Northrop High School - Bear Tracks Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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i Transfering in from Wayne, Mrs- Beaver Beerman elicits a spiritual response from Mr Banana Brown on costume day. photo Tami Clarl Mrs Stephany Bourne earns the honor of being the Fort Wayne Community Schools Teacher of the Year, photo WHAT ELSE IS THERE? V J

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inning: Students strive for best year in high school history Northrop is known statewide for athletic excellence not only in men ' s sports but in wonnen ' s as well. These are just a few of the areas of excellence at Northrop. There are many groups that have not been mentioned such as our speech team which is very successful and has won many awards on a state as well as national level. Another group is our Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD) chapter. In- terest in this group was outstanding this year as they announced that their goal was not to encourage stu- dents to stop drinking but to dis- courage them from driving after they drink. Each year thousands of students come to Northrop and face the tre- mendous pressure of continuing the winning traditions of Northrop. The Class of 1988 and its followers, the classes of 89, 90, and 91, began the school year with the goal to not just carry on this tradition but to exceed all other accomplishments of for- mer NHS classes. They had one and only one goal — to be the best class to ever attend Northrop High School and to have the best year in high school history. They had to be the best, after all, what else is there!?! — Gina Snowberger ■M |- f I, .f»l; .« ' The Big Orange Pride, fourth in the state, perform for their favorite audience, the home crowd. photo Tami Clark ' TO BE THE BEST

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ne Body Stuck lockers, crowded hallways, indigestible lunches, fire drills on the coldest, rainiest days of the year, insurmountable amounts of homework, frus- trating rules and dress codes elements of high school life. But despite the downside of a highs- chool year, a year which will be for- ever remembered in this book, many cherished moments and feelings filled the halls of Morthrop, overshadowing the unpleasantries — The Class of ' 88 stand- ing together for the first time as seniors at the homecoming pep session, the juniors making it to the lower level of the gym, the sophomores ecstatic victory over the seniors, and the freshmen ' s contagious en- thusiasm for their first year of high school. Even through those hor- rible days there was always something special given to us from Northrop — a smile from a certain person, en- couraging words from a teacher, a postponed test, or even an assembly during a least favorite class. We laughed, we smiled, we cried, we complained. We worked, we played, we failed, we succeeded. We were four separate classes as one student body. We will never have this same time together in the same way again. Never. But we will never forget these times. For they were the best. — Jennifer Welsh ' Continuing r orthrop tradition, sen- ior beach bums luau in the com mens on Hawaiian Day photo; Tami Claris Lara Wegner packs up her beach gear, empties the sand out of her shoes and heads to class, photo Tami Clark ' ' ' .■ THE BEST OF TIMES V y