West Mesa High School - El Chicote Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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Students crowd the cafeteria before school during the colder weather of October. Many use it as a study hall and others just as a meeting place for friends. Dennis Burnett, senior, talks to a friend as Nancy Oberleightner, the editor of the Mustang World, listens. Perhaps she thinks there is a story in what he says. During a freshmen assembly the C-team cheerleaders are introduced to be voted on. Richard Quezada talks to them about their responsilbilites. 170 Activities

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Pom Pom girls perform for the first time this year during the Del Norte-WM football game. Shown is junior Janice Dow. Empty! Clean! Waiting! The custodians spent many hours getting classrooms ready before the first of September when the large number of students will occupy them. Foreign exchange student, Asim Atay from Turkey, talks to Mr. Joe Griego, assistant principal, about the differences he finds in American schools and those in hisown country. y , Activities 169

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Mustang Day festivites highlight month of October Along with other activities during October was the beauty of the Mus- tang Day Assembly and the dance. This was the first year for C-team cheerleaders. Six freshmen out of twelve finalists were chosen. The Duke City Karate tournament was held in the boys' gym to raise money for the freshmen class. A pep rally one day at which the Pom Pom girls performed a routine broke the monotony of school. The spirit jug, an innovation this year, is used by Lorraine Zamora to signal the student body when to yell and when to be quiet. It is a time of mixed emotions for Viola Gonzales when she hears she has won one ofthe ll places in the Mustang Day court. Activities 171 ,. . M ,...,.... .,........., .... ,........ Q W