Weldon E Howitt High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Farmingdale, NY)

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Corning Out One With Many Try to picture what you were like in the ninth grade and the groups with which you were in- volved. Now look at yourself and your friends. People change; let’s face it. It's a good thing they do. Barbara Gilloon, senior, comment- ed. I remember how in ninth grade when my friends and I want- ed to get dressed up, we said. “Let's all wear a skirt on Friday.' Back then you couldn’t do any- thing without the approval of your peers. It was so silly how we were all such conformists! Slowly, though, we shed these security cliques, and friends with common interests became drawn together. In junior high school, everyone felt they had to conform to be accepted, but in high school, I was accepted for what and who I was. not for what people expected of me. explained Liz Follett, sen- ior. Playcrafters rehearsing on a Saturday afternoon, football play- ers getting psyched for a big game together, or friends proudly dis- playing their new set of wheels somehow capture this type of friendship. Playcrafters are like a family. Sure, there are some argu- ments, but we don't have to put on false airs to please anyone. We respect and love each other be cause we share such a closeness. Steve Guarino, senior, said. This feeling of being able to be your own person became more evident in the high school years. John Leddy. senior, seemed to say it best by saying, Your friends make you feel more comfortable so you can be yourself.” Jay Nachbar and Annette Polaski ex- change a warm hello upon meeting be- tween classes. An amusing story is shared by Tyrone Holland. Jeanette Rose. Denise King. Cynthia Jeffers. Ronny Franklin, and Darryl Holland over lunch. A warm windowsill houses resting Play crafters on a Saturday afternoon while they provide an audience for Steve Guar ino. 10 Coming Out

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A dark corner of the auditorium offers Iris McNulty a quiet place to practice her guitar. Feature Coming Out Junior Prom .......... Summer School Opening Dress Down Day ....... Oklahoma Feature • Foods Homecoming Fashion .............. News Magazine Feature • Fads Outside the Classroom Holidays Our Surroundings ..... 10 14 16 18 20 24 26 30 33 49 If you ask a student to list his favorite exper- iences of the past school year, it is doubtful that he will mention tests, homework or classrooms. The memories that stand out in a student's mind are those of Dress Down Day, weekends at Times'', the Should-l-Wear-lt? preppie fash- ions, the look of envy on the faces of Michael Mailman's friends as he flashed his Rolling Stones concert tickets, the Prom, the chocolate- cream-pie-covered face of Andre Gomez at our first homecoming and the hours spent in front of Pac-Man. It’s these events that happen only once but remain forever as reminders of high school. Student Life 9 S8S

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A secretive Jim MacCallum has Arty Sohikian’s ear during free time on a bench in the Com- mons. A sunny day brightens up an aquain- t a n c e be- tween Kenny Ryan and Kathleen McGuckin. Coming Out 11