St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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1 Pete Mount Robot! Gotten •Bruce tkxxoe Lotry Gtokken CroJg Greltkteutz Above: finding time to proctice ploying the plono Isn't eosy with Abbys busy life, but she Steven Chose monoges to put some time aside eoch week Charles Chostoin Seniors 20

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Hopes Kept Alive By Realistic Goals Who's rhor girl with the omozing voice? someone in the crowd osked. Thor’s my doughrer Abby Furmonsky. sold her proud mother. Singing since her eorly teens, Furmonsky joined her synogogue choir. She iorer storied roking voice lessons ond developed her voice even more. With this she joined Jozz Lob ond Jozzrer. As she become more serious obout singing, new doors opened for her. Singing eventuolly led to o new possion. acting. She began trying out for school ploys ond hod been in 7 school ploys since. Performing in front of people hos given me absolute self-confidence. There's just no feeling like the one I got from the opplouse. soid Furmonsky. She felt good about herself ond ottoined feelings of accomplishment when she performed. Proud parents that they were. Mr. ond Mrs. Furmonsky fully supported ond gave her the encouragement that she needed. Although her voice ond music lessons were expensive, they felt that It was oil worth It. Her sister wos also interested in acting so Abby gove her the incentive to pursue it seriously. Knowing that making it os on ocrress singer isn't eosy. Furmonsky kept her gools reolistic. She plonned to attend the University of Wisconsin at Modison, majoring in music performance and minoring in acting ond creative writing. Thus, if her goal to be a performer didn’t work out, she would hove other skills to fall back on. Furmonsky plonned to set o goal yeor to achieve it ond then, if she didn't, to move on to other things. Above: Abby Furmonsky sings In rhe ploy West Side Srory os Morlo. Her singing ond octing experience hos helped her ger numerous roles In Pork's ploys Borry Berstein Scott Berry Todd Beugen Michelle Bigelow John Brglow Kenneth Binning lino Blair

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Die Chostoin Proven Chetty Joy Chi hon Doe Son Choe Cordell Chriyensen T homos Christensen Dovid Chumley Seniors Ranh in More Ways Than One Seniors hod mony things ro think obout. Closs ronk wos one issue thor grew In imporronce. A high closs ronk wos o definite odvonroge.- yet. ro maintain o good closs ronk took time and some seniors found they hod to cut down on other octiviries. Still, the majority of Pork's top students were olso extremely ocrive in school. Tom Ferry wos olwoys in the top ren ocodemlcol-ly. When he wasn't studying. Ferry rook time to compete in three varsity sports. Ferry wos ocrive sociolly os o member of the welcome committee In addition to holding o position on the student council. I found rhot you just hove to set your priorities in the right ploce. For me school come first which still left time for other things,” commented Ferry. Nooml Kenmorsu wos another senior who hod time for more rhon schoolwork. Kenmotsu wos on exceptional student or Pork ond stayed active os o member of student council. Kenmorsu showed her school spirit on the cheerleodlng squod ond when she wasn't cheering, ployed on the softboll ream. Another poir of superior students wos Leoh Koplon ond Louro Sronhouse. Besides roting high academically, they spent o lot of rime spreoding news os editors for the school newspaper. While the majority of seniors complained obour hoving only two hours for lunch. Pork's rop students showed that you could olwoys find some time. Students core more obour extra octiviries rhon before, they wont to get Involved with the school. commented Frank Miller, assistant principal. 24 Seniors Above: Drendo Sptemon uses the library ro help moinroin her closs ronk Spi mon olso comperes in Quiz Oowl ond is o member of Senior Ooord