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POCAHONTAS MIDDLE SCHOOL

YESTERDAY is a lready a dream , and to m o r­row is only a v ision; but today, w e ll- liv e d , makes every yesterday a dream o f happiness, and every tom orrow a vision o f hope.

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CONTENTSA d m in is tra tio n

F a cu lty

Classes

F avo rites

O rganizations

A th le tic s

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ADMINISTRATIONWes Cannon, Superintendent CENTER: Board o f D irec to rs ,E. L . M odlin , James Chester, Bob Adams, Jan T y le r, and Jack M cCordLOWER LEFT: M ark Van Camp, Assistant Superintendent LOWER RIG HT: O ffic e S ta ff Francis Sloan, Secretary Glenda T iner, Bookkeeper

PRINCIPAL AND

STAFFM r. Byron Busby is the a d m in is tra tive head o f PMS. W ith the assistance o f M rs. W innie Malone, he provides educationa l leadership w here in pupils and teachers can achieve m axim a l success.

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FACULTY

Sam Becerra Social Studies A llen Bennett Soc. Studies, Coach Geraldine Brewer L ib ra rian

Don Breytspraak Music, Band V iv ian B r i t t A ideB e tty Busby Science

Diane Chester Reading John Chester Science Wanda Counts M ath

Dale C ullison Science, M ath P a tr ic ia Davis Special Education C larence Doan Social Studies

FACULTY

D avid Doan English Joan Farley EnglishEvelyn Fender Social Studies

Ann F le tch e r Reading Karen George EnglishLonnie G ilb re th A r t

J im G ray CoachBrenda Gunthorpe Speech Therap is t Janet H arris English

John Haynes ReadingHughie H ig h tow er Reading D allas Howard Coach

FACULTY

Tom K im b re ll CoachJohn Malone H ealthVerneal K ing Special Education

D oro thy R apert M athGwen Sharp A ideDianna Van Camp G ifte d Supervisor

Rose M ary Weaver Indep. St. & G ifte d David Wellman P. E. and Coach Sally Wellman Counselor

B e tty W illcox M athM arie W illifo rd H ealth

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SCHOOL EMPLOYEES

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ABOVE: M idd le School Custodians Glen O barts and L . A . H arris R IG H T: G len bu ffs the halls.LOW ER: Bus D rive rs1st. row , L -R : D. Robinson, J.T rib b le , J. Robinson, Gale M ath is,J. Haddock, K . Rose 2nd. row , L -R : L . C hildress, Baldy Cox, B. T a tum , J. Johnson, N. Lew is, R. B a rn e tt, C . Horn

CAFETERIA STAFF

ABOVE: Maxine and Jean prepare ham­burgers.LEFT: Anna W alker, Supervisor LOWER: C a fe te r ia S ta ff 1st. row : L inda B u tle r, Neva H ibbard, Pat Simpson.2nd. row : Maxine T id w e ll, Dena A lph in , B e tty H u fs ted le r, Jean W ooldridge

Bobby Adams James A llen N at Anderson Sarah Anderson Jam ie A rcher

Stephanie Bagwell T ravis Bagwell P a tty B a ltz Ashley Bennett Shaunie B ick fo rd

Sonia Bounds Shannon Brooks Chris Brown Joanne Brown M ered ith Brown

Tony Brown Steve Bryant Chuck Buazard D o tty Burgess Sandy B urne tt

Anna Burtm an Beverly B u tle r R icky C a ldw e ll K ris ta Cannon A llan Carson

EIGHTH GRADE

Independent studies o ffe rs students an oppo rtu n ity to excel in o ra l and w r it te n com m unica tion . Vocabulary, com pre­hension, and read­ing sk ills are also developed and re in fo rced .

