North Rowan High School - Northern Lights Yearbook (Spencer, NC)

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Q Looks Iilse Alan Walron is playing o game insread of doing his worls, unless ine game is me assignmenr, A lirrle exrra ruroring is samerimes neloful, as Michael Lunsford finds our. ww . Wno would believe rnere would acroally be rime ro socialize wnile in compare-r class? Comporer programming requires concenrrarion and Barry Blade seems ro nave ir dfufzfirzg an zz curve 99

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Living in the eighries leaves rnany srudenrs LQNGING FOR LITERACY s rhe rirnes have changed, ir has becorne necessary for people ro change also. Ar one rirne people laughed ar rhe idea rhar one day rhe world would be full of compurers. Those some people are now reaching rheir children how ro work disk drives. Norrh Rowan has always prided irself on irs abiliry ro change wirh rhe rinwes. This abiliry was shown again in rhe pasr year, Wirh rhe insrallarion of new comporers, ir became possible for all srudenrs ro work wirh one. lr also became a reauiremenr for graduarion. And, as Mike Lunsford said, l fee! rhor Dara Processing provided rhe srepf ping srones ro my career plans. A good English background is also impor- ranrg in This changing world of ours. A grear deal of credir is due ro rhose parienr English reachers who, year afrer year, have fried ro help Us undersrand verb forms and word families. They were also available ro help wirh a wriring assignnnenr, Frank Corriher expressed rhe senrirnenr of all rhe English reachers when he said, I rake grear plea- sure in seeing one of my srudenrs succeed in life lr is good ro know rhor wharever may happen in roday's world, gradoares from Norrh Rowan have been prepared ro deal wirh ir. 'Por a fiirn srrip in rhis rhing so we can ger rhis show on rhe road cracked A'ny Srnirh 60ur1!114g an 11 curve English classes spend rnore rirhe wriring since ir is now incoded in rhe N C Conwoerency Tesr

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Certoin oromos creoted by future scientists ond gourmets left mony of us oslsing WI-lAT'S COOKING? hen you were wollsing down the holl ond storted smelling stronge odors, it wos probobly coming from one of Mr. Block's chemistry lobs, or moy hoye even come from Mrs. Low- rence's or Mrs. Wilson's home economics closses. ln chemistry, students burned ond com- bined elements in on effort to understond whot molses up oll morter. Mony lobs were executed during the school yeor, ond eoch one gove the students insights into the world of chemistry. Clossworls olso offered lsnowledge of symbols, Ayogodro's low, ond oxidotion numbers, Science closses were enjoyoble portly bef couse of the teochers' efforts to help the closses understond. As Wendy Roueche soid, Mr Block ts 0 great teocher but his jokes ore ci little on the stole side I mute butt- onl The bosic lows of science were tought by Mrs. Morris ond Mrs. Crossley to their phys- icol science closses. These some two teochf ers, olong with Mr. Rivers, olso fought Biol ogy l students the bosic life forms. Biology lobs generoted odors of formoldehyde ond 'ipicl4led frogs, shorlss, ond fetol pigs, More oppetizing odors drifted out of the home economics Iob. Cookies, brownies, ond cheese biscuits - olrhough fovorites - were just o few of the culinory delights students prepored in closs. They olso leorned to plon menus, shop for groceries, ond cleon up ofter coolsing. Noturolly, the best port of home ec, odmirted Sonya Roberson, is getting to eot. Preporing o fruit troy for o reception ore Liso, Amondo ond Sonyo Cfouuting on 11 curve