318 O. f all the sections in the Petit lean, no other has a group of students with such a wide variety of ages as the Academy. From the five-year-old first-graders learning the alphabet to eighteen year-old seniors rehearsing for graduation exercises, the students comprised a potpourri of ideas and ideals, backgrounds and cultures, and memories and experiences. In any given week, enough was happening to provide students with plenty to do. The elementary might have been found rehearsing a Christmas program, practicing for a Pee-Wee ball game, or preparing to visit a local nu rsing home. In the high school, the juniors might be selling birthday calendars to help pay for the annual Junior-Senior Banquet; the junior high planning a skating party; the seniors having a devo- -- ;~~n~:~ ~~~r~~e t~~ort~s ;~~e:;~it~~ ___ ~: ;.: . . ~~ )~~. ,~~ . ... western United States. "':. ~ 1'" . ..... >f:,ct All this, added to each student's -:~':~ • . ~:~.~> . ::~+.~·-;.t;~":J~~ responsibilities - a term paper, ·· .... ' '".(1. i.. ~ '--1"""'-, '... . _>-_ ~e~:yor s~~Zd:7e~rkS~d~~~e !~~a~ 1::':":' "=====:"'::':'.:"-:" :~~:" :'::~:~:<:.:;:'~:" ':-~':::--:=====~===::=::==========: sionally found release from the r daily pressures through a variety of avenues: going to the muchfrequented Wendy's or Pizza Hut; taking part in the jogging "craze;" reading a novel or attending a movie; or just simply downing around with dose friends. The students weren't the only busy ones - faculty members felt not only the pressures of their schoolwork - dealing with many different students each day, preparing lectures, grading homework - but nearly all had responsibilities at home. Students came to realize that each teacher was ready to help them with any problems that they might have. RIGHT, GLEEFULLY, Kim Capps, Beverly Alexallder and Cheryl Priest exhibit their joy at the thought of graduation. FAR RIGHT: EXERTING needed leverage, Stephen Burkett shoulders Steve Ballinger over a fence . Academy Introduction
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