Kennedy High School - Profiles Yearbook (Bloomington, MN)

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First book read Above: It's not tvs first book. realty. But it’s the first book to be read all the way through That'S right every page, front to back Scott Larson makes himself comfortable as he works hi$ way to the end of that very first book. No. it's not for English, and not tor any other class, for that matter This hockey fOCk has taken on Miracle on Ice on his way to Ihe Book-ol-the-Month Club First car Right: Remember the pride you felt when you backed your first set of wheels out of the garage? Unforgettable, but you hardly can compare your lust trike to your first car. Karen Strom and her boyfriend. Russell Grand-Scrutton can tell you all about that. First Pronri Above: They say a girl look: prettiest at her wedding. Maybe But try a girl's first Prom, also There she is. beaming for th photographer with date Doug Johnson N'ice going. Heidi Gauke 22 Firsts

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On the twentieth Anniversary ot his death. Juke Defest jr •Zand Chns ToKetson gaze at the port mtf fibt John F Kennedy m the school foym? '.it was shrouded in black in memory t, 'ttrs assassination on Nov 22. 1963 ■■■■ov. 22, 1983. J I m H The date marked- , 19 1 the twentieth ' • I anniversary of 19 the assassinati° ' I I of a President. Of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. . 1 That President — that name meant more to us here • ' than it did to most. To us. it meant blue and gold. The Eagles. Kolleens. graduation mottos, a yearbook ' bame. and a school hymn. It meant us. To us. Naval officer John F. Kennedy gave the Navy’s . blue and gold colors, and the? 1 tune of the Navy Hymn for 1 Kennedy's Alma Mater. To us. President Kennedy J gave the proud Eagle — our J mascot, and national symbol.Jj To us. the Irishman gave r the name of the danceline —P Kolleens. pretty young lasses.; jr And Profiles, from the President’s book, Profiles in Courage. The Torch? From ' i! the inaugural speech; “The j, Torch is passed to a new generation of Americans ... j | Most importantly. John F. Kennedy gave us identity. We identify with a President whom the communl jChose to honor by naming a J new school in his memory. 1 And this year — 20 years j after his assassination. — '! we stopped to look back to our beginnings, at the traditions that make us John F. Kennedy High Schools n Nov. 22,196 Recalling JFK left: It is 20 years after the assassination ot President John F Kennedy As part of the memorial to the late President. John Kunzer and l ane AHen read about the tragic event that shocked the nation on Nov. 22. 1963. Remembering'

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 You never forget your first ... our first time? Sure. Hey. there’s a first time for everything, right? For instance, remember the first time you failed a test? Or maybe the first time you got an A” is more memorable. And your first overnight trip with the team ... pillow fights, pigging out. and playing pranks were all a part of the fun. How about that first pimple? Now. that was truly disgusting. But. good or bad. every first” was important. Because every first meant that you were growing up. Trying new things. Living new experiences. And discovering more about yourself every step of the way. First letter Above: The sugn ol accomplishment. The mark ot a jock Brian Bolander proudly shows oil his varsity letter to fellow jock Juke Delestry. She appreciated her letter so much that she made sure she got a letter jacket lor it right away Brian? Not so last That fust letter came as a treshman. but this junior didn't feel that macho compulsion to wear his sign ol achievement Enough that he had it to look at First real party Left: Sure, you've been to parties Everyone has But have you realty partied? Surrounded by the clutter ot the the . festivities. Peter Akimoto remember the night before, the night of his first real party. Somehow, he had come of age. even it he wasn't the right age for what partiers often indulge in Example: You never really understood the true meaning of relief until the first time you broke curfew — but Mom and Dad were asleep when you got home, anyway. And who could have told you how great it would feel to cash in your first paycheck — from your first job? You had to experience it. You — on your own. For the first time. It might have been scary. It might have been new. But you did it. Because there’s nothing like that first-hand, first-time experience. After all. didn’t everything start ... with a first time? Nothing beats your first firsts 23