Pinellas Park High School - Occurrences Yearbook (Largo, FL)

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22 I EXPENSES A DAILY EXPENSE for most students was a cafeteria lunch, which cost 9511. Judy Skiles paid for a COTTON of milk which cost15a. THE BASICS OF AN EDUCATION, paper and pencils, were a necessary ex- pense. The campus book store, which was open before school and during lunch, did a booming business not only in paper and pencils, but T shirts and folders as well. Tina Voytas paid Mr. Bruce for a report cover during her lunch period. HIGHER EDUCATION expenses began to add up in high school. College entrance tests, which cost up to 510, were a necessary ticket into most colleges. Chris Cundiff filled out the student ques- tionaire portion of an SAT test applica- tion in the guidance office. 22 CREDITS AND S18 were requirements for students wishing to participate in the graduation ceremony held at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg. The mandatory fee paid for caps and gowns and diploma covers and helped reserve the arena. Mark Mancuso read the sign explaining the fee before pay- ing his 518.

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Dishing lt Gut t seemed os though the cheerleoders' chont, Buckle down, buckle down, do it, do it, do it! perfoined to more thon just winning o footboll gome. Much too often students hod to choose between 'dishing it out' or missing out. Students feored thot orch foe the fee, which continuolly - prompted questions like: Do you wont to porticipote in the groduotion ceremony? Well, poy the S18 groduotion fee. Do you wont to ottend col- lege? lf so, the registrotion fee for ACT ond SAT college en- tronce tests is up to S9 eochf' Do you wont to go on the senior cruise? The price is S300. But oll expenses weren't thot high. Most school expenses didn't put o Iorge dent in the wollet. lnsteod, minor necessities put little dents thot odded up. A bosic cofeterio lunch cost 956, stondord SCHOOL PORTRAITS were on odded expense in students' budgets. Bryn Alon Studios photogrophed Richord Veghte ond other students, who bought the pockets, ronging in price from54to S11. notebook poper wos 256, pen- cils were 21156, ond o gym locker wos 256 to rent. But some closses required more thon o pencil, some poper, ond o full stomoch, Sup- plies for some closses hod to be purchosed by the student. Business students bought typing poper for 306 ond steno pods for 656, ond photogrophy, pointing, ond fibers students bought vorious supplies for ort or photogrophy projects. Geometry students bought geometers ond protroctors, ond A.P. History students bought S20 textbooks, just to nomeofew. The Buckle down, buckle down, do it, do it, do it! philosophy influenced on overoge, unsuspecting student to poy in school expenses becouse he chose 'dishing it out' over missing out. EXPENSES I 23