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

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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

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A radiant smile can be seen on the face of Angie Foster as she is crowned Homecoming queen by Mr. Fleshman during halftime of the football game. She was escorted by Jamie Talbott. With a look of determination on her face, junior Jackie Lewis takes advantage of having the way clear of opponents and gains ample yardage in the powder puff football game. Despite her effort, however, the juniors lost to the seniors 14-0. J, “Are we still poised?” Entertaining the student body at the powder puff football game are these senior boys, who were enthusiastic cheerleaders for their team. Wy U7; yy Ui. Lp LY i fe i Ly ag YL y ESOP