West Forsyth High School - Cronus Yearbook (Clemmons, NC)

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Photo by Korcy Shronts TRASH IT: Jenny Murtha, Anchor Club member, gives up the luxury of sleeping late on Saturday to help with a stadium clean up. The Key Club, Girls' Service Club, and Anchor Club were responsible for picking up trash in and around the football stadium each Saturday after a home football game. The Feeling Mutual By Jill Brandon chool is for learning, not for playing. Extra-curricular activities should not be included as part of the school day. Public schools are asked to do too much! These opinions have been stated with more and more frequency in recent years by more and more people. When budgets are cut, the first area hit is usually the extra-curricular activities. Yet, ask any student and most would say if it were not for sports, clubs, dances, and other special events school would be a 'drag'. Still, the question remains: should extra-curricular activities receive the emphasis that they do? ls the emphasis worth the trouble? The answer was yes for the members of all 28 school sponsored clubs. There are many reasons for forming and for joining clubs. Students who are active in clubs are not as lonely and do better in school than those who simply belong to clubs or who do not participate at all. When Wendy Fleming was asked if she had actually benefited from any of Westis clubs she said, g'Yes, the GSC has given so much support to all of the clubs. They have even given support to the band, which really encourages us. Clubs give students a chance to get involved, an opportunity to extend their classroom abilities, and a chance to learn about other things they cannot learn in class. Not only do students benefit from club membership, the school and community benefits as well. t'The organized efforts of volunteers cannot be overestimatedf' said Mrs. Becky Cook, sponsor of Anchor Club. When asked how she thought clubs benefited the school and commu- nity she said, Through community projects, we project a positive image of West Forsyth. These projects included a blood drive for Red Cross, and a canned food collection for Crisis Control. Several of the clubs committed themselves to tutoring. The Key Club, GSC, and Anchor Club cleaned the football stadium after all home games. The mutual benefits of club members, school, and community are much like the symbiotic relationships found in nature. Just as the small bird benefits from the insects found on the huge rhinoceros, so club members receive support, involvement, and friendship. In turn, club members are mutually beneficial to the school and community as the small bird aids the rhino. 142 Clubs And Organizations Divider

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FRESHMEN Michael Williams Michael D. Willimas Tunisia Williamson Myra Wills Ronell Wilson Melita Wise Teresa Wishon Jerry Woods Latori Workman Laura Wright Daniel Wynne Trey Yarborough Cheryl Young Tamica Young Pete Zifchak Eric Zuleger Dicky Dingess Robin Pope Williams-Zulegerf 141

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'KW' fl' for 5 fl I A it 1 y V L,, ,,L ' 4, Q. Q use , 1- iv I 'I fl' Q., in .wr oto by Rub we ll.zrm GIVING THE GIFT OF LIFE: Amanda Shields, l986 graduate, has her finger pricked and her blood tested by one of the Red Cross volunteers. The Girls Service Club sponsores a bloodmobile each spring, with the help of many dedicated C L U B S volunteers. A N D O R G A N I Z A T I 0 N S