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

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Bhola, Ashwani Bianco, Tina Black, April Blankenship, Chris Blatt, Sarah Blue, Jeremy Bocsusis, Tammy Boderek, Dory Bondio, Ryan Booth, Marci Booth, Sherry Bortolini, Caroline Airft it great to BE AN EIGHT As the eighth grade school year comes to an end, everyone shares the excitement of eighth grade graduation; however, the excitement of Disney, special socials and dances only serves as a mere stepping stone to the adventures that lay ahead in high school. uWhen you are in eighth grade, you are a step closer to finishing school, says Avery McCurtain. Your elementary and middle school years are be- hind you and you are closer to obtaining college and career goals. A feeling of superiority and more privileges seem to dom- inate the thoughts of eighth graders. You are older than everyone else and you don't get picked on any more, says Christine DiBlasi. Iimmy Tran adds, uThe teachers are nicer to you and you get two electives. As the year comes to a close you, as eighth graders begin to look at things with a different viewpoint on many school mat- ters. Memories often overcome certain disasters and change them into pleasant thoughts. As all the frustrations and hard- ships of middle school disap- pear, eighth graders can look back and say, It was great being an eight. Eighth Grade l 85

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Acevedo, Elaine Adkins, Tamara Aguiar, Jennifer Allison, John Antle, Bobby Anton, Emanuel Apple, Ben Armesto, Charles Arnold, Stephen Arroyo, Gus Arroyo, Marcus Arroyo, Sheila Baird, Becky Barelos, Bryan Barker, Brian Baty, Holly Bayliss, Jocelyn Beasey, Robert Bedard, Deanna Beresford, Bridget 84 Eighth Grade

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Out in Style With Mickey In May of each school ear eighth grade students are at orded the chance to attend Walt Disney World,s Iunior Grad-Night. Iunior Grad-Night is ver similar to High School Grad-Nig t except eighth graders go all day Saturday. One ad- mission price includes bus over and back, admission to the park and um limited use of the rides. To qualify for the Disney Trip. stu- dents must meet the guidelines of no suspensions, no more than two days in ABC or two Saturday Schoo s, eight days absent or less, and less than three unexcused absences. To many eighth graders, the Dis- ney Trip is the most exciting aspect of middle school. Eighth grader Joel Langholz says, It's like thatts mainly what eighth grade is for. It makes all the pressure of middle school seem insignificant. Boswell, Lisa Boettcher, Lorraine Boughton, Cheryl Bowles, Colleen Bragdon, Sheryl Briscoe, Kim Brooks, Sabrina Brown, Yvonne Burns, Ellen Burr, Adam Burr, Alex Burris, Jamie 86 t Eighth Grade