Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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A final farewell n endless sea of brighf gliffery gold covered The floor of The Spring Branch Coliseum as The proud and dignified class of l98O saT awaifing Their official exodus from high school. However, before receiving Their diplomas. seniors saT paTienTly Through preliminary speeches given by local pasTor, Dr. Gordon C. Graham, commencemenf speaker Ted SundguisT and General SuperinTendenT Henry Wheeler. Finally, The roll call of graduaTes began. TwelfTh Grade Principal Ray Winburn raTTled off The names in aucTioneer-like fashion as The seniors paraded across The sTage Toward Principal W. W. Emmons. While The seniors received Their honor, a large Throng of exciTed and misTy-eyed parenfs, friends and relafives filled The coliseum's rows and rows of seaTs each applauding loudly when Their son or daughTer was announced - some blowing whisTles and even ringing cowbells. As expecTed. The ceremony had a greaT affecT on The seniors who were parTicipaTing. Jeff Ahrens said, Since I was in The firsT row, l goT a good look aT everyone on sTage. As each person was named, iT made me remember a loT of good Times we'd had. lT kinda depressed me. Senior BerT Mofherwell said, IT didn'T really affecT me unTil l was on sTage. Then a chill ran up and down my body when l realized iT was all over. l was sad To be leaving, buT happy To be moving on To college. 1-4 -A--.- ,wvuqn-unl ' A ' n Y ...x M I f X - I I 56 Grades' l 4 1 F i VViTh Tassel flipped To The righf side in keeping wiTh Tradifion, John Kof- mann refurns To his seaf affer receiving his diploma cover. Tradi- Tionally, graduafes SwiTCTi The Tassel from The leff side To The righf aTTer crossing The sfage and shaking hands wifh Mr.EmrnOriS,il1uS signif- ying a Tull fledged graduafe. A big wide grin and proudly WO honor cord are exhibifed Tor YT4 professional phofoqrapher as MO' Tha Woofen exits affer receivini The black and gold diploma cover. Whisfles and cheers provided? welcome diversion as John S963 acknowledges Jeff Ahrens name 51 T? is announced by ErnesT Afsiriqe during The ceremony.

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V129 E5 Q.. was li- 'xi ln a gracious show of appreciafion for a gradualing seniors friendship. junior Kendall Johnson hosled a Mexican dinner parfy complefe wi+h nacho apperizers and home- made limeade served in Tall lrosfy glasses for Kelly Cooks nine special friends. A humorous commenf follows one of Bob Wells' many infamous puns and gives Wells and senior Kelly Joyner a chuclcle. Seniorilis along wifh a successful moclr convenlion and a Twinge of graduaring senfi- menfs proclded an imprompfu din- ner al' The Perl: on Richmond wi'rh Wells and an assorfed dozen of his governmenf and psychology slu- dems. Carefully balancing glass plafes ol cookies. candies and cups of punch. seniors Diana Schmidfz. Debbie Hollywood, Debbie Chrisfopher. Terese Sfockard, Sherry Devin and Lisa Powell char in a small group al Marilyn Verdina's gradualion Tea. .ffl Graduafion Parries R -.gb

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'ln Tighfly clulching fhle long soughl affer diploma and honor cord, Julie Cain hugs close friend Kevin Beau- champ wifh ioyous fears following The final singing of The Alma Maier. Spaced an even lhree paces apart Jessica Rafy keeps in alphaberical order upon enfering fhe coliseum for her final high school ceremony. Golden robes and caps wifh dan- gling black and gold fassels cover 'rhe coliseum floor as Ted Sundquis+ gives a rouching commencemenr address ro graclua+es, faculfy and parenls. Sundquisl was one of five chosen by classmafes and approved by a panel of adull judges. Gradualion