Colonial Heights High School - Omnibus Yearbook (Colonial Heights, VA)

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HS cheerleaders they happened to be performing doing stunts, making signs, or selling ribbons, CHHS cheerleaders very rarely a break from their spirit promoting ac- Trying to get students to show their 2 help spark spirits, support teams' efforts spirit enthusiastically became a full time job' for the cheerleaders. Since pep rallies became scarce during the school year, cheerleaders devised other ways to show the players that the school supported them. Handicapped by the broken bleachers, cheerleaders held out- side pep rallies during football season. Sometimes players awoke to find signs urging a victory mysteriously placed in their front yards during the night. To the delight of many a player and dismay of quite a few coaches, parties took the place of the absent pep rallies. Study halls became sign making time for the cheerleaders as they used this period to create many gigantic signs which covered cor- ridor walls. On some days, iackets, shirts, and vests suddenly bore ribbons obtained from the .il ll il 4 cheerleaders which enabled the wearers to show their spirit. Trying to promote spirit in the various classes as a whole, the cheerleaders created the spirit horn which was awarded to a different class each week, depending on how much spirit the class displayed during the week. ln addition to all their spirit promoting work, the cheerleaders themselves became involved in an entirely different type of cheerleading. Consisting of numerous stunts, these new cheers caused many extra hours of practice to fall upon the cheering squads. Aching muscles and numerous cases of lost voices plagued many a squad member as they learned the cheers for upcoming games. 3 'I. Before the pep rally begins, Patty Freeland points out where the other JV cheerleaders are to stand when they perform their cheers. 2. Executing a cheer during the foot- ball game, Carole Shortlidge yells to the crowded stands. 3. Furrowed brows and cries of despair escape from the cheerleaders as they listen to the many plans being described to them by the head cheerleader, Kathy Bandy. 4. Waiting for the bell to ring, Diane Hubbard, Lynne Covington, Julie Garrison, and Maureen McCarthy munch on candy and laugh over the day's events. Cheerleaders 27

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Tests and problems trouble all students Accumulations of learning were made throughout the year. By means of taking notes, reading, applying theory, and reasoning, students were able to increase their knowledge. Teachers lectured and assigned proiects, impossible as they seemed. Reasons for this work became evident all too soon. Tests in all of the students' classes included trivia which the students had acquired at one time or another. SCAT and STEP tests, given to Freshmen and Juniors, proved difficult as well as bothersome, while upperclassmen looked forward to college boards and achievement tests. Along with these tests, problems arose in all sizes, shapes, and forms. Questions seemed to have no answers. Accompanying the six weeks tests were mid-term and final exams, the ultimate in tests. Somehow, the maiority of students struggled through the year, many with high honors and perfect grades. inevitably, students would be tested on any and all knowledge they acquired. To students, tests administered by their teachers and other faculty members became a reality too real to ignore. I. Seniors, Gwin Hosford, Paul Wells, and David Ferry consolidate their efforts on the Armed Forces Aptitude Test. 2. Grinning at an amusing comment, Mrs. Garrison reviews a chapter on which the students will soon be tested. 3. Taking a test requires peak concentration on the part of Billy Hutto. 4. Blackening a minute circle on a stan- dardized test, Bari Davis attempts to finish his task. 5. Armed Forces tests are passed out to Billy Haydt and Steve McCool by a representative from the Air Force.