Highland High School - Shield Yearbook (Highland, IN)

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CRUSHING CALUMET Kip Kelly sets the Trojan offense into action against the Calumet Warriors in a winning early season effort. ANOTHER FIRST DOWN Celebrating another Highland gain, varsity cheerleader Joanie Kovach leads the High- land spirit section. If asked what short-term event they looked forward to the most, almost all teenagers would agree that Friday night was the main event of the week. We start to pre- pare for Friday night on Monday morning, and the enthusiasm goes on all throughout the week until the very moment in which you are supposed to go out arrives. Friday night is a time to be with friends, watch the game, go to the dance, go out to eat, and just live it up in whatever ways possible. It is amaz- ing how fur. and exciting Friday night can be, even though you are with the same people in the same place, doing the same things. Just being with friends and joking around seems to make the whole evening fall into place. The fact that Friday is the last day of school for the week gives everyone a great feeling inside. It is a feeling that school is left behind for the time being, and that every- thing is going to be fine now that the week is over. That night is used sort of as a celebration or party for making it through the week with- out any major upsets. It has be- come a thing which all teenagers deserve to have for overcomming the obstacles of the week. But whether it is looked at it that way or another, every teenager feels that it is a night to have fun, and they want to have all the fun they are capable of having. During the week, everyone has to hide their true selves away for a long enough period to get some work done, but on Friday night, it seems that those real people who were dying to get out finally burst out of their shells. This creates a very relaxed atmosphere and makes it easier to have fun. Now they can cheer, dance, and get row- die enough to leave all of the trou- bles of school behind for the night, and to have fun for a change. Everyone loves to have fun on Friday night, and it is important that we do. It is a time to be your- self, act the way you want to act, and to break away from the week ' s troubles. ▼ Lynette Repking Potesta Potesta Friday . . . Break Away 12 Friday The day is good, evening is better!

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Toward a better you in a better world as you break away from the past Highland High has done many things for its students, but with so many alumni still in the area, it is easy to find out how many ways going to school in Highland really helps. If part of breaking away from the past involves changing perspective and not being afraid to take chances, then the degree of suc- cess of students who have gone on into the work force and into good families of their own gives current students a lot of optimism. The skills one learns from being involved with extra-curricular ac- tivities such as clubs, sports, plays, or publications often makes a dif- ference in being more adept at han- dling extra pressures and demands on the job. Knowing how to deal with all kinds of people is also learned in high school, and though we often break away from our friends when they develop interests different from our own, the very moving on of each in his or her own way is a valuable kind of learning. If any part of our lives demands taking a good look at what possibili- ties lie ahead, high school remains a time when the looking should be extra optimistic, and also very open to a variety of experiences and new people who can make the years ahead even better. High school is an end of many things, but it can also be a fantastic begin- ning! Look Break Away 11

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Potesta FRIDAY NIGHT After a game with Coach Dave Shelbourne leading the Trojans. Diane McDonald enjoys the dance afterwards. TAKE A BREATHER Linebacker Tom Galosich watches the High- land offense work its way down the field during the Calumet game. Cox