Shades Mountain Christian School - Lighthouse Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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lei M fee 79529 SHA DES MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN S CHUOLS 2281 Old Tyler Road Birmingham, AL 978-6001 Volume Nine

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I didn'T know whaT To Think. Me - G new sTudenT aT SMCS, ThaT pious, preppy, and preTTy-down-righT-snob- bish school? They've goT To be kidding! How could my parenTs pull me ouT of a public school and Throw me here in The middle of The nine weeks? Since I missed The morning crossing guard, I had To waiT for a Teacher To escorT me across The sTreeT To The high school. I didn'T wanT The deTenTion hall The principal had warned me abouT. I walked in, and I knew someThing was different Well, The widTh of The hallway sure IefT a IoT To be desired. Already 20 minuTes IaTe for my firsT En- glish class. GreaT. My newly-married Teacher had Three names: Miss HamiITon, Mrs. KaTz, The fiLeal Differenc and Ms. Home-KaTz, buT she obviously preferred one To all The oThers. I re- member hearing her Tell a sTudenT, My name is Mrs. KaTz. If you cdn'T re- member ThaT, you'II have To siT in fronT of This, as she poinTed To a black name-plaque on her desk. A kid raised his hand and asked who The chapel speaker would be. Cha- pel - whaT's ThaT? I ThoughT. Mrs. KdTz's eyes zoomed in on a guy in The back of The room. Jason, do we have jeans on Today? Uh, no, uh was senior Jason Brough's firsT response. WhaT abouT The inseam'? she asked wiTh eyebrows raised. Well, uh, well, considering I would have had To wear jeans if I hadn'T had There's safeTy in numbers - buT even all These sTudenTs musT waiT for an adulT before crossing The sTreeT. ThaT's a rulel Second only To The resTroom in popularify, The pay-phone is a greaf place for sTudenTs like Rhonda STallworTh To have a chaT. AT SMCS, a fire drill means more Than jusT a breaTh of fresh air - lT's a chance for seniors Rich Gallagher and David Marving To escape from a grueling class. 'bl had These . . he sTammered. Mrs. Kafz began scribbling on a piece of paper. Jason asked, Guess I geT To go To Mr. Kincaid, huh? Her only reply was, Yep Jeans? Inseam? Who was Mr. Kin- caid, anyway? The bell rang, and I followed The kids rushing ouT of The room wiThouT looking aT my schedule. I felT The same shoves and pushes I goT aT my old school. Ouchl I found The waTer founfain. BuT I hadn'T found The REAL differ- ence befween SMCS and my old school. I had a loT To learn. Candy Schilling