Hallways of memories

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County High School Class of 1989 Kelli Marcus Wayne shares words of heartfelt gratitude with former science teacher Clayton Croom, 97, in his old classroom during the May 16 walkthrough down memory lane. Wayne told Croom that he was an inspiration for her.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Kayla Reid, RCHS Class of 2009, and her children Millie, 13, Briana, 12, and Sam, 5, walk through the current Rabun County High School Building during the May 16 walkthrough. They are greeted by RCHS Principal Justin Spillers and Shane Taylor, left. Starting next year, high school students will be housed at the Academic Center.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Angela Luke, who retired from Rabun County Schools in 2016; Ashley Weeks, Class of 2013; and Sarah Arace, Class of 2013, have fond memories in the hallways of RCHS during the May 16 walkthrough.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Kevin Croom, left, former RCHS science teacher Clayton Croom, 97, and Cary Brown, Class of 1984, converse on the science hallway during the May 16 walkthrough at the high school. Brown was one of Croom’s students.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Stanley Beasley sits at a desk in science teacher Clayton Croom’s old classroom during the May 16 walkthrough at Rabun County High School. Beasley graduated in the Class of 1988.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County High School longtime science teacher Clayton Croom, 97, holds beakers in his former classroom at the current high school building. High school students will be in a new building starting this upcoming school year.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Mark Beck, BOE member and Class of 1979; Mary Ann Martin Littrell, Class of 1980; Dana Burrell, Class of 1980; John Singleton, Class of 1980; Danny Flory, Class of 1984; and Becky Flory, Class of 1983, reminisce as they walk the hallways of Rabun County High School one final time on May 16.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Mr. Spillers, Shane Taylor and Rabun County High School School Resource Officer Lindsey Owens walk through the halls of the current high school building one last time on May 16.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County High School Class of 1984 graduates reminisce as they walk through the hallways of RCHS the final time on May 16. Pictured are back row from left: Danny Flory, Ronald Deal and Ronnie McKay. Front row from left: Tracy Grigg Hardin, April Mitchell Deal, Natalie Rogers Fricks, Lesia Lovell Parker and Rick Story.