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

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Sixth grader Mike Howard makes sure that he consumes the four food groups in his personal daily lunch program Eighth graders Courtney loyal, Bobby An- tle, Tori Campoli and Karen Cockerham patiently await in line to pay for their lunch. 18 Lunch

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The most dreaded middle school disease HOMEWORK Homework, as every student knows, remains the most in- escapable, most dreaded and occasionally the most time consuming aspect of middle school. I take some books home every night. I guess its just a habit. I just throw them on the floor, and later on I start to pick them up and then I say to myself forget this I have better things to do,' says eighth grader Emanuel Anton. Although some students managed to get good grades without doing homework, most had to do their home- work or suffer the conse- quences. Many students feel that they should not be given homework for they go to school seven hours and then have to go home and do more work. Every student has dif- ferent methods and styles to tackle the problem of finishing their homework. Some pre- ferred to go straight to their room and do their homework so they would have the re- mainder of the evening free. Others have extra curricular activities or prefer to watch soap operas immediately after school; therefore, leaving it until later. Some finish it up during lunch or in other class- es, and a few finish their homework at the bus stop, on the bus, or on the bus ramp. 1 really donit know much about homework because I never do it, says seventh grader David Amerio. Most teachers assign homework reg- ularly. Many parents request that their children be given homework, as it reinforces what was taught that day in school. For students that are having trouble with home- work and don't have anyone to ask for help, there is the Homework Help Line. Like it or not there is no cure for this dreaded disease. Homework d 1 7

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With the addition of milk shakes students found lunch A CHANGE OF PACE Chocolate chip cookies, pret- zles, brownies, fruit bars, peanut butter bars, trail mix, potato sticks and yogurt add to the new menu offered by the lunchroom ladies. This year Safety Harbor Middle School students were af- forded the opportunity of having a variety of new and tempting taste treats. With the addition of the ala carte line located outside the cafeteria, students found they could purchase an item to add to the lunch they brought from home or the school lunch. Some- times students forgot their lunch and resorted to eating strictly from the ala carte line. Seventh grader Brian McMurtry loves to eat at the ala carte line because it It is a fast lunch line, and I love the pretzles. Eighth grader Todd Gelsomino could always be found out of class fourth period buying cookies. Todd said that he was just too hungry and couldn't wait until C lunch. The lunchroom ladies said that pretzles were one of the most popular food items offered this year. Sixth grade lunch was the first lunch to be offered milk- shakes. Students were offered a choice of vanilla, chocolate or strawberry. Chocolate was the flavor most often selected by the sixth graders. Andrea Campagna was ttglad that we were the lunch Chosen for milkshakes. We didn't have them in elementary school, and this is neat. Lunchtime also gave students an opportunity to Visit with friends that they usually didntt see during the day, catch up on the latest school gossip. For a change of pace, students could visit with friends on the bus ramp and discuss the menu of the day. Despite complaints of the poor food quality, students continued to make a mad dash to lunch. Perhaps the reason had some- thing to do with the long lines that left the unfortunate souls at the end two minutes to down their food. No matter what the county does to try to please school lunch customers, we still hear ttWhatis grosser than gross'zm Lunch t 19