Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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Somebody forgot about this little plant named Pais- ley. If someone doesn ' t get there soon the plant may die of loneliness or may be plant- napped and held for ransom. Senior Jennifer Ha- geman and Prep, class teacher Mrs. Keithly discuss Jen- nifer ' s plant and try to identify what kind it is and to what family it be- longs. Senior Nancy Pirau bends down to gently pick up her baby plant which she lovingly cares for. The Prep, class students have to care for their child for nine weeks. Julie Sanders, sen- ior, dreams of what her plant will be like when it grows and starts planning for the plants future in it ' s life as an adult. 28— Plant Parents

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Senior Don Frey lis- tens intently to a lecture before be- ginning work on his project. Don is just one of the many students at C.H.S. who wears his girl- friend ' s ring. Senior Rick Laymen talks with friends during a free mo- ment in class. Rick, like many other stu- dents at C.H.S. wears his girl- friend ' s ring on a chain around his neck. Juniors, Shari Moore and Margie Hyland look at a display of class rings. Both girls try to decide what style, size and color would be best for each of them. Decisions, Deci- sions, decisions, which ring should I choose. Many Stu- dents force them- selves to make this decision to buy a token to remember the best years of their life. Class Rings — 27 I

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Senior Troy Grady and junior Tiffany Toweson keep their plants close to them so that they can make sure they don ' t pick up any bad habits from any or the other plants. If concentration will make a plant grow better, then Eric Schilling ' s, sen- ior, plant will grow up to be a tree un- der Eric’s loving and fatherly care. It ' s Friday and there are so many students carrying plants, it looks like a hallway production of Tar- zan. What ' s going on? It ' s a special assignment for Adult Preparation class. Each student is to adopt a plant and take care of it. Every Fri- day the student brings their baby to school and record its measurements in the book that they get with it, Also in the book is included any tragedies that hap- pen. A tragedy is anything that happens that may cause harm to the plant. For instance; if the stu- dent drops the plant it is consid- ered a tragedy and must be re- corded in their book. What exactly is gained by caring for a plant? Senior John Lynk said, It gives us classmates some re- sponsibility be sides ourselves. The ones who give their plant (child) to their mothers or girlfriends are really cheating themselves. Mary Palucki, junior, said, It helps teach responsibility to the parents of the plants and helps prepare the students for when they themselves have kids. Senior, Greg Irvin ' s only prob- lem with the project was that his dog didn ' t like his plant. He walked over it twice now and has even tried to eat its soil. Adult Preparation for Living is often picked up as a filler in the second semester because either students have flunked a class or they have no other semester class choices. However, they will soon find out that many of the ques- tions they have always had, more than likely, will all be answered. Being a plant parent is a part of the class because it gives stu- dents an ac- tual life to care for. Towards the end of the semester if the stu- dents plant hasn ' t died or if they have not for- gotten to bring it in ev- ery Friday, Mrs. Keithly checks it to make sure it is in good health and then gives them a grade. Senior Nancy Pirau said, I have enjoyed Adult Prep, because I am learning things I am going to have to know for the future. Plants make students more responsible for selves and others Plant Parents— 29|