Churchland High School - Trucker Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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Carefree and lighthearted on the day before Christ- the lunch tables for a place around the piano to mas vacation, CHS students and teachers abandon join in singing their favorite carols. Christmas Season Alters Daily Routine At CHS With a jovial Roman Santa looking on, Phyllis Chadwick presents Mel Wittig, of Mr. Moore’s homeroom, with the first place award for her door. The arrival of Christmas at CHS resulted i ' n a bustle of activity that added a certain sparkle to an otherwise daily routine of classes and studies. While teachers were striving to reach some stopping point in their program, students were trying to find time for both their schoolwork and outside activi- ties. Holiday spirit was engendered in every phase of Trucker life. Art classes created attractive home decorations while Spanish classes made festive cards for faculty mem- bers. To give the students a preview of its coming performance, the choral department presented two assemblies. The band conclud- ed the two-part Christmas program with a concert that made the Yule-time even mer- rier and more meaningful. Having been ex- cused for the entire week prior to vacation, DE and ICT students were given the op- portunity to increase their Christmas spend- ing money. But the long-awaited moment came as the 3:10 bell rang on December 20 and all poured out of school, perhaps to meet again at the City Basketball Tournament. 14 Student Life

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Senior Skippy Rawl was Churchland’s en- try in the WGH Radio Current Events Con- test which offered a $500 scholarship. The first round was taped in the school audito- rium. State SCA President David Rutledpe was featured in an assembly which presented a workable honor code to the student body. At the National Honor Society Hootenanny, held first in November for underclassmen and later in January for Juniors and Seniors, Mike Young, Gary Richardson and Danny Dar- den emulate that ethnic folk spirit in their performance of “Walk Right In.” Student Life 13

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Playing the role of Sant a’s helpers, homeroom welfare representatives gath- er around the SCA Christmas tree to pack the food and toys that were collect- ed from the student body for needy fami- lies. For many weeks, students had heard the strains of music floating down the hall from chorus prac- tices before and after school, and they finally wit- nessed the results at the annual Christmas choral concert. Harriet Moran, accompanied by the entire mixed chorus, renders a solo of “The Little Jesu of Braga.”