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

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 Pictures are an important part of dances. Here. Joel Axup and Greg Pearson sit for their Homecoming picture. Did you buy your date a mum? ' a frequently asked question during Homecoming week. Jane Vogel. Jami Handleman. Jill Dickerson. Karen Weinstein. Adele Alverei. Kristi Facker. Vicki Streiter. Sarah Schol. and Nancy Spcctor create a flowery picture at the football game. Student Life 7

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Jostcns, Hcrff Jones, Samuels, which one did students choose? All of these choices offered students a chance to purchase a class ring. Half-way through the first quarter posters flooded the hallways . . They featured special prices and patterns offered to students to make their class ring purchase easier. Although sometimes students wore their boyfriend’s or girlfriend's ring, they still wanted their own ring to be special. Often, the school mascot Scon Hcndrcn goes 10 Adolphi's well prepared with plenty of clothes. Dave Gcllrrman carries a box of books into the Wttchtotnr room to be added to the count. Lcttcrmen show their pride by wearing their sweaters. Scott Bowden displays his major letter and his medals. Dances, pictures, rings . How Rocky keeps memories. would be engraved in the side. ing the Rock, a feeling of when peo- Class rings served as life long pie glanced at it students said This memories of school. It made a lasting is where I went to school. impression on students, each remem- Students saved things from their bered who wore his ring, but the ring school days, flowers from dances, also brought back a memory of how programs from games, and old test those days were as compared to to- papers, yet, class rings served as a day permanent memory of those boy- Class rings were passed back and friends or girlfriends, the big win forth from boy to girl and from girl over the cross town rival, and the to boy, and carried with it the memo- days of high school fun. { ries of crazy days at Rocky. Yet. the ring also carried the pride of attend- 6 Student Life

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 Maroontrap, taken from the play Mousetrap, adorned the sides of the winning Junior float. Building a float, only part of the Homecoming festivities. Students also got a chance to dress backwards or mismatched, in shorts and shades, hats and headbands, and the highlight of the week-punk day. The week came to a close with red-gold day. The usual lunch period activities On Broadway Homecoming dazzles took place too. The hospital bed races, stuffing twenty six people into a car. and running three-legged races, brought screams of laughter. Then, came the big event: the assembly with the announcement of King and Queen with quarterback Dion Brooks and cheerleader Paula Caras stealing the honors. The assembly was livened up with a Mr. Legs contest. The game came that evening, and with it came a disappointing loss. The students, however, did not let the loss spoil their plans for the dance on the next evening. Homecoming week, in all its glory, carried spirit and fun into the halls of Rocky. The fun filled, laughter-packed Homecoming week was clearly on the right track. It was on it’s way to bringing the students together.