Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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4. Relaxing after a long climb to the top of an ancient Moorish fort overlooking the Portugese city of Lisbon are front row Jennifer Johnson, Steve Kiehn, Margaret Bailey, and Morgan Lawley. Row two Shawn Buckingham, Gabriela Pena, Craig Saunders, Meg Morgan, Nancy Clingan, Amy Mettler, Mary Beth Wetmore, and Tony Young. 5. Mem- bers of the group attend a light and sound show at night at the Acropolis. 74 M , fa 11 f c. 1-r af r K. S - i'i' it

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Students at Tokay were faced with the same demands and challenges as thousands of others across the country, new faces, places, and lots of homework. These problems were met at Tokay with much the same solutions as everywhere else. Late night cramming for finals, hours of catching up on endless English assignments, and rushing to get dreaded term papers done. New friendships were also formed, old ones renewed, and through it all another school year proceeded. As school began this year, students were faced with changes, one of them being homeroom. For the first time at Tokay, homeroom classes were instituted. The primary purpose was to build a positive environment in which students might develop a greater identity and feeling of belonging to Tokay. On a trial basis this year, homeroom included the flag salute, reading of the bulletin, and group discussions on many topics. Other noted changes were the departure of the student lounge and the addition of eight more portables. The lounge area was converted to a regular part of the cafeteria, seating 150 more students, and also housing a salad bar. This much-needed space was appreciated by all, though some were unhappy at the loss of the lounge facility. Due to a rapid increase in students not provided for at the time of the school's construction only four years ago, eight new por- table classrooms were added on the north side of the English building, making a total of 10. The growth problem was eased further by a change in the school boundary lines which made Ket- tleman Lane the north boundary for students not already attending Tokay High. Joanne Katanic, a member of the athletic staff since Tokay was created, replaced Manny Borges as athletic director. Katanic became the first female athletic director in San Joaquin Athletic Association history. This change was part of a larger pattern of change taking place in the coaching staff. Tokay lost four head coaches since last year, including Paul Press, varsity football, Dennis Nugent, swim- ming, Monte Hummel, track, and Manny Borges, varsity basketball. A new twist was unexpectedly added to Victory Week -- a senior protest -- when approximately 400 students gathered in the Student Circle after the competition rally to voice their anger at the scoring during the competition rally. Boycotting seniors stayed out of class third period through fifth period. At that point, Senior Class and junior Class officers, ad- ministrators, and Steve VonBerg, activities director, met to discuss demands made by the angry seniors. Students said that they weren't just protesting unfair scoring at the rally. They were also com- plaining about being mistreated in the past: the cancellation of last year's promised litter-plan picnic, last year's disrupted competition rally which gave the Class of '80 the victory, a promised movie they didn't see, and other things. No matter what action was taken, some group was going to be unhappy. A compromise followed. The compromise declared that the seniors and juniors would remain tied in the competition. No one would win. Students unwillingly Campus experiences change 76