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EIGHTH GRADEC aro l Cates R ichard C la rk James C lem ents B illy Combs Dean C ourtney

Shannon Dahm Leigh D anie l B illy Davis Tam m y Davis S tanley Denny

T e rr i D ickey Tam m y Dodd T e rry D o lla h ite P a tty D ollins D arla D oyle

Blake Duncan Karen Durham R andall Eveland Bruce Eversole J e ff F a rra r

E lizabe th Forem an D ionne Foster K im b e rly F uzze ll Sonia G arcia T im G a rre tt L

The counselor's o ff ic e is open a ll day to assist any student or teacher i f needed. Various resources are also ava ilab le to use in the o ff ic e or to check ou t.

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EIGHTH GRADECandi Gazaway C hris Gipson R ichard G irard A nne tte G o llive r James Gowen

Joe G rider M ichael G r if f i th Toni G r i f f i th Jon Harper M ary H arris

A lic a H e id t Beth H ibbard C ra ig H ibbard M iche lle Hoelscher C hris Hoggard

E ric Housch Spencer H ow ell Pam H u ffo rd Becky H ufsted le r Shannon Hyde

Angie J a rre tt Steve Johnson H eather Jones Ronnie Jones Shannon Junkersfie ld

Students in 8th grade m ath are en thusiastic about the com puters.They are used to explore, to under­stand, to enrich , and to enjoy the re la tionsh ips and pa tte rns o f numbers.

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EIGHTH GRADERhonda K incade K im Kuehnau D a rre ll Layton Dale Lew allen Greg Lundry

J e rr i M cF a ll Debbie Manis Melissa M atthew s Rene M axw e ll Debbie Menard

Ronnie M ille r T ina M itc h e ll Fe fe M oreland K im M urphy M ark M urphy

M ike M urphy D o tt ie Neece M ike Neece K e lly Oaks Shawn O 'D onne ll

J e ffe ry Parsons V inna P a te l C h ris tin e P ie rce Tam m y Poe M iche lle P o rte r f ie ld

F o llow ing a study o f G reek and Roman m ytho logy , some o f the e igh th grade students m odel the costumes w hich they made. The a t t ire dep ic ts goddesses, gods, and heroes.

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EIGHTH GRADEPeggy P ra te r Missy Reed Leigh Ann Rose Teresa Rouyer Janna Rowland

Joe Sanders Karen Shaffer Stephanie Sheets Eddy Shelton Bradley Sigley

A nne tte Sikes Ben Sims Deni Sm ith Glen Sm ith Kenny Sm ith

T racy Sm ith K im Snyder Shannon Steele Nancy S tew art Dana Sutton

Shane Taylo r K a thy Thompson K im Thompson Glen Throesch M ark T reve llion

Thornton Tweedy Jody T y le r C. J. V a n de rg riff B illy Vaughn T im m y Walls

K e ith Waymon Sarah W icker David W illiam s Joyce W illiam s Tam m y Z im m erm an 15

SEVENTH GRADERobbie Acree Stacy A lle n James Anderson Sally Anderson Andy A rcher

Jason A tw ood C u rtis B a ltz N ick B a ltz Andrea B a rn e tt Heath Bass

E rica Baxley Joey Becerra Reida B iby C hery l Bonner C ra ig Brooks

Steve Brooks C arla Brown D iana Brown Donna Brown S co tt Brown

Stacey Brown Vanessa Brown C athy B u tle r G ina C a ffre y Shawn C a rte r

A l l PMS students w ere p riv ileg e d to have th e ir eyes and ears tested as a serv ice fro m the C ounty H ea lth D ept. R ecom m endations w ere then made to students who needed fu r th e r m ed ica l a tte n tio n .

SEVENTH GRADEStephen C la rk C athy C line Nancy Coates M elinda Conley Benny Cook

K e rry Cook K a thy Cooper C hris Couch Chad C raw fo rd M ark Davis

M elinda Dean Sherrie D eJounett Lisa Dubois Je rry Dye Ray Eads

Blake Earley Brenda Eaton K evin Edwards L o re tta Evans Becky Fluke

J e ff F o rres te r K im G a rre tt Shelli G a rre tt D avid Gay K im Grooms

In P. E. Classes students learn phy­s ical fitness through exercise, sports, and games. The a t t i ­tude and knowledge gained can be used la te r in l ife .

