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

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Solutotorion Down Lewis gives her oddress to the groduoting closs. Down's finol grode point overoge wos on omozing 96.5. Top ten groduote Michoel Lee wolks ocross the stoge to receive his diplomo from Boord of Trustees member Chorles Neeley. Groduotes give o finol solute to Clork during the Almo Moter. The trodirionol cop toss took place directly ofter.

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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

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EMPLGYMENT fter school you moy find some students rushing home, some stoy- ing ot school for o meeting, but o lot of the times you will find o Clork student heoding for the moll or to o restouront. Not oll students go there to shop or eot, some go there to work. Why do so mony Clork students work? For money, of course, exploins junior Cothy Butler. I got tired of begging my mom for money so I decided to eorn my own. Almost oll students working feel the some woy. Working ofter school ond on weekends helps poy for such things os col- lege, o cor, Octivlties. or just common weekend Temporory port-time work Is the onswer for some students. Cothy Holt finds this best while working for her dod's compony, Johnny Rutherford Tune and Lube. assed us. enehfa While money moy be o greot reoson to hove o job, there ore some disoppoint- ments in hoving o job, too, such os long hours thot interfer with school work ond sociol octivities. I see my grodes suffering, but when this hoppens I try to toke time off ot work ond spend more time studying, soys junior Monico Rost. Eldridge Burns, senior, stoted, Sometimes when I hove to work o Sotur- doy night it is tough knowing oll your friends ore ot o porty hoving the times of their lives. Some things thot help o job or moke o job more fun is the Iocotion of work or who 12281-N t Q.. ,,,,,, .K kk . b ,,.,,,.. M G., Q. , Q . . , ... .,,,,,,,., N -. N . X I' ' ' - 'Www .... C Q. Q: We ts f - w . Q ' N-eff' srijbmr urs you work with. One of the most common ploces fo students to work is the moll. I love worl ing in the moll, especiolly on weekeno when I see ond meet so mony people, Ann Borohm remorks. Working in o restouront hos it's odvor toges, Andreo Smith exploins. I get my meols holf price ond I hove mode cz I of new friends. So o job moy be tough ond you mokt some socrifices, but think of the goo. things, especiolly the money. -Koty Borb Scott Hinton shows Liso Reile some of the new shi thot Elliots hos. Scott prefers to work in o clothing sto for oll the discounts.