Windsor High School 1986 Yearbook (Windsor, NY) - Full Access

2 I N M E M 0 R I A M Teocher-Asrronour Chrisro McAuliffe, 1948-1986 "/ rouch rhe furure. I reach. " The chosen rheme for rhe 1986 Crusader wos "Celebrorion of Life " Hence, rhe fireworl~ on rhe cover. The 1985-86 school year, however, has been one in which dearh seems ro hove rriumphed over life. On Seprember 25, 1985, Windsor Freshman John Slodl~i losr his life in on ocddenr. In Seprember, on eorrhquol~e l~illed over 5000 people in Mexico Ciry. In November, mud slides 1n Colombia l~illed rhousonds In December, a plane crash l~illed 248 young American peoce-l~eepers coming home for Chrisr– mos from rhe Middle Eosr On January 26, 1986, as rhe whole world worched, rhe space shurrle Challenger exploded ofrer lifr-off from Kennedy Space Cenrer, rol~ing rhe Jives of seven brave Asrronours. 1985 was also rhe year in which a conrinued efforr ro feed rhe srorving in Africa and help rhose or home was dromorized wirh rhe Live-Aid, Oond-Aid and Form-Aid Concerrs. All Americans realized how much a parr of rhe world and rheir fellow man rhey hod become. In school, srudenrs from Germany, Sweden, France, Israel and Japan broughr rhe world ro Windsor. School year 1985-86 was rhe year "We ore rhe world" become rrue for Windsor Tragedy conrinued rhis year wirh rhe March 16, 1986, ouro occidenr which rool~ rhe life of Senior Gory Oucl~lond . Gory's dearh hurr doubly because ir recalled rhe pain of losing John Slodl~i. Oorh John and Gory were young men of greer promise, full of life and energy. John was a rennis player and a musician; Gory was a rrocl~ and cross-counrry srond-our. They borh hod many friends who will always miss rhem. Their dearhs ore a grear loss ro everyone. In searching for a way ro express rhe significance of rhe 1985-86 school year in Windsor, rhe words rhor seemed ro soy ir besr were wrirren rhree hundred and sixry-rwo years ago by on English peer: No man is on island, enrire of irself,· every man is o piece of rhe conrinenr, o parr of rhe main; if o clod be washed away by rhe sea, Europe is rhe less, as well as if o promonrory were, as well as if o manor of rhy friends or of rhine own were; any man's deorh diminishes me, because I om involved in monl"'iind; and rherefore never send ro lmow for whom rhe bell rolls; ir rolls for rhee. -John Donne, 1624