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Movin’ On
Something different:
combined ceremonies
une 1,1980. class breakfast, class picnic, class
J Most seniors would probably meetings, senior awards, and senior
agree that this day was one of the pranks. Most students attended the
most important of their lives. For this events and a few participated in the
was graduation day. pranks. Pigeons were let into the
“ Senioritis” was very catchy this gym, stinkbate was put into the
year. Some had it all year, but it was botanical gardens, objects were
quite evident the last three weeks of hung from ceilings and walls, a J.B.
school. It wasn’t uncommon to see a Big Boy was chained to the roof, the
senior staring into space in the halls building itself was teepeed, and fer
or the classrooms, for them to space tilizing an ’80 was attempted but not
off their homework, to skip more successfully completed.
than the usual amount of classes, to Many ideas, such as setting wind
go out every night of the week, or to up alarm clocks in the lockers to go
talk of all the parties and how much off at the same time and putting
they couldn’t wait to “ get out of this shoe polish on the seats were
place.” thought of but not done.
Graduation parties were some Seniors may think that com
thing that almost everybody con mencement means the end of their
stantly discussed. Those last few long hard struggle though school.
parties when everyone was still a Yet, the term “ commencement”
senior, and close as a class, seemed actually signifies the beginning of
to be very important, for who knows their new lives. At 18, no matter what
when one will see their classmates the future holds for them, the 1980
again after commencement. seniors are just now beginning the
Seniors also had their skip day, road through life.
Possibly nervous speaking to so many people, senior
Cheri Fielder delivers her thoughts of the future
Being valedictorian does have its high points in life Senior
Jeff Schuman speaks upon memories and hard work
from the past, and future holdings
