Lexington High School - Bearer Yearbook (Lexington, AL)

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E =C = i = S Just imagine You walk down the halls toward your next class, not saying a word to anyone you see. Your teacher stands alert at a podium with a stern and non-nonsense look. Every student around you is sitting in an upright position, with no one slouching. You pass up your ten pages of homework quickly and efficiently. Your name is not anywhere on the assignment, only your student number. Someone coughs and is immediately sent to the school nurse’s office for a thor- ough examination. Every precaution is taken to prevent an absence, be it caused by sickness or other reason. Someone else foolishly attempts to whisper to the person across the aisle. At once, he is silenced by an electric current coursing through the seat of his desk. Though not deadly, the shock is by no means painless. In your eighth grade calculus class, a student doesn’t have her homework. Her parents are notified, and she is suspended in hope that there will be an attitude ad- justment on her part. Does any of this sound familiar? Of course not. Alabama’s adoption of the Plan for Excellence” sent shivers up the spines of many students, but school was nothing like the institution of higher learn- ing described in the above paragraphs. School was certainly not an impersonal experience to go through all alone. There was still the chance to develop personal friendships and relationships with mem- bers of the opposite sex. Students at Lexington were educated not only in academics, but also in the ways of getting along with others. Faculty mem- bers, too, became not only the students’ teachers, but their friends, as well. CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS like that of Suzanne Hill and Keith Gulley make school enjoyable to those involved. Although only moments after receiving them, these juniors are already exchanging their class rings. 6 Opening

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WITH DETERMINED LOOKS on their faces, band AFTER A PTO MEETING, Bonnie Snider, wife of Coach Billy Snider, has a discussion with Principal Patrick Brown about new school policies. CLOSE FRIENDS Robbie Pettus and Kevin Trousdale chat while waiting for their physical education class to end Opening 5

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HORSEBACK RIDING in Lexington's Christmas pa rade is the perfect way for Angie Shutt to get in- volved in community activities. Although the parade was sponsored by the city and not the school, many students, including the band, took part. EXCITEMENT showing on their faces. Dimple Mitchell and Tammy Nichols get tossed around by one of several rides at Lexington’s fair at the end of summer. PUNKERS AT LEXINGTON? It could only be Hal loween time. Stacy Wisdom and Deonne Hill come as a matched set to the band-sponsored Halloween car- nival.