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SEVENTH GRADED an ie lle G u tte rrid g e Doug H ackw orth B ill H allm an M iche lle Hammond Dwayne Hawkins

Paul Hawkins D arla Haynes Coy Hensley L o r i Heslep Wendy Hoggard

K evin Hudson L a rry H u ffo rd M ark Johnson M iche lle Jones Stephanie Jueal

T racy K ercheva l K im K e rle y Ruby K ing H eath Lane C hris L indner

Angie Looney Jody L u th e r M arcus M cC a rro ll Shannon M cD an ie l D o tt ie M cV ickers

In fo rm a l in it ia t io n o f new Beta C lub members is h ila rious . W hile many students d e lig h t in the jo v ia l occasion, some o f the inductees are o fte n tim e s shy and embarrassed.

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SEVENTH GRADEAndy Magee Corey Magee V icky Malden Chad Mann John M artinez

K ris ten Mason Greg Mock M is ty M odlin Debbie M orris Donna M orris

David M ullen Sharon Peoples K e rry Po indexter Bob Pope Jenn ife r P orte r

Debbie P o tte r Jason P o tte r D an ita P ra te r David P ra te r George P ra tt

Bobby Ragan D oty Reed Becky Reeves Ju lie R ichmond J im R if fe l

The Reading Lab o ffe rs learn ing a c t iv ­it ie s th a t provide in s tru c tio n in vocab­u la ry and sk ills . The lessons give students an o ppo rtun ity to apply and re in fo rce reading and w r it in g sk ills .

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SEVENTH GRADEW ilm a R iney C h a rlo tte Rogers Renee Schadler Lance Schm idt Am ber Seamans

David Shipp M ike Sissem Eddie Sm art M ike Sm ith T e rr i Sm ith

M ary Snodgrass Tom Snow Randy Snyder Steven Southerland D a rre l Stebbins

M iche lle S togsd ill L au rie S tra tto n S co tt S trick land Karen Ta llon Ang ie T ay lo r

D a rre ll T ay lo r Jason T ay lo r , C indy Thatch Gene Thompson Thelm a Thompson

M a lco lm Todd Tam m y T rib b le T e rry T ribb le D arlene T y le r Laurie T y le r

M ark T y le r B rid g e tte Waymon Kenny Waymon M ary W illiam s

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SIXTH GRADEC urt A lph in Shad Baker Brock B igger Stephanie B lackw e ll Don Bondie

Dianna Bounds Charles Brooks Todd Burnside LeAnn C arm ick le K im Carson

Chad Chester Roy C line K im be rly Cole Nancy C o llie r Chase Cooper

Angela Cousins Pam C ra in T e rry Crosby B rian Davis D rew Dawson

Jim m y D ickey Shelly Dismang K e lly Douglas T ina Dye Tina D zurian

The sun's rays are b rig h t as students fro m M r. C ullison 's class look through spectroscopes. They are v iew ing lig h t as i t is broken down in to its na t­ura l co lo r band or spectrum .

M iranda Eaton Chad Eveland Karen Fears P a tr ic k F itzg e ra ld Jack F u zze ll

Tam m y F uzze ll Peggy Gates Karen Gaude Sam Gray Ju lie Grissom

M ichae l H a llib u rto n Edward Haynes T im m y Hensley C h ris tin a H ollow ay Howard Ty

Angela Huckabee Jam ie Huckabee D avid Hulen Chandrea H un ter Sharon H u tse ll

L o rie Johnson M ichae l Johnson Russell Johnson R obert Jones H eath K ick

Beginner band pupils learn basic notes and rhy thm s in d a ily p rac­t ic e . Some o f the students own th e ir ins trum en ts w h ile o thers re n t them . Students may jo in band a t the begin­ning o f the s ix th grade.

