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

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VALEDICTORIAN BRIAN FULTZ shares his final parting message with the Class of ' 86. MR. TOM MAY helps John Wendt find his diplomas after the gradu¬ ation ceremony. CATHIE ANTCZAK AND NANCY CEBULAR look with pride at their accomplishment representing their school at CPHS. LEADING THE BEST OF CLASS are Bill Pierce, senior class president; Mary Kruger, and Bob Segert, saluta- torians; and Brian Fultz, valedictori- Graduation 25 -

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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

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Activities 26 Activities Division