Fitch High School - Tantara Yearbook (Groton, CT)

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TO THE SENIORS: Today is an exciting time to be taking a step in a new direction; a challenging time to plot your life's career. Technology has opened up a whole realm of opportunity unburdened by the barna- cles of the past and paying equally for the talents of men and women. Set your goals for the year 2000; establish your objectives now to reach those goals; use your imagination; be positive; think cre- atively about your purpose; and plan for a way to provide some measure of service to our demo- cratic way of life — a commitment to the individ- ual, the community, the state, and the nation. We urge you to strive constantly toward betterment of self in all that you do in the years ahead. This small world of ours needs you, our promising youth. Congratulations and Best Wishes for a pro- ductive and personally satisfying future. TO: Fitch Graduates Be polite and friendly, work hard - everything else will come naturally. D. William Wheetley Assistant Superintendent Joan D. Stipetic, Ph.D. Superintendent of Schools 19

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18 Administra tion The time has come to say goodbye to the Class of 1986. You leave Fitch Senior High School well prepared for the future. You take with you all the skills and knowl- edge to live full, happy and productive lives. I wish each and everyone of you no less than that. John R. Murphy John Murphy Principal Dear Class of 1986: I want to congratulate all of you for reaching this important milestone in your life, graduation from high school. Your accomplishments should be viewed with great pride. Fitch Senior High School has always been a school with fine academic standards and you, the Class of 1986, are the first class to graduate under even higher and more stringent academic standards. Be proud of this accomplishment, continue to grow as students and people, and be successful at whatever you do. To The Class of '86: Congratulations on your success, and my best wishes for your continued success in the future. Find a purpose in life and pursue it with determination. Please allow me to leave you with a quotation from Whittaker Chambers . . . “When you understand what you see, you will no longer be children. You will know that life is pain, that each of us hangs always upon the Cross of himself. And when you know that this is true of every man, woman, and child on earth, you will be wise. Robert J. Brown Piela, Jr. Vice - Principal v,ce - Principal

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John Archibald English Mason Andrews Social Studies Patricia Andrews Business Robert Bacewicz Social Studies Dept. Head Hellen E. Barker Social Studies Carol Beeney Attendence Secretary Edwin Bezanson Industrial Arts Rose Marie Boyd Librarian