SIXTH GRADEJu lie K inder H eid i Lam bert Steven Land Je rry Lee K a thy Liehaber

Stan Lindsey Karen Lombardo Lee Looney Tina McPherson P a tr ick Malden

T im o thy Malone Suzanne Mann Robin Marcus Shannon M a rtin Terra Mero

Angela M itc h e ll Sara Napier Lawana Neece R ita Noles Jenn ife r Parker

Lisa Perkins Andy P fe ffe r J e ff P fe ffe r L a rry P ierce Tara P re w itt

A fte r studying sound and the ear, some o f the 6th grade pupils made m usical in s tru ­ments. Students w ith the homemade in s tru ­ments a c tu a lly played a song w h ile the rem ain ing class kept tim e to the melody.

J e ff Ragan Jason Reid Brandon R ichardson Jera ld Robinson A llison Rogers

C a rrie Rosenw inkel Lee Ann Rowland M argie Sebastian C hris Sharp K im Shepherd

A m y Shipp Dennis Sm art Norm a Sm art M iche lle Sm ith Shannon Sm ith

Steven Sm ith Melissa Snyder Rae Ann S ta llings M ichae l Stebbins S ierra Steele

Laurie S tew art Danny Suenkel Tanya Sutton K im Tate Sharonta Thomas

B illy Thompson K a thy Thompson Susan T ow e ll Bo T ren tenburg Deana T ribb le

Ivy T y le r Shannon U lm er Joel W aters L y le W a te rw orth Greg Waymon

Sean W ells D avid W illiam son E ric W illifo rd Candy Young

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FIFTH GRADES cotty Acree Pablo Ascarrunz Shawn A sh cra ft Angela Ba lla rd Danny Barr

Deborah Bates C lin ton Bennett Sandra Benton Shannon B e ttis Greg Blackshear

Brandy B lount Donald Bowser Amanda Brown M ark Brown A p r il Bruce

Karen B u rne tt C arla Burnside David Cagle Stephanie Cagle M is ty C a ldw e ll

M iche lle C line Jon Cole M ark C raw fo rd Shelly Davis J e ff D eC lerk

Students in M r. C hester's science class are exc ited about m aking paper m ache1 planets. The p ro je c t fo llow ed a un it o f study on the solar system .

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FIFTH GRADEM elody Doan Jerem y Earley Becky Eddens Brandon Edwards Jackie F a rris

Sam Fluke H eather Foster J i l l FosterK e ith Frankenberger E lizabe th Freem an

Shane Gates R obert Gaude D a rrin G luck Jenn ife r Goings Shelia Golden

D a rrin Gowan Suzanne G ride r Tam m y G r if f in L o r i Grissom M a tthe w H ackw orth

G ran t H a llib ru to n M is ty Hancock S co tty Hancock M iche lle Hand A n thony Hausman

Study ha ll gives s tu ­dents a good oppor­tu n ity to read and s tudy. A lso , l ib ra ry passes are ava ilab le to those who need to use the lib ra ry resources.

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Justin Hawkins K a tr in a H ill Ronald Holcom b Beth Housch J i l l Hovis

Jenn ife r Howard Glen H ufsted le r Sheila James C hris Je tton D. J. Johnson

M aurice Johnson Rebecca Johnson C hris K . Jones C hris L . Jones M ichae l Jones

Tonya Koons B illy Layton Rachel Lee M a tthew Lemmons George L indner

Jenn ife r Lindsey K e lly L u te r G inger Lu ther Leann M cC lo th lin Paul M cD anie l

D uring a rt class stu­dents learn to be c re a tive w h ile devel­oping th e ir a r t is t ic a b ilit ie s . Here f i f t h graders are making abs trac t designs based upon the con­tours o f fo re ign countries.

