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

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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.

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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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ED EGGSCtTEMENT (conr'd) Thursday, Hawaiian Day, was perhaps the zaniest one. Students came to school decked out in large floral prints, strands of plastic flowers, straw hats, sunglasses and a few brave students wore grass skirts and sandals. It gave me a chance to wear my favorite Hawaiian shirt without standing out like I usually do, said Sue Frake, junior. Friday, truly was Green and White Day which consisted of the pep rally, and the Homecoming Dance that evening. Every shade of green was worn in school that day. I hate green, but I wanted to show my support for Farmingdale and my school spirit, so I wore it, said Melissa Here, sophomore. Many organizations and clubs used the Homecoming weekend to help raise money by selling buttons, pins, green and white carna- tions, balloons and shakers which added to the atmosphere of excitement and color. Everyone agreed that watching fellow class- mates compete in such contests as pizza eating, peanut butter and jello eating, eat the string, and many others, sure beat going to seventh and eighth period. I was afraid of losing or looking like a jerk, but I was still excited about participating in the eat the string' contest, said Rosanne O'Brian, junior, as she wiped marshmallow off her face. The music was really good, and I had a great time with all my friends and my boyfriend. I can't wait until next year's dance! exclaimed Christine Merrit, sophomore. The whole concept of Spirit Week and Homecoming is an attempt to bring the school and the students together as one. We try to create an atmosphere of fun and set the mood for the year, said Robert Rose, SAC advisor. I feel that this was the most successful year ever! Tracy Grey and Julie Sisto hand rcD „ Kart ihe Uoticjer1 $iteip- h.uisor gde pic afterjrie stuffed .into his Waiting tnouth by Chris WUdes. The juniors, represented by Andrew Vaughn, won th£«vent. - A PPM A DA ; Only af few brave students w rt .e found dunking lor apples in the cold Weather of October- JUI Cdnrod helps win poinls for the sophomore class. Spirit Week