Safety Harbor Middle School - Reflections Yearbook (Safety Harbor, FL)

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8 1 Junior Cougars Merideth Taylor, Renee Carey, Ioli John- son, Nancy Calandra, Debbie Hendrick- son, Jessica Bach and Kris Burley all gath- er together as they get ready to show their Ir. Cougar spirit for a Saturday game. TIED IN SPIRIT As Friday arrives students are seen on the bus ramp, in the front of the building and scattered throughout the halls clad in gar- net and gold. No you are not at Countryside High School. You are viewing a parks and recre- ation phenomenon that has caught SHMS students by storm. The Junior Cougars program of- fers boys the opportunity to play organized football and for girls to be cheerleaders. Beginning in August teams be- gin to practice and parents fun- draise for uniforms and equip- ment expenses. And so begins the after-school recreational pro- Iunior Cougars are gram. Despite the fact that middle schools do not have a football program, students show an over- whelming amount of spirit by wearing jerseys, teeshirts and cougar paw socks. Since the ac- tual games arenit played until Saturday, Friday is the day that generates the spirit for all par- ticipants. The games begin around noon and continue on through the night with the var- sity game being played at 8:00. Most of the Junior Cougars attend all the games, thus making up for a full day of football and cheer- ing. The highlight of the season is Friday before the last game of the season. Each squad chooses a most valuable player and the coaches choose the all- conference player; however, homecoming is really for the cheerleaders Each cheerleader 1s to choose her own escort for the Friday night banquet and dance, then a princess is chosen from each squad. Only a varsity cheer- leader gets to hold the honorable title of Junior Cougar Queen. As the season draws to a close, eve- 1 ryone agrees that these Junior 1 Cougars are tied in spirit. 1 homecoming which is held the l

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Yearbook staff members Maggie McCul- lar, Kristen Smith, Whitney Duncan, Shannon Kinane, Becky Rider, Ierusha Azel and Matt Crist rest their weary bo- dies after returning home from four gru- eling days at the Taylor Summer Seminar at USF. Busy time, lazy time, SUMMERTIME Even if you like school, around the middle of May a feeling starts to develop that is similar to the one that you get before you go to bed on Christmas Eve. You know something good is going to hap- pen: Summer Vacation. Many students have their sum- mer activities planned well be- fore June 3. If they arenit taking a vacation with their families, they are having sleep overs, parties, getting that deep golden tan at the beach or whiling away the hours being what is popularly known as Mall Rats! What a great feeling it is to be free from pressure, books, homework and 8:30 bells. Camps provided an abundance of week-filled activities, as well as affording students the oppor- tunity to meet others outside their neighborhood and the SHMS hallways. The Reflections yearbook staff attended camp at University of South Florida from July 19-21. Staff members attend- ed classes that taught them every aspect of producing a yearbook. In addition to the classes students were invited to socials, dances and they spent a day at Busch Gardens. Although the staff came home exhausted, they were ready to begin producing another outstanding yearbook. The cheerleaders won many awards in the junior hightmiddle school division. Their spirit out shined all others as they retired for the evening with their uspirit stick which is awarded to the squad with the most school spirit. The volleyball teams benefitted from their camp as was evidenced by their winning sea- son. N o matter what you chose to do this summer, good friends and lazy days produced good times. Summer T 7

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Eating lunch, I.V. Midget football player Chip Folger wears his jersey to show his spirit for his team. Chad McLaughlin, Scott Iaroszenko, Matt Williams, Todd Gelsomino and Chris Usher high-five as they get psyched up for Saturday's game. Junior Cougars h 9