Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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18 STUDENT LIFE Dawn Winter. Brad Matthies. Greg Jones, and other students at Post-Prom hold their bags of winnings while waiting in line for another game. Post-Prom is held every year from 1:00 - 4.00 a.m. following the dance.

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Kirsten Anderson. Mike Jurgens. Jim Cox, Jeff Jensen and Tim Tuttle follow along with the program at the Honors Convocation. The honors were presented immediately after Baccalaureate. Kris Nerem gets emotional as she hugs Trent Baker while Nan Howard waits in line for the next hug. Jeff Jensen gives someone a high five because he is glad this day has finally come. Pat Erb. Mike Williams. Scott Olson. Trent Baker and Kim Baker all anxiously await the Commencement. All of the programs were held on a sunny but breezy Sunday. Brian Gardels is excited to see what is in his diploma. Nikki Thoendel talks to another well-wisher on the field. GRADUATION 17

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Variety of life-styles depicted ime spent differently egging cars, and acting weird. Thanksgiving was for families. Spring break was just that — a break. Then came summer, which was looked forward to from the first day of school. It was a time for tans, summer jobs, lazing in the sun, family vacations, and much more. A special aspect of student life was the foreign exchange students who came to our school for a year. Our students could mingle with these four and gain a little knowledge of their countries and maybe even a new friend. Student life was very individualized. A student’s life was his to lead the way he liked. However, the special people who attended NHS; and the way they conducted themselves out of school kept NHS's reputation solid. Everything a student did throughout the year of 1986 made it The Year of the Panther.” A lot of a student’s time is spent at after school and weekend jobs. Dave Smejkal spends his Saturday afternoon working at Dairy Queen. Many students attend sports events during their free time. NHS students fill the stands at a Friday night basketball game. During school hours students vere busy with their studies and ime was limited. However, after he final bell of the day rang, TUDENT LIFE began. Weekday nights were usually illed with activities such as jobs, lomework, phone conversations, ind plans for the weekend. One f the most common questions leard around school on a Friday ifternoon was, Where are the ►arties?” After deciding whom to ;o out with that night and what o do, the glorious weekend be-;an. Weekends were an escape for nost students. For two days, they ould practically forget about chool. They could sleep in with-ut missing their first two classes f the day or stay out late without ver going to sleep. The ways in hich they spent their weekends ere endless. Some students enjoyed a owdy weekend that included a ports event, road trips, parties, pposite-sex chasing, and an ccasional Main.” Others preerred more quiet fun such as aking in a movie with a date, atching VCR’s at a friend's ouse, or even staying home for the weekend. For some a trip to Grandma’s was inevitable where the weekend was spent sleeping, eating, socializing with relatives, and wanting to go home. Some weekend nights were spent at special school related activities. Three nights out of the year, many NHS students attended Homecoming, Winter Royalty, To me, student life is time spent out of school in sports and extracurricular activities. ” - Sam Burrell and Prom dances. Friday night football and basketball games drew large crowds of students. During school, weekends contained the most student life, but vacations and summer held even more. Winter vacation was a time of many ski trips, travels abroad, and social gatherings. Halloween was a time for papering houses, STUDENT LIFE 19