Sayreville War Memorial High School - Quo Vadis Yearbook (Parlin, NJ)

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OM FINISHES ON TOP AGAIN Central Jersey Regionals 1st place Ratlantis. Over the years, Sayreville has proven to be a force to reckon with in the Odyssey of the Mind (OM) competitions. This year's team maintained the tradition at their recent regional competition held at Ocean Township on March 18, 1988. All four teams under the direction of coach, Ms. Carla Sutherland, advanced to the State Tournament. First of all, was the Atlantis team who placed 1st in their category. The main ob- jective of this problem was to build a ve- hicle that could transport passengers such that they could pick up specified articles from the floor. The catch, however, was that no two objects could be removed in the same manner. Placing 3rd at Ocean Twp., the members of the Gift of Flight spent their days after school constructing various types of paper airplanes. These airplanes would then have to perform certain tasks. For instance, on the planes was required to pick up six ping- pong balls and place each one in a basket. In addition to fulfilling the technical aspects of the problem, this team received special recognition for its artistic qualities. They were awarded two Rantra Fusca awards, one for the artwork on their scenery and an- other for consistency maintaining their theme throughout the entire presentation. Also receiving a Ranatra Fusch award was the 1st place It's Showtime team. They were commended and the artistic impres- sion of their solution. In this problem students were asked to select a play and then create an 8 minute musical scene based on their selection. More importantly, however, their scene must include one song to which they have written original lyrics. Finally, there was the Straddle Structure team which finished 4th at the Regionals. The spirit of their task was to construct a structure weighing less than 15 ounces and standing less than 8 inches high. The dif- ficulty lies in the factor that this structure should be able to hold hundreds of pounds of weights without being crushed. On Saturday, April 30 the four teams will be competing in the State Tournament in Edison Township. The 1st place teams in each of the categories will receive the privi- lege of representing New Jersey at the World Tournament in Maryland. When you wish upon a structure . . . Student Life 27

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SPIRIT WEEK SOARS February 22nd through the 27th, 1988 was definitely no ordinary week. SWMHS participated in yet another class competition — SPIRIT WEEK. Each day was designated with a specific theme. On Monday, February 22nd, all students were encouraged to wear hats. Tuesday was established as sweats day. For a change of pace, students were asked on Wednesday to support their class by wearing a particular mode of dress: seniors — concert tees, juniors — sunglasses, sophomores — inside out, and freshmen — Hawaiian. Denims were in on Thursday and to finish off the week, students were asked to wear their class colors. 2b Student Lite On Wednesday, February 24th it wasn't hard to figure out that it was senior concert tee day.

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SAYREV1LLE SWEEPS DECA COMPETITIONS The DECA ensemble. Sayreville War Memorial High School's chapter of the Distributive Education Clubs of America does it again! At a conference held on March 7-9 at the Great Gorge Mountain View Resort, Say- reville DECA received 22 awards in their state leadership. Leading the way was Rupal Shah with a first place in the Finance and Credit written event. Presently, Rupal is the Central Re- gion Blue Vice President for New Jersey DECA. Also, Charlene Macaluso and Greg Noa placed second in the Advertising and Display and General Marketing supervis- ory level respectfully. Third place winners include Christina Castronova in the Fashion Model Casual, while Yvonne Basarab won in the Fashion Merchandising event. Other third place winners included Joanne Riley in Finance and Credit CBCE Event and Judi-Jo Fuoti in Food Marketing Master Employee Level. Honorable mentions were Heather Tra- verse in General Marketing supervisory level, Debbie Chmielewski for Vehicle and Petroleum Marketing and Jean Bohling for Fashion Modeling Casual. This year was the first year Sayreville DECA entered Chapter Events. These events must be completed by all of the members in the chapter. For the first time, Sayreville DECA had two honorable men- 28 Student Lite