West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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rf? T3 5 A ,. V if M? Time of good cheer Ringing Through The halls of WesT High were The unmisTak- able sounds of This Time of The year, ChrisTmas. As snow blan- keTed The ground, cards and gifTs were exchanged beTween longTime friends or new acquainfances. IT seemed ThaT sTudenTs were more selecTive Than usual in choosing The gifTs They boughf for Their friends. lvlosT gifTs were simple Tokens of affecfion, such as candy, jewelry or cards, which goT The poinT across wiThouT being Too elaborafe or expressive. Emblem jackeTs were once again a popular gifT To sTudenTs from relaTives. These jackeTs were especially mean- ingful To Those who excelled in exTracurricular acTiviTies. The ChrisTmas aud was held The day before vacaTion To geT sTudenTs and Teachers in The holiday spiriT. The faculTy quarTeT sang The humorous song Ode To a Cabbage PaTch Doll. Then a Cappella sang and enacTed a favorife among sTudenTs, The Twelve Days of ChrisTmas. During This song, words were replaced by say- ings or Things common To Wesf High. AfTer all, everybody knows abouT Twelve sTuck-up seniors, eleven wasTed juniors, Ten sTupid sophomores Several oTher groups creaT- ed an aura of happiness around school for The holidays. For insTance, French Club sTrung popcorn and cranber- ries and hung homemade cookies on a live Tree in The French room. Some of The Spanish classes pracTiced Spanish Chrisfmas carols and sang Them To differenT classes during The lasT day before The winTer vacafion. Even The liTTle Things done around The school helped To make The holiday season a happy and memorable one for sTudenTs and faculTy. CwriTTen by D. Hoepner and G. Krambeckj THREE DRUNKEN JUNlOl?S was one line from This year's Twelve Days of Chrlsfmasu performed by a Capella af The Chrlsfmas aud. rpnofo by P. .lanfzj Chrisfmas 27

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V-,,,.,,.,j,, YXXIIJI SCENES OF CHl?lSTMAS: Left, Student Senate made Christmas a time for sharing by holding a dinner for senior citizens in the West High cafeteria. fphoto by we Judkihsj Middle and Right, A brightly decorated Northpark Mall helped put shoppers into the Christ- mas spirit, while eager children whi- spered to Santa that they wanted CareBears and Cabbage Patch Dolls. rpnoros by G. Lambdlnj g,5gi5wgs,,:,ff f , , sqm 5, ,,,,, ' j ' H H W N,,,l,e, mdlc, SHIMMERING TINSEL and blinking lights adorn this tree inside a Northpark store. fphota by G, Lambaing AT THE CHRISTMAS AUD, Dr. Paul Johnson, associate principal, acyusts the microphone for the student quartet - Mike Guertsen, '85,' Tom Walyasper, '84' Brad Moeller, '85, and Matt Wilcox, '8-4. fphoto by J. Masatj 26 Christmas

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HAIPIPY Ueno Beria, '86j expresses his love for Helene fnffany Prlckeff, '85j in Who Am I This Mme? rpnofo by s. Lylej DURING THE MUSICAL I?E VUE, Carla Collins, '85, sings Af Ihe BaIlef from I The Broadway show A Chorus Line. rpnoro by s. Lyieg W , IN I-IEIPE WE ARE Tracy Knufsen, '84, and Brad Moeller, '85, discover fhaf elsif! friendship, as well as love, is a very ,I ,,i,, I H imporfanf part of marriage, fsfaff pnoroy f f iiv oiaofiv ro swifch bodies in Mowers Day, Mrs, nfzgefaid so fAufumn Weinberg, '85j fries fo gel Mrs. Pierson fMegan Onken, '8-dj To join hands wlfh her. rphoro by s. Lylej 28 One Acts