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

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HANDSHAKES AND SMILES were in obundonce ot oll inductions. A smiling NHS inductee, Steve Mostorides, receiv- ed o hondshoke from Mr. Kriever, is A. A H5 DIMMED LIGHTS AND BURNING CANDLES creoted the troditionol, speciol otmosphere ot the NHS induc- tion. Corlo Boker, junior inductee, recited the NHS membership pledge, promising her continued scholarship, leodership, service, ond chorocter. YEARS OF HARD WORK earned NHS memberships for 25 ocodemic ochievers, The students, who were screened by the foculty, sot in the or- chestro pit of the ouditorium os Mr, Kriever, principol, spoke during the ceremony. REFRESHMENTS, usuolly sheet cokes, punch, ond cookies, were o port of most inductions. As Refreshment Com- mittee Choirperson of the Lotin Honor Society Induction, Sondro Leory prepored to cut the coke she mode for the occosion. it s . INDUCTIONS AND COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES X 65

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Getting In x etting in' inspired eor to eor smiles, hondshokes, ond wolks on cloud nine. For some students 'getting in' meont eorning induction into honor societies ond orgonizotions, ond for others it meont eorning occeptonce into colleges, But for oll students 'getting in' prompted o feeling of elotion, surprise, pride, ond relief oll wropped into one. lnductions oppeored often in the foll months on the octivity colendor. The Lotin Honor Society held o ceremony on October 15 for 15 students in the chorol room. Members of the society served os speokers for the oudience of porents ond friends. On October 29, 35 ochievers were inducted into the Notionol Honor Society in 0 condlelit ceremony held in the ouditorium. On November 5, students were inducted into the Sponish Honor Society in the ouditorium. Students conducted the ceremony in Sponish ond performed skits for the oudience of porents ond friends. FBLA students joined with other county chopters for o condlelit breokfost officer instollotion ot the Sheroton Sond Key Resort. DECA members met ot Sombos Restouront on October 8 for their onnuol officer instollotion. During the spring months onother kind of 'getting in' occurred. Nervous students took frequent trips to moilboxes in onticipotion of college occeptonce letters. 'Getting in' meont relief. After signs of relief come the fomilior eor to eor smiles ond wolks on cloud nine. 641 INDUCTIONS AND COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES HARD WORK in her Sponish closses eorned membership in the Sponish Honor Society for Dorlene Schoeffer, who received her certificote with o hondshoke from Assistont Principol Mrs. Dorothy Cheothom. GOOD NEWS come in the form of thick envelopes from colleges ond univer- sities. In eorly December, Poulo Johnston received her occeptonce let- ter from the University of Alobomo vio the U.S. Postol Service.

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66 X GRADUATION FILING INTO THE ARENA, groduotes tool-Q their finol strides toword high school completion os foculty members poced the students to the tune of Pomp ond Circumstoncef' THE MOOD WAS SET by the underclossmen of the Blue Stors Bond, who ploced music in honor of the groduotes. The bond occomponied the choir, who song the olmo moter. s AN OBSERVER'S VIEW of the oreno in- cludes the red ond blue clad groduotes, oudience, ond stoge, Even though severol schools held ceremonies ot the Boyfront, the pride mode the Potriot ceremony unique. THE DIG SURPRISE wos the seniors' gift to the school, o replico of the Liberty Bell, which rong os the seniors exited the ore-no, rong ot the 1982 seniors' ossembly in September, M14