Lake Stevens High School - Pilchuck Yearbook (Lake Stevens, WA)

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For the sophomores it's a brand new life full of new freedoms and responsibili- ties. They join all the clubs and attend all the games in an almost frantic effort to do everything. Eagerly accepting the Pink Palace as their Alma Mater . The juniors are old pros--established residents--who mock their underclassmen as silly --not remembering their intern- ship just a year before. For them it's THE year. So much to do--prom, homecoming, “TWO ROADS DI- ANDI TOOK TRAVELED BY MADE ALL THE achievement tests--and they really start worrying about grades. For the Seniors it's an exciting, hectic year, but one tinged with memories. It's a year of expectations and fears. Graduation comes with almost frightening speed, and the seniors begin asking themselves what they are really going to do when they're graduated. But when they do leave, tucked away in each mind will be the memories and experiences of three unforgetable, ir- replaceable years.

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For each student at Lake Stev- ens High School the three years they spend here mean something differ- ent, but to all it is a search; a constant inquiry into their goals, abilities, and drives. A high school career is invalu- able because it can never be re- placed. Not only is the academic portion necessary for a stable future, but the social life-- the friends you make, the things you do, and the way you do them--leaves a permanent mark on you as a whole. “TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW. . LIFE’S BUT A WALKING SHADOW, A POOR PLAYER THAT STRUTS AND FRETS HIS HOUR UPON THE STAGE AND THEN IS HEARD NO MORE.” 5

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We reach out, we grasp, but we never quite catch hold, not yet. But we will. First we must realize our fears, hopes, desires, and goals. Then we have to chan- nel them in the proper direction. We cannot let them destroy us! If not overcome, our fears can hold us as still as a stagnant pond. If not pursued our hopes for ourselves can never come true. They merely become dreams flitting past our eyes like butterflies. If not controlled, our desires, rather than intellectual judgement, rule our deci- sions. That is why it is imperative that our desires be noble and worthy of ourselves. If not set higher than we think we can reach, our goals become meaningless. We become apathetic. We subjugate ourselves to wishful thinking. The search for the self is personal fulfillment. Be true to your own greatest aspirations.