Spring Valley High School - Saga Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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All on your own The orientation that he got wasn't what he expected, according to Matt Livoti, freshman class vice- president. lt was really pretty cool, but con- fusing. All I did was wing it. There wasn't anyone to hold your hand and show you around. You had to do it all on your own, Livoti said. I had expected people to show us around, but they didn't. We got our books and took them to our lockers. We had to do it by our- selves. It was really the first test at Spring Valley, Livoti said. This year's orientation was done differently than in the past. Books were given out along with schedules and lockers. This really saves time and is a big help to teachers. Now they won't have to go through the trou- ble of giving out books, junior Sta- cey Amos said. Orientation is the freshmen's first day at Spring Valley, according to junior Thomas Livoti. Matt kept asking me what to do next. He wasn't used to having to find his way around a school after being at middle school for three years, Thomas said. lt was really confusing. My friends and l were asking ourselves 'What happens next'?' It is a big change from middle school, Livoti said. I helped out a lot of freshmen by introducing them to some of my friends. l remember how it- was to be a freshman, Amos said. Mark Williams n' Sophomore Katrina Gedmintas talks to freshman Michelle Ross about her new schedule and new teachers. .fi Making sure her name and ad- dress are correct, junior Meg Bow- er checks in at the student directo- ry table at orientation. Waiting to receive her books, freshman Cathy Kim gets a taste of chaos at orientation.

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Work is S inior Brent Jackson, is a cashier at Winn Dixie Northe Point Shopping Center. Jackson is one the few male cashiers in the Store. Senior Stuart Dargan is one of two Spring Valley stu- dents employed at the Limited of Columbia Mall. Dar- gan works up to 25 hours a week running the register and selling merchandise. 8' fix 4255 f i. awgw, . 35-40 hours a week. Jesse Tribbey says price checking rice is just one ot his many duties as at Bi-Lo grocery store. Tribbey has worked there for 6 months and .LlLll.IllLlILl Keeping up with a job after school and during the summer, tor some students, is a responsibility needed in order to earn extra money. Senior Missy Boditord holds two jobs at one time in Columbia Mall working at Sun Up and Tiffany's Bakery. According to Bodiford, she works the cash register, helps people and helps keep the store clean. I work about 10 hours a week and enjoy meeting people who come into either store, working with other employees from Spring Valley and receiving my pay checks, Bo- ditord said. Robert Rabon, a senior who works tor the Blythewood Oil Com- pany and parks cars at Blaney Drag Strip, enjoys doing what he wants as long as he gets his job done. In order for him to be able to pump gas and drive an oil truck for the Blythewood Oil Company, Ra- bon had to obtain a class two li- cense for the oil truck and a class three license for the 18 wheeler. Senior Robin Templeton enjoys spending her senior year at Spring Valley working at Parklane Tennis Center answering the telephone, scheduling courts, collecting court fees and doing any other odd jobs which need to be done. Working 15 to 20 hours a week, Templeton says that because the tennis season is beginning to slow down, she is able to finish some of her homework while she works. Senior Katrina Temple watches five year olds three hours a day after school at Children's World. Being able to handle wild, screaming kids is the top priority while I work, Temple said. Beading, singing, dancing, having snacks, watching T.V. and doing art work with the children are a few of the things Temple and two other students, seniors Christy Cummings and Christi Staats, do while they work at Childrens' World. Matt Livoti, and his brothers Anthony, Thomas and Vinni work three hours a day six days a week during the summer for whenever the grass is highj mowing peoples' yards for about S20 to S25 a yard. They use the money they earn to fix up their car. For some students, jobs are an escape from the constant parental nagging of never having any mon- ey. But whatever the reason is that students work for hours after school and on weekends, money is a plus. Doug Hyatt

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Helping student council during orientation, junior Debbie Dow hands out schedules to the students. The year starts at orientation, Au- gust 14, 15, and 16, while students follow the new procedure of get- ting books before school starts. orientation