Wilbur D Mills High School - Comet Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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Spirit fills the commons as several bal- The drill team prove that they are one loons are kicked from table to table. of the most important spirit groups as Spirit was everywhere before football they help fill the gym with Cheers and games. applause. Yfwi. 99r1i21'ftaQe'3 as-J Q , -xy.:-, af- r g --,SWB-' an I t s ti' M J f l , V EE. .4 c , iflfgf ti s ' ri 5 t 4 A 1 QQ X Suvikki Honkkila l W 'x I 1 ' - k l 'f-x- ,. , , , .. A, , , I s .. a S' G if E i .e . I I I Y .ga 5. ,, H A ...iv-1-Zan 1 rw B Brian Linn Qi? ' at, NIILLS Stain: i 5 w Mike Horton Mike Horton Mr. Barnes gets into the groove with students at the dance following Mills' exciting and glorious homecoming vic- tory. l Brian Linn Hundreds of green and gold balloons cover the atmosphere as the football team tears into the stadium at the McClellan game. Drill Team member Stacy Bisbee struts to the beat and helps bring spirit into the gym during a pep assembly. Spirit

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Catch The Spirit A hundred encouraging cheers come from the crowd. Erik Swafford People Editor The dark, humid gym is silent. Then, a rumble is heard in the distance. A loud roar shatters the si- lence. Hundreds of excit- ed teenagers mob into the gym. Excitement bubbles and it is obvious that a new spirit is born. The spirit lived because the Comets returned to the top. Spirit was a major part ofthe schoolactivities because it generated ex- citement. I think it is important because it shows school pride. lt makes a school look good to others, Sheilaine Moses said. Pep assemblies were the center of spirit and with each pep assembly, the spirit grew. The assemblies triggered a spirit unseen for several years. I love pep assemblies because you can yell and show your support for the team, Shelly Carter said. -i Suvikki Honkkild Some students will do anything in school spirit. These students wave a special flag that attracts many cheers, The football players discuss the last play. The success of the football team was the main reason there was so much spirit. 14 Student Life Among all the Yeah's , Yippie's , and the Go Comets Go's , it's hard to find a definition of spirit. Is it yelling for the team? Whistling? Spitting? Paint- ing your body green and gold? Spirit is a rush of ex- citement you feel when your team makes a touch- down, Gobrielle Fair said. The spirit is important and whether or not it's strong or weak, it will nev- er disappear. The spirit is what this year was all about - coming together as one. Mike Horton Mrs. Hightower, the honorary home- coming queen at this year's homecom- ing assembly strolls down the path with Mr. Barnes.

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I want to Escape! lt's about time to beam me up, Scottie! K F ll Staff Where's the bus? It should be here any min- ute, it just has to be. No show. lt's still first period but the bus is 45 minutes late. What to do, what to do? Okay, it's second peri- od, l'll give it 5 more min- utes then I'll prepare for the panic stages. lt's third period, now l'm panicked just as my teacher is han- ding out his test ... Excuse me teachers. Please dismiss all students going on the field trip to the bus loading area now. Thank you. Seeing a student who is excited about going to school is seeing someone who is probably going on an all-day field trip. There, are many places to go on a field trip -the arts cen- ter, a play, a bank or spending the day shad- owing a professional. Field trips should be fun but with a school field trip there should be some- thing to be learned. Fieldtrips are really en- joyable for people who want to see what really goes on at a job or a place of business, james jeffer- son said. For teachers there were many things involved in the planning of field trips. Finding the perfect place to go, filling out endless amounts of paper work and finding capable cha- perons were just a few of the experiences these teachers faced. Gaining information outside of the classroom can be beneficial and it shows a student learning doesn't have to be con- fined to the classroom, Mrs. Suedmeyer said. Field trips offered stu- dents a chance to put away the books and get some first-hand experience at what is really going on or just learn something new. l like field trips because you get a chance to get away from school and have fun in the process of learning, Monica john- son said. Field trips broaden the minds of students with background information about things that are im- portant to them but they also are an excellent way of escape. Scott Sprague shadows a professional at the Arkansas Democrat on a journal- ism field trip to gain an understanding of a newspaper. ' an 'I6 Student Life