Mercer Middle School - Raider Yearbook (Garden City, GA)

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I I STRIVING AS MANY AC A crowd likes diversity. Individuals of differing talents and abilities combine to progress towards a single goal. Each person is important in his own right. An athlete sets a personal goal for which he must extend himself to achieve . . . Music is composed of assorted in- struments. A musician practices his instrument and learns the notes in order to create his own sound . . . Science is structured through basic elements - a unique basis of the chemical system . . . 4

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ONE ' TtfTMMTflB ' ' :- m 1 Wt i;iA2ift :.- vn s M - One A single, united unit beating with a pulse drawn from each thriving member. One A detailed puzzle of people and passions - with tremendous spir- it .. . Mercer is a unified form-win- ning, cheering, growing, and learning. Changing in motion from year to year. Adapting in style from class to class. As each piece evolves the puzzle ma- tures.

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HIEVING AS ONE In an achievement of unity one never stops to discover the pieces from which the whole is created. All individuals strive, but without each other, they will never achieve. . . . more important to the athlete than his personal wins are the wins of his team. ... a combination of sounds from individual instruments form a wonderful musical experience. . . . through the basic elements all creation is possible; they make discovery come alive.