Wando High School - Legend Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, SC)

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Senior student council representative Britt Westendorff sets up the senior spirit banner just before the pep rally, but the juniors won the spirit competition. These students show pride in their school and church as they ride this float in the sesquicen- tenmal Parade. For most of them, it was their first chance to be in a parade.

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The band played the Warrior march, the cheerleaders yelled their cheers, and the classes filed into the stadium. The entire school was geared up for the pep rally, and ev- eryone was ready for the big game. This was the scene four times this school year at Wando. Although our athletic teams may not have always been successful, school spirit was never at a loss. Everyone got into the act. Even the freshmen section of the stadium roared with cheers in the spirit competition and the teach- ers took their turn at being cheer- leaders. This is great! This is the most spirit I’ve seen at this school in four years! exclaimed Coach Craig Harris during the Homecoming Pep Rally. In the fall, we had two pep rallies for football. Spirit wasn't soaring, but it was definitely up. In October, Homecoming brought out the most school spirit ever! With so much pos- itive participation during football season, another pep rally was planned for basketball. The basket- ball team thrilled the crowd with their slam-dunk display. Since the soccer team is one of the best teams in the school, it was only nat- ural to have a spirit event to cele- brate it. Soccer Fever '87 was a week-long occasion featuring spirit ribbons, dress-up days, a pep rally, a spring carnival, and a soccer sweetheart. School spirit was at an all-time high at Wando in '87-’88! Hopefully, it was only a sign of what is yet to come in '88-'89. The cheerleaders are often the best part of most pep rallies. Senior cheerleader Jenifer Haskill's stunts and cheers excite the crowd at the school year's first pep rally in Septem- ber. Huh? What? This year we were proud to have 5 foreign students. Coming here prob- ably wasn’t the easiest thing to do, but Wando made it a lot easier. When they got together, they en- joyed talking about their own coun- tries. Otherwise, their conversations were basically the same as any oth- er teenagers'. They really like the same things as we do and enjoy some of the changes in culture. For them 95-SX, football, and parties are new and exciting! Shelly Clark Fooling around as usual are Manuel Rigo (Spain). Laura Marcos (Spain). Anita Johans- son (Sweden), Michiko Sato (Japan), and John Augustinlus (Sweden). SCHOOL SPIRIT

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Arndc in AmMjUui Get your motor runnin' ... Head out on the highway ... Lookin' for adventure ... In whatever comes our way.” The words to the 1960’s Steppen- wolf song “Born to be Wild give you a basic idea of what it’s like to head out on the highway.” Throughout the year, students toured the coun- try and the world. For some, like Ronald Dickerson and Harold Manigault, vacation meant a simple weekend at Myrtle Beach or Carowinds. Others really went amuck in America, included trips to Washington state, Texas, the beaches of California, and to the natural wonders of Virginia. Seem- ingly, two of the most popular get- aways were to Florida, where Craig Snyder practiced snorkeling, and to the Big Apple, where many of our students, like Salima Scott and Don- na Alston, have relatives. Even after school started, fall foliage and win- ter ski slopes called Wando students north. Not everyone remained in the good ol' US of A, though. Spring break and summer were great times for cruises or trips to and through Europe. Some of these trips were even put together in packages. Mrs. Cliff sponsored a cruise to the Brit- ish Isles. Senior sponsors Mrs. Ken- nerty and Mrs. Harvey held their an- nual Senior cruise to Mexico. Mrs. Ford took a group to Greece, and last spring, Mrs. Arce did a tour de France with members of her classes. Jennifer Rials, a sophomore at Wando, went to Puerto Rico on a church trip. From the very beginning her surroundings were different. Once she arrived in Puerto Rico, Jennifer observed that it was much like the United States. She soon found out, though, that the society was much more strict, allowing her access to only certain areas. The language was confusing, even to one familiar with Spanish! Jennifer says the food was terrible, but there were a few Burger King and McDonald's restaurants around. A good exam- ple of the Puerto Rican food is chick- en livers with bananas.” As for the people, they were polite, consider- ate, and very helpful. Patricia Garin, a junior at Wando, visited Santiago, Chile, and ran into a different culture. The people were extremely self-centered; the city was separated into poor, middle class, and rich sections, and beggers were everywhere. In the market, a bell would ring and everyone would stop and go to the church in the middle of the market and afterward they would all come out and resume what they were doing. Life in Chile is simple, with few modern appli- ances. Patricia saw few cars and those who had cars were very bad drivers.” Over all, Patricia said it was kind of a culture-shock” com- ing from America to Chile. Travel is a great learning experi- ence, whether abroad or ... going amuck in America. The festhauses and biergartens of Germany offered first-hand insight into another culture for a European trip sponsored by Mrs. Davis last spring. Opposite page: Melissa Koger, Jenifer Has- kill, Katherine Sparks, and Celeste Thomas enjoy a ski weekend at Elizabeth Craven's Wolf Laurel cabin for her birthday. Brandon Butler (2nd below) poses with his cousins at the giant shark jaw at Houston Zoological Park and Craig Snyder touches the outer limits in the Florida Keys. Vacations