Chopticon High School - Chopticonian Yearbook (Morganza, MD)

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NOT FOR APPEARANCES ONLY Could this be the next Mist America I Kelly Bowling wears her new uniform with pride We're gonna be here all night long! losh Rhoads proudly displays his new uniform at the home competition Appearances can be deceiving. Beau- ty is only skin deep . .. These are cliches we hear quite often, but they never really applied at Chopticon. Our school went through many visible changes during '83- '84. These changes were not for ap- pearances only, they were a step toward making a great thing better. The crowd roared, the lights blazed on the field, and a change in our appearance could be seen instantly as the cheerleaders, decked out in their new uniforms, lead us in our favorite cheers. There was tension in the air as the game began. We tried out our new football coach and hoped that we had made the right choice. When our team finished sec- ond in SMAC we knew the right choice was made. Later on in the year we welcomed the top marching bands on the East Coast to our first home competition. At that competition the marching band came out looking all right again. With new uniforms they not only boosted their own morale, but the morale of every person who came to see and hear them play. Our award winning band didn't need new uniforms to improve their sound, but it was a nice reward for their hard work and dedication. Whether the changes our school ex- perienced this year were big or small, they always reflected our Pride Inside.” They were truly Not For Appearances Only. NOT FOR APPEARANCES ONLY 3

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Our eyes were wide with wonder when we came back to school that first day in September. Our school had grown overnight All of a sudden our school had gained eleven new classrooms, two new bathrooms and our library had grown to three times its nor- mal size. The new addition also brought eight new faces in the faculty to staff our additional classrooms. It wasn't just the freshmen who had trouble finding their way around. Adding on allowed us to not only get rid of the trailers but it re- lieved some of the overcrowding. It didn't just make us look better on the outside, it made us feel better on the in- side. Our cafeteria also took on a new look. It had been freshly painted in our Where am If! Rickey Holton tries to tind his way class on the first day of school school colors, which proved to be much more appetizing than the green and orange walls we were used to. Overall our school had taken on a very different appearance. New ideas in academics were also ad- ded, Chopticon started a new program, known as Academic Student of the Month, to recognize and encourage academic excellence. Winners names were displayed in the main lobby for a month Added to the list of classes of- fered were two computer math classes and an advanced placement senior English class. All of these changes weren't meant to be window dressings for our school, they were meant to make a good thing better. If I only knew what I was doing! Lisa Fenwick types a program in Computer Math class Does this mean I get to ride the elevator? Senior Arthur Holman hobbles his way back to the locker room from the football field NOT FOR APPEARANCES ONLY 5