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

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1 ;, . ' ' ' 1. Caught in the act! Mr. Craig Dill, CCHS’s Computer and Physics teacher, looks sur¬ prised as he transports equipment from the Computer room to the Physics room. 2. In school, going to your locker is a daily routine. Here, Richard Hale, returning from the smoking lounge, retrieves his American Lit. book and prepares to go to class. 3. After lunch, Sonya Sarcozi and Vincent Hawkins find time beside the audi¬ torium to discuss their various summer activies. Some of the activities included swimming and dating. 4. Using the old Col¬ onnade room as the bookstore, Mrs. Mary Ann Kelsey, a library aid, sells Amy Starnes a new English book one morning before school. 7

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Anticipation The dog days of August signal the open¬ ing of Culpeper County High School for yet another school year. A feeling of an¬ ticipation and excitement fills the air as students crowd the halls. A festive mood pervades. From a small cluster of stu¬ dents, a burst of laughter rings through the halls as friends reunite. Once again, CCHS has come to life. For sophomores, high school equals changes. One difference sophomores en¬ counter occurs in the morning. Instead of waiting in the gym before school, stu¬ dents can wander the halls until first peri¬ od. Another change deals with smoking. CCHS contains a smoking lounge for stu¬ dents who desire to smoke; whereas in junior high, smoking is forbidden. Of course for sophomores, the first couple days of school are hectic since they must become familiar with both the school and their teachers. Now, sophomores have new options open to them. For example, playing a varsity sport can become a reali¬ ty for a few sophomores. A big thrill, get¬ ting a driver’s license, will come true for most sophomores. Like sophomores, juniors also have cer¬ tain adjustments to make; however, they have an advantage over the sophomores as they are already familiar with the school and teachers. Juniors “know the ropes,” and few things surprise them. During their junior year, several students face more responsibility than ever before. In fact, the junior class has the responsi¬ bility of organizing the prom. A few juniors are nominated for the National Honor So¬ ciety, a worthy achievement. Even on the first day of school, juniors wonder, “When do class rings come in?” The rings sym¬ bolize that the juniors have officially “ar¬ rived.” Traditionally, the seniors are BMOC- —Big Men on Campus. Even before en¬ tering CCHS for their last year, most sen¬ iors anticipate graduation. Although sen¬ iors want this year to pass quickly, they also want to enjoy all the privileges such as: the senior lunch table and cutting in the lunch line. For many seniors this year’s spirit week, homecoming and prom will be their last. Even after the class of 1984 has graduated, they will hopefully have happy memories of CCHS. 1. During lunch, Senior Brian Beard anxiously awaits his parking permit as Mr. F. T. Clark com¬ pletes a form. Seniors had the privilege of buying parking permits two days before the juniors and sophomores. 2. Let me show you how it ' s done,” Beth McCall tells Teresa Carter. Al¬ though school has just started, the band has been practicing through¬ out the summer. 3. Rich¬ ard Maddog” Maddox goes through the usual routine of filling out forms as he returns to school on August 25. Maddox, a ju¬ nior, plays on the varsity football team.

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There’s Excitement In The Air The beginning of Homecoming Week stirs up great excitement. There is Spirit Week, election of Home¬ coming princesses (and eventually the Homecoming Queen), the Homecoming parade, and topping off the week’s events is the Homecoming dance. Spirit links went on sale, halls decorated and, of course, dress-up days brightened up the halls. Monday host¬ ed “Toga Day”, Tuesday gave us “Punk Rock Roll Day”, Wednesday saw “Grub Day”, Thursday wel¬ comed “Dress-Up Day”, and Friday spiritfully ca¬ tered “Blue Gold Day”. The top dressed home¬ room was Mrs. Sims ' French class. Mrs. Oliver’s homeroom bought the most spirit links, with a grand total of $120.10. Mrs. Mitchell’s homeroom came in second with a total of $91.35 and Mrs. Albert’s homeroom slid into third place with a total of $68.55. (1) After being selected as CCHS Homecoming Queen for 1983-84, Donna Andes is driven around the stadium for anxious onlookers to see. (2) Grub Day brings out the best in everyone, as Ellen Embrey and David Jen¬ kins prove. In Grub Day competition, Juniors won with 131 participants. Seniors slid into second with 126, and Sophomores came in third with 116. (3) Toga Day was surely mistaken for the “Roman Invasion . Kevin Harry showed off his designer toga to second lunch shift. 8