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

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A MESSAGE TO THE FAMILY was ex- tended by graduate Kimala Strange. Many families attended, most graduates had their own cheering sections. A MOMENT OF MEDITATION was taken in the midst of hectic graduation preparation by former graduate Mitch Keller, who stood in the Bayfront lobby clutching his ceremony program, marveling that he finally made it. Bigwigs hey were the cream of the crop, kings of the roost, at the top of the heap, in the big time. They were seniors - bigwigs, tough stuff. Seniors'rode buses to Disney World for Grad Nite, relaxed during free periods, and sported red and blue caps and gowns on a very special June day. They could open cam- bination locks with their eyes shut, could recite football cheers by heart, and could never remember being freshmen. By this time everything was a piece of cake. Surviving ex- ams and avoiding tardies were old hat. Seniors had everything down pat, claimed to have seen it all. Four years was a long time, some thought too long. Class rings were no longer new and shiny, they were scratched from the wear and tear of high school life. Library cards, issued aeons ago in ninth grade, were dog-eared from trips through the washer and research assignments, which many said were a trip. Some thought high school time flewlby, others thought it crept by. Regardless of the school of thought, seniors real- ized that high school times DO come to an end. What seemed to take forever happened too soon. GRADUATION I 67

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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

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It wos common to heor people onswer the question how old ore you by soying olmost io, or 17V2. Mony students believed the older, the better. Time offord- ed o constont opportunity for students to cotch up on experience by Growing Up. Sometimes students were onx- ious to flip through colendor poges, lool-ting oheod to groduotion or summer vocotion, ond ot other At lunch the concourse wos crowded with peo- ple, who usuolly squeezed ten or fifteen people oround tobles mode for six. Ronnie Goines stopped to look for friends during o lunch breol-s. Students filed to closs during the six minute inter- mission between closses os Mr. Hugh Kriever, prin- cipol, supervised. Kriever wos seen mingling with the students before, during, ond ofter school. Before closses begon, the moll wos o ploce to tolls with friends, try to woke up, or hurry to finish times students dreoded the end of high school. Even though seniors relished their position ot the top of the lodder, mony upperclossmen silently envied freshmen, who still hod thot eventful climb to the senior closs oheod. Growing Up tools time, which either soored or seemed to stond still. People helped morls this time by moking memories. Friends in- duced giggling in geometry, ened to Bond Director, Mr. Robert Smith ot the August bond comp. During his free sixth period, Bob Dumphy sot in the concourse, tollsing with friends. As o senior privilege, upperclossmen were given the oppor- tunity to toke free periods, Mrs. Suson Eorley, Longuoge Arts teacher, frequently conducted closses in the medio center. She discussed o reseorch looned lunch money, ond bought birthdoy cords. They mode high school on experience, o woy of life. lt wos people who creoted the Potriot woy of life - the speciol ot- mosphere of pride. The modern focility wos lifeless ond meont nothing without the energy ond spirit of people. Pinellos Pork wos people. And these people hod pride. homework ossignments. Borboro Georgiolos visited with friends before the 7145 tordy bell. ln the midst of conversotion, Lindo Linordos mode plons for the weekend over lunch. Some people spent precious summer time ot school in workshops ond comps. Ken Keller, BlueStors Bond Drum Mojor, list- topic with o student. 0 O QI 0 68 I PEOPLE DIVISION