Shadle Park High School - Sporran Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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We 're still rf 1 even when the chlcks ore down. Cheer Kings of 1985. What are you looking at? I hope you're not loughing or my dress!

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DW 1' j ft SP' I . .Is N i if C'mon and go Howoiianl Highlanders keep o Shodle tradition with their Hawaiian attire, Hey! We're on film. The photographer captures the Varsity volleyball team as they ring the Victory Dell. One cheer that seems to have caught on at Shadle Park is Chickaloclsa. lt is usually performed by a rather large cheerleader between the 8rd and 4th quarters of a football, basketball or volleyball game. Historically the cheer goes back at least to the early part of the century. ln 1912 a slightly different version of the cheer wos performed at Granger High School. My acquaintance with it goes back to my high school days at Lincoln High School in Tacoma in the 194O's. lt was a fairly popular cheer at that time even though it had and still has, its ir- rational overtones, said Evan Bell, Mr. Chiclsalocka. The cheer was introduced at Shadle Park in 1968. I taught it to one of our exuberant cheerleaders, related Bell, and the following week she had yours truly do it ata pep con. The rest is history.

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Shodle Pork is unlike ony other school. When you think of Shodle, the first thing thot comes to your mind is trodition. Shodle Pork is o school fullof troditions. lt's not only the people ot Shodle thot mokes it so speciol to everyonep .it's our ploid ond it's our doncers thot stonds out obove the rest. lt's our friendships ond our bogpipes thot moke Shodle better thon the overoge school. Not only do we hove support for eoch other ot Shodle, but there's o ploce for everyone os o Highlonder no motter whot you do. You get o speciol feeling inside os you tell someone you're o Highlonder. This makes you so proud to weor green ond gold. Just knowing thot you ore o port of 5hodIe's troditions gives you o strong sense of pride. And then there's thot unmistokoble Shodle spirit. If you've ever been to o footboll or bosketboll gome, you've seen the Spell-Out. Spell-Out is o trodi- tion done only to Senior girls who hove lettered. lt consists of five spirited senior girls who ore energetic ond like to be the center of ottention. As you wotch the spelling out of Shodle you wotch SP turn into A41 which represents whot Sholde is oll obout. Hove you ever hod the chonce to ring the victory bell? If you did, you'll probobly never forget the incredible feeling of occomplishment when you heor the loud clong. SP meons spirit ond pride to oll Highlonders. QHIVBIU