Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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22 I'OP. Ill I Wildcats John Bond and ( had Wilson work on handoffs as the vie for starting positions TOP. KKiUI: Cass Burch and Bobbs Horne practice tack- ling at football camp ABOVE: Clare Strickland. Shcree Clayton. Cindy Brown, and leri Wallers go through their rifle drills tin the da before the band left for sum- mer camp at South Georgia College in Douglas. Geor- gia III I Mr. Mike Chapman, band director, instructs the Marchin Cats at summer camp.

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Like their peers in schools everywhere, students stayed con- stantly in motion, preparing for and taking part in events. After a summer of small group activities, they welcomed pep ral- lies with crowds and noise. They decorated for Homecoming, attended games, went to dances. Making signs for pep rallies became an event of special importance, with miles of butcher paper and gallons of paint being used. Clubs had their own social events — dances, breakfasts, ban- quets. But all juniors and seniors showed up for the end of school dance hosted by the juniors. And to climax the year, seniors gathered on Cleveland Field for graduation. OPPOSITE PAGE: Five images of Dee- Dee Hackworth suggest the constant action of students. RIGHT: Sharron Gorby. Lisa Feix. and Betty House try out their brand new graduate smiles. Pep Rallies Homecoming Dances Graduation

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School Activities Last All Year Summer Time :ause her summer 1 One mother, irate because daughter received a reading list for advanced place- ment English, protested. “I thought that when school was out. that was it. 1 didn't think teachers could require work dur- ing the summer.” But actually school went on all year, not just from the last week of August until June 2. Even before the 1977-1978 term started, students had been busy getting ready. Band students went to summer camp. Cheer- leaders learned how to perform routines at a clinic at Valdosta State College. And football play- ers. more than a hundred alto- gether. spent two weeks at sum- mer camp held at the 4-H Camp on the south side of Long Pond. Advanced placement students spent hours reading books they n t fimp fnr ditrinu regular school hours. Select students attended the Governor’s Honors Program held on the campus of Wesleyan Col- lege in Macon. Others attended summer school to take makeup work or to get a boost toward graduation credits. LEFT: Marty Martin tries to reconcile two facets of his personality, his love of that instrument and his love of sleep, espe- cially in the summer. 23