Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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' P Barbara Wolfe and Regina Monarch enjoy their afterschool volunteer jobs at Braintree Hospital. Kelley Donahue shows off the flower which she bought to suppport the yearbook. Paul O ' Brien takes a break from his clarinet dur- ing halftime at the first night football game. Brian Brown works hard during his small engine class. Susan Chopourian and Cathy Wilkes eat lunch in the well-stocked cafeteria. Mike Marcarelli, Ann Marie Drew and Ann Marie Webb enjoy their first football game as freshmen spectators. Paul Heffernan enjoys his walkman. 18 Freshmen

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Paul Boyle eagerly awaits to play his tuba during halftime activities Paul McCarthy contemplates the game from the bench. Chris Tanaglione leads the team on to the field. The team makes a tackle I The rock dedicated to Mr. Herget Carolyn Foley, Susan Smith, and Diane Gustafson keep their spirits up. Night Football 17 ifc-

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nticipation was in the air. Ev- eryone was excited about seeing their friends after the long summer vacation. Ev- eryone that is except the freshmen. The high school was huge compared to the two junior highs in town. It was hard to adjust to being the youngest and smallest in the school when just a few months earlier you had been the oldest and the biggest. Not everyone was awed though by the size of the school, one of the largest in the northeast. Janet Raffa admitted, It ' s not as big as I thought it was going to be. Many found it difficult finding their way around the halls with their odd number- ing system though. I only got lost a few times, admitted Paula Churchward. And right from the start, the school routine was different. What a novelty to be able to enter the building and wander around the halls or go to your locker without being regimented and super- vised in the mornings before home- room. It ' s much better than junior high, smiled Laurie Phalon. Kim Carter commented, Everyone said that being a freshman would be the worst thing. But it ' s not bad at all! To be sure the new BHS students en- joy the freedom of choices for lunch, the freedom of movement in the cafete- ria and the opportunities for sports, clubs and activities that don ' t exist in a smaller school. Freshmen 19