Natural Bridge High School - Span Yearbook (Natural Bridge Station, VA)

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ew ee cope on the changes in routines. Finding that your best friends suddenl y wasn t there to share in a moment of excitement or sadness was something that called for “would be a ae a and ey ae Se composure of feelings, no matter how difficult. Athletic or advancement to the next grade. Although everyone — teams, after endless practices, found it hard to accept: remitting homework and te: the the reality of the fact that there was low attendance at he end of the rear ' ae some most games. It was -dishearteni 1g to look up into the - stands and see row upon row of empty bleachers. An- other discouraging situation was failing a test - after studying the material for hours! As time passed, each gs at the Loe individual student. d that there was no alternative to ped kis ee as well as what he would coping with and adapting to the circumstances that accomplish tonsios: the year. Everyone learned to — went AGAINST THE CRAIN . awards assembles | incentive. During « cold winter months, radiators were a popular place for holding conversations. Laughing during a free moment are sophomores Terry Franklin, Tracy Moore, Cheryl Tolley, and Dana Gilliam. Joy Barringer, Jayne Lewis, Andrea Hickman, and Carolyn Conner prepare a table of baked goods to - raise funds for the freshman class. Opening - 3

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LIVING It seemed that the trend was for things previously thought impossible to become possible. The year was full of unusual surprises. Even the simplest things in life were interrupted for days at a time by the dreadful winter weather. The usual rush of assignments and athletic events diminished because, for weeks, students were out of school more than in school and many days started with a one- or two-hour delay. Then, the unbe- lievable decision of cancelling the first semester exams stunned yet pleased the student body. Another extraordinary aspect of the year came in the line of sports. To have a girls’ basketball team advance as far as winning the title of State runner-up was cer- tainly an honor that does not come about every year. The change in the cheerleading program also had its advantage. More girls were given the chance to become a cheerleder because there were two tryouts in one year, resulting in four different squads. Everyday living seemed affected, too. It wasn’t just that the student body as a whole experienced feelings of triumph or self-defeat, disbelief or acceptance, but each individual seemed affected in just going about his sim- ple tasks of everyday living. Nearly everything seemed to be positive for the sen- Sponsored by the Student Council, “Freedom Jam” presented a terrific concert to the student body on a November Thursday and to the entire Community on Friday night. iors except the deletion of senior teach day. Taking a senior trip to Knoxville, Tennessee to the World’s Fair was an extraordinary event of the spring. It certainly went against the grain of the underclassmen for the seniors to get out of school a week early and graduate on time while everyone else stayed on a week longer to make up time lost because of snow. On top of that, they had to take final exams during this week. It was a long cold winter and, even thought everyone broke out their spring wardrobes after Easter, the begin- ning of May still found many wearing sweaters on chilly mornings. The gray days of winter and the twelve days missed because of snow seemed to disorient and unset- tle everyone. There was even an assembly in March to discuss disciplinary problems that were a result of this disorientation and frustration. Athletic events, clubs, and dating all seemed to relieve some of the pressure and gave students something to look forward to after the frantic rush of completing assignments. Perhaps one of the most important things that stu- dents learned, in addition to their academic subjectgs, was how to deal with situations that go AGAINST THE GRAIN. Living - 5