtown to commence homecoming day. The game against the Quincy Blue Devils followed with a victory for the Rocks. A few hours later the dance began, ending all anticipa¬ tion. Even the freshmen participated in the dance - a new first for Rocky. The 19S1 Homecoming Court includes (seated) Duffy Heth, Kelly Fockel. Lisa Strieter, and Stephanie Hallberg. (Standing) Michael Johnson, Tab Smith, Prince Matt Lofgren, King Kris Dasso, Queen Jackie Anderson, Princess Angie Dasso, Rickey Keys, and Steve Murphy. While enjoying a dance togerher. Matt Lofgren and Lisa Strieter share a few laughs. 6 Student Life

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Teresa Schmidt fights off sleep while reading in the library. Elaine Moller sleeps quietly during a lecture. Mondays: Crabgrass In The Lawn Of Life Are Mondays really necessary? At Rocky, the answer is NO! After spend¬ ing a wonderful weekend without wor¬ rying about algebra two assignments, chemistry tests or English papers, Mon¬ day was a cruel slap in the face. Stu¬ dents tended to forget about the home¬ work that was due early Monday morn¬ ing, after all how good could it be when it was done in five minutes at ten-thirty on Sunday night? Most students spent the day in a state of semi-existence: daydreaming, sleeping or just goofing around. More students sat out of gym class on Monday, claiming that ordinary people just aren ' t ready to square dance, swim or play speedball on a Monday morning. Yet, once a month there was relief from the Monday blahs: early dismissal! Due to teacher ' s meetings and depart¬ mental get togethers, the students were released forty minutes earlier than usual. While the students appreci¬ ated this, the Monday yucks were still apparent on the other three Mondays of the month. Students of the Rock stum¬ bled into class at one minute before eight, yawning and wiping sleep out of their eyes. They wished that they had been one of the lucky few who had late arrival and wouldn ' t have to crawl in until one minute before nine. They did however, pity the poor souls who had to face Chemistry or gym or one of the other early bird classes held at sev- en a.m. every school morning. It was just to horribly disgusting and treacher¬ ous to think about. One good thing came from Mondays, however, everyone had an excuse for not working up to their level. Give me a break, it’s Monday was a commonly heard phrase as was, I just didn ' t have time to do it, I was so busy this week¬ end. While these excuses rarely got anywhere, especially in the atten¬ dance office, they seemed perfectly logical and reasonable to the students at Rocky. Monday must have some good to if, even though when the alarm goes off at six-thirty, beginning what will progress into nineteen thousand, five hundred minutes of school until an¬ other weekend rolls around, it ' s obvious why many students were tempted to roll over and hit the snooze alarm, push¬ ing the thought of school out of their minds for just a few minutes more. An old saying goes, Never buy a car that is made on a Friday or Monday. That adage could be reworked slightly to fit Rocky: Never collect homework that is due on a Friday or Monday. 10 Student Life