Pontiac Senior High School - Quiver Yearbook (Pontiac, MI)

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The publication of this 1984 QUIVER has special significance for us as it coincides with our celebrating the 135th anniversary of Pontiac Central High School. As we turn the pages of this yearbook, memories of the joys, excitement, challenges, and successes of the past four years will be enlivened. In much the same way, comznemorating this 135th anniversary of our school should make us look back over the decades and try to understand the hopes and dreams of those who came before us to better judge how well we have measured up to their expectations. Pontiac Central High School was founded to answer a compelling need felt in the cominunity for higher formal education for the young people in the area. From very modest beginnings in 1849, the high school, originally known as Old Union and later as Grove High School, was considered, by l87l, to be the finest in the State of Michigan. Generations of graduates have made outstanding contributions to the arts and sciences, to politics and industry. To chronicle the history of a high school best, we should parallel the way in which the QUIVER details the life cycle of a single graduating class in four-year segments. Each new incoming class brings with it, distinctive personalities, talents, needs, and challenges. Over these past four years we have endeavored to offer strong leadership and understanding guidance to assure that those graduating will be as well prepared as possible for their future roles in the community. We are constantly monitoring our teaching procedures and our curriculunfl choices, sensitive to the demands that will be made on our young people. We know how important it is that our students realize that success breeds success and have therefore publicly honored their achievements in Honors and Awards ceremonies while we have challenged their sense of civic responsibility in the Key Club, the Student Leadership Council, and in a revitalized National Honor Society. Those students who persevered to improve their grades and their school citizenship were also rewarded because underlying all our programs at Pontiac Central is this philosophy: The singleminded, enthusiastic pursuit of excellence in the classroom, on the athletic field, in every facet of life is the only sure way to realize fully the potential each of us possesses. As the eleventh principal of Pontiac Central High School, I take great pride in the traditions and achievements of the past. But looking back is not what made this high school great. We must continue to nurture the best of our traditions and make them vital and productive in the lives of our students and community today. The greatest homage we can pay to the past is to improve the future. Hail to the Chiefs of yesterday, today, and tomorrow! Dr. Rus s ell Principal 5 1 iunmmu.1iw.iu11miut A muuwuumm ee- :alum Q mm -U