Kingman Middle School - Time of our Lives Yearbook (Kingman, AZ)

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new +11 M. rw: One: Preparing for oral presentations, Tina Wisdom and Janice Mertes get some assistance from Miss Laslavic. Three: Students from Mrs. Zoeller's Class make good use of their library time to do some required research. X..-if V Y 5 Four: Mrs. Zoeller takes grammar seriously, because she wants her students to be successful in the future. Greg Book hopes his future holds an 'A' on this assignment. Five: Sometimes English gets a little, shall we say, unexciting? Thats where Mrs. Hamiltons great sense of humor steps in to make class more fun. Fourth Period - English 49

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First a of School by Royal Sipe On the first day of school, I was a little bit nervous, but not much. I caught the bus in the morning and began my trek - a journey that would bring me face-to-face with the most feared thing in the galaxy . . . SCHOOL! I arrived with only two minutes to battle my way through the crowds and get to my first destination. I dodged him and I dodged her all the way up the massive expanse known as The Seventh Grade Hall . I found my locker - it seemed safe enough. I turned my combination right-left-rightg it wouldn't open. Had I forgotten my combination? Was the lock jammed? Had someone switched locks? I had to find out. One of the giant guards came over, and asked for the Top Secret info. I told him, and he slowly turned the lock - click, it fell open. I quickly opened the metallic door, then the much-feared school books stared at me as though warning me of the danger that awaited. But I had no choice. I had to take a chance. I grabbed my first book and dashed down the now empty hall. The hours that followed were indescribable. I saw some that survived the dangerous ordeal of sixth grade. We joined forces to battle the oncoming onslaught of the enemies' attacks, until that awful piece of paper with those alien letters separated us. I was once again alone in a cold, dark, harsh world. I was attacked by both the enemy and my fellow voyagers. Then, out of nowhere, came that ear-piercing sound, the one that signaled departure from this ominous place into the civilized world. I returned once again to that metal box that imprisoned the alien books, the school books. I opened it, grabbed my pack and my solar ray blocking cap, then, as ifto settle the fight, it bit me! Blood started seeping from my hand. I managed to make it back to my home base, back to safety. It was a terrifying trip, but I survived. Until this day the scar remains, a memory of that first day in battle. The characters of this story are trueg they really happened, and even today this battle is fought. English What's that? Me? Diagram? Why ME - that'll be my end! Oh no, not a race. If I mess up, my whole row will hate me forever. And you say that next year I have to do a research paper? HELP! Maybe I can just skip eighth grade and go straight into high school. What? The verb in the sentence? Which sentence? Um, let's see, purswids . . . perswads . . . PERSUADES! No? How about RUNS? I'm on page 114, what page are you on? Oops - everyone else is on page IZ. This time I'll get her. I'll pretend not to be paying attention and when she calls on me, I'll surprise her and know the answer. Rats - she called on Mary. I KNEW that one, too. Oh, no! She just called on me again and I was daydreaming. Brrr-rrring! Saved by the bell! 48 Fourth Period - English

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Gimme a Break! just when we think we can't push our pencils for another minute, lunchtime arrives and we get a well-deserved break from our academic pursuits. Our first job is to refuel for our afternoon classes, and we have the choice of brown-bagging it Cwe're too old for Masters of the Universe lunchboxesj, or standing in line to play cafeteria roulette. Most of the time the cafeteria lunches are pretty good, but watch out when the menu says Cook's Surprise ! Of course, if you can wait long enough, you can take advantage of the Snack Shack. Meanwhile, in the library, many students use their valuable time to finish homework, read a book, look at their favorite magazine, or sometimes just escape the cold. For those with extra energy to burn off, the equipment room will gladly check out all kinds of sports equipment. Sometimes, you'll even find kids arm-wrestling, jumping around in sacks, running around with their legs tied together, or heaving footballs with all their might. No, they aren't crazy - they're taking part in the special activities sponsored by Student Council. 50 Lunch! l One: Another one bites the dust for jeremy Williams and Tony Forde as they crash and burn in the three- legged-race. Two: You're going down! , glares jo Ann Wolff at her opponent in the armewrestling contest. Three: jaci Kaufman models the latest fashions in burlap before the start of the sack race.