Deckerville High School - Eagle Star Yearbook (Deckerville, MI)

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Time is money Payday makes it all worthwhile. The 3:12 bell rings and everyone runs to their cars. It’s a mad dash, for many, to get home, grab a quick bite to eat, run back out the door, and make it to work by 4:00. For many students in the 11th and 12th grades this is a daily routine. Why do they do this? ”1 got a job so that I could have the extra money I needed to buy things I couldn’t talk my mom into buying for me,” stat- ed senior Christine Falk. Students who have jobs will spend working an average of 20 hours a week. This may not seem like much, however; when they spend approximately 6-7 hours in school and then go to work until late, it leaves little time for homework and school-related activities. Some students, however, want a job for more reasons than just money. ”1 wanted to ex- pand my responsibilities and at the same time prepare myself for a fi- nancially successful fu- ture,” said senior Tammy Warczinsky. Planning for the future has a big part in many students lives, and that will have a lot to do with them getting a good job. Life isn’t all fun and games; and for many, they will learn this after they get their first job. Not many young employ- ees enjoy working, but when pay day comes, it makes working all worthwhile. -Karen Woodard WORKING FOR A LIVING is jr. Kyle Stoutenburg packing groceries for a customer at the Deckerville IGA Foodliner. Photo by Tom Thorold.

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Here it is another week full of tests and reports all due on the same day; the major attitude is, ”1 can’t wait for the this day to end or the weekend to come!” What goes on in a student’s life after hours is as an integral part of that stu- dent’s education as the actual course work in school. Friendships are created. Indivi- dual styles are developed. The student becomes a thriving part of the human exis- tence-good or bad, he goes thundering on. Student life is that first step out into the world of adults. Arriving at adulthood for some can be a very slippery course! It can be full of many pitfalls and hazards. Peer pressure, trying to fit in, and making mon- ey are all crucial areas in a student’s life. On the lighter side of things students do exist also for fun! Looking forward to events such as dances, games, spirit week and homecoming, the winter festival, and just getting out of the house for the evening can make the everyday drudgery of school tolerable for a student. It more or less completes the student’s education. -Kelly Vogel LOOKING GUILTY, seniors Jody Goller and Tracey Peruski try to smile their way out of getting caught snceking snow into school! Photo by Kelly Vogel. Student Life Division - 7

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HAMBURGER TO GO COM- ING RIGHT UP. Sr. Tracey Klaus prepares hamburgers al the local IGA Deli. Restaurant in Dcckcrville. Photo by Karen Woodard. MAKING IT ALL ADD UP is sr. Shelly Hooper calculating a bill for one of her Pizza Hut customers in Sandusky. Photo by Rick Davis. STOCKING SHELVES js one of the many jobs junior Pam Pclot does while working at the Deckerville Variety Shop, the local pharmacy and variety store. Photo by Rick Davis. MAY I TAKE YOUR OR- DER? Greeting her favorite customer, junior Dave Doerr, at the Dairy Queen in Sandus- ky is junior Mary Jo Smigill. Photo by Rick Davis. Jobs - 9