Chopticon High School - Chopticonian Yearbook (Morganza, MD)

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This is it. are you ready for the last dance? Freshman Diane Johnson and Senior Wade Davis attend the Junior Senor prom. One of the most looked forward to end-of the year activities, the prom was a heavenly way to end Wade's days as a high school student, and end Diane's days as one of the lowly freshmen Ending on top! During the Junior Senior Awards Assembly, industrial arts teacher. Mr Joe Baker, presents that department's award to Brian Davis for his outstanding achievement. A prize-winning smile to go with a prize-winning picture. Recipient of the art department award. Robert Farrell displays the cover design that won first place in the P. G. County Science Fair. Closing 205

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One more school year drawing to a close. Awards assemblies, the prom, saying goodbye . . . all a part of the final days. There was a sense of completion. For many the satisfaction of a job well done ... a State Championship for softball, top awards at state competition for FBLA, and two salutatorians, not just one . . . For others, simply the end of high school days. Freshmen felt a new confidence as they spent their last days as the “babies,” the bottom rung of the CHS ladder. But whatever our thoughts about the end of school, the C factor had brought us closer to our goals. We had grown taller, smarter and more sure of ourselves. We had developed friendships that would extend as far as Finland, home of our ex- change student, Karen Standgaard. And you know, we even learned a thing or two ... remember those daily social studies trivia questions read on the AM announcements? Do you remember the answer to the one about ... oh, never mind, we finished that!! V Only a few more days and then it’s goodbye to the U.S.A. Exchange student Karen Standgaard spends a little lunchtime in her own thoughts Completing her junior year at CHS. Karen was able to witness great things such as Mrs. Bottorf during homeroom and fi redrills during the last week of school when the buzzer didn't work

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r As the 20th graduating class of Chopticon High School passed through our doors to the rest of their lives, filled with greater challenges, we real- ized that the C factor was more than being crazy or classy — it was caring. The love and caring was seen in our various daily activities — the team work of building a successful track program, a special pat on the back for a job well done, or a great big bear Brave hug from your best friend or from your full-time dad who also happened to be a Family Life teacher. It took all of this and more to make the C factor work — it took us, the entire student body and staff to give the C factor the little extra umph it needed to shine. It was us who fed it a steady supply of craziness, class, charisma, character, and caring. It was a tough job, but somebody had to do it. We, the creators of the C factor, made the memories of ’85 happen.