Spartanburg High School - Spartana Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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Real Students get involved in extra-curricular activities. SAC members Sherese Edwards. Beth Glasgow. Andrea Ellis, and Daryl Cunningham sell programs at home football games. Real Students, like Cindy Owens, don't cover their textbooks. Real Students get involved. Senior homeroom presidents meet to discuss Homecoming plans. Real Teachers are copy machine mechanics in disguise. Mrs. Pam Carroll adds liquid to the Savin copy machine. Real Teachers listen to what students have to say. Mr. Jay Jeter answers Rebecca Dunagin's question about a computer program. Real students drive to school. Eddie Burris gets into his car to leave school. 16 Real Students Teachers

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Victory always best at home Final score: Vikes 13. Broome 6. The opening home game win against a team that had beaten us during the last two seasons was particularly sweet. As a whole, the varsity team played better ball, with fewer errors, and had the home fans there to cheer them on. This was their third contest but the first chance to perform for the hometown crowd. Loyal Viking fans had an earlier fight for prime parking spaces. Pep rallies, that in the past had been held at school on games days, were scheduled for the half hour prior to kickoff. The first pep rally used to be students’ chance to hear introductions of each varsity player and cheerleader. Creative and usually raucous skits were performed to encourage school spirit. Game night pep rallies necessitated a change in activities. Team members were unavailable as they were going over last minute strategies in the locker room. Many players and cheerleaders felt cheated of the recognition they felt they would have received by being introduced to the student body. Cheerleaders had planned routines over the summer that they were unable to put to use. Team spirit is high, and we’re looking to a winning season.’’ Kim Poteat. captain of the varsity football cheerleaders, added; We were really looking forward to the pep rallies as our chance to help motivate spirit, teach new cheers, and show support for the football players. Controversy also surrounded the school's use of Wofford's Snyder Field for all home games. For the past several years, game tickets have included an extra dollar for a fund to build a stadium near the high school. In July, the District Seven Board of Trustees voted against the construction of such a stadium. Mrs. Peggy Romine, a trustee, said of this decision. People who lived in the surrounding area mounted a tremendous campaign against construction of a stadium adjacent to the high school. Despite all of this, Mr. Jack Carlisle, a member of the SHS Booster Club, felt that under the leadership of new athletic director and head coach Allen Sitterle, Team spirit is high, and we’re looking to a winning season.” Paying close attention to the game, ball girls Kim Hammet. Niki Kyzer, and Hayley Ward must always be prepared to run onto the field. They are responsible for keeping game balls dry and available. First Home Game 15

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Real Students Karen Longshore and Beth Lee can talk. eat. and do homework at the same time. What mannerisms identify real Students Teachers Thanks to Emphasis, Mrs. Olga Burtnett’s English class, and a few scientific observations of our own, SAGA has the answer! REAL STUDENTS ARE EASY TO RECOGNIZE: Real students know how to make paper airplanes. Real students owe library fines. Real students love a free” period. Real students love fire drills. Real students don’t tell their parents about P.T.A. Real students don’t listen to directions; they ask questions. Real students never use book covers. REAL STUDENTS ARE REFINED: Real students cough during assemblies. Real students don’t get bad grades on their report cards because they change them. Real students drive to school. Real students buy yearbooks. REAL STUDENTS ARE SUPER ACHIEVERS. Real students know and sing the Alma Mater. Real students have school spirit. Real students get involved in extra-curricular events. Real students can talk, eat. and do homework at the same time. REAL TEACHERS ARE EASY TO RECOGNIZE: Real teachers hate assemblies. Real teachers grade papers wherever they go. Real teachers have heard every excuse for not having homework. Real teachers never stand near a door when classes are about to change. Real teachers don’t hear morning P.A. announcements. REAL TEACHERS HAVE COMPULSIONS: Real teachers always carry red pens, paper clips, rubber bands. Real teachers can’t think without clutching a pencil. Real teachers stop running kids in supermarkets and make them walk. Real teachers can’t read a book without making marginal notes. Real teachers check the seat of a chair before they sit down. REAL TEACHERS HAVE REMARKABLE BODIES: Real teachers never get sick. Real teachers can eat lunch in 2 minutes and 46 seconds. Real teachers have disjointed necks from writing on the board without turning their backs on their classes. REAL TEACHERS DO: Real teachers care about their students. Real teachers listen to what students have to say. Real teachers actually like their jobs. NOTE: Both REAL STUDENTS and REAL TEACHERS can be further observed and studied on the campus of Spartanburg High School. Real Students $ Teachers 17