Silver Lake High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Silver Lake, KS)

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Below: May sixleenth marked gradu- aTion pracTice which Took place in The morning before The awards' ceremonies,- phoTo by Connie Robbins, ,.,,1 S T ..o. s T '25 -,'2 I . T . 5 ss Q T X -'H T . T oeeo egg .T 5 , f fsff Q I SX Q S an wr vi-its is s so l U siglt g 8 Re so c....,, Dreams of living life in own way equal success by Dianne Schmidf l have a dream. These four words, once spoken by Dr. Nlarfin LuTher King, Jr.. began one of The mosT well-known and forceful speeches ever wriTTen, BUT They also began much more Than ThaT. They Tell of every individual's hopes and goals in life. They began The sTruggle of achieve- menf ThaT each of us has underTaken indi- vidually and as a class. By combining our class sTrengThs wiTh The enTire school, we have seen so many dreams become realiTies during These lasT four years. We wanTed To be sTaTe cham- pions so we Tried a liTTle harder and puT forTh a lilsfle more sweaT To place us in The finals, This Time we had The experience and The deTerminaTion ThaT comes from losing on our side. We wenT away from The fooTball field The Kansas 3A sTaTe fooT- ball champions of 4981. We also became The 3A sTaTe baskeTball champions. Then There's The girls' baskefball Team. ThaT dream came True when we earned The TiTle of Girls' Class 3A sTafe champions. And each Time we played, iT was The en- Tire school, even The whole communify who won because everyone played a pari. TogeTher we were a Team ThaT had someThing To be proud of. Academically, Silver Lake High School has had a repuTaTion of conTaining de- manding classes and inTelligenT people, The school should be proud of This. buT The records are individual records: Thus, indi- vidual accomplishmenTs grow even high- er. All of Thse communal and individual ac- complishmenTs could have very easily re- mained dreams in our minds and hearls. buf insTead of iusT dreaming and leTTing Them fade, we applied acTion To earn whaT we wanTed To To make The dreams inTo realiTies. Each of our dreams are really a challenge To ourselves, a challenge To face and overcome so we can say we were successful. Because isn'T ThaT whaT success is - To make info a realiiy The dreams of living life in your own way? Therefore, we have graduaTed from This lasT challenge To many more we have To face in The adulf world. GRADUATIONfACTlVlTlESf 'I 419

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Far Right: Before receiving their diplo- mas, Jody Snider, Miele Bloess, and Amy Constant perform 'Be a Dreamer com- posed and written by Miss Jan Patton.- photo by Julie Hawkins. Right: Preceeding the commencement exercises, valedictorian Kelly Tabbert contemplates her speech.-photo by Deb- bie Brungardt. Future will 'delinitely' see seniors Yesim, Miele present countries flags Commencement exercises for the graduating class of 4983 took place on May 22. With tears of joy and sadness, the graduates said good-bye to their class- mates of four years. Valedictori- an, Kelly Tabbert, and Salutatori- an, Dianne Schmidt both gave speeches during the commence- ment. Tabbert ended by stating that the future will definitely hear from this senior class. Also during the commencement, foreign ex- change students Miele Bloess and Yesim Kebapci, presented the high school with their countries' flags. Above Right: Curious to see what they received, Brent Lilley and Don Conaway open their gifts.-photo by Mary Dekat. Right: Red roses, supplied by Shelli Sum- ner, were displayed by Julie Brunner and Becky Landis as part of the traditional gown.-photo by Debbie Brungardt. Far Right: I have a dream was the basis of salutatorian Dianne Schmidt's speech.-photo by Daron Howard. 1418fACTlVlTlESfG-RADUATION

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RlghT: Afier The 82-29 victory over Erle, juniors Mary DekaT and Angie SuTher Take a well deserved dip in The pool To relax.- phoTo by Erin Wiley, Far Rlghi: As she walis for her oppo- nenT's reTurn, freshman Jannie Brady ploTs her move,-phoTo by Erin Wiley. Cosmosphere, pool Siudenis ma People ThaT wenT To The sTaTe games aT HuTchinson were occu- pied wiTh various acTiviTles. Everyone lefT The high school aT eighT a.m. and formed a 'lcon- voy all The way To HuTchinson. When They arrived aT HuTchinson, everyone checked inTo Their rooms and sTarTed occupying Themselves wiTh The aTTracTions of The Holidome. AfTer relaxing, The people wenT To The firsT sTaTe game. Proceeding The game, There were a few minor celebra- Tions. On Friday morning, a group of people wenT To The Cosmos- phere. Tanya Ellis senior said, l'lT was lnTeresTing and a loT of fun. AfTer becoming The 3-A sTaTe champs, The girls were sere- naded wiTh The song We Are The Champions. FurTher celebraTions were held aT The Holidome. Jan- nie Brady freshman said, ThaT nighT a loT of people goT Thrown inTo The pool-cloThes and aIll Above Right: Ready To achieve a high score and beaT his opponenT, freshman Shannon Hook, freshman Duane Herring- Ton pushes The sTarT buTTon,-phoTo by Erin Wiley. Rlghf: Playing ping-pong ai The Holl- dome, MarTelle BeeThe freshman Tries To ouTsmarT her adversary.-phoTo by Erin Wi- ley. 150 f ACTIVITIES f KIDS AT STATE iill hours aT HuTch . . . ke big splash aT