Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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Tami Takle Remember when Mom and Dad played chauffeur? Those were the good old days. But by the time high school! arrived, most stu- dents were expected to find their own means of transportation. According to a survey of 10 percent of the student Dody, most upperclassmen preferred to drive to school. [he 59 percent who drove enjoyed the greater free- dom it allowed. Having the use of an auto- mobile allows me more free- dom to operate on my own schedule and to complete necessary tasks, junior Chad Bouton said. Eighty-eight percent of freshmen and sophomores didnt have a driver's [- cense, so they had fo rely on their parents, siblings or friends for transportation. | ride with my brother, sophomore Kevin Peterson said. | like it because | don't have fo worry about the bus Cy-Ride lives off me! | ride it everywhere. ‘Katie Schafer, sophomore schedules and | can go to Kwik Shop if | want. Cy-Ride was the choice of 14 percent of the under- classmen. For only 25 cents, students could ride any- where in Ames. Cy-Ride lives off me! | ride it everywhere, sophomore Katie Schafer said. Students who lived more than three miles from the high. school didn't have ተዕ rely on Cy-Ride - they could ride a school bus. But only 7 percent of those surveyed said they rode the bus. Some students who lived close to the school chose to transport themselves. Five percent said they walked to school, and 3 percent rode bicycles. INDEPENDENCE Comes with age as students become responsible for their own transportation Getting to school wasn't the only transportation problem for freshmen and sopho- mores. Getting around on a date could be difficult when neither person could drive. Forty-seven percent said their parents drove, 33 per- cent rode with friends who could drive and 14 percent had separate transporta- TION, | meet (my date) places, freshman Tammy Ford said. “Sometimes it’s hard, but usually if works out okay. Miscommunication on time and place could often be a problem when meeting a date. When it came to transpor- tation problems, most stu- dents worked them out and realized that it didn't matter how they got somewhere, as long as they got there. Diving is the way 59 percent of the students get to and from school. Junior Dave Bonello gets into his car after school. (Photo by Anne Johnston) Transportation Student Life 19

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A $4135 Powell Peralta skate- board provides both a source of entertainment and transporta- tion for sophomore Chad smith (Photo by Anne Johnston) any underclassmen rely on parents for rides. Fresnman Adam Durlam gets dropped off at school by his mother. (Photo by Frank Pipitone) NET , ef od l UMS k er ኻ EN. uie LS p . ማፈ ነክ አበ A እ NP. | ን ን ረሽ io 2e a SÉ ée .. nm, am » l ect Lé Oh Wé bo. | ep tc’ PT. C ጭጫ. ዓን ሚዲ ሙክ ኃይ ar KL wë Ca Gs a WE Ls ag MON ens Ka Am - AOT B icycles are a source of trans- portation even in November. Senior Mary Smith puts on her gloves before riding home. (Photo by Anne Johnston) Wono for Cy-Ride to take her home, freshman Anjali Trivedi shares a few words with freshman Krista Handeland. (Photo by Anne Johnston)

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H alftime at a game gives fresh- men Margaret Lloyd, Jennifer Kelen and Rachel Faltonson a chance fo talk. (Photo by Jayna Jarnagin) A fter a basketball game, sopho- mores Shannon Fultz, Stephanie Graves and Tami Takle have pizza at Valentino's. (Photo by Jayna Jar- nagin) 20 t a party during Winter Break. seniors Beth Brockman and Ellen Grebasch play in a game of Trivial Pursuit. (Photo by Sara Andersen) »M onday Night Football” is one way seniors Scott Griffin and Chad Murrell spend time together. (Photo by Frank Pipitone) | i