Halifax County High School - Haliscope Yearbook (South Boston, VA)

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sf bis replaced by algebra 10 Summer —— No more days by the pool Beach VISIONS soaking up sun rays is a sad thought that enters students’ minds as summer comes to an end. Visions of beaches drift from their minds as thoughts of Miss Brooks and her algebra problems begin to seep in and disturb the peacefulness. The great challenging tennis matches of summer will cease as players have time to sit and rest their calloused feet. What about softball? Remember those terrific games with the ever-so-tight scores? Oh yes, a favorite summer EM pastime for students is sleep- ing late. Then a quick dash to the television set is in order to catch up on their favorite soap operas. What will happen to Mr. Brooks? Will his marriage to Jill last? Will Erica get away with her selfish schemes? The answers to those questions will linger in our minds and seem more important than answers to the questions at the end of Chapter One in the American history book. Pulling tobacco, flipping hamburgers, mowing lawns and lifeguarding at the pool are some of the jobs that will come to a hault. (Thank goodness those grim summer school days did end.) And those August band, football and cheerleading practices will yield to after-school sessions. We will now awaken to the buzzing of alarm clocks as summer fades away. But there are compensations to look forward to: the rejoining of old friends and talking over ex- citing moments of the sum- mer.

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Student life: it's what you remember most about school, now or 20 years from now. Brenda Burkholder being crowned Homecoming Queen, stashing your biology book in a friend’s photo-plastered locker (never your own), snitching blue and white decorations at prom’s end, meeting by the lobby Coke machine every morning before class to exchange the latest gossip. Excitement about the new school next year mounted; but, meantime, student life went on. It was more than a goodbye year. It's what: you remember most Student life divider 9

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