Silver Creek High School - Silver Leaves Yearbook (Sellersburg, IN)

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Left: With only a handful of options to Choose from during lunch this year Eddie Messer. jr., strays from the beaten path of the cafeteria to punch up his favorite un- colall on one of the two soft drink machines available to students. below: In order to eat in the cafeteria. students faced the long wait in line. Board slaps students with closed campus urning a 60 year old legacy of open campus into the extreme opposite, the school boards decision to close campus beginning with the ,85386 school year drastically af- fected each of the 600 plus students who make up the dragon population. Starting in the fall of ,85, Silver Creek Henryville under the new regula- and Borden joined tion set down for all high schools in the West Clark system. This revision didn,t affect the freshmen, who were never used to having such freedom, but came as quite a blow to the upperclassmen who had tasted such sweet liberty! While past students had such choices as Druthers, KFC, Pizza King, home, or even the infamous restaurant strip in Clarksville, the modern shift created split lunch periods with four options: cafeteria food, vending machine snacks, a salad bar for the health conscien- tious, or brown bagging for those who created their own meals. If all else failed, the last resort was star- vation or possibly studying during lunch. At the first of the year, pupils were outraged and talked of a llplannedi, walkout. They never did, but rumors abounded that cer- tain pupils were secretly leaving campus to eat. A few were caught and punished. Others were never apprehended by the arm of the law. by Sally Deaton g5? $1; w x.

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From the freshman through the senior year, a student,s life can be as varied as Organizing and editing the Student Life section are senior editors Tammy Thompson, Angela Robertson, and Sally Deaton. the individual chooses. One may either I choose to be exclusively in the pursuit of book .l-QWM'K'. 3 .n . L '- knowledge, or get totally immersed in other i l i varied activities which express hisrher desire to illiveii their high school career and teen years to the fullest. Choosing your first prom dress, waiting for a phone call from that special person, buying your class ring, trying to maintain the right grades in order to get into college, and getting the chance to ibuzz, Frischis in your very own car are memories which will linger in every stu- dents mind years after they leave the confines of SC. Fading memories will flash across your mind as you read this copy and turn these pages, causing you to reflect on the images of the first year of closed campus in history, Homecoming, the prom, the DC. trip, the annual Booster Parade, haunted gym, hay rides, the dancing, movies, and skating that took up your I weekends, and all the hidden things that make up your individual personality. Giving a grunt to ilpullii in 15! place is the sophomore team. The sophs lost to thejuniors, the eventual champions. Kicking loose gravel by doing a wheelie on his three wheeler is freshman Tony Fleming. Three-wheeling is one of the froshls hobbies.

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Right: Munching 2mm in the cafe. Jason I'lwrvll. 50ph.. combats the cafeteria food with a brown bag lunch. below: Some sludoan managed to gel in line before the crowd. Above: Playing baskelball in the old gym was yet another choice students could make instead of eating. Left: The disarray. commotion. and general chaos during the split lunch periods were common occurrences as students packed into the cafeteria .. . They encountered long lines at both the salad bar and the regular lunch line.