Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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A.. Q4 2 4. Senior Shawna Smith shares her feelings of liberty on Victory Week. , 5. Freshmen eagerly await the tone of the bell. 6. Hoping to position his head right, ' senior John Landa follows a Johnson's 1 photographer's instructions. as 3 S S3 gf ,W 1 Q . X: f, if 6 f f Y Classes Division 183

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Populous sparks new 'in ' crowds Adding new dimensions to the already wide variety of Tokay's populus, the student body exper- ienced changes that will always be remembered. As the year began, students experienced the nausea created by classrooms packed full of at least 40 students each. A record high attended Tokay as admini- strators thought of the possibility of year-around school or putting sophomores on the late schedule with the freshmen. Lodi Unihed School District Board of Trustees voted in January not to have year-round schedules at the high schools for at least two years. Even with the mass amounts of students, everyone was different from each other. Students be- longed to their own little cliques but showed their own flair for styles in dresswear. lfwth all of these various styles, students added an extra pizazz to the ordinary doldrums of life on Tokay's campus. by Kathryn Kizlowski 1. Eat your heart out Wilma Flintstone because sophomore Lori Wittnayer had the hottest new fashion around on prehis- toric day. 2. Juniors strut their stuff during a Victory Week rally. 3. DROP ACID NOT BOMBS- sophomore Michelle Formby displays her spirit on 60's dress up day. 182 4 . mwyfl.-I a s 1 gk . 1, - 1 D l Photos by Darrin Coe f my it . New 4. 4 'Z 4- Em, 'wiygx fi'

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Changes add fo student life ln a year which resembled a roller coaster ride, the ups and downs helped add dimensions to students' lives both on and off campus. When students returned to classes in September, they were soon greeted with the not so pleasant accusations from Con- gressman James Pinkerton. Pinkerton stated that Stockton kids were bums and Hhood- Iums, saying, We've got them in our schools and in our parks and we can't get rid of them. ln order to show Pinkerton and others differently, Student Gov- ernment invited Lodi City Coun- cil members to attend classes and meet with students, teachers, and administrators. lt was also hoped to improve Tokay's image in the Lodi Com- munity as well. The people who organized the project believed it did help. Pinkerton admitted he might have pulled a Mboo-boo but he gave no apology. Another issue was faced by students, in some cases with acceptance, and with others, re- jection. It was the state law to rid the campus of the smoking sec- tion. The bill was authored by As- semblyman William Filante. The main goal of this bill was to reduce peer pressure and elim- inate student smoking on cam- pus. While some students and ad- ministrators thought the habit would be reduced, others thought smokers would retreat to the bathrooms and behind build- ings. Therefore, causing a bigger problem. On Jan. l, the bill, now a law, was passed. The white line was re-routed and smokers sought out new smoking grounds. ln order to further the dispel- ling of student smoking, the organization Save a Sweetheart, fSASHl, was formed. lts goal was to encourage a friend to stop smoking or not to start. The expulsion of the smoking 184 O Photo by Darrin Coe section may have been a change for some students but an even bigger change would involve the possibility of year-round school. Tokay's enrollment in Sep- tember equalled 2,870 students and during the first week of school counselors registered 490 new students or an average of 20-50 students a day. For the rest of the month counselors registered three to four students a day and after that new students continued to trickle in. The inevitable answer seemed to be year-round school. Teachers, administrators, and members of the school board traveled to Los Angeles to exa- mine its year-round schools. Al- though they noticed several pro- blems, the general opinion was that YRS could work with an effort on the part of administrat- ors, teachers, and students. Extra-curricular activities, elec- tives, and sports seemed to be the main problems in the transi- tion to YRS because some par- ticipants may be on vacation. Even though there were some problems, teachers and admini- strators believed YRS could be a way out of the overcrowding - .fe sr 4 wt- . ..,. .ff .W,,,, . situation within the district. lf YRS went into effect, hope- fully it would not affect the outstanding achievments at- tained in sports, academics, and activities. Among the recipients of aca- demic awards were: senior Helen Henry and junior Timothy Page for honors and a trophy in the Woodsman's US History Com- petition, senior Anahita Jamshidi for the Scholastic Acheivement Scholarship and at the 1987 Stockton Junior Miss Contest, seniors Michael Lynch and Mike Griffits received letters of com- mendation in recognition for their outstanding results on the preliminary Scholatic Aptitude Test, senior Dennis Czech re- ceived a perfect score in the sixth annual Academic Decathlon, first place on the fine arts test, and he tied three times for first on the Social Science, Grammer!Lite- rature and Economics tests, cap- turing an overall award for third in the honors division, and senior Bac Le won two first place awards in the same competition. Sports had a great year by setting the pace to yet again capture the victory cup. ln sports mf' we placed first in the boys varsity basketball, first in girls varsity volleyball, first in varsity cross country fboys and girlsj, first in wrestling, second in varsity wat- erpolo, and second in frosh! soph soccer. Other groups also captured numerous awards in competi- tions. The Honor Band placed in three consecutive band reviews which included first in the East Union!Manteca Band Review, first in the Santa Cruz Band Review, and second place in the percussion section at Antioch. The drama department re- ceived a special judges award for superior ensemble and acting as well as a silver medal for per- formance, credited to Christina Wall, for its production of 'Cammer Gurton's Needle. The same performance helped them sweep the competition winning three out of a possible four awards. They include best performance, by Wall, best scen- ery and costumes, and best pro- duction. The drill team returned to the state competition in San Jose after five years and captured second place in large military .M ,ui f 5.4. .tt . if . - . XV f if I Z Q . 3 -2 1 Q 'W 5 . - at