Gateway High School - Olympiad Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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MARK PURSLEY Morls Pursley wos not only ocodemicolly inclined but wos olso good in sports. Moria is on unbeotoble combination, os one friend put ir. During his high school yeors Morls goined o sense of occomplish- ment by being octive in the sports thot he enjoyed. He olso lilsed the feeling of competition. He porticipoted in footboll, boslsetboll, ond trocls oll of his four yeors here ot Gotewoy, eorning him mony vorsity letters. Porticipoting in three sports lsept Mori-2 very busy, still he found the time to be octive in school clubs, ond mointoin on impressive grode point overoge. The two moin clubs thot Morls wos involved in were Student Government ond Notionol Honor Society. As Freshmen we elected Morls our president to represent us during our first yeor ot Gotewoy. Morls wos olso selected to ottend Boys' Store ond be 0 Junior Escort for the closs of 1981's groduotion. He won the prestigious Hugh O'Brien Aword during his sophomore yeor. While Morls wos not doing things for or with the school, he ployed golf. HI enjoy golf becouse if gives me o chonce to get owoy ond reloxf' odded Moria. Morls would lil-re to go to the Colorodo School of Mines ond mojor in either Physicol Engineering or Chemicol Engineering, 270 Senior Holl Of Fome SENICDI2 HALL SUZI RUSI-LO Dedicoted ond octive ore two words which definitely desciribed Suzi Psusho. During her four yeors ot Gotewoy, Suzi excelled in her closses ond octivities. Through oll her high school yeors, when Suzi found on octivity which cought her interest, she become involved. Two clubs which she become involved with were Junior Achieve- ment ond Notionol Honor Society, which she hod been o member of since her sophomore yeor. One club thot Suzi porticulorly enjoyed wos FBLA. Storting in her sophomore yeor, Suzi become o very octive member ond represented the club in Generol Business contests tolsing first in districts ond eighth in store. In her junior yeor she wos president of the club ond ogoin mode o fine represenrotive ot contests. Suzi olso enjoyed the chollenge of porticipotion in sports ond volleyboll become her specioltyi She ployed since her sophomore yeor, ond lettered in 'lith ond 12th grode. Keeping busy her senior yeor she hod on odded chollenge for herself os Senior Closs Vice President ond o member of Student Goverment, Suzi wos olso honored by the Auroro Ellss Club os on outstonding student. ln the future Suzi plons to ottend Colorodo College ond mojor in Business or Politicol Science. Suzi sold thot she wos hoppiest when she wos busy ond we lsnow thot it wos true from her octive porticipotion ot Gotewoy. Her contributions will not be soon forgotten.

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CDF FIAIYIEI SNIA Tl-HGPEH Evo Thigpen wos one of Gotewoy's most octive ond hordworking students, Since her freshmon yeor Evo hod porticipoted in sports ond enjoyed them for the sense of ochievement they gove her, Storting soccer in her freshmon yeor, Evo hod lettered since tenth grode ond hod been o greot osset to the teom. Another sport which she enjoyed wos volleyboll ond during her sophomore ondjunior yeors, she ployed on the vorsity squod. One school octivity which wos very importont to Evo wos her involvement in Student Government. During her sophomore ond junior yeors Evo wos closs treosurer, which took olot of time ond responsibility. In her senior yeor, Evo become o Student Government officer ond took on new chollenges which she liked to hove, l like octivities ond plonning. I like hoving lots of things to keep me busy. Something else thot Evo liked olot wos time spent outdoors, ln her summers, she worked for the Youth Conservotion Corps. Evo found this work very rewording. She plons to ottend the School of Mines or Colorodo University with the intentions of o coreer in the Denver oreo. DEIBBV IYIOGRE Debby Moore hod o definite view on the things you could goin in high school. High school gives you the freedom to be yourself, the opportunity to be on individuel. Debby hod definitely token odvon- toge of the opportunities by becoming involved in o wide ronge of octivities. In school, Debby wos octive in sports, cross country being her