Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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1 • No. 1 SANDSPUR TIMES Seniors Take Honors June 2, 1980 i ABOVE Senior Tim Farley accepts one ol his many Carl Funderburk For David New. honors night epitomized high school success. As is often the case, one student received all the most cov- eted awards At the Little Theater of Valdosta High School on Monday. May 12. 1980 David accepted the title of valedictorian, best all- around senior, and senior superlative Other awards taken included several depart- Boosters Reward Band Seniors Graduate on June 2, 1980 mental awards for aca- demic excellence, and ath- letic awards for outstanding performances on the base- ball field and on the basket- ball court. Tim Farley, the Second Congressional District STAR Student also won several distinguished awards, which included salutatorian and senior superlative Thursday night, May 15. in the Little Theater, director Mike Chapman and the band boosters held the senior band banquet and awards ceremony At 7:00. 30 seniors came to the sen- ior banquet organized by the band boosters. Then at 8:00 in the Little Theater. Marchm' Cat members met tor the annual awards ceremony Field commander Leslie Brown took tne Bandsman of the Year Award — the most coveted of all band honors Other distinguished awards included the Spirit of the Marchin' Cats, which went to senior section leader Chris muss Melody Shepherd took the Lucy Stewart Memorial Award, and Vaughn iroy took the Tex Mullis Loyalty Award Senior of the Year went to Bill Pass- more and Laurel Camarano received tne Rookie of the Year Award Bernara Williams. Mark Mobley Sneree Southwell Mark Kmchen and jan McGuyrt each took one of the coveted Director's Awards. II hat It Is As the jazz band set up before graduation Principal Lloyd Mims noticed how much equipment was near the stage Irritated that so much equip- ment could interfere with the podi- um's microphone and speakers Mr Mims told senior and class song singer Leslie Brown. Leslie next year i don't want you to cnoose a song that requires so much trouble1' On Monday. June 2, at 8 00 p.m a total of 348 seniors grad- uated on Cleveland Field Donned from head to toe in the familiar black and gold caps and gowns, the class of '80 lis- tened to the invocation by Mark Mobley, and speeches given by Margaret Aultman and David New Honor graduate Leslie Brown sang the class song Old Days with a back-up group of several seniors Principal Lloyd Mims gave the presentation of the class and closed the ceremony with the changing of the tassels ABOVE Senior John bona shows his emotion is tassel during graduation c na his ABOVE Mr Don Allison presents awards to winners m i. awards from Mr

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Changes New Style Marks Honors Night Traditions often make events seem static. But this year the Honors Night ceremonies took on a changed style because of a drop in the number of honor graduates. For the first time in the history of the new school only nine sen- iors filled honor graduate slots. Each of these young men and women had run the obstacle courses of difficult advanced classes and had come out with averages higher than ninety. At the conclusion of the night's parade of honors, Mr. Tom Shelton, representing the Rotary Club of Valdosta, gave charms and certificates to com- memorate this night for the honor students. Another special group con- sisted of the fifteen Senior Super- latives. For the first time, the entire group met on stage to receive certificates and to be rec- ognized. Another change in the night's events came when Vice-principal Don Allison called to the stage every participant in the 1-AAAA literary meet. TOP: Chief Petty Officer Sam Wright presents Joey Williams and Greg Fulgmili distinguished cadet awards ABOVE: Mr. Mims congratulates David New tor taking the valedictorian honor OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP Mike Ruff receives a good citizenship award from Mrs Tommie Walt OPPOSITE PAGE, BOTTOM. LEFT: Mrs Patsy Smith hugs Lisa Holland after awarding her the outstanding art student certificate. OPPOSITE PAGE, BOTTOM, RIGHT: Mrs. Harry Wolinski gives certifi- cates to Suzanne Roush and Vera Dotson lor excellence in drama and English 10