Carol Hoare by Megan Hon, Rachel S, Emily C.
Carol Hoare (Koegel) (1977-1980)
Carol Hoare (Koegel), born June 20, 1961 in Bellevue, attended Cascade High School from 1977 to 1980. She lived in Everett for 17 years and attended James Monroe Elementary School and Eisenhower Middle School. After graduation, she moved to Ellensburg to go to Central Washington University. Carol started working with animals and became a licensed veterinarian technician. She shows dogs professionally and became an AKC licensed registered professional handler. Now she lives in Kettle Falls, Washington with her husband Len Hoare.
Many of the events Cascade had back then still are a part of the school today. They had food drives for Christmas and Thanksgiving and got to deliver those food baskets to the families. Carol said delivering the food was really a lot of fun for them. The annual food drive has always been a big deal to the students at Cascade. They also had assemblies to support their school sports teams. Back then Cascade had a very good football team. They had a lot of after school dances along with bigger dances like prom. Most of the time, Carol was involved with helping decorate and getting the bands to the dances. She said being involved with the dances was a ton of fun.
Some of the world events that occurred when Carol went to Cascade were the Panama Canal Treaty and Iran seizing the American hostages. Carol’s views on these events were, “The Panama Canal Treaty, I thought was real positive because it made shipping much easier and a lot less expensive; I thought that was a very good thing. Iran seizing the American hostages… I believe President Carter imposed an embargo which I thought needed to happen; I thought that how Iran handled that and did that was not in a very positive way.” There was also Mount St. Helens that blew in Washington State in 1980. Some other events that occurred were John Lennon being shot in front of his apartment in New York: “I thought that was very, very sad. I remember being with a friend when Elvis died and getting the announcement and she was really, really upset,” said Carol. Another big event was Reagan beating Carter in the elections for president.
Several of the clubs at Cascade have changed over the years, more clubs were formed and some clubs aren’t part of the school anymore. “I participated in Girls club my junior and senior year and also was involved in freshman orientation,” Carol said. She was also involved in getting dances together and delivering food baskets during the holiday season. One club that Carol was involved in but is no longer around was Girls Club which did things for the school and the community. “We would make little gifts if someone was sick and we had cards that we used to send out to people that were really, really ill.”
As for the classes, Carol thought they were enjoyable. They had a lot of portables back then instead of the buildings we have now. “The class sizes ranged probably between twenty to twenty-five students,” said Carol. They had to take six classes a day, but their junior year they were allowed a free period, and their senior year they were allowed two free periods. They could also be a teachers aid in their junior or senior year, but couldn’t do that their freshman and sophomore year.
Carol Hoare (Koegel), born June 20, 1961 in Bellevue, attended Cascade High School from 1977 to 1980. She lived in Everett for 17 years and attended James Monroe Elementary School and Eisenhower Middle School. After graduation, she moved to Ellensburg to go to Central Washington University. Carol started working with animals and became a licensed veterinarian technician. She shows dogs professionally and became an AKC licensed registered professional handler. Now she lives in Kettle Falls, Washington with her husband Len Hoare.
Many of the events Cascade had back then still are a part of the school today. They had food drives for Christmas and Thanksgiving and got to deliver those food baskets to the families. Carol said delivering the food was really a lot of fun for them. The annual food drive has always been a big deal to the students at Cascade. They also had assemblies to support their school sports teams. Back then Cascade had a very good football team. They had a lot of after school dances along with bigger dances like prom. Most of the time, Carol was involved with helping decorate and getting the bands to the dances. She said being involved with the dances was a ton of fun.
Some of the world events that occurred when Carol went to Cascade were the Panama Canal Treaty and Iran seizing the American hostages. Carol’s views on these events were, “The Panama Canal Treaty, I thought was real positive because it made shipping much easier and a lot less expensive; I thought that was a very good thing. Iran seizing the American hostages… I believe President Carter imposed an embargo which I thought needed to happen; I thought that how Iran handled that and did that was not in a very positive way.” There was also Mount St. Helens that blew in Washington State in 1980. Some other events that occurred were John Lennon being shot in front of his apartment in New York: “I thought that was very, very sad. I remember being with a friend when Elvis died and getting the announcement and she was really, really upset,” said Carol. Another big event was Reagan beating Carter in the elections for president.
Several of the clubs at Cascade have changed over the years, more clubs were formed and some clubs aren’t part of the school anymore. “I participated in Girls club my junior and senior year and also was involved in freshman orientation,” Carol said. She was also involved in getting dances together and delivering food baskets during the holiday season. One club that Carol was involved in but is no longer around was Girls Club which did things for the school and the community. “We would make little gifts if someone was sick and we had cards that we used to send out to people that were really, really ill.”
As for the classes, Carol thought they were enjoyable. They had a lot of portables back then instead of the buildings we have now. “The class sizes ranged probably between twenty to twenty-five students,” said Carol. They had to take six classes a day, but their junior year they were allowed a free period, and their senior year they were allowed two free periods. They could also be a teachers aid in their junior or senior year, but couldn’t do that their freshman and sophomore year.