Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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OPPOSITE PAGE. TOP: As Peter Walker points to his homeroom information. Winston Relaford rolls his eyes to Anthony Washington for help. OPPOSITE PAGE. BOTTOM: Winston Relaford listens carefully as Mrs. Genelda Fields and Mrs. Sandra Connell explain and point the way. TOP. LEFT Principal Lloyd Mims gives instructions to Terri Miley. while her sister Karen Miley watches the passing crowds. TOP. RIGHT: Student Council members Nathaniel Chachere and Dante Jones give advice to Tony Martin. LEFT: John Scala and Vicki Coxwell look on as Mr. Mims searches for their homerooms on computer sheets. 29 Spread By Cherie Southwell — Julie Spencer

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Pointing fingers help solve mysteries of school Many people enjoy reading mysteries by authors such as Agatha Christie or Ellery Queen. Everyone wants to find out “who done it. But one mystery that they do not like to solve is learning directions in a new and unfamiliar building. On the first day of school, however, freshmen faced and solved this mystery, with the help of pointing fingers. These new students found that trying to find their way around the Front Diamond, Back Diamond, and Commons Area was a hard mystery to unravel. But some discovered that faculty and Student Coun- cil members made good detec- tives for solving this puzzle. And maneuvering through the maze of hallways grew easier as freshmen learned to follow the color-coded direc- tional arrows. By the end of the first week, they had become acquainted with the complex patterns of the school. “I was really unsure about directions at first. It’s so big!” Tracy Singletary ‘7 was kind of nervous the first day or two, but then it was fun. ” Lalee Dasher 26

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Pep rallies energize all wildcats those who play; those who watch Once when coaches from a college were visiting during a Wildcat uproar — a pep ral- ly — one of them said. This is why they win. They are not really that good. This comment expresses the idea that the backing of the students, teachers, and band members propelled the 'Cats to victory. Fri- day morning pep rallies energized the players and fans and got them up for the game. Band members and the football players entered the gym first to get to their special sections. Classes then followed suit, starting with the seniors and working down to the freshmen. By the time seniors filled their section, the band was playing Rocky, while students chanted and danced. When all the sections had filled up, cheerleaders started the cheers, urging the students to join in. Football players then came to the middle of the gym, along with Principal Lloyd Mims, who got the crowd moving by thrusting his hands up into the air to see which class could scream the loudest. This flow of energy continued until the singing of the Alma Mater,” after which seniors and band members led the dismissal.