Marathon High School - Shoreline Yearbook (Marathon, FL)

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I • Spirit of '77!! T person begins his or her senior year the feeling is that this is going to be a special year. But, what makes it so special? Could it be the feeling of taking the easiest classes possible and just relaxing for a yearv Or maybe it is just the opposite, taking diffi- cult classes and getting the last bit of education that is essential for the years ahead. Whether the special” feeling is one of the above or not, 1 feel there are a few things that make being a senior so Special. May I share them with you? Well, let's get started . . . . . . Taking tests like the SAT or ATP and scoring well on them so as to be accepted to the col- lege of one's choice. . . . Near the last half of foot- ball season homecoming rolls around, and we all know what that means, don't we? It means a chance for some lucky senior boy and girl to become MHS King and Queen. . . . Another very special part of the year is the friendliness that is captured inside the senior class. Each year 1 have observed friendships in the senior class which are as strong as steel and usually last for eternity. I guess you could put friendliness on the top of the list of Senior Quali- ties. ... At the end of each year, after all tests have been taken. Homecoming King and Queen have been crowned, courses are over, and friendships have been made the Specialist part of the year arrives . . . GRADUA- TION! !! The senior class proph- ecy is read. Last Will and Testa- ments are read, students receive awards and special recognition of honor, diplomas are handed out, rings turned, lassies are flipped, and then it is all over. But, it is just the beginning for me. The start of a new group of seniors, and the beginning of another Special year; another Senior year. Now that I’ve told you a little bit about a senior and what his Jear is like, let's take a look at this years special class and their year . . . I 1 3 Senior Intro.

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A Special Year On the 9th day of June, in the year 1977 I will sit back as I have done for the past twenty years and watch the Class of '77 walk down my corridors for the last time as stu- dents of Marathon High School. I have seen to date 19 different classes ranging in size from 14 to 76 students graduate, and I will proba- bly see many more classes with an increasing number of students graduate from me and prepare for another phase of their life. Some of this year's graduates came to me up to five years ago as children enter- ing their seventh year of schooling, but now at the end of their senior year I am sure that each and every student will leave as a responsible young adult. In each of my twenty years, I have seen the ability to achieve the highest goal, overcome A very special moment . . . Graduation. The Special class of '77. My first special class . . . 1953. any obstacle, and fulfill any dream in each student that has graduated. I saw it in the first graduating class of 14 students and I see it again, this year in the largest of my graduating classes, 85 students. For some of this years graduating scholars their immediate goal is to pursue their schooling at the college of their choice. For others they will attempt to make it in the real world in a chosen profession. No mat- ter what they decide to do I will rest assured that they will make it with much success and self gratification. Enough about the future, let's take a look at what it means to be a senior, and what one's senior year may be like. From the moment that a

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They Put The Pieces Together. ,r UCC Mr. Jerry McCurry and Mrs. Jessie Hobbs, this year's senior class sponsors, have provided much motivation and inspiration to the Class of '77. The senior class would like to extend their greatest appreciation for the wonderful sponsor - ship given by these two fine people. Seniors . . Senior Advisors