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

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The Big Picture Co-Editor At first nothing much exists in life outside of toys, Barbie dolls, and Sesame Street. When the years begin to roll on by students finally discover the necessities of life: rock music and dad's car. The good things in life are not the only things that exist on Earth. There is one thing that unites every teenager to one another: School. This school year has been trying for both the students and faculty. Students from many different schools have come together to make up Mills. At first I didn't like it. That was because I didn't know anyone. After I started making friends it started getting fun. Now I like it as well as my old school, Melissa Yarberry said. Many different people and many weird things make up a school, but once all these things get together in their right places they are brought together as one. They make one big picture of the life at Mills. 4 Student Life

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Summer Experiences A lifetime of memories almost too much for words L 4 Barry Ed lor I can't believe you would spend your sum- mer doing school work! It wasn't really like school at all. But didn't you have morning classes and cur- fews? Yeah, but if you only knew I guess you had to be there! Some people found it surprising that students wanted to spend precious summer days in an educa- tional environment. This summer students attend- ed three educational pro- grams: Arkansas Boy's State, Arkansas Ciirl's State, and Arkansas Governor's School. Boy's State and Ciirl's State were week-long programs sponsored by the American Legion and Auxiliary to provide stu- dents with first-hand ex- perience in the political process. Delegates were divided into two political parties, and each lived in an imagi- nary city. Elections were held on the city, county, and state levels. The week culminated with the elect- ed state officials presiding at the capitol for a day. It felt great! While I was sitting in the House, I felt like I was really a state rep- resentative, Knoxie Hall said. Not everyone was as im- pressed with the week. C.irl's State was an honor and a once in a life- time experience - the most horrible experience of my lifeI Karen Shu- maker said. Ciirl's State delegates were Lisa Berry, Caroline Breashears, Gobrielle Fair, and Shelaine Moses. Treva Peyton, Karen Shumaker, Nita Simmons, and Kim Williams were also dele- gates. Boy's State delegates were Kevin Coker, Keith Couch, Norman Dunn, and Knoxie Hall. Lang Kirshberger, Rusty Pifer, jason Welch, and Steven Wilson were also dele- gates. Five students chose to spend more than a week in summer studies. Lisa Ber- ry, Caroline Breashears, jennifer jones, Treva Pey- ton, and Nita Simmons at- tended Arkansas Gover- nor's School at Hendrix College. This five and a half week program ex- posed students from across the state to twenti- eth century ideas. AGS is known for its unique discussion ses- sions. The prominent 6 Student Life questions are 'Why?' and 'How do you know?' - not 'You're wrong be- cause I disagree', Caro- line Breashears said. Each AGS student had a major area of study known as Area I. In addition to two area I classes, students had an Area Il class in logic and an Area III class in psy- chology and personal de- velopment. My Area I, Visual Arts, opened new worlds for me. At AGS I was able to create and express freely works that I wouldn't cre- ate normally, Treva Pey- ton said. Despite classes five and a half days a week, the AGS students kept pace with a full calendar of social events. The closeness the 400 students felt with each other and the faculty pro- vided an environment open to entertaining new ideas. 'IAC-S was so different from anywhere else! We all became so close in a short time. I really miss sit- ting in top of the library at night, just talking or listen- ing to music, Jennifer jones said. Memories of these sum- mer activities, new peo- ple, and awful campus food will remain -for bet- ter or worse - for a long time to come. fDuck and Cover!!!