Sylvan Hills High School - Bruin Yearbook (Sherwood, AR)

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WHAT A BREEZE. Seniors Lisa Thornsberry and Melissa Norman enjoy the lime of( during a journalism workshop held Iasi summer at Ball Stale Umversily in Muncie. Indiana HIGH SCHOOL TIMES. Junior Allen Walker relaxes wilh ihe new High School Times Sec- tion in the Friday edition o( Ihe Arkansas Democrat. 16 Never enough

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reakfast Club Students savor moments of freedom before bell Radios blaring from open win- dows and friends talking to each other as they get out of cars are all part of the early morning ritual as students savor each moment of freedom before the 8:30 bell. All of this makes the parking lot one of the many hot spots to hang out between 8:00 and 8:30 each morning. Junior Mark Tubbs said that the parking lot is a fun place to hang out before school. 'It's boring inside the school and the cafeteria is so stuffy and uncomfortable, Tubbs said. And there are always teachers looking over your shoulder. Students agree that the weather plays a large role in deciding the hot spot in the mornings. If it’s pretty outside, then I usually stay in the parking lot, junior Deborah Boyd said. But if it's cold or rainy, I usually just come into the cafeteria and talk to my friends or go to the library and study.” A new school rule states that students are to report directly into the building when they ar- rive at school. Senior Kelly Alexander disa- grees with this rule. I think that if you want to sit in your car, you should be able to, Alexander said. It's not fair to punish everybody be- cause a few people abuse this privilege.” — by Kelly Hurst HANGIN’ OUT. Brandt Carmichcal and Brian Cook spend their free time before the 8:30 bell just sitting around and talking GREAT ESCAPE. Sophomores Gene Cornwell and Lcsli Shane wait to get in the car as Gene opens the car to leave school Before school 15

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scape Activities help relieve routine Droning teachers, boring films and endless lectures. It's enough to make a stu dent want to fall asleep. Or Kill himself. What do bored students do to keep them .selves alive? I just draw a blank, sc nior Ken Hobbs said. I don't think about anything. I with draw into my own world. I sit in class acting like I'm paying attention, senior Kel- li I till said. I look at the page we're reading so it will look like I know what's going on and I just drift into a day- dream. I look around at people in the room, junior Sue Ann Clayton said. I look at them and wonder what they're thinking about. Junior Lisa Williams day- dreams when it gets really bor- ing, and Stewart Isbell talks to other people in class when he gets bored. But when tensions get high, how do teachers escape? neatly my only escape is at lunch, journalism teacher Dix ie Martin said I finally get a few minutes to relax or read the paper Only students really have the luxury of daydream mg Senior Mike Meyer even turns being bored into a game “When I get bored I just sit there and look around for peo- ple doing stupid stuff. he said. Then I laugh at them. by Miranda Perkins MCDONALDS AND YOU. During a Saturday afternoon junior Mark Baty and senror Shannon Bartclt get a quick bite to eat at McDonalds WHERE OOES THIS GO? Senior An die Williams works on his mobile 'floating sculpture' in art teacher Beth Smith's class. Activities 17