Montevallo High School - Montala Yearbook (Montevallo, AL)

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special Visitors Welcomed Senior Mike Martin achieve computers and agriculture Alabama A few special visitors to MHS were recognized by the students as being both interesting and refreshing to the endless schedule of high school. These visitors included a famous personality, William Bradford Huie, who is related to MHS’s Andy Brindley. Mr Huie was quoted as saying, ‘| was in town visiting the university, and decided to take time out to visit with Andy for a while.”’ Relatives to other MHSer’s were Ms. Carol Czerw’s younger sister Carolyn Davenport. Miss Davenport, a 1st Lieutenant, was accompanied by 2nd Lt. Jona- than Defalco, both in the U.S. Army. They were on a mission to build respect and improve the image of military personnel. Their talk included various as- pects of Veterans Day, and was concluded with Ms. Davenport saying, ‘Anyone of you who has the drive can do anything you want to.”’ Visitors are always welcome at MHS. The relations between the students and these, as well as other respected members of our community, are the basis for the support of the school. 6 Student Life

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; f ; ao. a eo Jonathan Defalco and Carolyn Davenport visit MHS to share their feelings on Veterans Day National Merit finalist, Bert Lott, calls up information on available scholarships from SOICC ed Tae A Step Ahead Each year, juniors from around the country take the PSAT tests. From these tests, the highest scor- ers are chosen to compete for Na- tional Merit Scholarships. Bert Lott, a senior at MHS, has made it all the way to the finals of this scholarship competition. To become a semi-finalist, Bert had to be in the top half of all PSAT scorers. After being chosen as a semi-finalist, he had to write an essay about himself. “It took a long time to write an essay that didn’t sound pompous, but still was acceptable,”’ says Bert. During his senior year Bert took the SAT test. His score on this test as well as his essay confirmed him as a finalist. Being a finalist as- sures the person of a good educa- tion at a top school. Bert was not the only senior to excel this year. Mike Martin was one of thirty-seven agriculture stu- dents from across the U.S. to re- ceive an all-expense-paid trip to the National Future Farmers of America Seminar on Computers in Washington, D.C. To get this honor Mike won the state competition with his applica- tion of using computers to keep personal farm accounts and the MHS chapter’s various records. While at the seminar Mike had to give a presentation on his uses of the computer. “‘l felt that the semi- nar was a very educational exper- ience about new technologies within agriculture, comments Mike. Each year there are a few stu- dents who go above and beyond the call of duty. These are but two of the many MHS’ers who have shown outstanding qualities throughout the °'84-'85 school year.