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

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CHRIS PREVIS adds a dash of salt to his Tollhouse Cookie recipe as Pat Mitsch patiently awaits sample of the batter. LINDA YANCEY FORMS A RING for a candleholder in Mr. Dan Schroeder ' s welding class. A larger number of girls than usual enrolled in industrial arts courses partly be¬ cause of the new seven-hour day. GEORGE SCHAUS AND TERRY WILLIAMS carefully speculate on{; the progress of their biology experil ment. This lab was similar to many iil: biology class. Juniors continue upward; s eniors end final phase Sixteen years old, a new driver ' s license, and in the thick of things at high school, sums up rather well a member of the junior class. This is the exciting year when older students begin to date. This is the year to which young men and women look forward. Ju¬ niors have the unique privi¬ lege of being able to drive themselves and their friends to the game every Friday night. They can at¬ tend their first formal dance without their parents hav¬ ing to chauffeur them around and even without 4 Theme their 10 p.m. curfew. Juniors also seem to make up the heart and soul of the school. Although not yet at the top, they have the comfort of knowing that they still have another year to give all of those activities another try next year. Juniors are stu¬ dents with mature outlooks, but they also enjoy all of the amenities that the high school has to offer. They are finally out of the under¬ classmen rank and are now into the groove of school spirit and enthusiasm. Many juniors begin their first job during this year. The responsibility of being a young adult finally begins to set in. The role of being an upperclassmen begins to take effect. Simply stated, the seniors are the students of vision. They have undergone all of the traumas and dramatics of four years at high school. They have ditched their last class, and they have danced their last dances. While the rest of the students will re¬ turn to the comfort of high school life next year, the se¬ niors will be cast into the working world. Whether it be college, the armed forces. or a steady job, their lives will be changed almost im¬ mediately upon the day they graduate. The seniors ' are the school leaders. They proudly display their class ' rings of 1986 or the ' 86 stitched into their lettermen jackets. This is their year for all of the laughter and tears to come out. Homes must be left, good-bye said to friends, and plans for the fu¬ ture made. They have had four years of a great school,; and four years of changes. They are now ready for yet another phase.

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nother Phase Frosh work their way up; sophs shoot for stardom High school is not only a learning experience, but it is also a social one of sorts. While students efforts may seem to be concentrated on grades, on clubs, and on sports, they undergo per¬ sonality changes in high school which shape the type of person they will later be in their lives. The changes that occur between these years are influenced by peers, parents, and by the type of individuals students already are. A freshman may still spend many minutes of each class writing notes to secret friends or designing paper airplanes to show to their friends. The freshman have not yet been fully in¬ corporated into the daily routines of high school life. They tend to huddle togeth¬ er in their own short, friend¬ ly groups in the cafeteria. Freshmen still stand in awe of the rest of the student body. They don ' t join as many clubs or sports their first year as they may later on during their high school career. But everyone under¬ stands this because every¬ one remembers what it was like to be a freshman. Lock¬ ers were often taller than the student. Beating the tar¬ dy bell for every class was also a major accomplish¬ ment. While freshman students are still trying to function in their new surroundings, the more experienced sopho¬ mores have begun to get into the regular school rou¬ tine. They are no longer typical freshmen, but they are now the candidates to re¬ present the school in years to come. They will become the presidents of the clubs, the players on the courts, and the participants in school dances. The second year of high school is the time for decision making and for soul searching. Sophomores decide who they will associate and hang out with. They decide which contests to join and which clubs they will repre¬ sent. They decide which sport they will sweat it out in. Sophomores tend to be the workers of the school. They yearn to become the school ' s future stars. RELAXING BETWEEN CLASSES, junior Sam Anello reads a note from a friend. Passing notes during class is not allowed, but after class is accept¬ able. ECONOMIC CLASSES LEARN hands on experience in the stock market. Senior Rich Hill looks up his daily stock net change in the Wall Street Journal. Theme 3

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M WITH HER BULLDOG PROGRAM ON HAND, Kirsten Diedrichsen, foreign exchange student, intently watches the boys ' varsity basketball game against Munster. AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY, Bonnie Schroeder hurriedly gathers books to catch a seat on the bus as Sherry Torkelson patiently STILL HALF-ASLEEP, Joe Greco enters the school building at 7 a.m. to begin his daily routine. Many students found difficulty wak¬ ing up at an early hour. Theme 5