Mauldin High School - Reflections Yearbook (Mauldin, SC)

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But Coach Richard Liles did his best to convince Coach Mike Frye that he really did for- get his homework. Mondays and homework didn't exactly go hand in hand. iPhoto by Robert Freemanl f J! 's Y -fi ,V 'v e ,ai 51,-w me H, Mk 9 i ee, , i.. -,Ngo i ,, 4 4 its W L-. Rain ays 'N Mondays Monday Blues Monday! What a depressing name for the first day of a week, full of teachers, homework and books. Monday! A day when Murphy's Law was in full effect: If anything could go wrong it did. Mon- day! The one day out of the week that it seemed totally hopeless. Why get out of bed? Wendy Oehlson said, I hate get- ting up early and I dread a long day of classes. Some of the worst Mondays started off with wind and raing Mondays were awful but the ones with rain were defi- nitely the most miserable. Oversleeping on Monday morning was a perfect start to a perfectly awful day, and trying to hurry and get ready 34 Mondays Invade MHS y for school didn't exactly put anyone in the best frame of mind. Traffic at school was unbelievable and the crowd- ed hallways were pretty bad too. The day continued going from bad to worse and one wondered if it would ever end. The sound of the last bell was uplift- ing. At least the day was over, and the next day everyone returned to face a new day. Laura Jenkins Has it ever been just one of those days? Somedays everything just seemed to go wrong and Barry Davis found himself in bad shape. Be- ing crammed into a trashcan was only the begin- ning to a bad day. iPhoto by Robert Freemanl

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Better Than The Rest N 7 Outstanding Isn t The Word For It When a conversation strikes up, to- pics are numerous. You know, I was thinking, Mauldin High School is not that bad of a place , said one student. Yea, I was thinking the same thing, especially since we won that award and all. Another said, Seems Mauldin's all- right afterallf' Today's Mauldin High School, built in 1973, years after the old Mauldin High closed in the 1950ls became a leg- one end in its own time. It became among five. schools in the state to win Joe the Secondary School Award. Dr. Richardson, director of education re- search at Georgia State University, Smugness is allowed just this once. Mrs. Marilyn Hendrix proudly stands with Mr, Lem Carter and Mayor Wayne Crick, as Kristi Alex- ander held the award given by the city of Maul- din. iPhoto by Lonnie LaPlantJ evaluated schools for the National School Recognition Program. During his visit to Mauldin, he commented on the feeling of the warmth a visitor re- ceived and the good teaching. Student Tracy Johnson agreed with this, I think one of the reasons that Mauldin got the award was because of the teaching methods they use here. Tammy Stevenson said, I think the people at Mauldin had a lot to do with us winning. On October 29, Dr. Richardson pre- sented MHS with a flag recognizing the award. The ceremony was part of the annual open house. The city of Mauldin also honored MHS by placing a billboard erected by Naegele Advertising. But unfortunately the sign was removed because it violat- ed the Greenville County billboard moratorium. Mary Karam Excitement of the competition. News Center 13 is where the action is when they interviewed Dr. Joe Richardson about the Secondary School Award. iPhoto by Nancy Smithl We need to Ms. Berta Zimmerman and Shinetta Sweeney prepare for Mr. Joe Richard- son's evaluation of our school for the National School Recognition Program. iPhoto by Robert Freemanj Outstanding School Award

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I hate Mondays! Brian Darien did his best to make it through a long Monday. Mondays seemed to never end. iPhoto by Robert Freemanl The remaining few! It seemed that one Mon- day either the bells were faster or the students were slower. The students had a hard time mak- ing it to class before the bell. iPhoto by Robert Freemanl The perfect ending. Pat Duke inspects the damage done to Mike Kerley's car in the student parking lot. What else could go wrong on Mon- day? iPhoto by Gregg Wyattj Mondays