Laurel Park High School - Koine Yearbook (Martinsville, VA)

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The 1975-76 term came and, finally, he was where he wanted to be — a senior. This meant college next year. He could hardly wait. This restlessness that possessed his body became unbearable at times But soon he realized that graduation was coming closer and high school was going to end. Yeah, he would miss it. but the future seemed like a bright star in the dark sky just waiting to be reached for Then, that poetic sort of thinking began to fade, too. and he began noticing more and more about his school. He really didn ' t feel like a senior, whatever that was supposed to be. but the greenies sure looked awful short. He wondered if they looked up to him the way he had once done, OPPOSITE Although it is a wet day, the Girls ' Track Team still competes m the Piedmont District meet Student art is displayed on the glass parti- tion of the art room Spotting a hole m the defensive line. Coach Leon Gunter points it out to Coach Julius Dykes RIGHT SIDE TOP TO BOTTOM: At the mock National Convention, Mark Wright makes known his views on political affairs Listening to candidates for the presidency are the senior class voters Dressed in typical fashions for winter 1976, Janet Perkins stops her knitting to model LEFT SIDE Caught sleeping in fourth period government class is Keith Meredith Wesley Dickersons thoughts are elsewhere while Charlie Wil- liams follows along in their English class

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One day in class, he began to look at himself and the other people in the room. Were these the kids he had been going to school with since the first grade? They looked so separated, so grouped The black kids sat on one side of the room and the white kids sat on the other side. As he looked even closer, he saw that there were groups within these two The smart and or popular ones sat together, the rough ones, the not so popular ones and the shy ones. Why do kids break off like this? ' he wondered. Why don ' t they mix to make more friends? These questions about why people separate themselves from others by building walls around their groups bothered him all day. As he sat at lunch eating the famous hot dog on bun with cold slaw , this was all he could think about CLOCKWISE THIS PAGE: Susie Whorley concentrates on her journalism assignmeni At the 50 yard line. Coach George McKelvey watches his football team, carefully The shy person in the bag is Buddy Thomas looking his best in basic grocery brown A chicken wire reindeer is Ricky Daw- son ' s Chnstmas art proiect CLOCKWISE OPPOSITE PAGE: Playing peak-a-boo w:th the camera is Betty Haislip. During a baseball game, Sammy Jamison and Dennis Hodge stroll down the hill to check on the score In fifth period French. Dorothy Phoebus and Rita Eggleston work together on a translation P E offers many sports: Jimmy Rumley and Chris Carter try arm wrestling. Gene Hodge practices his typing m