Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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'lv 'V .ao ii. fx It takes rhythm. Cheerleaders show off their fancy steps in the gym as they practice to make their rou- tines perfect. Signature Please. Sophomore sign up for GYCQ yet another part of the school year - the sign up for clubs and organizations. , ,Mm--'?9 V , vv,,,s..f,W . T J., -.ggg..g,.. H fa tiff ..-. , Le, ' r f- - ,, ,..,,. ,J7MLM-, , f an ww, s ., ., Up on the Roof, men work to recover the old leaking roof of the main gym. Cracking a book? Yes, even swimmers and soccer players have to study sometime, and what better time than during lunch? Average Day 23

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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!!

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31, fr., Q sf If We Gotchal Surprise, Surprise Whirlie wolfer we got a picture of you, but where did that cheeseburger go? .40 Race to the Golden Arches - Junior Whirlie, Greg Burzell, is caught wide-eyed and drop-jawed at McDonalds. IT'S THE 1983-84 RACE Early or late lunch, going out or staying in. Whether you - were a sophomore, ju- nior, or senior it was a race against time, For most sophomores, the beginning of the year was the time for remaining on campus. They were left with an assortment of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, pea- nut butter cookies, and other miscellaneous items found in the cafeteria. As the year progressed, the sophomores began getting their driver's licenses. That meant carloads of sophomores trying to keep up with the juniors and seniors. Going out to lunch was something that 24 Lunch most of the juniors and seniors had already experienced. They had learned or possibly invented most of the tricks for beating traf- fic. lt can definitely be said that getting to and from Hardees, McDonalds, or Bisquit- ville in 33 minutes or less required a certain amount of . . . shall we say, blindness. Blindess to caution lights, yield signs, and occasionally even blindness to the speed limit, were some common misinterpreta- tions seen along Westover Terrace. Never- theless, when the tardy bell rang all of us . . . lmake that, many of usl were in class counting down to 3:06. Look, look Camera!! Alan Germain flashes ew smile for the G's camera while at lunch. FOR FOOD ef ez 1- 2 Qg Q. .f , W -W U ,.,. ,gif f.. iz, . M2 N M 49. , , x I, i ,. x 'T fwfr K, r .-.Mi 'CZ ,eygf MV . , S4