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FIFTH GRADEAshley M a rtin Je rry M atheny Kenneth M ille r T im m y M ille r M is ty M itc h e ll

Shawn M itc h e ll Deana Mock E ric Nelson L inda Nipps J e ff O ve rs tree t

C a rrie P inkey Am anda P o tte r Karen Powers M elody P ra tt Angela Reed

Brian R ice S co tty R ichm ond C ra ig R ile y Tara Rodgers K e lly Rose

Brian Sanders B ren t Schm idt H ea ther Schrader Jenn ife r S im ington K u rt Sm ith

Students in the G ifte d & Ta lented class d isp lay a c o l­le c tio n o f fo re ign do lls . Some o f the dolls are over 65 years o ld , and a ll are a u th e n tic in design and costum e.

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M iche lle Smith Tad Sm ithey Sonya Sorg Chase Southerland Joe S te im el

Shawn Steveson K im S tockw ell T racey Suenkel Andrea Taylor Sam Thomas

C h ris ty Thompson Sherry T ravis Shannon T ribb le Sarah T ru it t Lisa Turner

R obert Tweedy Mendy T y le r Shawn Van Camp C hris V a n d e rg riff John Volk

Amanda W alker N at W allis Randall W atts Teddy Wells T r in ity West

B u ffy W hite Joseph W icker Scott Wilbanks J e ff W illiam s A p r il Worsham

Tracy Wren Greg W renfrow Deanna Young

AWARDSJenn ife r Howard, a f i f t h grade s tudent, rece ived the M aster Learner plaque fro m The S tate R ecogn ition Program . The D ep a rt­m ent o f Education presented the - award in re co gn ition o f s ig n ific a n t academ ic gain during the 1983-84 school year.

AWARDSStan H ackw orth , s ix th grade s tu ­dent, was presented the Junior Redskin student o f D is tin c tio n A w ard by Bob Adams, president o f the School Board. The award was made on the basis o f aca­dem ic im provem ent. Stan is an ou ts tand ing student and perfo rm s w e ll in a ll o f his classes.

8TH WHO’S WHOBEST DRESSED Karen Durham E ric Housch

CUTESTStephanie Sheets Ben Sims

MOST A T H LE T IC Becky H u fs te d le r Bobby Adams

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MOST STUDIOUS Beverly B u tle r C hris Brown

PRETTIEST SMILE Angie J a rre tt Shane Tay lo r

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8TH WHO’S WHOMOST COURTEOUS Fe Fe Moreland M ike and M ark Murphy

7TH WHO’S WHOBEST DRESSED Angie Tay lo r M ark Davis

MOST A TH LE T IC M is ty M od lin M arcus M cC a rro ll

MOST STUDIOUS D arla Haynes M ark T y le r

7TH WHO’S WHOMOST COURTEOUS K e rry Cook Shawn C a rte r

PRETTIEST SMILE L o ri Heslep Joey Becerra

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6TH WHO’S WHOBEST DRESSED Shannon Sm ith T im o th y Malone

CUTEST Ju lie K inder Steve Sm ith

MOST A T H LE T IC Nancy C o llie r Chad C hester

MOST STUDIOUS IVy T y le r Gerald Robinson

6TH WHO’S WHOMOST COURTEOUS Karen Fears D rew Dawson

PRETTIEST SMILE Stephanie B lackw e ll Brandon R ichardson

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5TH WHO’S WHOBEST DRESSED Sonya Sorg K e lly Rose

MOST A T H LE T IC K e lly L u te r J e ff W illiam s

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MOST STUDIOUS Jenn ife r Howard Randy W atts

5TH WHO’S WHOMOST COURTEOUS Jenn ife r Goings Shawn Gates

PRETTIEST SMILE Shelly Davis Shawn Van Camp

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ORGANIZATIONS

7TH AND 8TH GRADE BAND

The Jun io r Band is made up o f 7 th and 8 th grade students w ith some previous m usica l tra in in g . A c t iv it ie s fo r the group include concerts and perform ances a t various events during the school year. An o p p o rtu n ity to p lay a t some o f the Jun io r H igh fo o tb a ll games~was a challenge and an en joyab le experience fo r the members. The h igh­l ig h t o f the year was the C hris tm as C once rt.

