Lake Central High School - Quiver Yearbook (St. John, IN)

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Discussing a carpentry assignment, Scott Sizemore, Jeff Surowiec and Eric Dunlap plan their project. L Dreaa

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P ay Attention! You s t bolt upright and glanced around making sure those words weren’t aimed at you. Monday dragged and anticipation of the week ahead clamored through your mind. Weekends never came too soon! Pressures built every year from jobs, honors classes, and finals. Par¬ ents added more: “Get off the phone and study!” They knew precisely when report cards were due and could literally ruin your dinner on the first Wednesday after each six weeks. New freshman requirements drew their attention to honors points, when some of their classes began offering the coveted extra point. With 157 classes under 13 departments, help to gear you in the right direction was backed up by the faculty members, who were prepared to remind you to “Pay attention!” by: Nancy Smock 8 Pay Attention!

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v- «v ii The halls seem so desolate, so dark when peo¬ ple aren’t in them. They look so strange!— Julie Perez 99 Carmen Baker This unusual scene of an empty hall lasts only until the next bell rings, and students be¬ gin their trip to their next class 10 Pay Attention! Finishing at Mid-term Graduating in January A lthough most people spend four years in high school, a few students choose to graduate after three and a half years. Some stu¬ dents use a ninth semester to complete high school. Last year there were 21 students who left in January. This was, according to the guidance of¬ fice, one of the lowest number in years. These students had many different reasons for leaving in January. The main reasons were to begin college early or start working. Mr. Kopchik, counselor said, “Very few of them left be¬ cause they were bored with school. Most people are un¬ happy to leave at the end of their senior year.” Eric Aldrin, who left in January said, “I had already been accepted to college and I wanted to get some extra time in there.” Of course people wishing to graduate in Janu¬ ary have to have the same amount of credit as those who stay the entire year. by Brad Sultan Brad Sultan Freshmen Given Honors T here were many changes made in the honor classes and the points given last year. The major change was the giving of honor points to freshmen. These points were worth an extra 1.00 on the grading scale. These points were given for English I hon¬ ors, Geometry Special, and Physical Science honors. Ac¬ cording to Mr. Linger these changes were only fair. “They are doing as much work as the juniors or seniors who take comparable classes,” said Linger. Another change which didn’t affect last year’s sen¬ iors but all other grades and the future seniors was the change in the honors system. All honor classes were changed so each class was worth 1.00 on a five point scale. by Brad Sultan Helen Makris discusses her im¬ pending graduation with Mr. Kopchik. A bulletin board commemorat¬ ing the marines killed in Beruit, is displayed by Mr. Clark Q i a Demar Beck• Memorial for Beirut Dead I n October the first anni¬ versary of the bombing of the Marine headquarters in Beirut, many students and faculty wore red, white, and blue armbands with a yellow star in the center. These arm- bands, which were made and distributed by the Dyer Vet¬ erans of Foreign Wars (VFW), were given to stu¬ dents and teachers who wished to participate in the memorial. These armbands were also considered to be a protest against terrorism. Mr. Clark, who sponsored the armband wearing in school, said that about 200 people wore the armbands for the day. “I was pleased. This was something that needed to be remembered,” he said. by Brad Sultan