fovorite, in which she lettered twice. Clubs were olso o port of her involvement ond Debby wos o member of severol. Sponish club, Mu Alpho Theto ond NHS were o few of them, Close Up Club wos olso very speciol with it's trip to Woshington DC. ot the end of her junior yeor. Beside oil her school octivities, Debby enjoyed doing mony things outsidefschool, toking bollet lessons or going to youth groups ot church. Debby's senior yeor wos os busy os ony, including the odded responsibilities of being Senior Closs Treosurer. Debby's plons for the future include ottending CSU ond possibly mojoring in Psychology. Debby enjoyed her time with friends, even if it wosjust to sit ond tolk or to help them out in ony woy she could, this helped her to pick o future coreer. Senior Holl Of Fome 269

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OF FAIYIEI TOM SUDYKA Although he did not ottend Gotewoy until mid-term of his sophomore yeor, Tom Sudyko wos quick to odjust ond moke ev- ery effort to become on outstonding Oly. Tom found severol different woys to be- come octive ot Gotewoy. He begon by joining the swim teom ond lettering oll three yeors. He wos voted coptoin in his senior yeor, ln his junior yeor, Tom joined Future Business Leoders of Americo, wos elected to Notionol Honor Society, ond become Vice- President of Mu Alpho Theto. Tom's most memoroble high school experiences come from competing for FBLA. He won first ploce in District ond Stote competition for Generol Business, then went to Chicogo for Notionol competition os o voting delegote. Tom kept himself busy ot Gotewoy ond wos oworded for his work He won the oword for Elks Club Outstonding Student. ln the future, Tom would like to ottend Creighton University or Colorodo Store University ond study busi- ness. For Tom, High school wos work, but mostly fun. l CRIC WI-HPPLEI l consider the most importont moment of my life to be the time when the footboll teom voted me most inspirotionolf' stored Eric Whipple. Eric Whipple wos o very inspi- rotionol person to other students ot Gore- woy. He set high exomples for his peers to follow, His leodership ond populoriry showed through os our closs elected Eric Homecoming King ond President for our Senior closs. Eric wos olso given owords by the community ond the public. These owords included the Optimist Club Out- stonding Student Aword, Who's Who Among Ameticon High School Students, ond porticipotion in Boys' Stote. Eric hod olso been involved in mony orgonizotions oround school like Notionol Honor Society ond Ski Club. Eric hod olso porticipoted on the wrestling teom for Gotewoy, eorning him o vorsity letter. Although Eric just moved to Colorodo from Soint Louis in his sophomore yeor, he hod been mode wel- come here ond the odjustment hod been on eosy one. 'During my junior yeor I felt kind of like o nobody, then decided to run for Senior Closs President ond won. Thot's when everything stotted to turn oround for me, Eric commented. 'xl consider Eric to be on ideol student ond person, odded one teocher. DENISC HOFFI-HHCS Active, involved, dedicoted, vivocious ond friendly ore oll words thot described Denise Hoffhines. She wos o good student ond o good friend os well. Denise hod been o member of mony clubs here ot Gotewoy. Her leodership obilities were put to use with her offices os Sophomore ond Junior Closs Secretory ond the Student Government treosurer during her senior yeor. Denise hod been very dedicoted to serving our closs with her tolents. She hod olso received Out- stonding Officer Awords for her contribu- tions. She wos olso o member of the Notion- ol Honor Society, serving the club os secre- tory during her senior yeor. The other clubs thot Denise belonged to included Mu Alpho Theto, Pep Club ond Ski Club. When osked why so mony clubs, Denise replied, l like to be involved ond otgonize octivitiesf' An- other ospect of Denise's life wos dromo. Since her freshmon yeor, Denise hod been involved in olmost every production. I hove olwoys hod smoll roles or just been o member of the stoge crew, but it hos been fun, odded Denise. Jozz doncing wos on- other thing thot Denise enjoyed ond she mode time in her busy schedule to occom- modote lessons. Denise hod plonned to ot- tend on in-Stote college ond mojor in biol- ogy. Senior Holi Of Fome 271