St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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FRIENDSHIP ENRICHMENT — Ronna Morlock, Wendy Noyes, Markey Paulsen, Janice Randa, Nancy Walker, Karen Gozola, Gail Fuller, Ms. Sandy Schanfield. advisor. 'What are we going to do today?' This was the first cry heard by 16 members of Friendship Enrichment as they passed through the doors of Harrison Elementary School each Wednesday afternoon. Although the size of the club had dwindled, the enthusiasm of “big brothers and sisters was still growing strong. These concerned students gave of their time to give underprivileged children the love and understanding they needed so badly. 13 Progressively throughout the year, the relationship between a big brother or sister and a child from Harrison School grew. It became one which would always hold a dear place in each of their heorts.

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ENERGY to accomplish anything from playing 24 straight hours of volleyball to recycling old Christmas cards. Enough SPIRIT to keep tradition by being the last Hi-Y group in the state and TIME spent as big brothers and sisters to inner-city children. These were sacrifices, but from sacrifices came appreciation. Whether it was $285 earned for DE or just a gleaming smile on a grade schooler’s face, accomplishment was the key. Once again. Park proved that the fickle finger of fate couldn 't keep them down. 12

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Is this the way people greet each other in Ethiopia? No, but friends Christina Fabrega and Alganesh Tekle do. o-Nol” Anna Paini is astounded with the jumbo Krackle candy bar Sue Held rewards her for winning the yearly Welcome-to-Park Game. From Brazil to Australia to Park's City Limits Welcome Committee members were Johnny-on-the-Spot when it come to helping new arrivals at Park feel at ease. An orange card [2W x 2 ) permitted members to orient students through the maze of floors and to give them the low-down on do’s and don’ts. New students thumbed through the pages of the Extra Curricular Excerpts, to associate themselves even more with their new surroundings. Through the fun at the annual Welcome-to-Park Party Soccer Game and Homecoming Picnic, strangers were transformed into new friends. WELCOME COMMITTEE — BOTTOM ROW; M. Siver. H. R. Novok, S. Davis, V. Novak. ROW 3: Ms. D. Crowe, Aaron, M. Porker, C. Grosmonn, ROW 2: J. Billmon, M. advisor, L. Pikh, T. Steinmon, J. Keith, B. Cichon, B. Evon- I alderman, R. Kopmon, P. Heid, B. Bongard, B. Krcmen, j©n. ROW 4: S. Held, B. Aldrich. 14