Cave Spring High School - Accolade Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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-e' amow Iuoi verready Changes prevailed in the sequence of the yeafs events. With the onset of school later than usual, there came an earlier Homecoming and a later graduation. In the meantime, a blackout due to a power outage sent students home early on a November afternoon. Winter snowstorms, which accumulated anywhere from 6 to 28 inches of snow, interrupted exam week, left the winter dance cancelled, and kept students home for a total of eight days. Consequently, students lost spring break and found themselves in class on a Saturday to account for the missed days. The unexpected kept students and faculty alike on their toes, making them ever ready for e student life Student Life e 9

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Gettin creamed After stu ents involved in athlencs passed a whipped cream pie down the length of the gym dun'ng the pep rally for Homecoming football players Steve Ewers and Brian Puckett do the dirty work of slamming the pie into Coach Michael Brancatjts face as Mike Berkeley watches. Role reversal In preparation for the Homecoming parade, Kelly Fisher and Leigh Williams sport football uniforms for the Art Clubts float which had the theme ttAll Knight Diner. The float displayed a large menu listing the names of the foot- ball players and their positions. a 2 a o .. 8 - Student Life

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oing back A longer summer made the hustle and bustle of going back more difficult than usual. nine more minutes of sleep. His brain tries to focus and re- member why he has to get up so early. 1th summer, right??? WRONG!!! Suddenly he is wide awake because he realizes that today is September 2. Mark the end of summer!! Most students experienced excitement on the first day, mixed with a reluctance to give up all the pleasures of summer. While some students en- joyed an obligation-free summer, others held jobs working the summer away. There were the usual trips to Myrtle Beach and Virginia Beach as well as to New York and California; however, some students visited more unusual places. Andrea Shreeman, Eric Williams, Ruffles Munns, and Marissa Young all traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, where they auditioned for dance parts on the television show HSolid Gold? ttLas Vegas opened my eyes to many opportuni- ties and gave me a taste of the professional world of dancef' commented Ruffles. As the start of school loomed closer, fall sports teams spent time at school training for the upcoming sea- son. The football team and the band struggled through daily practices in the oppressive Down, set, hut Dunni the month of August, Coach Jerry ittle and his assistants get the football team in shape for the upcom- ing season, 1 0 a. Summer heat of Augusfs drought. In- side, the volleyball team served, set, and spiked, while the cheerleaders met to plan their routines. The Friday before school started, the SCA held an ice cream party for the new students and a Back-to- School brunch for the teachers. The State Legislatures decision to extend summer gave everyone a little more time to relax and prepare for going back. Huge welcome signs which decorated door- ways and covered walls, greeted new students and sophomores. With map in hand, searching frantically for their classes, these students were easy to spot. Traffic jams clogged the halls causing students to be late for class. To ease the con- gestion, teachers released study halls one minute early. The lack of parking space due to the construction of the new annex intensified traffic jams in the parking lot. Students had to arrive by 8 a.m. to acquire a prime parking place. til never get to school until about 8:20 a.m., and I always have to park way down in Egyptf, said Rand Royster. Mr. Richard Tisinger issued parking permits, a new innov- ation for the years Many students didnt like the idea of these permits. iiMine was in my glove compartment for three weeks and nothing ever happenedf said Chris Dillion. The Knighting ceremony had a different sound as the new principal, Mr. Robert Lipscomb, recited the Knights Prayer for his first time and dubbed David Kagey the 1986-87 Knight. Students bought out the school and office supply aisles of drugstores before the end of the first week of school to complete the annual ritual of starting a new year. Torryea Brewer and Jennifer Allen Stocking ug Alyce Marie ray and Cheyenne Perdue invade the stores to buy the long list of school supplies which had geen given out by the teachers the first ay. Jennifer Gowan