Yorktown High School - Grenadier Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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“Nick —I know I left a freshman girl inhere Anything goes as long as it has somewhere! wheels! “Look Matt I don't care if your hitting “I’ve got it we go through these my car was an accident . woods, across this field and cut around these houses 28 f Auto Pally 8

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the hours of coping with lines, characters, directors, and prob- lems are over, and they return once again to the real world. What member of the Con- tinental Congress first referred to the battle at Concord Bridge on April 19,1775, as the shot heard 'round the world ? If the hypotenuse of a 30-60-90 right triangle is six inches long, what is the area of an equilateral triangle whose side is the same length as the shortest aide of the 30-60-90 triangle? A combination history and geometry test? No, they're questions asked at It's Academic practice. The moni- tor tosses out dozens of ques- tions that inevitably only one or two people know. Finally, when someone knows an answer, it seems that the next guy has hit the buzzer a second sooner. Dis- couraged by the feeling that one too many questions has slipped by before an answer pops into mind, that favorite area comes up and every ques- tion's an ace. Finally, after an invigorating comeback in the “grab bag session, the team keeps their hopes tuned to the Super Bowl treks it on home to study. Honor Societies, service clubs, and special interest clubs have one thing in common: Meetings. Each week they have meetings at which just about everything is done except what is on the agenda. People com- plain about recent club activi- ties, others defend them, more people join in, and soon the meetings is its most natural state: chaos. Everyone will have yelled shut up at least twice within the first ten minutes, if not sooner. Someone in charge will try to get order, though it will always be a loud voice from the back of the room that finally quiets everyone. Upcoming events are discussed and then committees are formed, and everyone will be positive that they've got more work to do than anyone else. Then the pres- ident will announce the meet- ing is over; though, of course, no one will be able to hear it. There is something special about that last bell of the day. When 2:00 finally comes around everything seems just a little bit better. It's a time that everyone, teachers as well' as students, looks forward to, whether it's school-related, a part-time job, or maybe just watching a favorite soap opera with a few of the junkiest foods in the house. But no matter what the afternoon plans are, to hear that 2:00 bell is a definite sense of relief. Yes, there is life after school. And some say that's when it be- gins. The football team hard at work, flat on their backs. Katie and Clint wring their hands saying ''well, what do we do nowh' A freshman player folds the teams laundry The freshmen cheerleaders work hard to make the newcoming class more spirited. Life after School 27

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Yorktown Rallies The Auto Rally began at 1:00 on a sunny Saturday afternoon, December 12, and lasted through nightfall. It was an adventure, and with two on a team, a driver and a navigator, what could go wrong? Plenty! Aside from a small typo- graphical error on the instruc- tion sheet, which was misnum- bered and sent you on a wild- goose chase, the navigators were plagued by vandals who had absconded with several of the street signs necessary to reach the various check points. Drivers became peeved by the navigator's poor direction read- ing abilities. Every semmingly correct turn became a dead end; every time you felt that you had regained your bearings — you were lost again. When you followed someone you knew — you'd discover five miles later that they were also lost, and you'd snicker at the fools follow- ing you when you were driving down streets that weren't on your map. All participants agreed that it was a tremendous success. $50.00 cash was awarded to the first place driving duo of Kevin Bedell and Mary Gibson. Second place was won by Betsy Wildhack and Chris Duggan while third place was taken by Danny Redmond and Clint Shaw. S' iid .»mi Tiff “Hey buddy . move that sardine can before we run ya over! Music . one of the many extra attractions at this year's Auto Rally. Auto Rally, 29