Stuarts Draft Middle School - Lions Den Yearbook (Stuarts Draft, VA)

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Do we have to o to class, too? Tina and Tiginy are the official hall walkers. 5 Will that bus ever get here? asks Will Mclfarlin. It seems like jenny Miller al- ways has something to say be- tween classes. , l Shelley Winton, Dawn Bru- baker, and Susan Calder are al- ways looking for a little action. How about a drink? says Wil- lie Mullins Tiffany Showalter and Leslie Fitzgerald definitely do not want their picture taken. Stripes, plaids, and tiesQ?j! Allison, Duane, and Shannon show off S.D.M.S. fashions.

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. 1'f' W Kenny Whitley 7 . . , Casey Wilkinson fi 7 W, TC' Y MX Some Limmericks From Seventh Grade Seventh grade is a zoo. This sounds like a lie, but it's true. The kids are crazy, And also quite lazy. The teachers are zany, too! Rob Maxwell There once was a new kid named Guy, Who thought he was slick and sly. He had a lot of girls, With little blond curls, . And I still can't understand why! Chris Koon, Jeff Estes Qf? win l I really look forward to school each day. That probably sounds strange to say. But there's exploratories, P.E. and lunch Now you see why I love it a bunch. Lynn Hering Writing poems about school Is really hard to do. 'Cause the things I really want to say, I'm not allowed to. Kent Swartz 1 Ronda Willoughby Shelly Winton Bonnie Wood Frances Wood Ib . -awffzfrziffia-.!.f Kim Wood IW 5 Tina Wood 'ft z julie Wright Randall Zeh . at 've ' Heather DeMacio .V . 5 ,kj I if ,f s taff Bill Bryant Brian Fields Robby Hutchens George Konizer Missy Moran Ken Tyree 'oar THINGS ARE SURE DIFFERENT Robert Roberts tBth grade! When you come to the sixth grade things sure are different! There are new names to learn, new faces to remember, and new things to do. For instance, nobody knows the new librarian, No one knows her name, You can't just say, Hey Mrs. Librarian or Mrs. Books, I need your help . It sounds very impolite, and pretty dumb, too. How many times have you called a teacher by the wrong name? How many times have you wondered who Ms, Kidd is, or is it Mr., you get so confused. Well, now you are in the 7th grade, neat feeling isn't it? You know who Ms. Kidd is, and you remember all of your oth grade teachers names, everybody but Mrs. What-Her-Name, Now you know that Mrs. Runkle is the name of our librarian, and you are faced with the task of learning the names of the new teachers. You have some good friends, some not so good friends, and some people you really don't like at all. But what could go wrong? It seems that in 7th grade all you want to be is an Sth grader. Eighth grade is another name for Aristrcracy. There is Sth grade council, the S.C.A. president, and the sponsored dances. Seventh graders don't do a whole lot. But you do have fun. The football games across the lunch room tables, the skating parties, and the fight for the intramural trophy, are events that stick in our minds. The summer between 7th grade and heaven is waited out with great anticipation. The first day of school finally arrives! We are caught up in a flurry of activity, is it time for elections already? School pictures have come and gone, and Halloween is almost here. Heck. Christmas is just around the corner. We stop to think back over the years. The trips and tests, the lab experiments and the library projects, the teachers and friends. The fun times, the bad times, the ones caught in the middle, all lost in the daily routine. The fights we watched in the bathroom were exciting, but the sentences waiting for us back at the room were not, Projects made in Industrial Arts were interesting, and rocketry class was a real blast. Yes, things are different. We have to grow up sometime, and the middle school is a good place to do it. We come here as kids, and leave as young men and women. Believe it or not we still call teachers by the wrong name now and then, but it doesn't matter that much anymore. We have to face the facts, we are becoming adults, and we have a lot of responsibilities. Thanks to the teachers and administration we have the skills and common sense to cope with our problems. S.D.M.S. helped soften the way when we grew up. I hope it will do this for a long time to come. Z7

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L The Silver s W x 'Q '-.: it Left: It's easy to see why julie Stratton and Doug Terrell were chosen Best Looking 7th Graders. Right: Cute and coy Kim Raines and Tom Scott are the Biggest Flirts of the 7th Grade, Left: Real cool cats, David Bates and Heather Delvlacio show the style that earned them the title of Most Popular 7th Graders. Right: We'll always remember Kim Wood and Pat McCarthy as the Most Unforgettable 7th Graders. Left: After a whole year of clowning around, Steve Blair and Renee Blackwell seriously pose for their picture as 7th Grade Class Clowns. Right: With the S.D.M.S. lion in the background, Lisa Swecker and Eddie Groome pose as the 7th Graders with the Most School Spirit. si ,t :- was lx X Nfttssttf . K gb , f xt 5 gotrr A 1 Vs x L2 af. e of' ii