Vivian B Adams School - Stepping Stones Yearbook (Ozark, AL)

Text from Pages 1 - 48 of the 1981 volume:

STEPPING STONES VIVIAN B. ADAMS SCHOOL 1980-1981 STAFF Raygene Burkett - Director Celeste Sneed - Psychometrist Martha Long - Curriculum Coordinator Gail Tew - Statistician 2 Lynda Clark - Secretary Sybil Beaty Teacher Aide Loretta Brooks Teacher Aide Joann Calhoun Teacher Aide Lessie Dandridge Senior Aide Gladys Dilliard Senior Aide Rodney Dodson Motor Skills Melvin Downing WAC Monitor James Flowers Adaptive Behavior Kathryn Goodson WAC Manager Elizabeth Griggs Teacher Aide Linda Hiller Teacher Aide Tina Johnson Teacher Aide Joann Jones Teacher Aide Dot Kemp Vocational Dept. Betty Littlefield Teacher Aide « 3 4 Janice Marino Teacher Aide Sharon McCray Teacher Aide Pat Messer Speech Therapist Debbie Miller Primary II Wayne North Vocational Dept. Bo Neher Ceramics Cheryl Paul Preschool I,II„ III Jesse Pinner Bus Manager Patty Schloesser Speech Therapist Trudy Shirah Vocational Dept. Christine Small Primary I Bari Taylor Adaptive Behavior Nathalee Thornton Teacher Aide Kathy Wakefield Teacher Aide Sue Ward Teacher Aide LUNCHROOM SCENES Speech Work Activity Center Ceramics 7 Work Activity Center mm Work Activity Center Motor Skills Work Activity Center Ceramics 8 PRESCHOOL Vicki Baxter Rita Brewster Sara Gourley Amy Hendrix Glenn Pyle Nathaniel Shoop Nicholas Singletary Cheryl Slagen Not Pictured: Melissa Hartfield PRESCHOOL 10 Junior Ackley Dawn Anderson Lisa Johnston Bobo Kelley David Landseadel Eric Linton Not Pictured: Chris McCarty Melissa Martin PRESCHOOL Joey Bundy Patty Grimes Mitchell Hunter Edward Key Anthony McDonald Princess Ann Morris Lee Welch Timothy Winkler Not Pictured: Candace Kyzar Patrick Young Steven Deyerle Timothy Rios PRIMARY Sandra Baell James Brown Irene Edwards Melanie Greenwood Dewayne Leger Not Pictured: Tonja Whigham 12 Maria Cawthon Gail Fain Jackie Grant Donna Hanlon Dian Koenig Ray Leger Ursula Morris Kim Rogers James Williams Charlene Watson Luther Stallings Bobby Redding Not Pictured: Eddie Fenn 13 ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR Johnny Blankenship Ann Smothers Reginald Martin Ryan Williams Sala Kirkland Julie Tomlin Julianna Nicholson Kim Winemiller KEy ’ •. t ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR 1 fed Sammy Brantley Bettie Duncan Wayne Vickers Barbara Williams Not Pictured: Joe Redding, Ethel McLeod Johnny Armstrong Ted Moates John Wayne Austin Toodley Monk Sam Brantley Gail Odom ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR ID 01 James Andrews May Frances McLeod Mont Smith Jay Adams Leshie McNabb Lee Scott Johnny Baker Dorotha Morris Teresa Thacker Willie Gilmore Terri Lynn Parker Wanda Gail Watson Wanda Grantham Arlester Smith Pat LaDon Williams 16 VOCATIONAL Janice Bryant Richard Drum Timmy Evans Larry Frazier Stanley Gissendanner Roger Haburey Charles Jones Dwayn Lynn Jeanette McCoy Jeanie McClendon Sandra Oliver Amy Outlaw Anthony Stokes Linda Stuckey Tony Walker Joe Ray Warren Becky Weeks Gwen Westbrook Lewitt Wheelock Not Pictured: Billy Mayo 17 Tommy Barnes Tim Beaty Kathy Bizilia Trudy Carr Raymond Eubanks Eva Mae Holmes Rachel Howard Johnny Howard Susan Jenkins Janet McWilliams Linda McCray Mattie McClain Lessie Redding Robert Rhett Dennis Ridley Not Pictured: Linda Dyson Derek Shirah Danny Smiley Linda Faye Williams 18 WORK ACTIVITIES CENTER Howard Beaty Stanley Beaty Phillip Bynum Brenda Carroll George Chambless Sam Darby John Donohue Martha Jo Ellis Sandra Ezell Joe Floyd Randy Grantham Teresa Gunter Jerry Hancock Delane Hartin Beth Hartzog Frank Herring 20 Sherrill Holmes Michael Holt Beth Jarvis Robert Johnson Pauline Miller Richard Murrah Travis Napier Vernell Ott Steve Parker Betty Phillips Jimmy Reeves Virgil Roberson Beverly Rogers Jackie Sanders Ozella Sistrunk 21 IN MEMORY OF ERNIE JACOBS On Monday, February 23,1981, Ernie Jacobs died of cancer. He attended Vivian B. Adams School where he was enrolled in the Work Activity Center on January 28, 1980. Ernie was involved in several activities in the center and was an inspiration to all of his co-workers and supervisors. Ernie was an outstanding student who was graduated from Carroll High School in 1976. At the age of 18, he was diagnosed as having a brain tumor. Ernie attended Enterprise State Junior College for one quarter and began having extreme visual loss due to the tumor. He had surgery in October 1976 which enabled him to later complete one year at George C. Wallace Junior College and one-half semester at Allied Health Services at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Ernie was in training to become an EEG technician but due to severe visual problems he had to withdraw from the program. At that time he attended Talladega School for the blind for four months. Ernie was a member of the Rocky Head Baptist Church where he was a humble and obedient servant of Jesus Christ, his Lord and Savior. The testimony which he gave everywhere touched the lives of many. Annie Skipper Jane Sowell Brenda Stanford Marcus Thompson Carolyn Tolbert SCHOOL FOLLIES 23 SPECIAL OLYMPICS GEORGE LINDSEY CELEBRITY BENEFIT HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES 26 27 28 EVERYDAY AT VBA 29 Field Trips SCHOOL AGE ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR ADULT ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR PRE-SCHOOL 32 PRIMARY ... I 33 PRIMARY ... II 34 WORK ACTIVITIES CENTER VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT 36 GRADUATION 1981 CONGRATULATIONS CLASS iTIONS 38 39 Members Of Dale County Mental Retardation Board Left to right: Raygene Burkett — Director Joseph A. Adams Sara Price Celeste Sneed — Treasurer E. Martin Price — Chairman Dr. Robert G. Crosby — Vice Chairman Sara Carroll — Secretary Dr. John Tamplin Not pictured: Joe W. Adams Dr. Connie Chandler Shirley Baxter 40