Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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TOP: At the annual spring art show. Lorenzo Cooper shous some area youngsters hou pottery is made. RIGHT: Kay Collier, a D.E. student, serves snacks behind the Coffee Comer at South Georgia Medical Center. ABOVE: Nancy Rogers zips up Billy Stokes' graduation robe in prepa- ration for a 'Doata Outlook picture. OPPOSITE PAGE. TOP: Mrs. Patsy Smith and art students Willie Robertson and Roger Roundtree climb a scaffold to put finishing touches on the huge wildcat which they painted on the back uall of VHS. OPPOSITE PAGE, BOTTOM LEFT: Drug Council member Glyn Cook lectures an elementary class on the hazards of taking drugs. OPPOSITE PAGE, BOTTOM. RIGHT: Carefully picking his way through the muddy ground, a VHS student surveys the construction site of the new high school. 8

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Qtudents Qavor Each Present Moment Values from the past serve as a basis for evaluating both the present and future. But the action is now — In the present. At Valdosta High School, seizing the present meant utilizing new media, new methods, new curricular materials. It meant new freedom in dress and behavior, always tempered by consideration of others. It demanded winning in athletics and in academics. It encouraged making friends. And it meant existentialism — savoring each precious moment — knowing that its essence could never be recovered. 7

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Students Anticipate Future in Present Roles One large part of the present is preparing for the future. For the whole purpose of education is to supply knowledge that will be useful in the future. By reaching out to others, students at Valdosta High School have shown their realization that the future is their responsibility. Through their interest in learning and through their outside contacts such as jobs, they are preparing for the time when they will be, not just a segment of the community, but its leaders. 9