Morro Bay High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Morro Bay, CA)

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Seniors Are Big Time Spendei y the time a student reaches his senior year he has gone from being put on the bus every morning by his mommy, to driving to school, dating, making career choices, and taking responsibility for many of the financial aspects of his life. Although it is with some reluc- tance that good-bye is said to these carefree days of childhood most look forward to the freedom of being a senior, at last. Being a senior is a very exciting time,but it can also be expensive. While a few are financially indepen- dent many find it necessary to seek employment to help finance the last year of a free public education. In some cases managing one's finances can be the most difficult lesson we ever learn. Some will never master it and many will never even understand it. How can I be overdrawn if I still have checks in my checkbook? , is a familiar la- ment. Parents have long understood how expensive it is to raise children and are eager for their offspring to as- sume complete financial independence as soon as possi- ble. While some choose to do without, most participate to at least some degree in the senior year ritual which is a cultural rite of passage. Regardless of where the money comes from, here is where it goes. The figures are, of course, only estimates but rest assured that no matter how bad it seems, it will only get worse next year at college. GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENTS S25 CAP AND GOWN 12 PORTRAITS 15C CLASS FEES 7 PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPH E GRAD NIGHT 5C PROM TICKETS 16 TUX OR DRESS 75 DINNER 35 CORSAGE 15 ASB CARD 12 TREASURE CHEST 25 SCHOOL ACTIVITIES DANCES 20 SPORTS EVENTS 20 ENTERTAINMENT MOVIES, DATES 200 TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE 400 GAS 500 MAINTENANCE 400 CLOTHING 500 TOTAL S2470 ff yr' ,ww

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Page 44. 1. Occasionally students have the op- portunity to attend a school dance. This provides 3 change in night time activities and a chance for students to get better acquainted. Solid Gold Dancers, Mike Gray and Pam Ramos, get down to the sounds of The Music Machine. Kreg Kowarsch was heard to say, That was the best dance l never attended . 2. The human slalom is an exciting event in a day spent in the snow. Downhill contestant, Ken Sperow, carves his turns gracefully before being wiped out by a wild, out of control skier. Remember, Geoff? 3. Tom McKellar takes great pride in his much admired 1967 Camaro Super Sport. Transportation ranges from car to scooter to the bus for MBHS students and is a major part of student life. Page 45. 1. Staci Dunn, Shane Harpster, and Kim Henslin await the start of a volleyball game by relaxing on the lawn between the D and E halls. Athletics are one of the ways students spend time after school. 2. Having recently re- turned from the hunt, Jimmy Avant consumes a barbecued seagull. Melissa Suschke expresses her desire to share the feast.

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Page 46. 1. Robyn McCorkle, Betsy Maddox, and Deana Ross, like most MBHS seniors, spend over 2,000 dollars to pay for their last year of free education. The senior year can be expensive, but the joy, fun, and memories are priceless and will last a lifetime. Page 47. 1. On the average, seniors will spend about twenty dollars on dance tickets this year. In addition there is the cost of after dance refreshments. Troy Leage and his date, Stacey Ongley enjoy the dance and get their money's worth by arriving early and not leaving until after the last dance. Troy was smart to buy an ASB card as it saves him big bucks at school activities. 2. The seven dollars that Renee Scholtes pays with a smile to ASB secretary, Vicky Lady goes to finance class activities such as awards night, activities day, the class gift, and the color portrait section in the Treasure Chest. Future seniors can rest assured that there will always be some- one waiting to take their money. 3. Traveling the road to graduation requires lots of gasoline. Some seniors wonder if they own the car or it owns them. Not count- ing payments, it can easily cost over a thousand dollars a year to drive a car. SHHEASB wma ......W.t Hwang I 2 Senior Expenses 47