Tom C Clark High School - Witness Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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eniors celebroted one of their lost doys of secondory educotion ot the picnic ond groduotion reheor- Jl held ot Northside Stodium, The food cotered by Don Stronge con- sted of fojitos, chicken floutos, plenty of esh fruit ond oil the soft drinks the seniors Duld wont. The groduotes spent the hour eoting, :lking with friends, gothering the prom ictures thot hodjust come in, ond ordering orty pics. The picnic wos fun, but it wos olso sod REHEARSAL i.. if ifwii 'g ig g picnic becouse we oll knew thot we would not see most of these people ofter groduo- tion, soid Beverly Cook. Afterwords, they moved over to the Poul Toylor Field House where the com- mencement octivities were to toke ploce on Sundoy night. A new woy of leoding into the gym hod been orronged to occommodote the roiny weother thot hod recently plogued Son Antonio. Eoch senior found where they were sup- posed to sit ond listened os Jerry Doniel ex- - ploined the groduotion process. Then o mock groduotion wos conducted to correct ony misunderstondings. At 3:00 reheorsol wos over ond seniors ron for their cors in order to get home before it roined ogoin. After oll, they still hod semester exoms to contend with the next morning. -Julio McAuley Seorching for fomilior foces, Helen Stehouwer ond Je-on McForlond choose from the Potty Pics of the Prom held the week before. - - - X5-QNEWTQH

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Seniors sit quietly while Principal Jerry Daniel explains the details of graduation. Clark had the largest graduating class in Northside District wlth 678 graduates. Leslie Beavers chases some fruits from the wide selec- tion provided bythe Don Strange Caterers. The Senior class spent over 51,500 on food for the pre-rehearsal picnic. . S 5 2 5 l 3 ,A 45' Seniors enjoy spending the hour of freedom they received at the picnlc with their friends before gradua- tion rehearsal. W by Yvonne Godeke Gary Turner explains to Les Edelman where he is to sit during the graduation rehearsal. Many senior teachers helped out at rehearsal. of . s we .sp lrlr wi

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RADUATES ith laughter and a few tears, the graduating class of 1987 paid their final farewell to Clark High School Sunday night. The commence- ment exercises were held in the Paul Taylor Field house on May 31, at 7:30. Clark seniors were the last and largest graduating class in the Northside District with a total of 678 graduates walking across the STOQG. When I first SGT down I felt sad that it was all over, but then as graduation went on, I was excited to be graduating, said Tammy Harris. Following speeches from President of Kevin Arnold salutes the flag during the Pledge of Alligence preceeding the Commencement activities in the Paul Taylor Field House. Chris Otte and Frank Menke discuss their plans for the future while awaiting the line up to march into the gym. KOOL f0LU6ll J fblfblfe the School Board Raul Fernandez, our Valedictorian David Reasons, and o short address by Principal Jerry Daniel, each graduate walked across the stage to receive his or her diploma from one of the distinguished members of the Board of Trustees. The top ten honor students walk- ed across first, then the class, and Marc Barenblat, class president, followed up at the back signifying the end of the procession. The tossels were ceremoniously switch- ed from left to right and then hats were thrown at the end of the graduates final chorus ofthe Alma Mater. Graduation was a time for us to lool- back and remember all the good times we have had together and to look forward tc what the future holds for each of us, saic Jennifer Medlock. As each graduate reflected on the past, they also remembered that this was fal from the end, but merely the beginning ol their lives. As Salutatorian Dawn Lewi: stated in the closing of her speech, Wher God closes a door, he always opens o window. --Julia McAuley