South Side High School - Totem Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Mr. Bartkiewicz. senior homeroom teacher, leads the proud seniors down Calhoun Street as underclassmen, parents, and friends look on. As the parade of seniors makes its way to the auditorium, the flag corps gives the group an honorary salute.

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Melanie White, senior, jokes with friends as she rushes to finish her sloppy joe before the end of the sometimes- too-short lunch period. It's not uncommon to catch a glimpse of Mike Rogers and Cindy Ditslear, sophomores. Crowding into tight quarters for a ride home is often necessary one Was in on Making Change From Teachers to Students, the Difference Was Clear et's take some credit. We're the I ones to be held responsible. Everyone had a part in the production. » Every class has a quality of its own, and every year separates itself from the ones before it. But this was a year unlike any other. The time had come for improvements, changes, and rearrangements. For the first time, football didn't set off its season with a jamboree game. Even the faculty felt the excitement to change, and some teachers traded the rooms they had been in for many years for new rooms and a more positive at- titude. What better way for everyone to feel South Side's new pride than to start off the year with students leading the annual orientation programs? Stu- dent Council put on the show with the faculty beside it, making sure every student knew the school song.

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• For teachers, administration, and parents, the day was a chance to be proud of a class they helped to create. For the seniors, it was much more. Ivy Day: A Day to Remember Forever t1 riday morning of May 20, 1983, a • crowd lined the street in front of South Side. Underclassmen, faculty, parents, and friends were gathered in anticipation of a pro- ud tradition that is unique to South Side: Ivy Day, a ceremony in which all graduating seniors partake, is always an unforgettable ex- perience for all who witness and take part in it. The ceremony last spring was no excep- tion, and it benefited from good weather. The parade of seniors, led by the queen and her court, marched down Calhoun and Oakdale and on to the auditorium for a special program. Class president Bonita lohnson and master of ceremonies )eff Leal welcomed the seniors and presented the program. Phil CiaQuinta crowned the queen, and after the program was over, the senior class officers had the honor of planting yet another ivy plant outside. Kris Kurtz, senior, is congratulated by Phil CiaQuinta. 1 senior, as he crowns her Ivy Day Queen Bonita Johnson, senior, looks on