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

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The substitute teacher entered the school prepared for a rigorous day of dealing with unruly and hyper students. She did not, however, expect what awaited her. She was greeted by several male students who sported grass skirts and immediately leied her. Shocked, and about to denounce the school as a loony bin, she quickly walked to the Commons. Spying the numerous banners decorating it, she soon realized that it was 'Hawaiian Day ' part of Spirit Week. Relieved, she made her way to her first assignment. Spirit Week and Homecoming, sponsored by the Student Activities Council (SAC), were events of pure fun. Every day of the week of October 21, the students were encouraged to do something unusual to show school spirit and to support their class. OVEK EASY Spirit Week ended with the pep rally and Homecom- ing Dance in which stu- dents participated in the pizza eating and dance contests. Tracey Conrod tries to keep the egg in the spoon to win for the sen- iors. ALOHA Matt Hickey, JcffGorddard and Phil Mekelburg are caught doing the Aloha between classes. Stu- dents wore shorts, wild shirts, leis and even thongs to get into the spirit of Hawaiian day. Kicking off the week was Color Day. On Monday, each class was encouraged to don a specific color: green for seniors, blue for juniors, black for sophomores and red for freshmen. By wearing black, I wanted to get into the school spirit and show everyone that our class is the best! exclaimed Ana Gu- tierrez, sophomore. Over 2,000 students wearing T-shirts at the end of October?! Unusual? Yes, but on Tuesday, T-shirt Day , they were de riquir. Every type of T imaginable was represented- anything from concert jerseys to Ocean Pacific shirts. For some less spirited students T-shirt Day did not influence them. I didn't even know about it, said Leah Brady, freshman. I wore a T-shirt because it had Motley Crue on it. Wednesday was designated as Hat Day. Students wore hats in all shapes, sizes and colors, such as straw hats, baseball caps, berets, cowboy hats, safari hats and even an Australian bush hat. The best hat I saw was this baseball hat with a fox head on the front and a fox tail on the back. It was really cute, said Lisa Johneas, sophomore, (cont'd) Spirit Week

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Ar D a left The entry fee of $3.00 provided a good time at a low price. Students enjoy tlie night doing the Bunny Hop. come on through After the contests were over, the football players were introduced before the big game against Hempstead. Chris Wildes leads the pack. Spirit Week

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Spirit Week guess who? Students got a chance to live it up during the Home- coming Dance. Karen Mar- iconda and Colleen Shelly tahe a break (rom the festivities. DOTi'T LET THE BUBBLE BUHST Trying to catch a water balloon isn t as easy as it looks. Ken Miederberger wins 20 points for the senior class (bt his first place performance.