Fitch High School - Tantara Yearbook (Groton, CT)

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1988 Tantara “The life in us is like the water in the river. It may rise this year higher than man has ever known it, and flood the parched uplands; even this may be the eventful year. -Thoreau, Walden Water in the river, generated from various tributaries, unites to form a forceful body and flows toward the great sea. Just as the water has its course, so does the graduating class of 1988. The river that we Seniors form has myriad sources. We trickle initially out of the crystalline pools and frothy springs of our homes, down intricately winding beds, no two alike. We may flow' lazily or splash eagerly around every bend; however, like the river we arc united within our classjoining, flowing in the same river bed, coursing together. Our graduating class has the potential to “rise . . . higher than man has ever known” and “flood the parched uplands. We nourish all the life that lines the river as we surge from classroom to playing field to community; we arc a vital force to be reckoned with. In the main bed itself, the river murmurs gently as it pours forth academic-letter bearers. Merit Scholars, and members of the National Honor Society dedicated to guiding the entire class. Active clubs confidently keep Fitch and the community flowing smoothly and regularly through their assistance in the library, cafeteria, main office, service projects, and Blood Drives. The cheers that rise from the bleachers for our Championship teams arc as powerful as the crash of a waterfall on wet stone. Moreover, the students shower the community with a rousing march from the Falcon Band, a selection from the prize-winning literary magazine Amphora, or a slice of life portrayed through drama on the Hagerty Auditorium stage. Soon, graduation will mark the peak of the river, and we will rush out of our traditional river bed to give the uplands a splash of our vitality and energy. Adding our refreshing surge to the present undercurrent, we will deepen the green of the banks we wash over and “the life in us will seep into every activity, every course of life we choose to follow. “Even this may be the eventful year, when the life-giving flow within us bears the ripe, succulent fruit of moist, nourished soil. Sarah Tarbox Melissa Welch Class of 1988 Robert E. Fitch Sr. High School Groton, Connecticut Volume 31