Higgins Junior High School - Yearbook (Peabody, MA)

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II PRINCIPAL ' S MESSAGE I ’ I deeply appreciate the opportunity of using the opening page of your YEARBOOK to extend my best wishes and congratulations to this year’s graduates of the Higgins Junior High School. As our enrollment has increased, it is quite . possible that you now attend the largest Junior High School in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ) In January this year, the United States inaugurated a new President to lead our land. You were present at the birth ij of the Carter Administration and almost all of you will be alive to see its achievements and failures recorded in the ! ' history books. Very soon, like the new President, you will inaugurate a new high school career. You will have count- ! less opportunities to achieve success or experience failure and then your personal history will be recorded. ' I Looking back, you should recall the winter of 1977 for decades to come. Snow and ice, cold and no school” days I plagued or pleased us in the months of January and February. Yet it was during this time period that the Girls’ Basket- ball team won the Greater Boston League title. Not to be outdone, the Boys’ Hockey team in a supreme effort skated to first place in their division in the GBL. However, we shouldn’t forget that your classmates became Co-Champs in the Junior High Football League. All these teams were supported by the most enthusiastic Cheerleaders who gave their all for Higgins at all of our home games. Sports has been the bond that has fostered the Spirit of Loyalty and Cooperation between the players and the coach, the school and the home, and the principal and the parent. Who can forget the excellent singing and dancing in this year’s musical CAROUSEL or the Thanksgiving Dance in the Cafeteria sponsored by the Student Council. There are other memories and activities too numerous to mention, but, they have helped to contribute to your success as a student and as a citizen. You received a good academic program and it is up to you to direct it toward a successful career through further study and instruction. We would be remiss if we didn’t extend our thanks to the Staff and Faculty Advisors who worked for months to make this YEARBOOK possible. Finally, with your Unit Directors, Teachers, Guidance Counselors and Main Office Clerks, I wish you boundless success and happiness as you grow older and wiser with each passing year! Edward J. O’Connor Principal A I 1