Northern High School - Spirit Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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Bells clang and students rush frantically for the doors. Papers are strewn negligently throughout the halls as people recklessly stampede for the exits. Wild screams echo against the walls. Is it a fire? An earth- quake? Nuclear war? No, it ' s the last day of school before summer vacation. The months of wild leisure, otherwise known as June, July, and August, have once again evacuated the halls. The students are ready for a time of rest and recuperation. It is a time to let their minds recover and prepare for the coming year, which most of them try to forget altogether. It’s too bad parents do not know that. “Mom doesn’t like me sleeping in until noon,” objected freshman Jenifer Aber- nathy wonderingly. Some parents seem to think that more time home means more time at chores. Where would they ever get an idea like that ? Summer is a notorious vacation time. Se- nior Angie Kelley and her family escaped the humidity by going to Arizona. “It was great,” she mused, “although my mother didn’t appreciate all those late nights.” Senior Betsy Wilhelm made her summer memorable by traveling as a foreign ex- Betsy Wilhelm takes a breather beside her BMW while vacationing in Germany. Tammy Miller exhibits her fear as she rides a terrifying ferris wheel at Cedar Point Amuse- ment Park. Summer Activities student life change student to West Berlin, Germany. “It was a great experience,” she com- mented, “I learned a lot about foreign cus- toms and traditions.” For other unlucky people, summer means summer jobs. Hamburger flipping, stocking shelves, and salesmanship replace lazy days of freedom. Junior Renee Boyea explained, “It fills up the time.” Other people would agree that it was only for the money. Whether people waste time, take a vaca- tion, or work, summer vacation has one thing going for it, no homework! S i Vi v i

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eSafe . auuM It s Party Time!” Those were the words heard all over Port Huron on the night of June 7. The class of ' 88 had just graduated and they were ready to celebrate! The seniors had their very first class re- union that night at the YMCA. They played racquetball, basketball, swam, and danced until 4 o’clock in the morning. Ms. Katherine Foster, the senior class adviser, said, “It was one of the greatest things done all year!” It was the last time the class of ’88 would be together and they were determined to make a lasting memory of this final event. After the finishing touches are put on for the Senior Prom, Andy Collins and Tracy Carleton pose for pictures taken by their excited parents. At the McMorran Auditorium where Com- mencement was held, row by row the seniors took their last flight of stairs to graduation. Graduation i i sluJcnl lift

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Spediol =§ ftOto, U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala- bama, was designed to duplicate the func- tions of equipment training and simulators found at the astronaut training center at NASA. Junior John Lukovich and sopho- more Missy Richert were lucky enough to have been able to attend Space Camp this past summer. They were separated into lev- els where they learned to conduct on board shuttle experiments, repair and fuel tele- scopes, and finally design a detailed space station including a major purpose and an estimated price. Missy summed up her feel- ings on the camp by saying, “It was an experience I will never forget!” Resting his tired feet, Scott Hawley leans against a friendly giraffe in a toy store in Chicago. Kristi Pettipren had the pleasure of meeting with celebrities like Joseph Kennedy in her job as a page for Congressional Democratic Congressman David Bonoir from July 7 to August 15. Summer Activities student life