Huntington Park High School - El Recuerdo Yearbook (Huntington Park, CA)

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I. -r On track, off track, whichever the case might tfe, we finaHy settled in. In the previous three years we had experienced quite a number of dif- Terent schedules. So the 82-83 schoo! year was a welcome change since we would be repeating a ■ stem for the first time in all our years of High School. I I j j J ■ The stud jlB ap 3 fapuiiyjnad learned tRp ropes of year round and knew that they had to Telurn on their off track time for special ac- tivities. If you belonged to a sport then you were expected to attend practice. Intercession classes wei-e alio attended by fetuddnts dff tr k. %)artan flexibility was important to keeping your head straight. We weren ' t systematically trained by bells anymore, or by the change of seasons. We learned what responsibilities wer We were like the prophetic reeds that had to sway and bend to the winds of change, and if not, break from the unwillingness to modif|. Th i resistance would only complicate things! j Gradually, we accepted the new bell scheduale and decisions. It was no where near traditional, but because of the situation, there were no alter- natives. We settled right in, and we hope it can onl)| get jjette