Oh, what fun we had at North Miami Senior High (North Miami, Florida) back 20 years ago...
We had a Senior Patio that sat unused and neglected for the longest time until one of the school clubs cleaned it up as a service project; unfortunately the Class of 1983 didn't get to use it very much.
The center section of the auditorium (as you faced the stage) was reserved for seniors during pep rallies; juniors sat on the right section, sophomores (aka 'Baby Pioneers') on the left. During my senior year the administration instituted controlled seating by keeping classroom groups together (previously it was a free-for-all).
Back when we were sophomores, we could have cared less about school spirit and tradition, and being forced to attend a pep rally wasn't much better. At least until the Slimnastics class took the stage and did their routine... nothing better than getting teenage male hormones in an uproar! One time, during the routine, one of my classmates stood up on the auditorium seat and yelled at the top of his lungs, "SIT ON MY FACE!!!" The sophomore class erupted into wild cheering after that. Needless to say, he was taken down and sent to the office; reportedly he was suspended three days for his antics. Interestingly enough, he graduated two years later in the Top Fifty honor graduates.
Seniors had the south end of the east parking lot reserved for them.
I knew the varsity and JV cheerleaders underwent some kind of initiation when they were selected. What it was, I don't know to this day... maybe I could ask some of the former cheerleaders at my 20-year reunion?
Always a party going on at the gym parking lot after football games; as soon as the football team changed out of their uniforms and equipment (or when the police presence got a little too hot) we hightailed it over to 85th Street Beach Park; where yours truly gained experience in getting totally sh*tfaced. And when the cops ran us off 85th Street, we'd head north to Haulover Cut.
Hey... and don't forget the famous 'senior skip day'!