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

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Spare time. The time when you have absolutely nothing to do. Your homework is done, your o room is clean and the dishes have been washed. Now there is noth- ing to do. Or is there? If you walk through the mall it is a sure bet that you find an S.H.M.S. student and a friend hanging around the video arcade or, to a parenfs horror, using the charge card at Maas Bothers. One sixth grade girl who asked to re- main anonymous, seems to have her spare time well planned. uOh I love to shop! I cantt be bothered with wasting my time hanging around. I have some serious mon- Iust hanging around DOING WHAT WE DO BEST ey to spend! Not all of our stu- dents are spend-thrifts. A few of our more industrious students spend their hours on the ice skat- ing rink. Bowling has come to be a very popular sport among stu- dents, and they are really burn- ing up the lanes. Who knows, maybe one of S.H.M.SK finest will be the next Earl Anthony. Friday night is high school football night. Don,t look for stu- dents to be anywhere but at the game. For most students it is cheap entertainment and pro- vides a justifiable reason for be- ing out past 10:00. Eighth graders Ienna Street and Nancy Calandra are getting a head start on their Cougar spirit for they have never missed a home game. Remember Saturday night at the movies? It doesn,t matter whatts showing because you donit go there to watch the movie anyway. So why go? Its better than bowling! says seventh grader, Chris Mor- gan. ttAfter the first strike wheres the challenge? Know what Itm saying? How ever you spend your spare time, it always seems to be the shortest time of the day. Then itts back to the drudging chores, the homework, and Cantt anyone use the same glass twice? Soare time i 21

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Michelle Krieger spends her time and money at Limited Express. Opposite page: Becky Rider and two friends wait for a ride home from a Saturday matinee mov- 1e. - Party goers took a break from the fun at Christina Leggolfs birthday party to give some free advertisement 10 Tropical Blend. 20 Spare time

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Shannon Mingo and Lori Harvey prepare their chemistry Lab. With High School Approaching and Decisions to Make, Students PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE The day begins as any other school day. Students ride to school on the bus, on their bikes, or have their parents drive them. Eighth grade conversations on the bus ramp or front porch are centered on those all important visitors - the high school guid- ance counselors coming to Safety Harbor Middle School. Once the bell rarig, the first four periods were spent trying to arrange a class schedule for a school they knew very little 22 t Preparing for High School about. The counselors tried to ex- plain the type of course they had registered for, but few really un- derstood. For most middle school stu- dents the future means high school. High school is the long awaited world when supposedly freedom reigns. However, by the end of the first semester fresh- men are finding out that the free- dom turns to responsibility as they begin to prepare for four more years, college, and the fu- ture. Suddenly grades really are important, life skills are essen- tial, friends, much to their dis- may, must take a back seat in priorities and yes, parents really are right e school really is im- portant if you want a bright fu- ture. In eighth grade students start to prepare themselves for the intim- idating world of grown-ups, jobs, J and the not so distant future. r i