Washington High School - Memory Lane Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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By invitation only The Olympics is a dream that some athletes only hope to see, but this summer Cindy Stallworth had a chance to train at the Jr. Olympics Training camp in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The program focused on finding top track athletes from around the country. Cindy was cho- sen as one of the two delegates from Indiana. Along with the honor of at- tending the program, a group of girls, including Cindy, were interviewed by USA Today as being eligible for the Olympics. Another outstanding athlete at Washington is Charles Martin who attended Five Star Camp in Pitts- burg, Pennsylvania. That program is On the evening of September 11, 1987, School Field, closed for two seasons for reconstruction, was opened for school events once more. During the renovation process the field was resodded and both the Cindy Stallworth waits for the snap shot to he taken. | Charles Martin follows through. | School board officials and patrons dedicate the renovated school field. • geared to recruiting top high school basketball players. Approximately 325 scouts from all over the U.S. watched the nearly 300 select play- ers. Charles was recommended for the honor by John Shoemate, the as- sistant basketball coach at Notre Dame. The teams had a total of two to three games a day with a practice at the beginning of the day. Charles played on the Kansas team and his team finished the week with a 9-2 record. It seems that our Washington stu- dents are excelling more each year, and hopefully more invitations will come. •jiifx ' mmcim maamr l V ' north and south stands were rebuilt. School Board officials and school ad- ministrators and patrons in the com- munity took part in the ceremonies which included speeches and a rib- bon cutting. Washington and Adams football players and band members encircled the field. A cheerleader from both schools held the ribbons as they were cut. The real celebra- tion came that evening as Washing- ton defeated Adams, 29-19! ? 16 Breaking The Mold Mini Mag

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More than just a trip This past summer Richard Koons and Anjonette Cornelius experienced a trip that many of us would never dream of. They spent 28 days travel- ing Europe with the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp International Tour. The BLFAC is a camp in Twin Lakes, Michigan, for students with musical talent. They tour Europe annually, taking a total of about 63 choir, band and orchestra members. Anjonette and Richard were cho- sen to participate in the tour after they were recommended by Mrs. Nankes, WHS choir director, and had auditioned for camp director Mr. Donahue. When the letters of accep- tance were received Anjonette said, I was ecstatic! Yet, the money for the trip still had to be earned. A $300 music scholarship helped ease the trouble of raising the necessary funds. The choir practiced from N ovem- ber, 1986, to June, 1987. Excitement continued to build until finally their day of arrival in West Germany. The concert itinerary included nine towns in West Germany, the Nether- lands and Belgium, performing in each town. Some people might think that singing would be an easy task, but it turned out to be quite the contrary for the choir as the concerts piled up. They encountered three concerts in one day, each with an average length of about an hour and fifteen minutes. Along the way the choir frequently stopped at small churches and held mini-concerts . Of all the perfor- mances, the most challenging was when the tour went to a local pub. The reaction of the director was, If you can sing in there, you can sing anywhere. The choir had a reper- toire of 10 or 11 pieces and performed close to 15 concerts, not counting the mini-concerts. the BLFAC participants were housed by both rich and poor fam- ilies. Through them the European lifestyles and cultures were experi- enced. Over all the traveling, sight seeing, and concerts, Anjonette val- ues the chance to have families in Europe. She said, Pretty soon I ' m going to a have a baby brother and I won ' t know what he looks like, be- cause he ' ll be overseas. The tour turned out to be more than a trip, it was an experience to last a life time. Anjonette Cornelius enjoys her time in Europe. 4 Scratching, biting and screaming makes a person think of a fight, but it was just junior and senior girls in a wild game of Powder Puff football. The junior girls started the game with the first possession but turned the ball over at the seniors ' ten yard line. On the seniors ' second down, quarterback Julia Zavala dropped bac k into the end zone where Bridget These girls wouldn ' t even stop after someone Pajakowski scored the juniors ' first points on a touchback. After putting those first two points on the board, the junior girls couldn ' t be stopped. Heather Woods broke on the sideline for a T.D. and Shawn Huffine went up the middle to score the girls ' other 14 points. The game ended with a dramatic shut-out for the seniors with a 16-0 score, had their flag! ♦

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There ' s been some big changes made in the South Bend Community School Corporation in the past year and one of them is a new acting su- perintendent, Dr. Monte Sriver. He ' s been in South Bend for years as a teacher, principal, assistant superin- tendent and has finally made it up to the head desk. He looks at his position as an op- portunity to lead. His job is defi- nitely not an easy one, but he consid- ers the toughest part to be, giving everyone the time and attention they need. When asked about the future of the schools he sounds extremely pos- itive. Improvement is his key word in describing the direction we are headed. He believes in building bet- ter coordination, enhancing the pub- lic image, and building on the posi- tive side of the schools. Part of this positive side is our best kept secret of all the exciting programs the cor- poration has going. School is more than sitting at a desk and studying from books. Schools must be about addressing the real needs that kids have. Helping to make a smoother transition from high school to college or the work world is one of his con- cerns. He noticed that schools have not really changed for decades and there should be some adjustments made to relate to the needs of kids today. Obviously helping kids cope with school and the real world is Dr. Sriver ' s main priority. 4k Dr. Monte Sriver, acting superintendent relaxes at his deslc. I Coveleski park has that major league look. A The yearbook staff looks over new layout styles learned at HSJI camp at Indiana Uni- versity in Bloomington. By Invitation Only Mini Mag 17