Rachel arrives at Central Perk after running away from her wedding to her fiancé Barry and moves into her best friend from high school's ( Monica ’ s ) apartment with her.

In order to enter at a talent competition at University High School, Berry and Torrence helped form a doo-wop group known as " The Barons " ( named after their high school's Hi-Y club, where they were members ), which comprised fellow University High students William " Chuck " Steele ( lead singer ), Arnold P. " Arnie " Ginsburg ( born November 19, 1939 ) ( 1st tenor ), Wallace S. " Wally " Yagi ( born 20 July 1940 ) ( 2nd tenor ), John ' Sagi " Seligman ( 2nd tenor ), with Berry singing bass, and Torrence providing falsetto.

His grades were not high enough to get into the school's film program, so he invented a daily comic strip entitled Los Hooligans with many of the characters based on his siblings – in particular, one of his sisters, Maricarmen.

He contributed a number of articles to the high school's magazine, The Aegis.

The intent was to prevent high school sports from being the focus of the school's funding, and to emphasize the importance of education for the students who participated in sports.

His was the first student voice broadcast on his high school's new radio station, WMTH, and he was its first sportscaster during his senior year ( 1959 – 1960 ).

Thorpe reportedly began his athletic career at Carlisle in 1907 when he walked past the track and beat all the school's high jumpers with an impromptu 5-ft 9-in jump still in street clothes.

On the other hand, she has a high opinion of her cuisine, which is a constant source of worry to the school's pupils and staff.

The district's Classen School of Advanced Studies and Harding Charter Preparatory High School rank high among public schools nationally according to a formula that looks at the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and / or Cambridge tests taken by the school's students divided by the number of graduating seniors.

* Bill Thurman as Coach Popper, the high school's athletic coach and Ruth Popper's husband ; it is implied that he is homosexual, and he is confirmed as such in the director's commentary.

This significant portion of the RIT population provides another dynamic to the school's diversity, and it has contributed to Rochester's high number of deaf residents per-capita.

The high school's current mascot depicts the profile of a Native American warrior.

The campaign to eliminate the mascot resurfaced during the 2009 – 2010 school year, as the district renovated the high school's football field ; current plans call for a spear design in the center of the field.

In 2010, the district removed the warrior logo from the high school's sign, replacing it with a black-and-red seal featuring the letter W. The warrior image has been used less frequently since 1999 ; since then, residents have suggested to the school board that the mascot be changed to something representative of Lititz, such as " Wilbur Buds ," a well-known product of the local Wilbur Chocolate Company.

In grade 12, he won his high school's athlete of the year award jointly with his best friend Doug Alward.

On June 5, 2009, it held down the first championship for the Phoenix high school's Passing League tournament.

The high school's current amount of students is approx.

The middle / high school's athletic nickname is the Cavaliers / Lady Cavaliers.

The high school's JROTC program has held the rating of " Honor Unit With Distinction ", the highest possible unit ranking within the JROTC program, for the past 33 consecutive years ( as of 2007 ).

The high school's football stadium, The Round Valley Ensphere located in Eagar, is the eighth biggest geodesic dome in the world with a diameter of 440 feet / 134 m. The school board voted to give the Dome a pinkish looking color, and it was completed in 1992.

In 1920, state funds were made available for the support of public high schools and the school's property was transferred to the Booneville school system.

The high school's nickname, " The Titans ," comes from Mt.

The local high school's athletic teams are dubbed the " Noises.

The school's Mission Statement is " Our mission is to provide the transition from the nurturing environment of elementary school to the independent environment of high school while offering our students quality standards-based instruction and the opportunity to develop emerging skills needed to become life long learners.

The theme was recorded by The Ventures, whose version reached # 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, and is particularly popular with college and high school marching bands, especially at the University of Hawaii where it has become the unofficial fight song.

* marching style: instead of a traditional high step, drum corps tend to march with a fluid glide step, also known as a roll step, to keep musicians ' torsos completely still ( see below )

There is also a pocket of about 80 high school military marching bands in East Texas.

In other states ; however, high school marching bands can practice 40 or more hours a week, such as Indiana.

More often than not, initiation is focused at the newcomers to marching, for example, freshman in high school / college.

Most high school marching band competitions occur in the fall when the majority of schools begin classes.

The Sudler Trophy and Sudler Shields are awards bestowed each year by the John Philip Sousa Foundation on one university marching band and one high school marching band.

Again, during the same period, college and high school marching bands were also beginning to form.

* Western Band Association, a circuit for high school marching bands in California

Some high school and college bands do not use marching baritones and continue to use upright-bell front baritone horns on the field.

Conway Public Schools has very strong theatre and music programs, with large concert and marching bands that consistently receive high marks in regional competitions.

During the school year 1906-07, Dr. W. Otto Miessner established the first high school marching band in the U. S. at Connersville High School.

On November 15, 2008, they were ranked as the best high school marching band in the country, placing first during Bands of America Grand Nationals for the first time in the school's history.

Tri-Central's other notable information / achievements are: High Ability / honors instruction at all grade levels, 2012 Tri-Central High School seniors received in excess of $ 750, 000 in awards and scholar-ships, senior trip to Washington D. C. and New York City, musical productions by the school's elite choir, and instrumental performances by the schools state recognized gold rating marching band, and concert band, 8 AP classes with many students scoring 3 and above on AP exams — 10 % more than last year — ranked 13th in the state, state recognition for percentage of students enrolled in AP classes — only 35 schools recognized, state recognized academic team, Dual Credit courses as well as access to many on-line courses, 11 school-wide computer labs and 4 student computers in each elementary classroom, elementary athletic opportunities in youth soccer, cheerleading, football, basketball, and wrestling, Elementary music, art, computer technology and physical education classes each week, Accelerated reading K-12 and operation Drop Everything And Read in the secondary, and this reading program is year-round for the middle and high school.

The competition included marching band performances from various high schools from the southeast and an exhibition performance by the Murray State Racer Band.

* Louisiana Showcase of Marching Bands-A popular high school marching band festival.

The high school also boasts an impressive music department, complete with a jazz band, marching band, concert band, show choir, concert choir and chamber orchestra.

The Osseo Marching Band Festival is a street marching competition between high school bands along a performance route through the city.

Each summer the marching band receives very high rankings for their performances.

The festival concludes every year with the grand parade which features the festival of grapes royalty, local and sometimes county or state political figures, high school marching bands from regional high schools, fire apparatus from Silver Creek, Sunset Bay, Forestville, Hanover Center, Irving, Sheridan, Lake Erie Beach, Angola, and Fredonia.

Recent upgrades within the school district include an addition of classrooms to the elementary center, a new auditorium and an eighth-grade wing for the high school, and artificial turf for the athletic field, known as " Rotary Field ," which serves as the district's main athletic complex for sports and marching band activities.

Parade members include high school and other marching bands from Washington County and the surrounding areas, local sports teams and cheerleaders of all ages, fire trucks, emergency responders, shriners, unicyclists, jugglers, pipers, polka bands, various church groups, members of the VFW, local politicians, and the mayor of Canonsburg.