Spring Valley High School - Saga Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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170 Sports SPORTS Anxiety and concern emanate from the faces of senior Rob Morris and junior Ken Tribble during a varsity football game. Nineteen sports are featured at Spring Valley for students to participate in, including three levels of football. Organizations ORGANIZATIONS Fund raisers fill the year for Student Council, Key club. Latin club and others. M M’s, a popular item, inundate the halls of Spring Valley throughout the year. Sophomore Tara Tolson picks up her quota from junior Melissa Kelly for Student Council as Sharon Buddin and freshman Amy Armstrong ob- serve. 222 Community COMMUNITY Sponsored by the Richland Sertoma Club, the annu- al Sportsarama brings together local rivalries for a summer taste of the football season. Senior Jennifer Dargan is crowned by Lee Sneider as Sportsarama queen while junior Chris Beachum and senior Pam Martin look on. Community support through Sport- sarama. the Valley Run, the Spring Valley Education Foundation and business donations to Wilson voca- tional Center all strengthen Spring Valley and its students. contents 3

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10 Student Life STUDENT LIFE Chants and cheering dominate the atmosphere of the first pep rally as juniors Michelle Smith. Lora Podell and Sabra Coward show their support for the junior class. Pep rallies, football games and dances enhance the life of students on campus. 46 Academics ACADEMICS Increased concentration on academics because of the governor’s plan translates into longer and more intense classes at Spring Valley. Sophomore Eric Fogle takes notes during Martha Bryan’s English class. SAGA ’85 - A tip of the hat 86 People PEOPLE Diversity of the student population results in a more interesting school life. Freshman Julie Smith socializes between classes, tak- ing a breather from the intense school pace. More and more students enter Spring Valley every year, with over 2000 students wandering the halls. 2 contents

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A Tip Of The Hat My first day as a freshman. What a riot! I mapped out my classes and that was all I worried about! I felt so little and out of it. The upperclassmen had it all together. They were always so busy with band prac- tice, student council, service clubs, Wilson activities or sports. It seemed like a com- plicated dream to me. I had waited so long to get here and be a true Viking and now I was scared and didn’t really know what to do. The teachers were nice and under- standing, but they showed us real quick that high school was different. We better expect to work. I tried my first house meeting, track meet and Junior Achieve- ment. The upperclassmen were my “mo- dels” and by watching them I learned what SV was all about. Giving my best all around became a goal for me. By the end of the year I was involved, on my way to being an upperclassman, officially and un- officially. No longer a freshman! Yea!! I can pick on people! My life was established and secure and becoming very complicated as a sophomore. The school work was always there, but now there was so much more — equally important. I was now receiving re- sponsibilities. My range of friends grew — people actu- ally asked me for input on the homecom- ing float and the sophomore’s first dance. Our debate and drama teams took state. We hosted Southern Association of Stu- dent Councils ... “The Greatest Show on Earth” ... It was excellent!! I was so proud of the ... of my school. It was so wild to tell people that I was a sophomore at SV — they would just stand there and tell me all the great stuff I already knew, of course! --------- I 4 theme Sportsarama sparks the football season as rivals Spring Valley and Kichland Northeast meet for a summer clash. Cheerleader co-captain Tracy James and captain Pam Martin prepared Har- ry Parone stadium with balloons and bulletins. Sportsarama was held at Har- ry Parone stadium in 1984 for the first time. Singing the alma mater at the Irmo pep rally, senior Monica Bookard joins in the scene of loyal pride. The senior class has always had the privilege of singing the alma mater on the gym floor, the final event of a pep rally.