Abingdon High School - Beacon Yearbook (Abingdon, VA)

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Across the Water Amy Stringer, Stacey Shaffer, and Mark Hilt recite dialogue, a frequent exercise in French. Mrs. Southerlin makes sure that Sara Johnson understands her Spanish classwork. Parlez vous Francais, Que hablo Ud Espanol. If you were lucky you did, es¬ pecially if you were going abroad. It wouldn ' t be much fun to get lost in a foreign country if you didn ' t speak French or Spanish. Those who didn ' t take a foreign language almost wished they had when they learned of the trip to Europe. A week was spent in Europe with the Spanish students in Spain and the French students in France. Dicisne Latina. The Latin students weren ' t left out completely as they had a Latin Banquet. Roman decorations, Roman food, and even Roman dress were part of the banquet. Speaking La¬ tin came in handy at the banquet also. Lisa Reedy attempts to brighten up the Spanish room by cutting out designs to go on the bulletin board. 12

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The sun shining through the windows makes it hard for juniors in Mrs. Roberts ' class to concentrate on American literature. They say that no man is an island, but Billy Snodgrass and some of his classmates work individually in the great sea of knowledge. Cleaning the room for a Region IV forensic meet is part of English, tool It teaches responsibility. Brent Nicely, Darrius Carbary, Johnny Wright, and Debbie Pope join in the fun. Joey Johnson and David May prove that there is more than one way to do a book report-by constructing a log cabin. 11

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Foreign language students and teachers went abroad during the week of scheduled Easter Vacation. Pictured, Front Row: Mrs. Castellanos, Vicki Carr, Carrington Motley, Lisa Andis, Rob Campany, Tammy Bailey, Beth Cook. Second Row: Chris Brown, Lynn Adams, Jill Humphrey, Lisa Wright, Robin Roberts, Mrs. Moore. Third Row: Terri Harris, Herbie Ellis, Cindy Callahan,’ Hope Dene, Harlene Singleton, Cindy Thompson. Fourth Row: Shari Grubb, Marilou Moore, Margie Pinkerton, Thornton Bow¬ man, Amy Stringer, Gayle Rouse, Cindy Harris. Fifth Row: Mike Denton, Lisa Reedy, Peggy Kimberlin, Margaret Camacia, Cheryl Cuskey, J. R. Davis, Suzanne Harris, Chris Reedy. Mrs. Pless takes time out during Latin class to give individual help to Howard Hilton. The written Spanish assignment comes easy for southpaw Marty Berry. 13