Pine Forest High School - Pifonoca Yearbook (Fayetteville, NC)

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Never too old to enjoy a good toy . . , Mrs. Byrd Ummm . . , Very Interesting . . , Mrs. Byrd Catch the Wave , . . Joanne Byrd demonstrates allows the child in her to shine through by playing thumbs through a book, appearing mesmerized the reflection, refraction and defraction of waves with an all-time favorite - the Slinky. by its keen scientific value. with the wave pool. Ben Stewart Nikki Thaxton Paulette Thomas J une Turnage Larry Wheeler Julie Williams Annette Woullard faculty

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THE YEAR OF THE BYRD In our school years, we sometimes find a very special person - one who is not the type of teacher who might tell us the assignment, give us the test, and then proceed, but a very different kind of person: an Educator. An Educator is one who tells us the assignment and gives us the test as well, but who also educates, or makes us better for our knowledge. One such Educator is Mrs. Joanne Byrd, a Chemistry and Physics teacher at Pine Forest. Named Educator of the Year by her fellow instructors, she tries to help students to achieve their great- est potential, feel better about them- selves, and be ready to take on the world when they leave? Pushing to- wards this goal, she answers the off-the- wall questions from students and some- times takes requests when performing experiments. Born in Haywood County, North Carolina, and educated in Brenau Col- Vicki Pike Mark Polk Ray Pope Mark Ratledge Noval Reid Emily Savage Ruina Senkovich Gwen Shaw Raymond Shipman Barbara Sledge Gloria Smith Lynn Smith Norman Snellgroves Billy Starks Carolyn Stevens faculty lege, Georgia, UNC-G, Campbell Uni- versity, the University of Virginia, and N.C. State, Mrs. Byrd keeps alive the Southern tradition of an extensive learning experience. She enjoys read- ing, travel, and needlework in her few spare minutes, and is fascinated by the world of science. Both of her parents were teachers, and Mrs. Byrd says that they were her greatest inspiration. They encouraged her to learn as much as she could and to pass the knowledge to others. To students, Mrs. Byrd offers this ad- vice: Never stop being curious about your world. Learn a little every day and try to leave this world a better place for your having been here.', Through her instruction in Chemistry and Physics, Mrs. Byrd tries successfully to help stu- dents toward this questing goal. With- out a doubt she is Pine Forestis Educa- tor of the Year. Q va ,W

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Another day, another dollar Mrs. 4 It'sa wonderful life Mrs Bass hel s kee the ' ' ' ' ' P P . . . , Guidance Office from drowning in mounds of HI '10, IH 110, US Off fo W0l'k 180 HS MTS' paperwork. McMillan prepares the absentee list for the day. WCRKI How would you like to be sitting at your desk minding your own business when suddenly someone approaches you and asks you to do something for them'7 And how would you like to have this happen to you five days a week from early in the morning until late in the afternoon every other m1nute'7 Amazingly there are actually people who can complete work while being constantly harrassed by students ad ministrators teachers parents and myriad creatures from outer space Who are these extraordinary peopleq Are they from a distant planet named for an inert gas No of course not They are secretaries Sue Bass Katherine Bramble Patri cia Butler Donnie MacMillan Wanda Wallis and Ruth Williams are the su perachievers at Pine Forest who bear the unpretentious title Secretary Don t be fooled by the mundane sound CME of that word secretaries are so vital to the way our school runs that it would be impossible to survive without them Secretaries spend a lot of time typ mg and people often have the miscon ceptlon that this IS the only thing they do They have a monstrous responsibil ity to Pine Forest Who is it that sends out notices of upcoming events making sure that there are enough for each and every student'7 Who IS it that answers the phones informing parents of any thing and everything they ever wanted to know about their child s school? Who keeps approximately one hundred forty two different forms and letters or gamzed so that they can be whipped out at the exact moment someone asks for them'7 The answer is clear Cunless of course you re from the planet named after the inert gasj Secretaries' They are what makes our school go round I s a . , - 3 , . . a a 7 - 1 s a a a ' . . . , . , . - - 1 a ' 5 9 ' 9 . . . , ' ' ss va , . . 7 - - 1 faculty Bramble counts money and keeps order in her library office.