Aurora Central High School - Borealis Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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are 4 if .V tiki it Numan, Living middle age Life. For three decades Student Life at Central had been much the same, but the '85-'86 school year held something special in every event and activity. Life was in the new experiences and memories of the students arriving home from three contin- ents. As the notes floated across the dance floor, students swayed, bopped and rolled to the rock at Homecoming and Prom. In practically every sport, Central proudly boasted players on many All-League and All-State teams and one or more sent to compete at play-offs and state meets. Life was also at the smashingly success- ' ful performances of West Side Story put on for the first time in the Aurora Public Schools. With- out a doubt CentraI's energetic pep assemblies reflected the Life that ran rampant 6 times throughout the year. Life was teeming at the shores of the beach party motif at the first After Prom Party. Some might have said that middle age is a crisis period, but the Central and its Student Life, Life did, indeed, Begin at 30. T0U0D'E'N'T'L0I0 A group from Central won the first place trophy . at the 1st Annual Banana Split Eating Contest. They consumed their treat in a little over three minutes as well as getting the most pledges for Childrens' Hospital. vw-1 7

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A group of roaring iuniors captured the last spirit stick of the year on May 22nd, Central's notorious pep assemblies were a much antici- pated event and did, ot course, provide a welcome break from classes. W? Q ,Kg ,W at Q' at il 2 2 xv MZ s Vx '5- f r ? Y k 2 st,.. J ff f ,fa it if at ,1 z is at 15 .41

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vin' L kemembering a summer af mzrdufark ami fzm with zz Smile It was 6:30 in the morning on June 27. The alarm went off, Ju- nior Tyra Parker rolled out of bed in her room in Johnson Dormi- tory. lt was the first day of school. First day? At the end of June? Didn't school end on June 6? Not for Tyra. She was beginning her first day at Phillips Academy, an elite boarding school in pictur- esque Andover, Massachusetts. Officially called the Andover Summer Session, it was a gruel- ing six week test of Tyra's aca- demic ability. She carried two classes, Law, Politics and Soci- ety and Social Psychology, six days a week. Totaled into hours, she spent an amazing 180 hours in class and an additional 10 hours on homework this summer. Tyra cites very good reasons for subjecting herself to school in the summer. l got the chance to learn from the best teachers in the country, meet students from all over the United States and the worldg and get a taste of college life. While Senior Pat Manson did not get a taste of college life, he did get a healthy serving of life on the Olympic trail. ln fact, his sum- mer reads like a script from The Road to Seoul jKoreaj , the site of the 1988 Summer Games. The polevaulting phenomenon started out by jumping 16'5 VA to win a meet in Chicago and earn a spot on the United States Junior Track and Field Team. A month later he was on the road again. He blazed past vaulters from Mexico, Japan, and Canada to take first place in his first time out as representative for the Unit- ed States at Washington State University in Pullman. Less than a 8 Summer 1 week later he finished a respect- able second in Canada. He did so well that he was invited back as a guest vaulter at the Canadian ln- vitational where he placed in the top three among both juniors and seniors C20 and overj. And if that was not enough, he also took first place in the Junior Olympics in iowa City, iowa. An understandably estatic Manson said, l had a better summer than ever, I accom- plished all my goals. Yet another student opted for hard work instead of a long, re- laxing summer. Senior Rebecca Payo literally danced the summer away. She auditioned for and won a chance to attend a six week workshop sponsored by the Cleveland School of Ballet. She spent eight hours each day dancing. But even harder than that, according to Payo, was the pressure of performing in a differ- ent atmosphere. I had to prove myself all over again. Jerry Kohlbeck was also dedi- cated this summer, thought not to academics, nor athletics, nor the arts. The senior spent three weeks in New York and Pennsyl- vania that were dedicated strictly to having fun. He had no memo- ries of any mind-boggling, back- breaking days unless you count the extremely long, extremely taxing days that l spent on the beach watching women. Whether the memories of an all-night essay writing marathon or clamming in the Delaware Riv- er flash across the mind, all these students can remember the sum- mer of 1985 with a smile. - Sonya Sconiers Jerry Kohlbeck, senior, shows that man is very insignificant compared tothe Big Apple. He is ten feet high on a modern art display at the Twin Towers, in New York. Senior Pat Manson falls after clearing the bar at 16'3 . This was at the Junior Olympic Nationals at Iowa City, iowa.