Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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W I. Searching through his briefcase for a llst of Victory Week Court nominees is Mark Leal, Student Government adviser. 2. Student Government members relax before 4 fi a meeting concerning Victory Week festivities. 3. With gavel in hand, Kelli Emerick, student assembly speaker, brings the class to order. Photos by Kent Wisenor 1 shun' ', L'v 4 160 xfo -., M , nnns ,begs . . .Wg

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We 4. Giving a beating to a fellow Prehistoric Caveman, for one of the many events during Victory Week ls senior Bradley Wilson. 5. Members of Tokay's Future Farm- ers of America's first place float are Sally Tuckerman, Wesley Tilton, Tanya lrons, Patrick Booth, Brian Mead, Gregory Freeman, Michael Marshall and Flash the dog. ictor Week nhances spirit Concentration on their studies was the last thing on the minds of students during Victory Week. Tacky tourists migrated to the campus with Hawaiian shirts, name tags, tooth brushes, and all. Tacky Tourist Day proved to be successful as many students participated in the fun. Groovy Day brought in stu- dents with bell-bottom pants and peace signs waving in the air. The 60's were duplicated on the campus with the long, shaggy hair and flower children. Students crawled out of their caves on Prehistoric Day, armed with clubs and covered with fur wraps. One person even dragged a dummy around by the hair. Unique floats and decorated cars all made the Victory Week parade successful. Each was crit- iqued on originality, how they followed the theme Tigertales, craftsmanship, and visual impact. Float winners were: Future Farmers of America, first, S2005 German, second, 5150, and Sophomore Class, third, 5100. ln the car category, winners were: Asian Club, first, S505 French Club, second, S353 and Conflict Management, third, 520. by April Taylor Victory Week Events 15

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4. Marin Cheney, senior assembly- person, looks through a picture col- lection of Tacky Tourist Day parti- cipants. 5. Sitting in a state of con- fusion after a Student Assembly meeting is David Jacobs, sopho- more assemblyman. tud nt leaders strive for prid ln order to boost Tokay's mo- ale and establish a positive im- ige in the city of Lodi, Student Government worked together ind brought up proposals to Jenefit the school. After Tokay was verbally de- raded by James Pinkerton, Lodi ity council member, Student overnment made a proposal ind invitedcity council members o visit the Tokay campus. This Evas done in order to protect okay's image and prove to the odi City Council that Tokay was Eschool to be proud of. With the support and guidance f Mark Leal, Student Govern- ent adviser, the Lodi City ouncil invitation turned out to e a beneficial and successful roject. The visitation of the Lodi City ouncil provided Student Gov- ernment with a very good first project, said Mr. Leal, A lot was accomplished. According to Kelli Emerick, Student Assembly speaker, al- though no apology was given by Mr. Pinkerton for the comments he had made, Student Govern- ment proved to the Lodi City Council that Tokay is a great school that was made up of great people. We tStudent Governmentl were going to stick up for and fight for the pride of Tokay, said Emerick. l feel that the city of Lodi is starting to realize Tokay was the one to beat. After the success of the Lodi City Council meeting, Student Government faced another pro- blem, year-round school. Since the majority of Lodi Unified School District high school students were opposed to a year-round school schedule, Tokay and Lodi High Student Governments combined their ef- forts and presented the Lodi Unified Board of Trustees with an alternative proposal. In the proposal, we fStudent Governmentl stressed all the problems with this type of sche- dule and offered other ideas. These ideas included turning the middle schools into junior high schools by adding the ninth grade, or putting sophomores on extended-day schedules, said Steven Garrard, Associated Stu- dents president. By working with the Lodi Student Govern- ment, we got a broader aspect of the situation and I think we made more of a statement to the board of trustees. According to Emerick, Student Government worked harder and was more outgoing than previ- ous years. Also, Student Gov- ernment has received more sup- port from Tokay administrators. Student Government was quite a bit more vocal than past Student Governments of To- kay, said Emerick. Admini- strators and staff of Tokay put more trust in the student out- look. Beverly Lacy, vice principal, said that Student Government worked hard and although there had been some disagreements between the ideas of Student Government and those of the administrators, the two compro- mised. by Luis DeAnda Student Government 17