Sammamish High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Bellevue, WA)

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Pop . . Fizzle . Homecoming Dies December 19 and 20. I blinked and missed it all. Homecoming '66. Zilch. If it's going to be such an inconvenience, don't bother. No alumni game. No dance. No invitations. There was a court. The spotlight on the girls coming out was really, I mean REALLY great! And a reception. I didn't know the guest book would hold so many names. The grads' reaction? It was rotten! Students were reluctant to blame general chair- men, Anne Richardson and Gary Johnson for the obvious failure. Most students realize they have no power to carry out plans disapproved of by the administration. A basketball alumni game was disregarded because of the many activities scheduled for students during the week before Christmas. But I thought Homecoming Was For The Gradsl' A dance was not approved be- cause the administration had no authority over the drunken graduates. I bet the alums could find a lot neater places to be smashed at. I mean. a high school dance? Other chairmen were: Jan Friberg, Reception: Sue Duncan, Court: Tammy Dworkin and Judy Hubbard, Publicityg Kathy Stalter and Sharon Watts, Decorations. The '66 Homecoming Court included Queen Mary Rybus, First Princess Sue Jensen, Second Princess Gail Baker, Third Princ- ess Sue Damonte and Fourth Princess Jan Hop- kins. At least we had one success-we beat Mercer Island 66-62. A suggestion for next year. They should combine Pep Week and Homecoming. That way we'd have one big flop instead of two smaller ones. 3 Cheerleaders Sheila Quesenhury, Sue Jensen. l.G.X'll'6 Baker, Pam Smith. Mari' Ryhus. and Marnie Layne lead a vheer. Phil Parsons runs through the hoop as Cheerleader Sue Jensen cheers him on.

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sf 3 K . L -- L f i lo if . 'Q Q ii Q S be v 04 1 N 5 iota X 0 . . . Q M . ff Q25 . to s. vw RLKA - Sak I if - ,. . g mmAA . Swallowed in a world filled with seemingly never-ending hallways, long legs, noise, confusion, and narrow escapes from big feet, a group of tiny people invaded Sammamish. Soon, though, they were ushered into a room, the door was closed and they found themselves in a world of their own. Filled with toys, rocking horses. blocks. paints, pic- ture books, and make-believe grocery store and home- maker's kitchen, the room was designed and scaled to a size right for a child. This rather unusual atmosphere in a high school was all part of a new program organized by Mrs. Sanders, a Home Economics teacher at Sammamish. The program provided a playschool for children between the ages of three and five. The girls in Mrs. Sanders' classes were studying a unit in child development, and the purpose of the play- school was to emphasize the characteristics of different age groups. The school also gave the girls some experience in handling small children. Mrs. Sanders commented that students were given the opportunity to work with child- ren and to study them in a more structured manner unlike a regular babysitting situation. .M ... The first two weeks of the Child Development unit, the students in Mrs. Sanders' classes gathered and built up the information they would need to know before partici- pating in a playschool. During that time, the girls found parents willing to enroll their children in the playschool. The girls also contributed or made all the equipment need- ed for the school except for the blocks which were do- nated by the woodshop. Big feet-tiny people There were two groups of children each dayg one in the morning and one during the afternoon. The girls would come into class and split into two groups, one observers and the other, floaters. The floaters supervised and aided the children with their activities. Divided into separate activity areas, the school gave the child a chance to experiment with paint, puzzles. blocks, games and crafts. A housekeeping area and grocery store were available for the Uhomemakers' and also a library where the children could listen to records or choose stories to be read.