Highland High School - Shield Yearbook (Highland, IN)

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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

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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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Celebrate . . . Friends - the gift we give ourselves They say if you have just one in your lifetime, you’re a lucky person. Good friends are something that don ' t come along everyday. They’re a beautiful gift we give ourselves. They’re something that cannot be bought. When things don’t go your way and you have nowhere to turn, our friends are usually the place we go. They ' re there with open arms and listening ears ready to comfort us. Good friends play an important role in our life. They know most everything about you, yet they still care for you. They help you when you need help, they are there when you need them; they soon become a necessity. It seems everyone enjoys having his friends around through most events that take place. One thing imparticular that doesn’t seem complete without friends is a celebration. A celebration becomes so special when friends are near. Birthdays are a type of celebration in which it becomes worthwhile to have such treasured peo- ple close by. They help make each birth- day complete. Birthdays are the annual event that most everyone looks forward to. With friends around, it becomes a special cele- bration. With each birthday, one gets older and older, the older one gets, the more grow- ing up one must do. More decisions must be made and the preparation for life gets closer and closer. Adulthood is right around the corner, so is the rest of the world. As aging is part of everyone, everyone goes through changes. Certain changes in peoples lives consist of schooling, like college, and further, going into careers, responsibilities, and families. This breaking away from how things once can be extremely painful. Leaving things that once were such a great part of you is an experience no one will for- get. There are many paths in life and many tough decisions that have to be made. Many mistakes will be made on our road to adulthood. We learn from our mis- takes, so don’t lose hope. Life is the wonderful gift we all have been fortunate enough to receive. So, take hold of life. Ride it as far as it will take you. You’ve got it — take advan- tage of it. ▼ Jill Britton SWEET SIXTEEN Helping Amy McGuire celebrate her birthday Hawaiian style are: Gin- ny Miller, Michele Cobb, Laura Bearss, and Kelly Skertich. Galosich Friends Break Away 14 Friends From birthdays to Breaking Away