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

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c Tsikouris (above) reads a book for a book report Jamie Lambert (above) uses the card catalog to at he has for one of his classes. find a book she needs for one of her classes. ian McNary (above) makes up a test that he has Herb Bitting (above) uses the reader’s guide to issed. find an article on the topic he is researching. What value do you put on studying? “Studying is very important to me. Without it, I could never pass any of my classes.” “It’s not important. Sure I do my homework, but, when it comes to tests, I never study.” Every student should study. If a per¬ son studies, it seems that person learns more than a person who doesn’t study at all.” “I think it is somewhat important. It depends on what class I am studying for. If it is a class I like, I tend to study more than for a class I don’t like.” Studying is not important at all. I can think of better things to do with my time than to do homework. I am in school most of the day so when I come home, I want to do other things than school work.” I personally think studying is very important. Right now, I am thinking about going to college. I know that in col¬ lege, I will have to do twice as much work as I do now. Right now I am getting as much practice as I can for that hard col¬ lege homework.” Studying is one of the things I do the least of. Be tween working after school and going out with my boyfriend, I can’t find the time to do it. I wish I did have more time because I think it is important. I guess I could find the time, but I don’t want to give up work or my boyfriend. They’re more important.” Homework is important, but I hate when teachers give real long assign¬ ments. When teachers do this, I get mad because I dislike long assignments.” I really don’t mind studying. I don’t go out much so when I do have home¬ work it gives me something other to do than watching T.V. I like to study. When a teacher gives me homework, I go right home and do it. Studying is all right. Usually, I do most of my homework because I want to get good grades not because I like to study.” Studying is O.K. I knew that in high school I would have a lot of it. iula Kennedy and Missy Lenner (above) discuss library during their study hall. ie of their many class assignments in the school

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tfVL ' MlUJG Students develop study habits in high school years Studying is a part of every student ' s life. During the four years of high school, each person develops his or her own study habits. These habits how they like to study, where they study, and how much time they study. These habits are formed on three major factors. The first factor is if the student works or not. The second is how important the class is to the student. The final factor is how much social life the person has. When a student works, he or she spends many after-school hours on the job. This means that study time is very limited. Many of these people find it con¬ venient to take a study hall during school. Because study time is limited, they must plan their time out very care¬ fully, so that they will have time to do their homework and keep up their grades while holding down a job. The second major factor is how impor¬ tant a class is to the student. If a person feels that a class is boring and unimpor¬ tant, then he or she will not put very much effort into the homework in that class. Also the student will find reasons and excuses not to do the homework. When a class is interesting, the student will find the time to do the work. The last factor is how much social life a person has. If a person goes out, he or she has to schedule time to keep up social life and have enough time to do homework. Some students feel that their high school social life is more important than their homework. This means that these people might not even bother to figure out how much time they need for their homework. All three of these factors determine what kinds of study habits a student develops during their high school years. Good or bad, these habits will last the student throughout high school and sometimes the rest of their lives. Diane Davis (above) finishes some of her school Cindy Urbanski (above) looks over some elec- work in her study hall. tion pamplets that she will use for her govern¬ ment class. Members of the girl ' s choir (above) rehearse one Christmas concert, of the many songs that they will sing for the ■Studying

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vmvtm Sports, food, fun fill student life High schools don’t just teach any¬ more. They have also become a place for student entertainment. The most available events attended were the sports. Football and cross-coun¬ try started the year as fans flocked to crowded bleachers or stood on hilly golf courses cheering the athletes on. Basketball dominated the winter scene as crowds moved into the main gym. The pep band came to play, and crazy crew students chanted with cheerleaders ear- catching cheers like “Rock-Steady,” “How Funky Is Your Chicken?,” and Defense.” In the spring baseball and golf became the main focus. Phrases like “Homerun and “par” became everyday language as students received game results over the morning announce¬ ments. After games fans piled into restau¬ rants for a bite to eat. McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, and Gamble ' s are among the ones largely attended in town where students can sink their teeth into hamburgers or pizza and warm up with coffee and hot chocolate on blustery days. Three dances took place in the cafete¬ ria through the year. In October the Homecoming Dance drew Spirit Week to a close. Couples danced to the music of Strider, a hard rock band. Stars speckled the bulletin board bearing the couples’ names for the theme, “Everybody Has A Dream. Two weeks into December the theme, “Belles of Christmas,” rang as gals switched roles and asked guys out to the annual Turnabout Dance. Red and green bells and snowflakes set the decor for the Christmastime event. Booster Club put together a Valen¬ tine’s Dance in February. This dance for sweethearts broke up the long stretch of days between Christmas vacation and spring break. On Veteran ' s Day in the main gym, the Harlem Globetrotters entertained a capacity crowd as they beat the Washing¬ ton Generals 123-91. Curly Neal and Geese Ausbie led the laughter with their antics. One Friday in November, the movie- “The Kids Are Alright” with the Who was shown by Student Council for students in the auditorium. Jill Bruder, Sheila Asplund, Tim King, and Chris derat the annual Homecoming dance. Fetco (above) have fun dancing to the music of Stri- Cheer block members (above) hold up signs made by the Booster Club. 6—Playing