Lake Braddock Secondary School - Lair Yearbook (Burke, VA)

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During sixth period, Cindy Kelly and Mr. Piernick discuss German. Mr. Kramer explains to Cortney Hicklin a physics problem, Student Life 20 In our large school, teacher-student relationships were important. A student was more to a teacher than a name in a rollbook. He was a person with whom the teacher could relate and openly share ideals. Lake Braddock’s teachers were always willing to lend a sympathetic ear. T. A. was an example of how rapport was developed between teachers and students. T.A. was a time during the day to socialize, take it easy, and do homework which should have been done the night before. Fun within the T.A. group was not only confined to school hours. Many groups enjoyed going places, such as Kings Dominion, bowling, and ice skating with their T.A. group. The generation gap was seldom seen at Lake Braddock because there was a mutual give and take. Dr. Manning has a man to man talk with Clinton Jeftries. Mr. Hills tells it like it is to his T.A.

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Finding the hidden meaning of T.A. — food, Mr. Mis- ner and Chuck Dizenfeld enjoy the mselves. One thing that was unique about Lake Braddock was its T.A. — those minutes of school when you talked to your Teacher Advisor about school and personal problems. But what if you didn ' t have any problems? Then you socialized, ate. played games, had parties or skipped. When asked. “Did you like T.A.? students had varied opinions. Some liked it because they felt they needed a break. Those who didn ' t, thought it was a waste of time; they felt their T.A.s served no purpose. “What did you like to do in T.A.?” The answer was “eat.” When T.A. was changed to just Monday. Wednesday, and Thursday, students liked it better. The free break on Tuesday gave them h chance to hang around with their friends, and the twenty minutes before school on Friday was an opportunity to wake up. Trying to get his T.A. organized. Mr. Alwood comments. We ' ve got to start meeting like this! Greg Skorupski and Tom Wiley were grateful some¬ one remembered to plug in the popper. Studen! Ljfe 19

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FREEDQ D DF 5PJ3CE Lake Braddock’s open classrooms were cast in a different mold than the conventional structured classrooms. The non-existent walls provided unlimited space with no boundaries that confined you to a certain area. No longer did you have to be firmly seated at a desk. Students plopped down, propped themselves against the walls, and worked in an open and relaxed atmosphere. Finding comfort in midsir, David Lynch and Matt McKenna do their studying in A.C. Wow, look at this place! There’s enough space here to bury a million bones! Some people might call this chaos, but at L.B. students call it independ¬ ence! Mr. Hills explains to Diane Webb and Julie Trippe how to give an oral presentation. A student finds a quiet place to concentrate. Student Life 21