Laurens District 55 High School - Fifty Fiver Yearbook (Laurens, SC)

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 .« »« zzw • - p,eswl—--------------------- J6II 'W'------' ------- (Continued from page 2) n addition to Academics, high performance was not neg- lected by the sports program. The 1983 Raider baseball team won the state championship. As athletes continued to excel, the varsity football team had a winning season and became state champions as well. The arts program also was geared to high performance. Both the band and chorus re- ceived honors for outstanding performances. Art and drama classes also displayed their accomplishments throughout the year. The push for performance, higher than before, encouraged students to achieve. Arts, sports, and academics all supplied students with chal- lenges to excel for a high performance.

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4 High Performance Grey Baley Filming the game for the football team to review, Mr. Tommy Sublett follows the action on the field. Performing an exhibition show at the Henry Laurens Invitational Marching Band Contest, baritone players Mike Caldwell and Everett Lynch play and march their part in Blazing Saddles.”

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Straight Forward Forward — straight ahead. School work, club activities, and social events kept students moving at a fast pace. This rapid move- ment geared students toward high performance. Schedules, full each day, forced students to budget their time. Classes, practices, meet- ings, homework, dating, and finally sleep filled every mo- ment of both day and night. During the school day, classes and clubs exhausted students’ time while after three o’clock, practices for athletes, cheerleaders, and band and chorus members demanded spaces in students' sched- ules. In the afternoons, others chose to maintain part-time jobs for both the practical ex- perience and the spending money. In the evenings, telephone conversations and occasional- ly television programs pro- vided a diversion from the nor- mal routine of homework. On weekends, students chose ac- tive entertainment — dancing at Chancey’s or Tramps, skat- ing at Skate-Away USA, or eat- ing at Pizza Hut or McDonalds. Whether in school or out of school, students pushed for maximum participation. The progress of high performance kept the students moving straight forward. 6 Student Life Along the sidelines of the Newberry game, Scott Thompson and Neal Crotts record and review the sta- tistics of the game.