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AL ~~ Vs VV = 2 ES % £r x E 3 gE: jE i Fs weld wien WE ARDS RTMSI IN Zo ER SN Sak A Te 'We finally realized that teachers are people too.' ss. AI IIG AD PO Leigh-Ann Goreski gave the Valedictorian address at the annual PPHS Commencement held Friday evening in front of a large audience of students, teachers and proud parents. With 3 4 PPHS grade 13 Ontario scholars in a photo taken following the Commencement held Friday evening. From left: David Wonder, Brent McLaughlin, Cindy Rankin, Leigh-Ann Goreski, Joe Horack, Scott Burke, Peter Hoogers, Emma 2 1 A :, Port Perry High School's Ontario scholars for 1987. They achieved an average of at least 80 per cent in six grade 13 subjects. Front from left: Alicia Boutelier, Crystal Shortt, Arlene Davis, S. 1987 Va Leigh-Ann in this photo is PPHS principal Ted Morrison and Heather Agnew, student council president who presented her with the valedic- tory award. Salkeld, Kimber deHaas, Jennifer Philpott. Not present when photos were taken are Mark DeWolde, Steve Ginter, Laura Taylor and David Vanden Heuvel. Shelley Dearborn, Rebecca Kahn, Anna DeMin- no, Bill Imperial. Back from left: Steve Langille, Brent Smith, Chris Solar, Jeff Ireland and Jason Jacobs. PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, November 10, 1987 -- 31 by Leigh-Ann Goreski Graduates of '87, Mr. M, Honoured Guests, Staff, Family and Friends. I'm speechless. For all the times in my life when you thought you needed a gag to stop me from talking, I think you have finally found the best solution to keeping me quiet! Put me in front of a sophisticated audience without the security of my orange sweat shirt, to recall the memories of our times at Port Perry High, and leave a last impression of the Class of "87. What an honour it is to he standing up here with knots in my stomach and a lump in my throat. Thank-you graduates for choosing me as your valedictorian. Our graduating class was a uni- que group of individuals who through determination and hard work have made it here tonight. Now, although we'd like to think we can take full credit for our diplomas, in actual fact there were many other individuals who helped us along the way. This past year we finally realized that teachers are people too. I know that is difficult to believe...but it is true. And we would like to thank all of them for passing on their wisdom in so many ways. Not only did they teach us, but they were there to talk 'to, listen to us, coach us and en- courage us. For those of you who have gone on to post-secondary school you will understand what 1 mean when I say how valuable it is to have a personal working relation- ship with any of your teachers. Com- pare this to being stuffed into a lec- ture hall with 500 of your closest strangers where the prof does not even know if you are there. Our teachers were so caring they would deliberately go out of their way to find out where we were if we were not present in their class. And now I'd like to address some of the teachers that come to mind when I think of our old school daze. To Mr. Reed, thank-you for all of your encouraging and heart- warming advice before calculus tests. Don't rush through the test and end up making stupid mistakes because you will probably not finish the test anyway, AND you are going to need all the marks you can get. Is that a check? And then we have Dobie, OOPS 'Mr. Doble. Now Mr. Doble has always been famous for making popcorn in chem. class. Not this year because the demand for Dobie's story telling class 5A1 was so great we got to have class during ledictorian address lmeh Aside from all the chip bags crumpling, pop cans rolling on the floor and announcements every 30 seconds, this class was one of the most FULFILLING classes | have ever experienced. There are many unforgettable traits of Mr. Doble, but this year his claim to fame has to be his sarcastic sense of humour. "Don't worry if you didn't grasp the concept of kinetic molecular theory, you will get it next year." This tends to be a rather false analogy as some people who were taking the course for the second time still managed to achieve a lack of success. Now, every year something is said about Courtney, the physics teacher. Unfortunately I was not lucky enough to be one of that en- dangered species. I was one of those students he passed in grade eleven on the premise that I promised I wouldn't take physics again in grade thirteen. However, 1 do know one thing, it did not take much convine- ing to get Bec to skip last period of physics on a Friday afternoon for shopping sprees with the girls. And Bec still managed to pass. To all our english teachers who were dedicated to the term "revi- sion" I have one final cry---1 can't rewrite this essay again! Don't you realize my social life is suffering" But Mr. Boyd it's not my fault that Jason doesn't have a social life and has time to revise his essay 16 times!!! And then there was Pete's class, alias Mr. Talbot. Need I say more except the fact that between movies and telling Bill to "'shut-up," this class was crammed with a century's worth of history. And to our Family Perspectives teacher, Mrs. Quail, if you ever wondered why you weren't getting the class participation that you an- ticipated, it was probably because we were too busy thinking of our out of class experiences with interper- sonal relationships. I could go on and on with great memories of all our teachers, each bringing to mind many humourous anecdotes but there is always a serious side to every story. This past year I not only gained knowledge through academic study but also through school involvement. There is one gentleman in par- ticular who stands out in my mind. Although he was new to our school and very involved in the ad- ministrative aspect of his job, I was fortunate enough to have the oppor- tunity of working with him. There unfortunately seems to be something intimidating about the ti- (Turn to page 44) Snow thwarts game Prince Albert and Area News by llean Pugh Due to the first snow storm of the season the weekly euchre only had five tables. The winners for the evening were Doris Redman, Vera FFawns, Clara Whitter. Men: Lloyd Fawns, Mary Williamson, and Ilean Pugh. The lone hand series winner Lloyd Fawns with 15. Friday evening was the Com- mencement Exercises at the high school with an over flowing crowd: Several students from Prince Albert received special awards as well as their grade 12 or 13 diploma. Con- gratulations to Mary-Ellen Brain, Angela Clodd, Shelly Dearborn, Charlene Daigle, Vickie Rensink and Taylor Price. Special birthday greetings to Nor- ris Howey who celebrated his 90th Jira on Saturday. Mr. Howey lived infthe village for many years. He is now a resident at Daheim Nur- sing Home in Uxbridge. On Saturday evening a group of people dropped in on Peggy Bredin for a surprise birthday party. It was one of those 39 and holding. A good time was had by all. Sympathy is extended to Christine [Edgar and her family on the sudden death of her husband Ernie on Thursday night. Weekend visitors at Lloyd and Beth Pereman on the weekend were Beth's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Den- nison and sister Ann and Jim McGregor and family from the Ot- tawa area. Ladies of the U.C.W., the regular meeting will be on Wednesday November 11 in the Church Hall at 8 p.m. Please call Earline Armstrong with your news next week.