The MLHS Class of 1987 Archive of Stuff

The Observer's two page coverage of the Junior/Senior Prom 1987, summarized by Andrea Koger and taken from the May 22, 1987 issue.

Here is an article reporting on Spring Break 1987, written by Maribeth McBride and taken from the April 17, 1987 edition of The Observer.

Click here or on the image to the left for a gallery of articles covering Sarah Warner's reign as the 1986-87 Madison County Junior Miss.

This is the page that ran in the special "Graduation 1987" insert that appeared in the May 26, 1987 edition of The Richmond Register. While other Madison County schools had pages and pages and photos and more photos of their graduates, Model High School was reglegated to one simple page. But what makes this particular page so unique is the fact that the portraits used of the Class of 1987 were a mix of the formal pictures (which were the ones that appeared in Exemplar) and the casual pictures (which were not used at all by the yearbook), making this page the only place where the casual photos were published.

Also, we have absolutely no idea why some members of the Class of 1987 did not appear on this page (as listed in the upper right hand corner) and yet had their portraits appear in the yearbook. The formal portraits had obviously been taken months earlier and could have easily been used. Perhaps the Richmond Register really needed the ad space ...

Click here or on the image to the left for a larger view.

YOU CAN WIN A ORIGINAL COPY OF THIS INSERT! Enter the Class of 1987 Trivia Contest for your chance to win this rare piece of history!

In the early 1980s, the future of Model Lab School was certainly up in the air ... or, perhaps more appropriately, potentially floating in the air. The discovery of asbestos in the ceiling of the Shirley Kearns Gymnasium, industrial arts room, and the cafeteria and grill caused a monumental panic that threatened the shut down the school -- either by frightened parents pulling their kids out or by administrators who could not come up with the necessary money to take care of the problem (and, as was theorized at the time, using the asbestos as yet another excuse to shut down Model Lab). Fortunately, the money came through, the ceilings were fixed, and no one came down with any major upper respiratory infections due to the contaminants in the ceilings.

Click here or on the image to the left to read the articles pertaining to this situation.