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

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LAURA DOKUPIL gazes at her final accomplishment of high school as Carolyn DeYoung looks on. SA LUTATORIAN MARY KRUGER starts off the graduation ceremony with the invocation.

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(r raduation The CPHS Class of ’86 bids its final adieu A myriad of faces flood the gymnasium as fish might gather before swim¬ ming off to sea. On June 5, the Class of 1986 made its final CPHS adieu. The class marched its farewell up the gym aisle and displayed a Hello, next phase! on its return trip, all in red and white glamor. As graduates marched up the long-awaited aisle, their faces were dead give-aways to what they were feeling, and every graduate ' s smile was worth a thousand words. Ecstatic smiles and knowing glances seemed to say, Hey, this is our turn. Valedictorian Brian Fultz and Salutatorians Mary Kruger and Robert Segert led their class, faces happy, but brows knitted as they mentally rehearsed speech¬ es and presentations. Every graduate ' s name was called. Each had a part to play at graduation, just as they will each have a sepa¬ rate part to play in the pro¬ duction of their next phase. No doubt many thoughts danced through nervous minds of graduates as the names of their classmates echoed against the gymnasi¬ um wall. Fourth grade best friends who lived virtually miles 22 Graduation apart through high school held hands to give that final CPHS salute. Even enemies shared smiles, for they did share in each other ' s lives, if only in rivalry. All stood to make the class whole. Whatever was true yes¬ terday and whatever may become true tomorrow, the Class of ' 86 graduates as co¬ horts, as brother veterans, and most of all as long-time friends. WITH THEIR TWELVE YEARS of schooling behind them, Marc Har¬ din, Jim Neely, and Ron Head smile after finally graduating.

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The next phase Seniors bid farewell to CPHS, enter adult world The turning of the fringed red and white tassel says more than, This class is graduated. It marks a stu¬ dent ' s final goodbye to the life he once knew as it sil¬ houettes his next phase. Graduation slams famil¬ iar lockers and hallways shut and concentrates on newer surroundings, col¬ lege campuses, and time clocks. Graduation bids adieu to homogeneous crowds, says follow your own instincts, and welcomes individuality. With one swipe, graduation erases the past and leaves the slate clean for life ' s next lesson unit. The commencement crowd hushed at 7 p.m. on June 5 as the young gradu¬ ates took the stage to claim their diplomas. However, obvious to expert eyes, these claims were not made solely by young men and women. One June 5, the crowd caught glimpses of the sixth grader, who earlier strug¬ gled through that first re¬ search paper, moving up stage to receive his final grade. The crowd saw in every¬ one a junior high student, who once cried for a pair of Vanderbuilts, clutch her fi¬ nal acceptance. Under each cap, the crowd recognized that proud child, who circled his name on the honor roll, stride up and accept his lat¬ est trophy. The adults observed a wandering soul, who once would rather be anywhere but home on a Saturday night, sneak up and secure¬ ly accept his applause. They noticed a bleary- eyed student who saw many Late Nights with Bob Conard hide behind each energetic smile. Lastly, the crowd saw an ambitious student, who spent a year shuffling col¬ lege applications, hold out a free hand for the document of his achievement. The class of ' 86 was the audience the pep band played for and the school song sang of. Now they are alumni who will sing their own tune though a school echo will always be there to harmonize the chorus. Parents and teachers watched for many things on this particular June 5. But they mostly saw these esca¬ lating students say, Watch us as we say good-bye to life as we once knew it and hello to yours. We ' ll meet you in the next phase! SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER Byron Hubbard hands a ecstatic Lisa No- manson her diploma. 24 Graduation