Har Brack High School - Tiger Yearbook (Natrona Heights, PA)

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As summer vacation ends, students weary with these languid days return to school in a reluctant, yet an- ticipating mood. Concealing anxiety with outward in- difference, they nervously chat with old friends about the school term just beginning. Early arrivers scan en- rollment lists to find their homerooms where they will spend several minutes every morning for the rest of the year. The first bell, a sound to be repeated many times, signals all the students into the auditorium for preliminary instructions. While waiting, they speak with others whom they have not seen since the close of the previous semester. They discuss their vacations and other summer activities but always end with the plans they have for the days ahead. Then, as a mem- ber of the faculty mounts the stage, school is officially begun. However, before classes commence, the sched- ule cards showing each students daily routine are dis- tributed. Confused students seek assistance from guid- ance counselors and other faculty members in solving problems of subject choice and insuring that this academic term will be successful.

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I if X -.Q 1 1 f tn Fx! N, X A x 1 x. xi X t I X X x ,X xl ,X ,xii ,Y lliif x Y s 5 . K X x'K,.,, .L I . 1 There is a brief interlude in the turmoil of an academic day when, at 3:31, school is dismissed. As students hasten to catch buses or walk home, the halls are filled with their noisy chatter and friendly plans for tonightis homework session, the game on Friday, or a date next weekend. Soon the crowd leaves, and, for those who remain., the serenity of late afternoon provides moments for reflection. It is not important how we use them-to ponder some recent occurrence, to fathom a new realization, to share a few quiet minutes with someone special, or to dream hopefully of the future-for they are ours. They are a part of youth. Precious moments of reflection.