North Kingstown High School - Skippers Log Yearbook (North Kingstown, RI)

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Campus Chaos . . . Opening Day by Kelly Kranz As students crawled out of bed Wednesday, Sept. 7,1977, they had no idea of what the first day of school would be like. It would be a day for visiting with friends they hadn’t seen in 3 months. It would be a day for beginning new classes and, for the seniors, it would be the beginning of the end of those high school days. Getting to school for opening day took longer than expected. The bridge in Wickford was closed and under construction repair. Busses joined the caravan of cars that made their way slowly to Anna- quatucket road and N.K.H.S. The local police were on hand to enforce the 25 mile zone and many students, driving to school, began their first day with a summons to court. As friendships were renewed on campus, the 7:45 bell rang, calling everyone to homeroom and first hour. For those with schedules this was a routine matter. For approxi- mately 400 students with no sched- ules, this was yet another obstacle to their beginning of the school year. The P.A. blared the National Anthem, the pledge to the flag, the newly introduced “moment of silence” and then proceeded to direct those students with no or incomplete schedules to go to the Auditorium. Lines were long, courses wished for were closed, and tempers were short. For some, the chaos was annoy- ing, for others it was a legitimate way to avoid the start of classes. For the frosh, it only added to the already confusing task of matching the color of the ceiling to the design of the rug in the A building. Many a beginning frosh missed lunch the first day because he could not master the schedule rota- tion; many ate 3 lunches for the very same reason. As the 2 p.m. bell rang, teachers, administrators and students breathed a sigh of relief that the first day had ended. Yet for those on school buses, there was still the massive traffic jam to face on Annaquatucket. 14 Hey WOW man ” '| 6K£D Foe ft U6«r .SCHEDULE ( S'-'T sr Study hauls Pont »va££.y 6viv ncc Wiu. R fT° fto pA-Y '| would prcFeA not -1° H ave M- CHEM,ST y - N‘V :r — M 4VC - NOTtA MC. ------ A — UOO( - 0»NT tuifyWO; wuL fix iroN fooNpA-y M inAV

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‘7 had better gel the classes I signed up for or I’m not taking anything. ” ‘7 signed up for half days and they gave me a full schedule. I'm not staying here 6 hours a day. ” “Let’s leave; They’ll never notice us gone. ” “This is great! I have 4 study halls a week. ” The “Jocks” meet “Joe” The Senior iettermen were sitting in the cafe- teria discussing the issues of the new school year. Sitting between these Campus Big Shots was a new freshman intently listening to the conversation. Rich: Who is he? Bill: Isn’t he your brother? Charlie: 1 don’t know him. Who are you anyway? Freshman: I’m Joe Lyons and I’m 13. Charlie: Don’t you have any people your own size to sit with? Freshman: No. Rich: Whose brother are you? Bill: Neil Lyons? Freshman: No, Mike Lyons. Rich: How old is he? Freshman: He’s five and a half.