Mauldin High School - Reflections Yearbook (Mauldin, SC)

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sf, ii ?lgef:'11 4' of S I 'ar 3 is ,g , 9 E , Q, 2 ti i fee . ii ,, Vary Tight squeeze. All of the 262 seniors pile into the auditorium to purchase caps and gowns and graduation invitations. The number of seniors was down from last year iPhoto by Robert Freemanj MWQ.. 1 -1 15 Moving along. Mrs, Beth Sayce moves from one class to the next. Many teachers were forced to float because of the lack of classrooms. iPhoto by Mike Martini Hey watch out' Students make their way through the hall during a class change. Many found it hard to move in the halls because of al the people. iPhoto by Kelly Watsonj High five: Students play around in the front hall during first lunch. Because of the overcrowding, students moved to the English and history halls. iPhoto by Robert Freemanl Ovwwww ' 33

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Spilling over. The front hall bursts with people during first lunch. Later in the year, students moved to the other halls. iPhoto by Kelly Watsonj 32 Ovwwww ' Too Many Students, Not Enough School Did you ever feel like you'd never make it to class on time because the halls were jammed with people and you couldn't get through? It's true. Mauldin was overcrowd- ed with students. As of September 22, 1986, the freshman class had 326 students, the sophomores had 329, the junior class contained 330, and the seniors had 262, for a total of 1,247. These numbers were down from about the same time in had 353, the juniors 266, and the seniors had 291 for a total of 1,258 students. Even though the number of students had decreased since 1985, the school was still filled to the brim. New stu- dents arrived everyday to make the numbers grow higher. It seemed like my Spanish class got bigger everyday, said Sandy Derdziak. With more students came the need for more teachers, moving from room to roo because there were absolute no more classes to hold the I really didn't mind mo ing from class to class exce for when I couldn't g through the halls. I al didn't have to worry abo keeping a room clean all the time, said Mr. Frank L kin. Even though it got crowd at times, faculty and stude adjusted and made it throu the year alive and well. Ca 1985. On September 23, 1985, the freshman class contained 348 students, the sophomores but there was not room for all of them. It was not uncom- mon to see floating teachers Mayfield

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And the winners are . . . Student body secretary Lisa Jennings congratulated Mr. and Mrs. Merry Christmas, Shane Burnett and Michelle Roper. They collected the most money and helped to raise 5667 for the student council. iPhoto by Todd Harshbargerj 34 Cifuzbival IVIHQ What Christmas ls All About It seems that every Christ- mas people vow to put more emphasis on giving rather than receiving. The student council adopted four needy families through social ser- vices. Each class adopted a family to raise money to buy the things the family needed. Kyle Riser, a sophomore said, This gives us a chance to show the true school spirit by giving. The freshman class raised S306 for their family with two children. Two hundred and fifty dollars was raised for the family adopted by the sopho- tiff more class. The junior class, who had the largest family with 6 children, raised 55316. The senior class raised S220 for their family with two chil- dren. Dominique Valle, a sopho- more, said, It is great that schools and students help families at Christmas. Every- one does his best to help. I think others should help too. Mrs. Eloise Alexander, the Student Council sponser said, I am really glad to see the else's Christmas happy cause giving is really w Christmas is all about. The student body was ve responsible to the needs these families. Travis Kell a junior, summed up the fj ings of the students by s ing, I think Adopt-A-Fam is an excellent way to sh people that teenagers do ca These children didn't ask 1 much compared to what ask for. After all, giving what Christmas is really students getting involved and helping to make someone 'is-are about. Amy Eckberg Laura Jenkins