Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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Don Forney checks to make sure he has the right cap. After graduation everyone joyously threw his cap in the air. Although Goria Roggow looks a bit preoccupied, Sara Rogers is all smiles before Baccalaureate. The Honors ceremony and Baccalaureate are held at Memorial Field. Melanie Elliott turns her tassel after receiving her diploma. Turning the tassel has been a long tradition for graduates. Graduation

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Prestige Girls' and Boys' Staters, Merit Winners receive recognition Cornhusker Girls' and Boys' State was a program designed to give high school students a view on how state and local governments work. The five juniors selected to participate from NHS were: Kristi Truex, Angel Gibson, Kate O'Gorman, Kory Barr, and Rich Allen. There were two states , one for girls and another for boys. Students held elections for Governor, members of a Unicameral Legislature, and other state, city and county officials. By doing this, students got a first-hand experience of how the Nebraska legislative system really works. The students also attended several lectures and addresses delivered by public officials, including Nebraska Governor Kay Orr. One of the most competitive scholarships that a student can earn is from the National Merit Scholarship Program. Of more than one million students nationwide who entered the 1987 Merit Program, only approximately 6,000 were awarded a scholarship. NHS had four finalists and one Honorable Mention in the program. The four finalists were: Scott Berney, Paul Davis, Kent Hofmann, and Paul Nitz Receiving Honorable Mention was Bob Hoile. -J. Becker National Merit Scholarship 9 Winners. Front Row: Bob Hoile (honorable mention), Paul Davis. Back Row: Paul ■ Nitz, Scott Berney, Kent Hofmann. Girls’ and Boys’ State Qualifiers. Front Row: Kristi Truex, Angel Gibson, Kate O'Gorman. Back Row: Kory Barr, Rich Allen.

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- Celebrate Graduation ends high school Era, creates new beginnings The day had finally The class of 1987 received arrived, May 17, many honors. It proved to 1987, graduation be one of the best classes to for a class of 280 members, graduate from NHS by Although Baccalaureate and receiving more that 1.4 the Honors ceremony were million dollars in held at Memorial Field, the scholarships, sunny weather threatened to As the class sat together for turn severe and perhaps the last time, they commencement had to take were told it was a time for place in the gymnasium. celebration. Memories of Leading the class in past events were racing academic honors were through everyone's minds Valedictorian Tracy Koch; as each individual realized Salutatorian Paul Davis; that the days of his ranking third Kent Hofmann, childhood were rapidly The remaining top ten coming to a close. The students were: Amy Bahm, ninety-ninth commencement Scott Berney, Sandy of NHS was a time for Dieckman, Mike Effle, Bob remembering and a time for Hoile, Beth Scheel, and celebrating, but most of all, it Laura Thelander. was a time for beginnings. -J. Becker 12 Graduation Terri Waugh hangs on to her cap to keep it from blowing away. Because of the weather, Graduation was moved to the NHS gym.