Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Expressions aplenty Working late on activities Michelle Davis takes time out to convince a wandering mutt that LHS just is not for dogs. Tattered and ripped, the National and State of Virginia flags wave forlorn in front of LHS. Symbols of pride, we sure need new ones! Fall doldrums hit LHS on a sunny Friday. — David Mays and Teresa Painter seem to be distracted while Rocky Smith catches the D action elsewhere. C 5 surround and faculty Do not erase! Do not erase! Do not erase! Do not erase! Passing . . . fleeing. Remember? LHS, 1972. Together we watched it pass. Mr. Thompson ' s daily announce- ments. Today ' s birthdays are . . . Bustling Homeroom business. Grasping, yet we watch it. Slipping quickly away like sand between fragile fingers. What is it? Thrills? Smoke filled restrooms. Aspiring movie makers. Unsuspecting fire drills. Like shock waves, the students start new traditions. We make LHS; it makes us. Like particles of chalk dust, building it up or tearing it down. Freshly painted cafeteria. The blasting of the new juke box. Unresponsive pep rallies blend in with unnoticed honor code posters. Fresh marks on the walls of last year. Build on a thing known only as yesterday. Laying a patch in front of the school. Spring fever — eating outside at lunch. Kite flying. Some grew older, some even grew up. LHS grew not into a whole, but into a group of un-unified particles. 2