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

Page 12 text:

 Don’t drink and drive. This could happen to your car. The SADD float won first place in the Home- coming club competition. Don t forget: just say no. Smile! The photographers take a break from snap ping shots and have their pictures made. Way to go Kent Broome. Adriene Ransom, and Joel Theriot! m (Tit lo-ihe- nk) without. hout the ina the nta; ihe same. But with every- y«« WPHT7ake tracks. New faculty so do the students. One way or anorner, though, we're moving through the Valley. So don’t stop now. Keep those engines roaring and watch for Vikings. Making Tracks. Paula eobb Sophomore Amy Stahl enjoys her diet coke at lunch, while senior Bret Boulware enjoys Amy’s company.

Page 11 text:

P $nTsh o3!yT snTshe onderTjI? h eTchJng they elected Pam Gill. Algebra teacher — Teacher of the Year. Pretty balloons. Fish. W w Vikings want a victory!” Fans show their spirit, enthu- I siasm. and interest in the Sportsarama game. What happened to our football players? Who rocks the house? Vikings, of course. BEEEEEP (Oh. that sound that w»4 new so well. The daily dictator of our every minute and motion. The bell. Not the usual bell. Oh, no. Last year they decided to change the bell. So now it doesn’t moan — it beeps). Thus, a typical day began. With the typical question. I wonder if we have horfferoom today? Am I going the wrong way? Oh - 1 forgot homeroom is after 2nd period this year!” Just another change. As I walked to my first period class I thought about New York traffic jams. We were shoulder to shoulder rather than bumper to bumper. I had to pass my home away from home — Buddin’s office. When I was a freshman Mrs. Buddin spent hours after school planning fun things for the whole school. But she shifted gears, if you know what I mean. She was still there every afternoon, but her idea of what consti- tuted fun seemed to change a bit. She liked to see P-14 filled with students firmly parked in their seats for approximately three hours. But our Mrs. Buddin was not inflexible. Oh. no. She could say something besides 3 HOURS! She could say TRASH DUTY! Like I was saying the lady was not locked in. And I guess there was something to be learned from picking up all those lovely little white bags and pieces of crushed french fries, lying there'all limp and slimy on the Commons carpet. I for one lost all interest in food fights and tardies. Another thing I learned had to do with staring at the once-lovely green carpeting in th Common's. covered with dirty sneaker footprints, I had to think about the tracks we made during the year, both literally and figuratively. Academically we were unbelievable. We produced five national merit finalists. We won statewide compe- titions in language, the sciences, and mathematics. It was an active year all around. Not only did we witness one of the best floats ever at S.V. Remember the whale on wheels? We also awarded a spirit stick to all but one class, the freshmen never quite But who was counting anyway?

Page 13 text:

 It's a family. It's a baby? It's a girl. Well, it's definitely Junior Laura Roberson drawing for the juniors during Pride Week lunch activities. Billy Eleazer adds the final touches to his artwork. Painting his sculpture is just a small part of ceramics. ■- Mr