Riverhead High School - Blue Peconic Yearbook (Riverhead, NY)

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LEARNING THERE

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Right: Trying to figure out how to get their canoe across the road are Darlene Miloski and Sandy Flanigan.

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ait a minute! Hold every- thing! I was out of school for three days, and I have no idea what is going on. How could I miss so much in just three short days.-' Whatever the reason, a day missed means work missed. It seems as though you miss one day of school, and it takes you three more just to make it up. This happens when only a couple of days are missed. Imagine what would happen if you came to school only when you really felt like it. If you want to learn anything and get ahead in life, you have to BE THERE. As students in our school, we tend to take some of the academic opportunities for granted. We have one of the finest ! oreign Language departments on Long Island. How many schools do you know that still offer Latin.'' ROTC is another academic opportunity not found everywhere. We have up-to- date lab and computer equipment where some schools have very little. In order to take advantage of these opportunities, however, you have to BE THERE. You have to make the decision. Opportunities are not given away; however, they are there, and we have to take it upon ourselves to grab them and use them in our own best interest. On the following pages are some highlights of the academic year at our school. The opportunities were there. Were you? Far left: Preparing for a celebration of academic achievement, the Graduation of the Class of 84, are Mr. DeGrasse and Ms. Cot ten. Top: Finding the library to be just as good a place to be as any are Richard Nathaniel, Andy Baldelli and Danny Martin. Above: Though not probable, it is possible that Doreen Cracco's look of interest is directed toward the blackboard. AcadrtnM l » h»c» «