Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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through a group of photos during their Publications Seminar class. Donna Short and Karen Tangerlini pre- pare for the opening night football game. The skunk on the flag pole was a wel- coming sign for Ms. Forde ' s students. Debbie Dee put the finishing touches on her homework at lunch. Thouraya Raiss tuned her violin for the Spring Concert. Lurdes Padihna and Richie Mazola stud- ied together at the back of the library. Tracy Heffernan and Kelly Lydon were among the fortunate few who were able to leave school with no books. Mark Carey posed for the camera in- side the cafeteria. 1 1 Pam Young and Kierann Agnew glance I 26 Juniors

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”1 s couldn ' t we? Well, we managed to make the six with a little cooperation from the participants. But as soon as the picture of the six was taken, half of the population of the six ran over and merged with the group patiently waiting in the eight. The eight became rudely deformed and lopsided with the new ad- ditions, but the photographer snapped the picture anyway. Why didn ' t this picture work well? Maybe the class of eighty-six was too picture-happy. Many other schools managed to correctly form numbers much more complicated than a simple eight and a six. There obviously is a method that works. Not at Braintree High though. ■ ' 1 f a picture can tell a thousand words, then this one does. It was a feeble attempt by the class of 1986 to assemble into an eight and a six. The class of 1986 met outside the gym on a sunny day in June at two o ' clock. It promised I to be a great day for outdoor photogra- I phy. In the past class pictures used to be t taken indoors. However the light in the j pit was so poor that only those standing 1 in the front rows showed up. So, the class gathered outside the gym to use the brilliant daylight which allowed more people to be seen. Other schools could correctly form representing their graduation nd have it look good. Why Mrs. Conklin, who tired to organize the unruly seniors commented, ' Trying to get seniors to stand in the correct places was probably one of the most frustrating things I ' ve ever tried to do. Some students didn ' t stay long enough. ”1 left, said Heidi Strauss. Bill Holbrook admitted, I took early. I was at the beach, said Keelin Smith, one of the many students who didn ' t go to school that day. We almost opted not to take the pic- ture when everyone ran from the six to the eight. It says a lot about the class of 1986 though, so we decided to use it after all, said Mrs. Conklin. It is pretty funny, she concluded. 25

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1 Hm? )fuA- ?? or many members of the class of 1987, being a junior and an upperclassman may have come as a culture shock and taken a few days (weeks? months?) of adjustment. Maybe their systems were thrown totally off balance because going to the cafe or even going home during studies wasn ' t considered cutting , but was called a free peri- od. Rest assured, junior year had finally arrived and most would survive what was possibly the most important year of their lives. What does it mean to be a junior? The answers varied, but all involved the issue of pressure. For Lauren Vogel, junior year meant worrying about SAT ' s. Paula Cuccurullo observed, Being a ju- nior means having less than three weeks to find a long, boring book, read all 300 pages of it, and write a review of it (with a rough draft). Mary-Sarah Berger was heard to com- plain, Being a junior makes me want to drop out of high school. On the other hand, Danielle Palmer had a point. If one more person tells me junior year is the most important year of my life. I ' ll scream! she said. Just because they have more respon- sibilities doesn ' t mean that juniors don ' t have fun. Joe Hernon enjoyed making fun of underclassmen in his sardonic style. Other less abusive activities in- cluded populating the smoking area during lunch and extorting money for the virtually nonexistant class fund with tenacious assistance from advisor Ms. Raymond. No doubt about it; the class of 1987 was ready for anything. And, as Mike Sarney said, most important year or not, We ' re outta here next year! For most, it couldn ' t happen too soon. Juniors 27