Churchland High School - Trucker Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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CHURCHLAND’S LINE : rigonometry, Wina Rudisill takes time out from studying. 7 ne JV cheerleaders rely on pep rallies a practice Yor the next year. ‘e Smiling, A ph makes her way to class. Bch os Alcon fect Table of Contents Genesis Events Sports Faces Groups Business Index Exodus 2 12 o4 92 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3

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INDIVIDUALS: POINTS OF Churchland High School is a constantly shifting group of individuals who, by their thoughts and activities, shape the solid line of history that is Churchland. As represented on the cover and throughout the 1979 TRUCKER, Churchland High School appears at first glance to be merely one line growing slight- ly longer with the addition of each new class. When one examines the line more carefully, however, it is discovered that, like a line, Churchland is composed of many individual points. With- out each point, the line would lose its strength, and each student bears equal respon- sibility to the vitality of the line. Churchland’s line is as strong and vibrant as the orange and black colors on the cover, and each individual, whether a freshman, a senior, a faculty member, a mainten- peOfreP Being with a frien ec ease the, TORaee sions of a busy school day. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Pe ance engineer, or administra- tor, is integral to the bril- liance of the line. Because of the small size of Church- land, each student is an in- dividual, not just a number. Like a line, however, all are unified by four basic emotions experienced at some time during one’s high school career. These are as follows: spirit, frustration, crisis, and apathy. Therefore, as the indiv- iduals of Churchland display their spirit by cheering for the Truckers and Truckerettes; as they feel the frustration of dealing with difficult classes and fighting to abol- ish several school policies; as they battle the crisis of receiving a bad report card or confronting an angry mem- ber of the faculty; and as they sometimes develop an “| don't care”’ attitude and suffer because of it, Church- land adds another unit to its continuous line of history. 7 inte he Even within a group such as ROTC, an individual is important.

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Do you think school spirit has declined at Churchland? “Yes. The pep rallies arent as rowdy.” ‘’Yes, but not among the juniors.”’ ““No, | don’t think school spirit has declined. It never was anywhere to decline from.” ‘The level of school spirit The Truckers score six points. has to do with where the pep rallies are held. If they’re in the auditorium or outside, forget it.” “Yes, school spirit has dropped especially among the underclassmen.” “Yes, nobody attends the foot- ball games anymore.” “Yes, school spirit is down. No- body cheers at pep rallies anymore.” Whether school spirit increased or decreased among the individuals of Churchland could be discussed by students for hours. However, the fol- lowing events seemed to cause a lessening or increase in student morale: pep rallies held in the gymnasium, audi- torium, and stadium; Home- coming; contributions of time and money to charities; participation in the powder- puff football game; attendance at school events; interest in the school newspaper; and participation in Hell Week prior to the Churchland- Western Branch game. The student body held a total of six pep rallies. Of these, four were held in the gymnasium, one was held in the stadium, and one was held in the auditorium. In a poll 4 GENESIS SPIRIT: — conducted by the 1979 TRUCKER, 85% of those questioned felt that those pep rallies held in the gym were more success- ful. The other 10% liked the auditorium because they could ‘‘have more room to do my home work,” while 5% said that it did not really mat- i ma Ye ter where a pep rally was held because they thought they were “‘stupid and boring” or because “‘I try to skip pep rallies because they’re dull and a waste of my time.”’ The cheerleaders, besides taking part in annual fund- raising projects, undertook a large summer project: painting the football stadium white, black, and orange. This seemed to increase stu- dent morale, as those stu- dents questioned unanimously agreed that the cheerleaders’ work was definitely an im- provement on the appearance of the stadium. Approximately 500 stu- dents attended the annual Homecoming dance and football game. Three organizations sponsored floats for the par- ade, and the student body voted for the Homecoming Queen and Maid of Honor. Several organizations with- in the school collected canned food for the needy, contrib- uted to charities such as the March of Dimes and Uni- ted Way, and performed other community-minded service pro- jects as a reflection of school spirit. An estimated 70 juniors and seniors participated ‘n the powderpuff game, an event that brought class competition to its climax. Both the play- ers and the cheerleaders practiced for two hours daily for as much as three weeks in preparation for the annual fight for class superiority and spirit. The best-attended foot- ball game was once again the Western Branch game, which ended in a 0-0 tie. Atten- dance for this game was an estimated 6000 fans from both Churchland and Western Branch. The atténdance for the other nine games was disappointing, as only several hundred Churchland students came to each game. The first issue of the TRUCKER TOPICS, the school newspaper, sold 320 issues. This figure was the greatest number sold in many years. Participation in Hell Week (the week before the hotly contested football game be- tween Churchland and their arch-rivals, the Western Branch Bruins) was on the rise, much to the dismay of ged a Pan caeuneecs