Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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Joseph Abdallah Y Glenn Abrescy Juan Acevedo Tracey Adamek The Senior Class off- icers are Ronn Lef- fler, president, Cha Lo, vice presidentg and Karen Lambdin, secretary treasurer. With about 10 percent of the some 400 seniors getting in- volved, the Senior Class officers had a lot of work to do by the time the year ended. For Ronn Leffler, Senior Class president, Cha Lo, vice presi- dent, and Karen Lambdin, se- cretary treasurer, their main goals were to save the graduation ceremony from a site change,' fundraising for graduation trips, and a general raising of Senior Class spirit. With the threat of having the place of graduation changed, the Senior Class diligently worked to keep the ceremony at the tradi- tional Grape Bowl location. Ad- ministrators, along with some parent and teacher support, formed the opposition as they wanted to either have a Saturday morning graduation or a Friday night ceremony at the Grape Bowl. Raising class spirit was another priority for the officers. The same people get in- volved every year, said Leffler. Not everybody wants responsib- Class fig against site cha -- H llity. Adding to that, Lo said, Se- niors want to get involved but don't know how or what to do. We need to encourage them to startf, ln addition to the crisis over the graduation site, fundraisers, and raising senior class spirit, Lef- fler's ultimate goal for the year was to leave with the winning tradtion we brought with us. by Cherie Cortez 186 Q vs ' N ,I l l ,fs x , 1 3 ,, ' mi H r11-r nf.. ,,,, ' , ' ,, i ffff M -1:f4f2222ffw..s:fz'ffs:zw,..Qfi'-4 ' f 7 ' - f.1zizilssesssegi122iiiiiisiiazzfssszxfisifiswifilgfxii' E ws? N SSX s X C, as X QE?

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lrill and they also won first place ri the Lodi Grape Festival Par- ide. The vocalists won numerous awards at the California Music Educators Association competi- ion at California State University it Stanislaus. The awards were given to seniors Linda Towle, llherrie Sutter, and Lynette Dor- fille for superior solos. Superior luet awards were given to fresh- nan Jenny Greer with Towle, ind Greer with Dorville. Although the students seemed lo be excelling in several areas, he faculty and administration lecided to punish the senior :lass graduation. One of the major topics of the fear delt with the location, time, ind date of the ceremony. Be- :ause of last year's hugging, ennis-ball-throwing, rowdy Se- iior Class, the new idea was for graduation to be at held at Tokay Jn Saturday morning. Other :hoices were at Tokay on Friday iight or at the Grape Bowl Saturday morning. Another issue that pitted stu- dent opinions against those of teachers and aministrators was delt with finding an acceptable solution to the students' antics during Victory Week. Also, the events of the Victory Parade may alter future ones. Before the parade, several juniors egged and later destroyed the freshman float. Onlookers were not as interested, and the lack of partic- ipation caused the administration to decide against a parade next year. The student government and alumni fought to save the parade and other activities. By trying to come up with alternatives in order to help things run more smoothly. Yet another tragic occurance took place during Victory Week. Senior Sean Gorley died as a result of injuries suffered in a single-car accident. At half time of the football game, friends of Gorley gave their sentiments while students, parents, teachers, and administrators wiped away tears and held lit candles in remembrance. Not only was Tokay touched with the sadness of losing some- one special, Lodi High later suffered as greatly with the loss of Mark Wheatly, Associated Stu- dents president. Tokay students sympathized and understood what their rivals were going through. When, at the LodifTokay basketball game, Lodi's principal was pre- sented with flowers from us, he said ,.. Tokay showed nothing butclassf' While students have exper- ienced conflict, changes, and tragedy, they excelled in sports, academics, and activities. All of these events helped add di- mensions to student life. by Kathryn Kiszlowski l. Senior Christopher Wall goes up for a shot in the Lodi-Tokay game. The varsity team went on to place first in SJAA. 2. Smoking section visitors like sophomore Kevin Scherer and senior Chris Cancel had to seek new smoking grounds after a bill was passed to abolish such areas on campus. 3. Lodi city councilman James Pinkerton attended a meeting put on by the Student Government to improve the school's image but refused to give an apology for his boo-boo. Student Life Essay 185

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