Cascia Hall High School - Towers (Tulsa, OK)

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N-ll-Li .Q It is strange how the first day of school is so full of anxiety for the students. There are no tests or papers and there are plenty of stories to share about the summer with friends. But there is also an unspoken element of uncertainty in the air. This new beginning is especially challenging for students at the ends of the grade spectrum: the Seniors and the seventh graders. Coming here at the age of eleven, the seventh grader must make new friends and establish a place for himself. Unlike those who go on to Iunior High School, our seventh graders move on to a place where they are expected to act as young men, not boys. This additional pressure stimulates the student towards greater achievement. For the Senior, there is one more year of protection from reality, but it is a mere twelve months before he must come to terms with the world beyond our walls. College plans, future work and other earthshaking decisions surfaceg there is no more time for f-fi -'Q Mi wltmwqt t...,Qw., immaturity. The senior is responsible for himself and the rest of the school. In a time of confusion, he must plan his and everyone else's activities. He must lead, although confidence is the farthest thing from him: he must make decisions that will affect much of his later life, although he has trouble planning next week: he must show independence and self- motivation, although he wants to hide. After years of competing in difficult classes and sharing the company of these bright young men, the average senior knows his limits and strengths. But he is conscious that Cascia is a small part of his life and that wherever he goes next year he will have to adjust. In this year when he and his friends take command of the student body, he faces the first demands of leadership. But at the same time he is increasingly mindful of the challenges to come. Both the seniors and the seventh graders have great challenges and futures before them. Trials will appear that must be dealt with: the sudden death of a friend, the expulsion of a classmate. Through it all the Cascia man survives and overcomes these obstacles to continue a life filled with achievement. ' .Q s. TOP RIGHT: IN sixth period science it seems that the seventh graders are preoccupied with something other than class. TOP LEFT: TWO seventh graders talk about what they are going to do after school. BOTTOM LEFT: IN a casual atmosphere, upperclassmen talk with a college representative. BOTTOM RIGHT: THREE seventh graders find it difficult to read off the same book.

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Seniors and Seventh Graders lim TOP RIGHT: THOMPSON excels to his ' goal. TOP LEFT: CARPENTER struggles under the weight of senior life. MIDDLE: 7TH graders meet on the walk before the Science Center. BOTTOM. STUDENTS pass on to their next class.

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STUDENT LIFE Summer Gpening Fall and Homecoming Christmas Minimester Second Semester