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Wiggs Griffith, IN 46319 Ik 219-924-4281 www.griffith.k12.in enrollment: 912 CarltonVallientandKalissaGreenlaw,12 Thebeginningoftheyearmeanssomething leadstoasimpleexperimentturningintoavolcanooffoam.Memoriesaremadewhilesittingin differentfornearlyeverystudentatGHS.For thefreezingrainataFridaynightfootballgamehuddledunderablanketwithyourbestfriends, theincomingfreshmen,itmarksthestartofa butrefusingtoleavebeforethetimerunsout.Unknownatthetime,manymemoriesaremade longjourney,onwhichtheyembarkintoun- insmall,every-dayinstances,suchascomfortablywalkingdownthehallwithafriendoftwelve expectedwaters.Forthestudentsstartingtheir years,orhavingaquietconversationinthelibrarywithanewstudent.Evenpunishmentslead sophomoreyear,itistheintroductionintotwo tomemories-oftentimes,storiesaretoldofhilariousinstancesindetentionsandinin-school yneiaorrssboefgdirneaadyfeuallryinbewihnigcshtutchkeisntutdheentmsidardelef.inJaul-ly swushpyentshieoynsw.erTevethbereee,nbsuctarmryedsftroroymwians-sscihmopollybetchaatusIefaarltleod,f”tshaeidkiCdhsawnecree’steWlallikngerb,ad12s.toriesof consideredupperclassmen,butarefacedwiththe Manygroupsoffriendshavecertainsayingsthatonlyaselectfewpeoplewouldunderstand rumoredhardestyearofhighschool.Thebeginning thesignificanceof.Theseshort,chosenwords,oftenlinkedtoaspecificfunnymomentor oftheyearmarksthefirst‘last’forseniors:thelast meaningfulhappeningevokemorefeelingthanmostcommonwordsdo. firstdayofschool.Seniorspreparethemselvestobegin TherearecertainteachersatGriffithHighSchoolthatarecharacterizedbythecomments ayearofgood-byes,whilefinallyrealizingthathigh thattheymakeeveryday.JimPickett,SocialStudiesDepartment,makesmanydailyjokes, fsaorrivceisehsertoTnautodhldshllre.ronudoStunoutieggbusthhod,eoodeduuinytnbtt,syftwhahoacieetrng,eehyagelnglaosoorcea.rmhlnmo:tuaoetcllro,lhiymnwafuaekdnsietifectfraehendrotedohnbastpynerpeeclsoxaeoupcrremevcsmetgboermudone.tumpAiaosnrst-eeorfspudihcainhoysngmsnaaeehpswiapwisrkhotoohrhoplkaurdp.ntiir”danbitgez“aeefMnhdorhdir.eswefFoahiIorlnarhdwindasasdhydaifsnulotgrwaopaswSsytsitpsoatuayhnmtoioean“slfdeWtdhehtrmosohtf’caeultshdasiteiastson,tw”dsssoatts,rsaauky“id?mdeNa”enofMtJ!ta.sehlRr.alBacyouFnlrotadtsyrassdr.sB,eoaaay,mcSEi”cpveniawgehnn,hnioois,“wihcHf,1hiII2ge.admhnileddwfansai’nvytecss!l”samTastayhshneoaerannnegydestirhsdooimnnpteo-go fesotsr,msrueclhataisosnpsohritpssawnidthhopbeboipelse.Itnhastowmeenceasveesr,wthoouulgdh,hwavee GAHsSidteofgertohmero.nTlhyaftr’isenwdhagrtosuhpse,satihde,r”eisaroeftaelnsostcaetretdaianftsearyainsgtsratihgahttlfionrkwaalrldsctuodmemntesnatt ilbhamaebavcgepoiamnmreteudncae.rhmsTehmnmiotsaoryrree,bviaeenanclcdosomtamweombbeo“ealsunottcifktfrehuiralennbdsustid,dhdeeaiyeobsafi”rohelmioaaggbhyylefsticetnhaodocodhtlieh:sarctmuttswahsoyeiyn taofcmriciemeonpnmtdlpsyawahnaceinnre.oi.dsn.s”bntuysheteatnrwdhtoaosl,mlfiawonhnrgieyarcfsshteehrnweitsllecdlnhcusoeeopsnltdtaoosairnaneydcfaiaglcmlraitoaleuipap‘arprietganioctceoou,dl’-aarbifslyiytec.ooofdmTdlmhaaohutanghplatpyewernk.siwhn“aogDruu.tdeTecmedhsoa,t-t”o thefiveminutealottedtimeperiodbetweenclasses. awkwardmomentwhenyouputyourhandontherailatSixFlagsandsomeone forSoymeeartsimfeosr,mevnetriyresctlraosnsgesboonfdsst,udeesnptesciathlaltyhbayvtehebieresnentioogretyheaerr. siatwskownarydoumrohmaenndtawnhdeynohualtfooufchyoaurstlruanngcehr’tsabbluetth,a”tseasiedaJcoheyotRhievreraan,d1f1i.ghTtheavt- Unitedbyhomeworksnugglesandexttemelydifficulttests,itis erydayandthentheymove,”saidjuniorsStephanieDiSanto,EmmaBlackard, unexpectedlyeasytoformbondswithmanyclassmates. 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