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6TH GRADE BANDThe Pocahontas M iddle School Beginning Band, com prised o f 6th graders, learned to play several songs during th e ir f i r s t year o f tra in in g . A C hristm as C oncert, under the d ire c tio n o f Don B reytspraak, was the f i r s t perfo rm ance by the band.

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JUNIOR BETA CLUB

TOP LE FT : Teacher app rec ia tion TOP R IG H T: Candy c a rt C EN TER : Members LOWER R IG H T: O ffic e rs

TOP LEFT: O ffice rs CENTER: Marshals

1st. row , L -R :Joey Becerra, Scott S trick land , Ju lie K inder, Beverly B u tle r

2nd. row , L -R :Jera ld Robinson, D arla Haynes, M ike Murphy,Fe Fe M oreland, Hughie H igh tow er - Sponsor

F ire marshals assist in regu la r f ire and tornado d r ills .

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LIBRARY CLUBTOP R IG H T: O ffic e rs C ENTER, L -R : M ark M urphy, D o ty Reed, Debbie Manis, Renee M axw e ll, L o r i Heslep, A n n e tte G o llive r, D iana Brown, John M a rtin e z , Laurie T y le r LOWER LE FT: Renee file s cards.LOWER R IG H T: Debbie and A n n e tte she lf books.

1984-85 Student C ouncil Members Sam Becerra, Sponsor

STUDENT COUNCIL

ABOVE: O ffice rsCENTER LEFT: Members assemble in fo rm a tio n in the d isplay case w hich was bought by money earned fro m fund ra is ing p ro jects .LOWER LEFT: Student C ouncil members sell candy to the students a fte r lunch.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL CHEERLEADERSD arla and Melissa jo ined the 9th grade cheerleaders in cheering PMS and Junior H igh basketball and fo o tb a ll teams to v ic to ry .

JUNIOR HIGH CHEERLEADERSFRONT ROW: Shanna Keech, D arla D oyle, Melissa M atthew sBAC K ROW: Robin W ate rw orth , Renee B a ltz , Jeanea Jones, Le igh Swaim

JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL 1

The 8th and 9th grade g ir ls basket­ba ll team , coached by Dallas Howard, has im proved during the 1984-85 season. The progress made and the experience gained should produce many v ic to r ie s fo r the Jun io r Redskins.

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JUNIOR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL

The Junior Redskins, under the expert coaching o f A llen Bennentt, produced e xc itin g ac tion during the basketball season. The boys gave th e ir best a ll year and learned th a t w inn ing does not always go w ith v ic to ry .

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7TH BASKETBALLThe 7 th grade basketba ll teams, th rough th e ir to i l and e f fo r t , learned the know-how o f the game. They showed im provem ent in each game, and th e ir endeav­ors helped them to grow and develop in s p ir it and a b il ity .The teams are looking fo rw a rd to next year.

JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL

The Junior Redskins, under the coaching o f Tom K im b re ll and A lle n Bennett, exh ib ited g rea t team s p ir it and provided e xc ite m en t fo r the fans. The boys gave th e ir best a ll season, and the fu tu re looks good.

7TH GRADE FOOTBALL

The 7 th Grade F oo tba ll team , coached by A llen Bennett and Jim Gray, learned many fundam entals. W orking hard, learn ing, and gaining experience w il l produce w inn ing teams fo r the Redskins.

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SPELLING BEE WINNERS

M iche lle Hoelscher Douglas H ackw orth8 th Grade 7 th Grade

Jera ld Robinson C hris V a n d e rg riff6 th Grade 5 th Grade

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