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Seniors spend sizeable sums
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Umoney?”
‘‘What’s it for this time!?”
‘‘Cap and gown.”
“Already? It’s only November and
you don’t graduate til June. How
much do you need?”
“ Eleven-twenty-five plus some
extra for an extra tassel.”
“When are you going to get a job
and make some money? Here, ya
owe me one.”
Conversations like this are heard
in many homes throughout your
high school years, but they seem to
happen a lot more as you get older.
A senior in high school can
spend, on the average, $150.00 for
things such as announcements, cap
and gown, tassels, senior keys,
memory books and senior pictures.
Add to that the cost of things like
Prom, week-ends, activity tickets,
college entrance exams and school
activity costs and it really adds up.
A lot of students have jobs, but
that is usually for college costs or
the cost of living on their own.
There’s not much a person can do
to lessen the cost. You could always
skip all the extras, not order pictures
or not invite anyone to your gradua­
tion.
By the way our cost of living keeps
rising, it’s not likely that costs will go
down for future seniors.
It’s probably a good thing it only
happens to most of us once. But,
isn’t it worth it?
Peggy Clark
Tammy Clark
Pamela Cline
Carmen Collins
Mary Collins
Sheryl Cook
Stephanie Couch
Kevin Cox
Catherine Cvitak
Laure Dailey
Thomas Darveau
Kent Daugherty