Stuarts Draft High School - Legacy Yearbook (Stuarts Draft, VA)

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Left: Donna Shirley and Randy Meadows hurry at their lockers between classes. Below: Beth Kiser takes a break in the bathroom after exams. Below: Mrs. Glass has a hair-raising experience during class. WRB cre oe : ani thaedemmeeatia PORE —— ; i : rn acaeemtaiaill | Left: Melanie Troxell blushes at another joke told Above: Jeanine Baldwin is caught dozing on the during geometry class. lockers. Student Life And Activities 7

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tudent life Many students at SDHS took part in the activities offered at the school. Along with their studies students be- came involved with such things as band, SCA, cheerleading, and a great variety of clubs. The seniors had their senior trip, class- night and graduation, plus the Junior- Senior Prom. Everyone enjoyed the Homecoming and Sweetheart Dances. On field day the Senior, Junior, Sopho- more, and Freshman classes battled it 6 Student Life And Activities out on the track and football field. Other student life activity at SDHS in- cluded hanging around in the halls, smoking in ‘‘the area’ and congregat- ing in the library. A couple of activities that were not school sponsored were fires in the lockers and the bomb threat that sent everyone out into the cold wind and then to the gym.

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Breeze of sweet sentiments The Stuarts Draft Cougars were very busy during Homecoming week pick- ing out costumes to wear and organiz- ing their class floats. The week of October 20 started out with Toga Day and everyone was rolled up into sheets. Following Toga Day was T-shirt Day and “lip” day when each girl was assigned a set of paper “lips” and could not talk to guys all day. If a guy got a girl to talk to him then he got her “lips’’. That afternoon school spirit was high and enthusiasm was boiling over as the powder puff cheerleaders tried to en- courage their team to victory. Howev- er, in spite of their futile efforts, the clock ran out before either team could score a touchdown. When Thursday came rolling around, the laughter started rocking with “Punk Rock Day”. There were so many different outfits including different colored hair, tight pants, records in the hair and high-heeled shoes. After the Girls’ Basketball team blew the Madison Mountaineers off the — Top: Annette Hutchens, Heather Polzin, Pam Ammons, Alisa Cash, Beth Smith, Sharon Holmes, Beth Kiser, and Deneen Dameron showed their spirit Thursday on ‘Punk Rock Day” by wearing far-out costumes. These were just a few poeple that dressed out on “Punk Rock Day,” which was the most spirited day during Homecoming week. 8 Homecoming court, the second annual bon-fire was held and the Football cheerleaders did a skit, while the Boys’ Basketball and Girls’ Basketball cheerleaders showed their spirit and got everyone psyched for the Homecoming game the follow- ing night. By Friday, everyone was hyped up for the game against Madison and showed their school spirit by wearing maroon and white. Spirit week went over pret- ty well in ’8I. When Friday night finally arrived, the Cougars were ready to fight hard for a Homecoming victory against Madison. Due to rain, which threatened to can- cel the game, the class float judging was postponed until the following week. Half-time festivities highlighted the evening as Homecoming King and Queen were crowned. Ricky Bragg and Renee Lavender were chosen to repre- sent Stuarts Draft as Homecoming King and Queen for I98I. The following made up the Homecoming court: the Senior representatives were Tammy Dameron and Scott Wellborn, Bobby = Right: Doug Cogar, Chris Powell, Todd Benson, David Rice, Mike Armentrout, and Steve Smith of the Powder Cheerleaders keep the crowd roaring as they cheer their team to victory at the Powder-Puff game during Homecoming Week. Smith and Sarah Forbes; the Junior re- presentatives were Bill Talbott and Jill Garvey; the Sophomore representa- tives were Terry Forbes and Vonda Almarode; and the Freshman represen- tatives were Chris Powell and Kaki Gowen. The hard work and innovated ideas of the Junior class paid off as they won first place in the float competition. The theme was, “Magical Moments of a Junior.” The sophmore class float, “Magical Moments” came in second place. The week came to a climax with the dance Saturday night titled ‘‘A Magical Moment,” which was sponsered by the S.C.A. The students danced to the beat of music played by ‘Fullhouse.” The majority of the people inter- viewed felt that Homecoming ’8I was a success. Almost everyone participated in the activities held during the week. They said the $.C.A. should continue the tradition of Homecoming.