Forest Lake High School - Forester Yearbook (Forest Lake, MN)

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1 Cheerleaders have SPIRIT! 2. SCOOBIE CJM!!! 3. Jill and Tami.'’juniors” lean on eachother as they show the results of powder puff 4. YAH!!! SENIORS'! 5. Andy and Katie get royal treatment. Dominoes delivered to their car. SCHOOL SPIRIT IS SCHOOL PRIDE School spirit is an element at Forest Lake that is not always readily identified, but is always there. School Spirit is more than just support for outstanding athletic teams, but also the pride and support for everything else that goes on in our school and community. During Homecoming week many students dressed up and took part in the activities. The football stands were packed for the Friday night game. And even though we lost, many enjoyed themselves at the dance afterwards. Spirit and pride is also shown by the number of students who go out for extra curricular activities, both sports and clubs. There is a lot of pride and honor involved in being on a team, even if the win-loss record isn’t outstanding. So what if not everyone knows exactly what your group does. Everyong should be proud to be a Ranger because it is the students that make this school as special as it is. Right?! 13

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I 12 FRIENDSHIPS How many times have you heard 'Were just good friends’’ after inquiring about what seemed to be a new romance? Many students felt that having good friends of the opposite sex helped them view things differently, perhaps they get clues to how the “mind of the other sex” works. Having guy friends, according to Janel Schmidt, a senior, Helps you to understand boys more . By getting to know guys as friends, girls have an insight to how they think and why they act the way they do. What surprised Janel is, You realize alot of times they are feeling the same way we are’’. Agreeing with Janel is Derek Johnson, a junior. Its alot of fun to go out with girls just as friends. However, there are certain responsibilities that come with close friendships of the opposite sex. One of these responsibilities is honesty. Says senior Colleen Skoglund, Honesty and trust can make or break a boy-girl relationship . Colleen feels tht you need to level with your friends and be honest as to where your friendship is going. Not being sure what the other person wants can be a major conflict. You have to know where you stand with one another so there are no hard feelings,” is how one student put it. Boy-girl friendships weren't the only trend this year. Friendships also developed between people of different grade levels. These type of friendships weren't uncommon. Janel adds, Older and younger friends can be great for advice . Most of us won’t forget all the movies, the Friday night football games, basketball games, and the weekend parties- for what would they have been without all our friends. Over the years friends have played a notable role in all of our lives. The crazy times The lows and highs Our tears and smiles Over girls and guys Where ever I go There will always be A bond of love Between my friend and me 4 I. Friends huddle before band begins. 2. She is MY friend! 3. OK guys, what's the plan? 4. Toni and Shannon share Wyatt. 5. This class is I and don't you forget it. 5

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COLLEGE How do the academicly-gifted gain entrance to col- lege? Unless you're in a sport, colleges don’t even know you exist before you've taken the PSAT. This test is one of the most influential factors for colleges when determining whether you meet their standards for en- trance, so don’t blow it. Other things that colleges notice include: the SAT, ACT, and Achievement Tests, awards, events participated in (i.e. contests); jobs and job ex- perience; and grades. Grades are not as important to collages as most people think. A 3.5, B+, is about the highest grade point average required by collages. In gen- eral, if you have an A to B average, a couple of extra curricular activities, a part time job, and maybe even and outside group or club, almost any college will want you. Of course, even if you are chosen by a college, money is still needed to pay tuition. This is where the second part of enrollment comes in, scholarships. Most people try to get a student loan or other type of financial aid when paying for tuition. The true academic strives for the free lunch; scholarships. As Mr. Streeter always said, “There's money out there, and all you have to do is find it. Some scholarships come from inde- pendent sources, like the National Merit Association (PSAT). Others are for specific religions and culture. The largest amount, although, come from colleges them- selves. For scholarships, the most important consid- erations are grades, classes taken, and activities par- ticipated in. If you’ve done exceptionally well in school, and did well on the PSAT, you should have no problem trying to get a scholarship from the college of your choice. Next comes the most difficult part of entering college, actual enrollment. As a senior, or even as a junior, you will have recieved tons of information from many different colleges. Most of it is just junk, but sometimes you find a diamond among the coal, so to speak. If you have done VERY well on the PSAT, some colleges will accept you on that alone. The most annoying thing about doing wo well, though, is that these colleges don’t stop with letters, but phone your house and send mail via the school as well! The better schools don’t accept you on just your PSAT, but insist on long, drawn out enrollment processes from which it takes forever to get an acceptance or denial. Applying to your top four choices, and using one of the “already accepted schools as a standby is the best way to get through the harrowing experience of enrollment. SENIOR YEAR MEANS $$$ Qne thing that becomes evident very quickly in nior year is how expensive life suddenly becomes. There are so many things that you NEED, your budget, or your parents, can hardly keep up with it all. Senior pictures are one of the first items on the senior list. Students can expect to spend between one hundred to three hundred dollars on their portraits, depending how extravagent they get. If you haven't already invested in a class ring, over a hundred dollars more may be spent on that too. Then there are the small items that add up rapidly: yearbook, $26; parking permit, $40; activity pass, $10, athletic fees, $40 a sport, and the class picture for another $10. The money that passes threw the fingers of the Senior class can’t always be accounted for in specific items. There is candy, pop, pizza, movies, gas, cars, clothing, dates, dances and last but not least, Prom. Being a senior is alot of fun, but underclassmen, start saving your money now! 14