Culpeper County High School - Colonnade Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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Martha Mitchell and Suzanne Mann show Christmas spirit by decorating the tree placed in the main hall by the SCA. Lynne Brumett and Janice Deane hurriedly leave school on December 22 for two weeks of Christmas vacation. 17

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Student Life Art Department Shows the Christmas Spirit As the Christmas season rolled around once again, students expressed their happiness in many ways. The Art Department decorated the halls with many different Christmas paintings. These pictures were thought up and drawn by the students themselves. Adding a special brightness to the monotonous halls, the pictures were only one of the ways individuals showed their Christmas cheer. Also decorating the halls, several students, taking French, put up a bulletin board in the main hall showing Christmas in France. Showing its spirit, the Music Department presented a Christmas concert on December 13. The choral music classes sang and the school band played many old and new Christmas songs. Exhibiting its Christmas cheer, the SCA placed a tree in the hall and decorated it with ornaments. Homeroom representatives were responsible for having Christmas boxes, to be filled with canned goods, placed in their respective homerooms. Despite many disagreements, school did not let out for Christmas vacation until December 22. Students returned having only thirteen days of vacation instead of the usual two weeks. Thomas Clark, better known as Santa Claus, relaxes before he appears on stage at the Home Economics fashion show. Lewis Armstrong and Donald Miles relax completely as they read newspapers in the library during study hall. 18

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Student Life Exam Schedule Revised Twice Due to Snow Snow fell on the first day that exams were scheduled to start causing school to be called off and moving exams up one day. Students returned to school the next day and took their first two exams. Then it snowed once again and exams had to be rescheduled for the next day. Starting off the second semester, the traditional dress code was revised. The new code allowed girls to wear pant suits and tunic outfits. Before the change, no pants of any kind could be worn by girls. With the PTA and the student body backing the revision, first Mr. Piper, principal, signed it, and then the school board passed it. The new code was strictly enforced allowing only the specified apparel. Juniors gathered in Room 10 during their respec- tive study halls to order their class rings. Beginning this year, junior girls could order the miniature sized class rings instead of the usual larger size. The ring would be exactly the same, onlv on a smaller scale. Reaching for a magazine, Nash Johnson and Joan Clatterbuck exhibit the new addition to the dress code, pants suits. Students watch intently while the Blue Devils win again. 18