Yorktown High School - Grenadier Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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These junior girls are evidently having a good time at their picnic. Yes, that's me, the sole survivor of the Macke-Food Eating Contest, says a proud Angela Bronson. As soon as the final bell rings, Ms. Glenn tries to decide which is the fastest way home. Going all out to prevent an O'Connell goal, Joe Quinnette saves the Patriots again. More From Less Declining enrollment. Smaller classes. Limited course offer- ings. News of school closings is all around us. The School Board has come up with the 6-2-2-2 plan, the 7-5 plan, the 6-2-4 plan, and many other complex solu- tions to battle the diminishing numbers. Here at Yorktown, however, the secret is out. We've found the key to getting more from less. More from less means dif- ferent things to different people. To the scholar it means hours hunched over textbooks and prep classes to keep up those SAT scores. To the pseudo- scholars it means cranking out an essay in as little time as possi- ble and making the best out of far less than eight hours beauty sleep. To the more athletic types, more from less means practic- ing long hours and rigorous workouts. It may require play- ing double positions to fill out short-numbered teams or walk- ing the halls selling raffle tickets and spirit ribbons. To those who prefer spectating as a sport, it means turning out en masse to support our teams against the giant South Lakes or Madison. Socially, Yorktown has al- ways been willing to give its all. Commitees spend hours in de- serted hallways and classrooms organizing activities, and people come out in numbers for Home- coming, Sadie Hawkins, Oktoberfest, or whatever else the occasion may be. Senior Council, with its largest mem- bership ever, works long hours to make it a fun-filled, unforgett- able year for the Class of '83. Par- tying is as important as ever; everyone tries his best to get as much in as possible in those short hours before the dreaded curfew. Cramming 200+ people into basements, backyards and ski trip motel rooms remain basics. In fact, most of Yorktown life is based on the more from less principle: to have as much fun as possible in our limited high school days.

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From September to June our lives revolve mainly around Yorktown High School. We spend hours in classes, even more time after school for clubs and sports, and then go home to do more work. But many of the things we do with the school are just for fun. On the weekends, we get rowdy with everybody at Friday night games. Saturday nights are often spent at super- crowded parties getting to know our classmates, and then there is always the Sunday night social hour at the library. During the week, lunchtime at Yorktown is often a packed car on its way to Roy Rogers filled with students escaping the Macke-filled cafeteria. Even in the summer we see our classmates, down in Ocean City where it gets very crowded with kids from York- town. Considering what a large part Yorktown plays in our lives, it is hard for us not to be affected by such words as: declining enroll- ment, school closings, and con- solidation. We know that we are a small school, but it hasn't damp- ened the spirit at Yorktown. We still have the fun, the laugh- ter, the good times, and most importantly, the people that make each year a memorable one at Yorktown High School. w '- . -V i. ' Hgettmc school niifiWv fllJif ItllAvandLisaHo aifUscapc