Prince George High School - Peerage Yearbook (Prince George, VA)

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26 I Rowanty A I 4424 6644 Dfw Wow :M ' H '1::s1s1awev,:w . ufL,,Z:..7,e f ., ln Carson, Virginia, lies a brand new, 2.8 million dollar building. Prince George first year tryers of Rowanty Voca- tional-Technical Center share hallways and classes with learners from Dinwiddie and Sussex. Too little space allows Vo-Tech instruction to only a few, hand-picked applicant hopefuls. Thirteen newfana gled courses count in usefuls, like Cosmetology and Auto Mechanics.

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TRAY FILLER, Robert Allen, loads up heated burger alleys with beef patties, during crowd time slack up. 11:10AM. The New York subway? The halls looked that way, at times, around the noonday hours. Afternoon Junior Rowanty students sat together in the Senior lunch block in order to catch 1 the PM bus to the Carson 2 school. In the midst of it all, DECA students who took part in the half job - half school work day program came and went. A chance to, now, work during the morning added to the midday hubbub. RED ROSE LOAD UP. DE iob holder Mike Hunter fills Burton- Davis Florist truck up for mid morning flower deliveries before heading to afternoon classes. I11:3OAM. Four-B Juniors munched on their peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in between thoughts of, I wish l could find a Senior to help me with chemistry. BEST MAN'S BLUFF. Card sharks, Rick Rennebaum, David Lees, and jRaymond Lowry try to outwit each other during a lunchroom game. Seniors crowded around the tube in homerooms watching Happy Days, and Sophomores tried to ignore stomach growls and concentrate on their teacher's lectures. TV FEVER. Happy Days gets total vote from Senior homeroom goers for five days a week tune in. 12:00 NOON. Four-C and D - all 400+ Sophs just couIdn't fit into the cafeteria all at once, nor could they have a 50 minute lunch break. So, best friends got split up, and worst enemies got thrown together. They ate the last two lunch blocks, too, but, as usual, Sophs caught the worst end of things. TIRED DAY HEAD REST. Pre- Iunch boredom takes control of hungry Sophomore homeroom sitters as the wait for the bell goes on. Changes in Schedule 25

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l l l :30 AM. Even though Row- Fty goer's first classes may ot have started until 9:00, iey still faced a 7:00 wake- b ritual. Living through the ing bus ride to Flowanty and recalling the same morning transport to the high school, Vo-Tech students discovered that bussing back and forth to Rowanty quickly became a familiar hassle. tis WEARY RIDER, Michael Blowe unloads from everyday trans- rter along with Rowanty bound buddy, Jeff Mayes. uw :gz . il P ?g f f' 3 ' lfgif Vff , y rrv, UICKIE LESSON. Learner Ken- all Kestner joins auto mechanic assmates for last minute review 'F lab procedures. :00 AM. Piling out of buses nd cars, morning Sopho- lore and Senior studiers earched out classes spaced qere and there throughout 'owanty's widespread, mod- n hallways. Before-lab xstruction prepared future r fixers and house builders r the rest of the morning ine bwork. ll CLOSET CASE. Pulling out locker speciman, a health aide student bends over boney framework for scientific jargon. SANDMAN. A truck body worker smooths out lumps and bumps before a spray paint job. 10:00 AM fplusj. As frantically scribbling note-takers finished up last minute importants, already through' with boardwork experimentors practiced newly learned lab skills. A between class and lab lounge break saved the day for strained brains. Packed into three short hours, tests, lab-work, and a lot of learning kept classes like horticulture, carpentry, masonry, and electronics whirling with activity of all sorts. HEADS OF HAIR. Washed and limp cosmetology wigs stand ready for real life practice make- over. Flowanty 1 27