Crown Point High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

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Patty Milby (above) leads a row of January gradu¬ ates across the auditorium stage to receive their dip¬ lomas while Principal Mr. Paul Georgas reads off names. Senior class sponsors Mrs. Sandra Badylak and Mr. Robert Conard (top right) assist School Board Member Mr. John Sorbello with handing out diplomas. Here. Cecilia Brownfield receives her dip¬ loma. Mr. Paul Georgas (center) presented the Mid¬ year Class of ' 78 at the January Commencement. January graduates Christie Smith, Karen Sweeney. Deborah Dikert. Cherie Cripe. Debra Vitoux, Carla Miller. Lori Stiff. Sheree Schaafsma, Tena Larsen, and Cecelia Brownfield (right) nervously wait for their fellow graduates to reach the stage during the traditional “Pomp and Circumstances” march. Smil¬ ing after receiving their diplomas are (opposite top) row I: Barbara Hardin and Shelly Bashara: row 2: Sherry Jeffrey. Delores Marlow, and Cindy Sadler. Karen Sweeney (opposite center) concentrates on keeping in step with “Pomp and Circumstances while marching to her seat on the auditorium stage. Jovially anticipating the excitement of Commence¬ ment evening are Steve Stewart. Bill Agans, Tim Amandio. and Bruce Dockweiler. Speaker urges January grads to take a good look at themselves every day 22 — January Graduation

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September 26 to the 30 marked Home¬ coming Spirit Week at CPHS. Many new activities were organized by both Student Council and Booster Club. They planned a week of festivities which included class color day. dress up day, overall and hat day. college T-shirt day, and school colors day. During Spirit Week the Letterman’s Club and the Girl’s Varsity Club sold bal¬ loon race tickets. The red and white bal¬ loons were released at the beginning of the football game. The winner of the contest was Mrs. Norma Geller whose two bal¬ loons traveled the farthest. One balloon traveled to Walpole Island. Ontario, and the other balloon landed in Ashley. Indi¬ ana in just three days. Mrs. Geller’s prize was $ 140.00 for first and second place. On Wednesday, students ate hamburg¬ ers, cooked and served by the faculty, at the annual Burger Bash. That night the Junior Jockettes beat the Sadistic Seniors by a score of 14-6 in the annual Powder- puff Game. Halftime entertainment was provided by the Kazoo Band and the powderpuff male cheerleaders. This year Student Council sponsored a night time pep rally on the football field, followed by a snake dance. On the day of the football game, CPHS students gathered early to put finishing touches on the class floats, cars, and other entries for the parade. As the Marching Bulldog Band led the parade around the square and headed toward the football field, happiness and excitement filled the air. The Crown Point Bulldogs met the Chesterton Trojans on a wet gridiron. The game commenced with a field perform¬ ance by the color guard and band while Senior Class President Scott White sang the National Anthem. As the game began, the rain poured. While the clock ran out with the score 6-6 at halftime, the crowd brought out umbrellas to await a Bulldog victory. After the halftime performance of the marching band, and the color guard. Freshman Princess Karen Antcliff, Soph¬ omore Princess Angie Williams, and Jun¬ ior Princess Sue Cowan along with their escorts walked out on the field to be pre¬ sented and t o view the coronation of the homecoming queen. With four nervous queen candidates Tina Pelton. Maria Rid¬ dle, Melissa Peerson. and Anne Vicari awaiting the final moment. Booster Club President Debbie Wirtz, and Student Council President John Moos crowned Melissa Peerson as the-1977 Homecoming Queen. At the conclusion of the halftime activities the senior class of 1978 was announced winner of the float competi¬ tion. Their winning theme was “Dogs Don’t Horse Around We Drive ’Em To The Ground.” Although the Bulldogs lost the game 15- 13, and the night was a wet one, memories of Homecoming 1977 linger on. At the Homecoming Dance “Shining Star” entertainment was provided by an Indianapolis group, “Bandit.” The high¬ light of the evening was the coronation of Phil Smock as Mr. Football.

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Filled with pre-Commencement jitters and clutching roses. Carla Miller and Mary Louviere (left) embrace before lining up to march out to the audito¬ rium. Mid-year Commencement speaker Mr. John J. Birdcell (below left). Vice-President Dean of IVY Tech, tells January graduates about the many jobs for trained people available in Northwest In diana. Lori Stiff (below) carefully holds her graduation gown as she enters CPHS for the last time as a stu¬ dent. The Fifth Annual Mid-year Com¬ mencement began with a prelude concert by the Crown Point High School Sym¬ phony Band, under the direction of Mr. Randy Koehler. Then, an expectant hush fell over the audience as the band began playing the familiar “Pomp and Circumstance.” All rose to greet the Mid-year graduating class of 1978 as they solemnly marched across the auditorium stage to their seats. The Invocation was delivered by Pam Antcliff. and Scott White President of the senior class, issued the class welcome. Scott said that the parents were the most esteemed guests present, as their support during the school years was invaluable. This Mid-year Commencement had an added feature: Baccalaureate. A Bacca¬ laureate service has always been held in June, but 1978 was the first year one was held at mid-year. The Rev. John R. Lepke of the St. John United Church of Christ in Crown Point delivered the Baccalaureate Message. He told the graduates that although they had been told what they should do all through school, he was going to give them “One Last ‘Should.’ ” Rev. Lepke urged the graduates to accept themselves, giving them a mirror as a graduation gift. He told the graduates to look in the mirror every day, not to judge themselves, but to learn to like and accept themselves as they are. School Board members Mrs. Joyce Ber¬ man and Mr. John Sorbello and Superin¬ tendent Mr. Ray Rogers presented diplo¬ mas to the class. A roar swelled through the auditorium as Principal Mr. Paul Georgas pronounced the mid-year class of ’78 graduated. January Graduation — 23