Walterboro High School - Paw Print / Lair Yearbook (Walterboro, SC)

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You Had To Be There While we found it easy to boast about a new eight million dollar school and a 1 band, we added to the already impressive accomplishments a Lower State Football Championship and a higher academic stan- dard. We began to care what happened, where it happened and with whom it was concerned. We got proud, loud, and in- volved and let our spirit take over. “A second home with a spirited feeling where things happened and we wanted to be,” was how Leslie Burgess defined 1220 Bulldog Ave. Another student stated that our school wasn’t a building, a sign, or a name but people—people who worked, laughed, and learned together, people who wanted to be there. The old cliche, ‘practice makes perfect’, was found to be true. As routines became familiar and faces no longer strange, WHS in the making was WHS made, and though a “First Class Act” was hard to follow we did our best, and landed on top, and de- served A Stamp of Approval. “The School spirit that brought about the great football team and band we had deserved my Stamp of Approv- al.”— Kelly Whi- taker, Sophomore. “The support that came not only from the school but also from the communi- ty stamped the year with approval” — Garrett Carter, Sen- ior. 4 Prologue

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With an intense concentrated look, Special Olympics volunteer Barry Strickland waits for the next dribbler. Signs, signs, and more signs just begin to tell the support that the students show. “I was proud to represent the Bulldogs and their success meant my Stamp of Approval.”— Sam Pickney, Senior. ‘‘Becoming Lower State Champions got my Stamp of Approval.”— Laurie Holloman, Senior. ' »» ![ [ Jtl i i , 1 V Empty Hands Yet Full Hearts Despite a teenagers grueling schedule and the never-Iet-up attitude each of us pos- sessed, we never hesitated to find the time to care, slow down, and smell the sweet aroma of school spirit, listen attentively to a friend in need or help a good cause run smoothly. Even though the numerous rules and reg- ulations bothered many students, most complied easily and indulged themselves in the privileges we had. These privileges were obviously attractive for new students transferred to our school each week. School spirit ran rampant. Blue hair, paw-stamped faces, and posters covered the school. Painter hats, tee-shirts and noise-makers were sold by the hundreds. Students got involved and began to care. That care along with skill took us to the Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia to face the Laurens Raiders for the State Cham- pionship Title. Though we left empty hand- ed, we didn’t leave empty hearted, for we knew that by coming to the final play-off we had achieved a great victory and deserved a Stamp of Approval. Prologue 3

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Leading a chant while stiring up spirit is Coach Gyles Hall, our number one cheerleader. While hundreds of people follow the football teams progress, an equal number flock to see the Band of Blue’s Performance at the State Contest, hoping it will again be 1. Though the pressures of being first at state and the rain-slicked astro-turf hamper the Bulldogs move- ments, they leave with the knowledge that skill and determination can take them far. Although we need no reminder, Travis Rice No. 80 makes the Bulldog position crystal clear. Prologue 5