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

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NAP TIME. John Schoepflin takes a short break during class, as the effects of the long day fi¬ nally get to him. HO HUM. Patiently waiting for the time to pass, Mrs. Lawson doesn’t seem too anxious for an¬ other hectic day at work. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. After completing her work, Beth Scott uses her books as a pillow and enjoys a quiet, schooltime snooze. SITTING WITH STYLE. Dennis Kirby and Katrina Berry take a moment to relax in the hall. Ka¬ trina was one of many students that livened up a Monday by participating on Pajama Day. Mondays 13

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From Weary Bodies To Weak Conversations To Strong Coffee The ultimate Bummer of The Week Was Mondays CATCHIN UP. Mike Clinger spends his free time finishing some homework. “Oh no, not again!” these words were usu¬ ally the essence of what many high- schoolers thought when they crawled out of their warm beds, only to face the drudg¬ ery of school. The weekend served as a time to relax and do what you wanted to do. When this short, but sweet vacation was taken away, it was only natural that harsh feel¬ ing erupted. Anyone could tell it was a Monday by ei¬ ther the sights, sounds, or smells in the school. Tired students walked lazily around the halls, as the buzzing excite¬ ment of the previous Friday had diminished. Heavy, sagging eyelids and heads plastered to desk-tops were quite familiar, also. The loud conversations chiseled down and the sound of silence now dominat¬ ed. Coffee mugs showered the school, for caffeine was need¬ ed by students to jump start themselves on a Monday morning. It was almost as if a day¬ dream broke and the reality of school reap¬ peared. Notes, pop quizzes, tests, and com¬ plicated problems again constituted ev¬ eryone’s lives. Tales of what happened over the weekend dominat¬ ed the conversations, as the kids’ minds hadn’t yet shifted back into gear. Teachers con¬ stantly reminded their students that they were in class to learn. Neil Deane summed it up best when he freely ad¬ mitted “I can’t open my eyes on a Monday.” It could be determined that there was only one real comfort — one universal thought that filled the minds of ev¬ ery pupil. Four more days ‘till FRIDAY — the day we could once again break free at 3:15 and rock hard! 12 Mondays

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FLOATIN’. FHA club members show their spirit by riding on the homecoming float. From pop quizzes to pizza to parties, the ultimate night of the week was Friday It was diffe rent. There was a feeling of expectation. School calendars and the Charlottesville and Fredricksburg papers were consulted. Ev¬ erybody — students, teachers, and staff, are primed and ready. Students and teachers finally got out of the five day routine that seemed to drag on forever. It was the start of a two day break. As Jon Lohr said, “1 think it is the greatest day in¬ vented.” As students walked into school on any Friday morn¬ ing, they started looking at watches and clocks, immedi¬ ately beginning the countdown to the weekend. Fridays seemed to blow like the wind; first period flew by. Second hard¬ ly seemed to exist; by third, the expected pop quiz didn’t both¬ er anyone. Lunch hit and pandemonium usually broke out in the cafeteria. People ran around asking, “What’s going on to¬ night?” or “Who is Culpeper playing to¬ night?” Sometimes friends planned to go out to get a bite to eat or go out of town. Others decided to go to a movie, or meet at a friend’s house. The cafeteria acted as the social hub — a place to meet and decide what to do with the all important Friday night. As lunch finally ended, people were ready to hit the down-hill slide to the end of the day. Fifth through sev¬ enth periods went like a hurricane. By the time seventh pe¬ riod came around, a few students practi¬ cally needed a tran¬ quilizer to calm down. At 3:12 in the after¬ noon, the last bell rang. The halls al¬ most burst out of their seams. Students went to lockers, teachers packed up their papers and books, and EVERY¬ ONE hit the parking lots, ready to begin their favorite night of the week. 14 Fridays