Gateway High School - Olympiad Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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One of rhe co-edirors of rhe Olympiod, Robbie Heod peered rhrough o monsrrous pile of Ioyour dummy sheers, pico rulers, broken pencils, ond phorogrophs ond grimoced. My freshmon yeor vvos o rofol disosrer, I hod rhe lore schedule ond never sow onyone or knevv onyone. I hod no ideo vvhor wos going on here, Even my sopho- more yeor vvosn'r oll rhor greor olrhough I vvos involved in o limited woy rhrough Srudenr Governmenr. High school becomes fun when you reolize rhor ir is more rhoniusi going ro closses, doing homework, ond working ojob. Ar leosr rhor vvos rhe lesson rhor I Ieorned during my junior yeor. Thor wos rhe yeor Robbie hod o heovy ocodemic schedule ond found rime for rhe Norionol Honor Sociery, Quill ond Scroll, some sroge experience, ond for pursuing his singing inreresrs rhrough rhe vocol music progrom. 'lEven rhough I om porriculor obour rhe kinds of music I enjoy, I've olvvoys rhoughr rhor vocol music is greor. By singing vvirh rhe Gofewoy choir I hod on unique opporru- niry. l'II olvvoys hove o speciol ploce in my life for music. Ir wos Robbie'sjunior yeor rhor gor him involved in rhe yeorbook. No one con possibly imogine rhe energy ond rime commirmenr involved in such on odvenrure. Also rhere is much more ro be Ieorned rhon Ioyours ond ediring. Procricol ond Ieodership skills ore on imporronr porr of being on ediror, Youjusr con'r moke if work if you don'r keep people in mind, if you don'r Ieorn rhor being considerore ond sensirive is criricol ond you don'r see fhor Ieodership hos norhing ro do vvirh volume ond criricism bur rorher morivoring orhers. I've olso grosped some orher rhoughrs rhor I'II find useful in rhe furure, Probobly rhe mosr imporronr of rhese is rhor no morrer hovv rolenred o person is rhor olone isn'r enough ro roke you ro rhe rop. A person hos ro be persisrenr ond commirred. I look oround ond see foo much vvosred rolenrf' Robbie's furure includes plons ro srudy Business Adminisrrorion in college. I'm lucky, Robbie srored. Uwe hove o fomily ioniroriol business which hos reolly roken off, in rhe losr rhree yeors, I'd like ro see vvhor I con do ro improve ir even more. I rhink rhere would be o greor deol of self sorisfocrion in such odvenruref' Lucky Senior eg r C Borboro Spodi Glorio Speed Korhy Speicher Brod Sprogue Michoel Sromek April Srocey Cynrhio Srogner Elizoberh Sreorns 262 Seniors Ms 'Q' i 4 I fs..

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Ron The Genius W iii W QX ....,...........-. 4 f iii , Na' 119:-Q, , Nikon Borden will never omounr ro onything! commented one friend jolsingly. Well thot is OK. becouse I will be rooming with the biggest jerlx ot Goiewoy, next yeor ot Colorodo University refuted Ron. lt wos this joleing yet sorcostic personolity thot Ron will be remembered for. He wos the lsind of guy who cut you down os low os onyone could be yet molse you feel importonr in some woy, Ron wos o promient figure ot Gotewoy os he wos involved in the school in mony different woys. Ron wos o member of Notionol Honor Society, Mu Alpho Theto, ond rhe Science Fiction ond Fontosy Club, When Ron did hove free time, he enjoyed worching footboll ond the more unique ouio rocing. UI love to wotch sports, especiolly those of close competition, Ron odded. Although Ron did not compete in sports himself, he enjoyed wotching gomes ond meets oll of the time. Ron hod olso been lsnown to be on incredible Dollos Cowboy footboll fon. l lilse the Cowboys simply becouse they ore greor, ond the cheerleoders oren't oll thot bod either, odded Ron with o smile. Ron wos olso on exceptionolly tolented student, Yeoh, my friends even lsid me obout being o genius. Ron's efforts in his schoolworls poid off os he wos oworded mony honors. Some of the owords thot Ron won included nominotions for both the Ellss' Club ond the Optimist Awords, selection to Who's Who Among Americon High School Students, Junior Escort ond Doy's Store. 'lln the future I would lilse to become o mechonicol engineer ond be very weolthy , summed up Ron. 1 use np- Debbie Simpson Felicio Sivley Donnell Smith Gory Smith Heidi Smith Kelli Smith Morie Smith Koren Snyder Kelly Sonlso Dolores Sopers Koren Sopers Korin Sorenson Seniors 261

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