Villa Park High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Villa Park, CA)

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Jane, said Dick, Do you know What ' s New? Books, lockers, homework, dances? No, definately not. Those are the old things about school. On Sept. 8, 1986, the first day of school, what did we see? Soph- omores everywhere running around looking for what was new. Putting them in trash cans wasn ' t new, but the people themselves were. There are always a few new teachers Andy Haas, Bob New- berry, Cynthia Nowitz, Frank Pal- menteri. Ester Wallace, and some- one in the counselin g. Norma By Diana Christensen Preston. The school decided to advance its technology by adding a com- puter lab in R2. The most obviously new thing at VPHS was the spirit. We had twice as many cheerleaders than last year. There were 43 all to- gether. The students also had a better attitude about school spirit. When we passed by the student center we noticed how friendly and inviting it looked inside. The new furniture and carpet arrange- ment in school colors gave it a homey feeling. We all felt safer when on the corner of Taft and Nichols, for a stoplight controlled the taffic and made it safer to walk to and from school especially for the students atCV. Extending the front driveway was designed to help control traf- fic because students could be dropped off for school in a variety of places. Should the 25 year old pepper tree been taken out for this reason? This year we had five new for- eign exchange students, Michelle Perez, Sylvia Peris, Dorthe Thom- sen, Jens Lerno and Jimmy Van Loo. In way of teacher gossip Mrs. Moore adopted a new baby and Mr. Johnson got married to Miss Pendleton. A third bouncer, Clair Ross, was added this year along with a Bouncer Mobile. All these things were new at the start of the year. By graduation everything at school seemed old, but our fu- tures look brand new. New furniture, carpeting, and paint cheer up the student center in hopes that the students would feel it was their own. What ' s New?

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During the sophomore election as- sennbly on Oct. 9 Ngoc Hoang, Jen- nifer De Clark. Nicole Ross, Dana Arnnstrong. Cindy Hockensmith, and Kim Mai try to decide who to vote for. This was the 2nd assembly held specifically for the sopho- The new stoplight was finally in- serted to protect students crossing Taft. It took a combined effort to bring the accidents to a halt. The pep squad used the new nunnber of 4 3 cheerleaders, to their advantage at the El Modena football game. VPHS was n ore able to boost spirit in all sports. O opening

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When the going gets tough; the tough ... c . !-•■ Cheri Piest Showing spirit is a major impor- tance to each school. Throughout the campus VPHS students, ASB and cheerleaders worl d togeth- er to build spirit and make this the peppiest class. Spirit builds en- ergy, excitement, and enthusi- asm, commentf ' i Shanna Crab- tree, Junior. The Mr. spirit contest, won by Ken Robinson, gave guys a -hance to show how much spirit and guts they had. There were Mr. Spirits everywhere wearing costumes of blue tights, capes and goggles and riding small Kick and Goes. The next Booster Hawaiian day saw strictly floral prints and grass skirts as the in garb. Cheer- leaders passed out leis while stu- dents feasted on ribs, corn on the cob, and pineapple upsidedown cake, (the next best thing to a real Luau!). The goals of each spirit booster activity were to get everyone in- volved and have fun. We need spirit to stay alive. Without it sports would be bummed out, said Nari Takimoto, J.V. water polo player. Without a crowd to cheer on the team, the players don ' t perform as well. Villa Park has really never had Spirit, and I don ' t think that we know how to show it, com- mented Gregg Earl, Senior. I think this year will be the best, thanks to the cheerleaders and the help of the student body, said Junior, Deanna De la Riva. Catch the Spirit! Ms. Julia Theilman, Activities Director, points out the new slogan for the year. The assenrxbly was held to introduce the cheerleaders and build school spirit. Kick ' en back and feasting on a real Hawaiian cook out, Stephanie Cambell and Nadia Hassan enjoy the country D.J. By the way, that ' s not a real horse! fj Opening