North Carolina School of Science and Math - Odyssey Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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Tommy Yadon Michelle Zimmer Not pictured: Steve Gallup Jeff Haines Joseph Hall Bebe Harmon Scott Johnson Robert Lee Steff Locklear Dean Thompson Karon Uzzell Janeen Vanhooke Amy Vasu Sherri Vesalga Anita Warner Percil Watkins Tonya Weathersbee Polly Wiester Mark Williams Andrea Wisner 19

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Gary Steele Lisa Sykes Vic ki Tatum Lois Thornburg Kim Thrower Chip Tillman Shauna Tilly Tricia Townes Ward Travis Richard Troutman 18

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Reflections Our senior year — this is the year that marks the transition from high school to college, from childhood to independence. The year of graduation, a turning point in our lives, is always special, but being at NCSSM and being its first graduating class has made our senior year so much more special. We were the lucky ones, who were just of the right age when the North Carolina School of Science and Math came along. Some of us knew immediately we wanted to be a part of this venture; some of us hesitated, not quite sure we were ready to leave family and friends for a new environment that would hold many surprises. With curiosity and visions, we arrived in the fall of 1980, as members of the first class of NCSSM. That first year holds so many memories for us. At first we were a bit shy, for we knew no one, but friendships sprang up quickly and naturally. We smile as we recall Orientation Week, the ceiling falling in Director Eilber ' s office, and P.D.A. being banned. Exciting things were constantly happening, and everything we did made history. We loved being a part of it all; we loved being pioneers” and risk-takers in the new living learning experiment even if we got tired of hearing these phrases at times. 20