Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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1. Feigning interest, freshmen Joshua Cook, Rachele Cook, Leigh Ann Gessell and Susan Garrard wait out the intricacies of the legislative process. 2. Mixing the names for the Student Assembly Christmas gift exchange party is senior Melanie Cobb, as senior Karen Lambdin waits to draw a name. 3. Junior Luis DeAnda and senior Kelly Troger program the Data Display, a new Student As- sembly addition to campus. 4. In preparation for the Christmas Festi- val, seniors Stacy DaGrade and Cathi Amaya string lights on a Christmas tree. Photos by Darrin Coe .MW 180 Li

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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

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ovices, 'ss es mark ssembl New faces made the difference in the Student Assembly. With 60 percent of the Assembly sewing as first-time members, traditional leadership roles went unfulfilled. This was more of a rebuilding year, said Mark Leal, Student Assembly adviser. We have a lot of people involved in the Assembly for the first time, and the juniors and seniors that are usually the leaders due to experi- ence were not here. Only one out of five seniors and two out of five juniors were involved in the Assembly previ- ously. The Student Assembly found more than enough conflict to keep it busy, from Councilman James Pinkerton's comments about Stockton Bums, to the tragedies of Victory Week, to the proposed Year Round School, the issues abou nded. Tangent contributions to the school also appeared to be a priority as demonstrated with the purchase of benches and a picnic table, a Data Display, a pitching machine for the baseball team, and team bags for the football players. This year we have had more requests for capital outlay like the pitching machine- things that are not asked for more than once every 10 years, said Mr. Leal. The money we spent was stu- dent body money. As long as we're not in danger of going in the hole, depleting our resourc- es, valid requests should be considered. According to Mr. Leal, funds have been accumulating for years and then just sitting in the bank. Under state law, the purpose is not to see how much you can accumulate, but to spend the money to benefit the students, said Mr. Leal. Student Assembly members were: seniors Cathi Amaya, Marin Cheney, Stacy DaGrade, Karen Lambdin, and Kate McLaren, juniors Melanie Cobb, Deborah Dahlhauser, Ninette DiLeo, Kelli Emerick, and Amy Straub, soph- omores Jennifer Antaran, Mich- elle Delgado, David Jacobs, and Helen Schorr, freshmen Joshua Cook, Rachele Cook, Susan Garrard, Leigh Ann Gessell, and Michael Hogan. by Helen Schorr 5. The 15th Assembly readies itself for the first meeting of the second session. Student Assembly 19