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August BRm Page 4 a00MJELSeptember fllnnraHH Page 16 October Page 30 0EINovember Page 40 ™" Decoermabnerdf.JiIfSf!l1P|11!S§§ Page 48 January E3EZ3BB Page 58 FebruaryJlliSil22E nnnffiJflF""11 'Page 70 March ha Page 78 April Page 86 QBEQQQQ Pa§e 100 June JSIMJISIPBEa , Page 118 'Page 130 m Advertisements 'Page 600N.WiggsSt. Griffith,IN46319 You’relatetoschoolagain.YouknowthatMrPickett willcountyoutardy,andit’syourthirdtimethisweek.That meansFridaydetention.There’sonlyonetrainpassallowed persemester,andanyonelivingonthewrongsideofthe tracksisboundtogetstuckbyatrainjustastheyleave forschool.LivinginGriffith,thereisnogettingoutoftown withoutcrossingthosefamousrailroadtracks. “Usuallya7:30traincomes,soyouhavetotryandbeat it.Sometimesitworks,sometimesitdoesn’t,”saidjunior BrittanyZajicek.KeepingtrackoftimeishardforGriffith studentswhenthereareeightsetsofrailroadtrackssepa- ratingthenorthsideoftownfromthesouth Keepingtrackoffriendsandsociallives,however,is somethingthatmanystudentshavelearnedtodo.Being trappedinatownbyateno’clockcurfewleavesoptions limitedtostudentsundertheageof18.Therearemore sleep-oversandovertimestudentsmakelesstimefortheir homework.Manyenduprushingtogetitdonebetween bellsandbeforethetardybellthatletsthemknowschool isinsessionbeforeseniorsLauraMatovina,DarekKowal, orAdamBrandnerstartoffthemorningwiththepledge ofallegiance. "Ilovetoprovidevitalinformationtothefabulousstudents odfenGhrailfflitbheHsitgohw.tIhweashofnoorrtuonfaatenneonuonucgehmteontharveeadMerrs.toMemne- lastyean”saidseniorLauraMatovina Balancingsocialschedulesandschoolschedulesisn’tal- wayseasy,butitneverhurtstotry. “NowthatI’minschool,Igettohangoutwiththefriends Idon'tgettoseeoverthesummer.IfIhavehomework,I justfinishitbeforeIhavethatclass,”saidjuniorElizabeth Stanford. Astheyeargoeson,acalenderbecomesnecessary becausethenext180dayswillbepackedfullofevents.It startswithWesternDaysinAugustandendswithgradu- ationthefollowingJune.Witheverythingthatgoesonat GriffithHigh,there’ssomethingforeveryone. “IhangoutwithSaraNashkoffeveryday,butmyother friends,onlyontheweekends.IseethemlessthanIdid whenIwasinMiddleSchool,”saidfreshmanKatherine Kuna. Theyearisfullofschoolevents,socialevents,andhome- work.Keepingtrackofitallmaybecometedious,butitcan't hurttotry. By:AshleyCogdill Opening TRACKING.. 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AndrewMazur.12 AshleyRodger Howwasyourfirst/lastfirstdayofhighschoolthisyear 1 1 Thursday Friday Saturday augustsports Football Varsity HVi-12:Merrillville(scrimage)6:00 li’j619:SouthBendRiley7:00 ijB-26:Chesterton7:00 JuniorVarsity FrrieJ8s8--h22m70::anCShoeusttherBteonnd10R:i0l0eya1m0:00am i8-24:MichiganCity6:00 Volleyball Virsity/JuniorVarsity 8-16:Merrillville(JV/V)6:00 H!lJ18s8---212387:::EMT.roiCr.MtCeoeennttr((aJJlVV//(VVJ))V/59V::)30006:a0m0 FriiejsS-h3m0.anLowell(JV/V)5:30 ii!88--1186::MEe.rCr.ilClevnitllreal6:50:030 ii88--2203::VMaolrptoonTo5u:r3n0ey9:00am iIti88--2340LGoawveiltl55::3300 ii8-31Clark5:30 boysTennis Girlsiii18&88---212B654:o::yWLsP'hoaerkCteeralogSesetrsa4t4C:i:o0o3u00nnt4:r0y0 «PI*8--2370::GLaAviCtQIunvaidteM7e:e00t Soccer 13:KankakeeValley(V)4:00 18:Hammond(V)6530 20:BooneGrove(V)10:00am 25:ClassMeetings Tracking I--2225::MChoersttoenrt(oVn)(6J:V0/0V)5:00 "Yes.becausehetolduswhatwehadtododuring 27:Gavit(V)1:00 tihmepoyretaarnt,tonostuclciekeedt.heHeMidtodlldeuSschhooolw."everything's <5 <5 More... Events -31:Highland(JV/V)5:00 f' m 3"eNflo.yoiut':s^iYnouthsehobuolodh.jusStoambeiodnee"byMseihltR.oi'uyslsadann'AGtranlhoialhvedre..t19o0 MN1esetetwDinaPgyeso.o.pf.leSPcgah.nod6o/lE7axnchdaCnlgaess i88888-----1112236803:::::KHHCKoahaabennmsakbtrmaaetobkrenet(eoJednVV/V(a(VaVlJ)l)lVle5/e6y:Vy:0)0((00JV1V)2/.2V0:)000 b"Nnoo.w1wdhona'tttthheiynbhsaovebetcoudaos.e"peopleshouldalready s ]| VSotluldeeynbtasl.l.....PgP.g.8/190/11 I 888---223590:::GECa.lCva.irtkCe((nVV)t)r6a6:l:000(0JV/V)5:00 ~PeterLewis.1 oSE 1 Boys'So%ccer...Pg.12/13 b‘1eetnhinibntitheshsocuhlodolbeyetfoarntdhenefrwesbihdmse."nwhohaven't c> 111Girls'Soccer...Pg.14/15 'JessicaWachowsbi.12 (Jkacking: (ffcbtJJay* 'J’auzaJ^eaupain. Manystudentsfearthe was extremelyexcitedto mansaid,“Igotallmypen- first day of school. For seemyfriends,butIdidn't cils, folders, notebooks, many, it means waking feel likewaking up early,” andbackpacktogether.” upandgoingtobedearly Curtissaid. Inthefirstweekofschool, andanonslaughtofhome- “Summerwasgettingre- studentsencounteredthe work.Forothers,itmeans allyboring,andtherewas new principal, Bill Cope. seeingoldfriendsagain. nothingelsetodo,”Craven DeMonicaMurdock,soph- AmandaCraven,fresh- said. omoresaid“He’sinterest- man, didn’t have a very Manypeoplewereactu- ing. I don’tknow him re- excitingfirstdayofschool. allyabletofitineverything allywell,buthe’sreallyinto Shesaiditwas“boringand theywantedtodooverthe whathe’sdoing.Heseems veryconfusing.” summer.StephanieNokes, likeagoodperson.” Peoplenewtothehigh juniorsaid,“Igotallofmy CrystalGonzalez,senior, school scene may not credits,andIgottohang said,“Hedoesn'tdealwith know whatto expect on outwithallofmyfriends issuestoowell,liketheta- the first day of school, andhaveagoodtime.” blesatlunch.” though many returning SophomoreTracyLeon Class meetings are a teens go about business quickly prepared for the completelydifferentthing, asusual.VanessaGonza- firstdayofschoolonthe though. Many students lez,freshmansaid,“Iwas lastdayofsummerbreak. simplydidn’twanttogolis- nervous, but everybody “I went school shopping tentoschoolrulesagain, wasrealnice.” andshoeshopping.Ialso mainly because they lis- Itseemsthatmanypeo- wenttothebanktotake tened tothem all ofthe plewerewaitingforschool outmoney,andItookthe firstdayofschool. tostart.Cravenand Bai- bustoschoolthenextday," So,allinall,thefirstfew leyCurtis, freshmen, are Leonsaid. daysofschoolwentpretty amongthosestudents.“I StephanieHobbs,fresh- well. “It'sokay,butitcouldbebetter. Ihavemostof myfriendsinmyclassessoit'sokay.Theclasses areprettywellspreadout." -AlexandriaTibbs,9 * “It'salrightbecausemyfirstfourclassesarepretty Tohelpoutonthefirstdayofschoolv.rIIDon *%CJ muchabreeze,butafterlun-EclhiztahbeeythgeRtamhasredye,r.”10 bSlaposaonbAissthhoenKwebalasluyrgeShat.lalsyzsafobup.nhjobumneoicorareu.,se"Thwhaeendftisarsltbaeddacyaltna i messedaround.'saidAshenbaugh. , wijustdon’tlikesomeoftheteachers, wishthere WScaoltbtinagndintBoritctlaanssyRmeaewtdinogns,lojoubniofrosrCaaitsleit wasmoreofaselectionofclasses." amongthetablesbeforethemeetingsstart.' *o -LeondreCobb,10 wtheouggohttotitheeyvewreyryeearb.i"ndRaowfdpooninstalieds.sbecaus