Northeast High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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Front Row: Tammy James, Cynthia Aaron, Cheryl Ann Banks, Marion Womack. Back Row: Winifred Beckles, Juana Cherry, Roscoe Smith Superlatives ‘Do your best, believe in yourself, get involved,’ top seniors say Senior Superlatives are the seniors who, in the eyes of the faculty, are the best all- around students in the senior class. Each superlative was nominated by the faculty and met these criteria: (1) the stu- dent must be a senior; (2) must have a GPA of 3.50 with no grades below a C in grades 9-12; (3) should participate in one or more extracurricular activities; (4) must not be a disciplinary problem; and (5) should be above average in deportment, leadership, and service to Northeast. The superlatives were asked what ad- vice they had for underclassmen who hope to follow in their footsteps. Wayne Mathis said, ‘My advice is to set your goals early in life and do all you can to accomplish those goals. ’ Michelle Bond said, “My advice to the underclassmen is to establish your priorities first. You should establish your study habits. ’ Eric Windhom agreed. Gina Hogan suggested that students do their very finest quality work and show responsibility. Katrina Smith advised underclassmen to never give up on something that they failed after just one attempt. LaGlenda Pugh said she would tell them about the feeling of satisfaction you receive about achieving your goals. Lisa Reese suggested that underclassmen separate what's important, having a good time or making something out of oneself. Alton Clowers said, “Study hard and don't settle for less. In other words, go for 100% and not 90%.” Juana Cherry said, “Strive forward and always believe in yourself because if you don't, who will?” Cynthia Aaron suggested that underclassmen take their studies seriously and do their best at all times.” Roscoe Smith agreed, adding that study- ing will surely pay off in the long run. The superlatives were also asked what they would do differently in their high school years if they had the chance to start over. Tammy James said, “If | could go back and relive my high school years, | think | would be bolder in setting goals. This year | set goals that, at the time, seemed im- possible but were reached with relative ease. | feel now that | could have done a lot more if | had believed in myself a little earlier.” Winifred Beckles said she would like to have been more involved with extracur- ricular activities. Veatrice Reynolds, agreed, adding that she would also be more friendly. There's always one or two in the bunch. Keith Minter said, ‘| don’t think | would change anything. | really enjoyed high school.'’ Aubrey Harrell agreed, saying he didn't regret anything and wouldn't change anything. Superlatives 27

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26 Superlatives Seated: Darrell Redden, LaGlenda Pugh. Standing: Lisa Reese, Michelle Bond, Stephanie Harris, Traci Saxby, Aubrey Harrell, Veatrice Reynolds, Gina Hogan, Keith Minter, Katrina Smith. Back Row: Alton Clowers, Wayne Mathis, Eric Windhom

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Who’s Who Favorites selected by the senior class Who's Who is the set of eight categories of class favorites elected by the vote of the senior class. Marion Womack, who was chosen the boy most likely to succeed, said, ‘'l believe | was elected to this category because of my ability to relate to others, in addition to my academic abilities. Stephanie Harris, who was chosen the girl winner in this category, said, ‘| suppose | was elected because | exemplified the characteristics of someone who would most likely suc- ceed in life.”’ The wittiest category was won by Tamara Shabazz and Dexter Lowe. When asked why she felt she was elected for this category, Tamara said, '! believe my friends felt | would be a good representative.” In the most school service category, the winners were Debbie Swift and Jay Pitt- man. Jay said, ‘I! believe | was chosen because of my photography. Herbert McNair won in two categories, friendliest and most school spirit. He said, ‘| believe | was elected friendliest because | feel as though | am a nice person and | try to give everyone that | know the type of respect they deserve.” Kiyo Wedlowe, who won the friendliest girl, said “Maybe | won because | love everybody. | try to treat everybody right 28 Who's Who and overlook people's bad points because | have no right to judge people.” Cheryl Ann Banks, who joined Herbert as having the most school spirit, said, “The reason | won was my classmates thought | was most spirited. | try to attend every home game for all Northeast teams. | cheer even when we lose, and even cry at the games we lose by one point or two.” Travis Harrell, who was chosen the most popular boy, said, ‘| am well known by my peers, and they thought | would be the best person to represent them ffor this category.’’ Edrina Cornelius won most popular girl. She said, ‘“l think | was elected basically because of the help and support of my friends. | socialize with all types of people.” The most talented category was won by Darrell Redden and Traci Saxby. Darrell said, ‘| believe | was chosen because | play trumpet pretty good. ’ Traci said, ‘‘! sup: pose | was elected for this category because of my ability in the area of music. Most of my friends identify me with this talent because of my activities with music. The best dressed category was won by Chancellor Ridley and Tonya Ramey. Chancellor said, “I think | won because | wore different clothes from everybody else, and | wore ties a lot. WITTIEST Tamara Shabaz Dexter Lowe