Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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All for a song Beth McCracken and Wendy Thomp son practlce for perfectlon and accept chorus as an Hey you!! Quxt taking pxctures and pay attentxon says other part of their dally study Mrs Barnwell 'N Mix V, 5 4 ,v R x -X not pro Oh Boy! Mr E

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Can't you see I'm studying? James Summers looks up from his deep concentration only to be caught by the Whirlie camera. Stony Stare. From the look on Alice Hardin's face, it seems she's had too much studying for one day. E s S' GRIMSLEY WI-IIRLIES MAKE TI-IE GRADE Study - the word conjures up many dif- ferent imagesg staying up late to cram for a test, or making a quick review in home- room. We all study at differing times, in un- usual places, and use various methods. Some students hit the books at 3:30 when they walk in the door. Others need a breather and like to relax before they get down to serious business. A typical study scene is books all over the floor and papers everywhere. Or there's the organized student who neatly places his materials on a table. One popular way to study is to listen to the radio while relaxing with a bag of chips. Or there's the ever-popular way of studying on the phone with a friend. Unfortunately, most of the time neither of these seems to work. Phone conversations tend to wander away from tomorrow's English test, and into the subject of girls, guys, and general gos- sip. Students all have different methods of learning. Some memorize, some use lists, and many like to be quizzed on the subject. As we prepare for college, study is be- coming more and more essential. It may seem as though our long road of studying is nearly complete, but as our future college years will prove, we've only just begun. lf - f fi ffl? it W , ,.,, as ' .f xxx Q ' 'tag r ,, 1 ,zz ....,...4W . ,,,, A ip ' --A. The Mighty Molel Mr. McKinney explains Avragadro and his number in relation to Chemistry. After School Special, Teachers specialize in helping students after school and plowing through pounds of paperwork.

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J4...,, Flood from Weaver, Students return to the G after morning classes at Weaver Education Center. i i Gaggles of girls. A bunch of girls gabbing is a com- mon sight around the Grimsley campus. What's the Password? Kill, Kill, Kill is the password at a Grimsley pep rally. THE RIGORS OF AN Starry-eyed Sparkle, Pamela Dent sings Bright Eyes in the Student-Talent show. Later! Laterl The 3:06 bell rings and the mass exo dus towards the Benjamin Parkway 500 begins. AVERAGE DAY AT THE G lt was Wednesday, November 30, 1983, 8:00 a.m., an average day in the life of an average Whirlie was just beginning. The walk from the student parking lot was un- eventful and the meeting of friends in the Grove was as it was each day. People moved towards their lockerg there they stopped to talk before adjourning to home- room. And so the day moved ony each stu- dent moved to his assigned classes, broken only by lunch. It was at that time that the pace of the day was altered, the velocity of students' steps increased as they rushed to lunch at Mickey D's or perhaps to Har- dee's. The rest of the day tripped along with two or three periods, depending upon the status of lunch periods - early or late. 22 Average Day Eventually the time came when the 3:06 bell rang, and everyone went to their cars or buses and went home. Simplicity in it- self, one might say. And so the average day of the Whirlie went. But, what of the non-average day? The ones of spirit, of as- semblies, of happenings in the parking lot, of police busts, of accidents on the way back from lunch, when your 5-minute pan pizza turned into a 15-minute farce at Pizza Hut? What of those days? Why, they were just some non-average days which took the place of the mundane, and that was what made our 1983-84 school year great!!