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

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Above: The senior concert choir members sing their last song of their high school years. Left: Liz Ruehl shows her appreciation to her fellow classmates. Graduation 29

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Grads Graduation night was atime for smiles and a time for tears. A night to be remembered by all. The night you fi- nally realized “this is it” and tomorrow you would face the world. It was a night for ‘Thank You’s” and apprecia- tion for all the wonderful people who helped you make it that far. One hundred and fifty seniors re- ceived their diplomas that night. The gymnasium, packed with relatives and friends, listened as Alta Nobles told the graduates that their lives would be a series of beginnings and ends. “Tonight is another beginning,” she said. “You are entering young adult- hood with its responsibilities. Some of you are already beginning to feel a lit- tle scared.” “The graduates, who are going away separately to jobs and colleges,” she said, ‘‘will be faced with new responsi- bilities, but they should continue to grow.” “Keep the wisdom and responsibility you gained at Stuarts Draft High School,” Ms. Nobles said. ‘Don’t forget your responsibility for yourself and for other people.” “Have the courage to grow and change appropriately. | wish you an excellent beginning, full of work and play and joyful endings.” Right: Bruce Layman and Scoti Wellborn pose with the painting Diane Romagnoli presented to the school Below: Mrs. Layman is a proud mother on this special night.

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30 Graduation Many students at Stuarts Draft High School had just spent the last twelve years of their lives together. Growing up and experiencing what life brought through all the years of school and sud- denly it was all over in a matter of hours as the 1982 Seniors received their diplomas. Being pre- pared for a moment as momentous as that mo- ment, was exciting but yet the students realized that one part of their lives had just been complet- ed and another was about to begin. It was not only the end but the beginning of what life had in store for the Class of 1982. The close- ness and the strong bonds that were formed bew- teen the students and their friends would make it hard to leave but looking forward to the furture made it all worthwhile. Twelve years of hard work had been accomplished and any member of the Senior Class had a right to be happy and proud of what he or she had done. And they could be especially proud that the Class of 1982 accom- plished them together. Above: Mrs. Alta Nobles, guest speaker, reviews the commencement program wit capped and gowned senior, Ricky Bragg. Striving together and becoming how soon . fast friends... We all would be leaving that We accomplished our goals one secure womb. with groans and broad grins. The end is now here Twelve years of hard work bringing many regrets .. . put forth with many a sigh... Too soon we'll all be through The tears and the laughter a new life to start fresh. and all the times we tried. The end but only the beginning Class night and finals and of all that we will do... Jr-Sr. Prom. +. Always remember though that Oh, how those days precious and few were the were filled with such fun. Class of 1982. Wishing the end, not realizing Valerie Stroop