Fairborn High School - Flight Yearbook (Fairborn, OH)

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Have you ever stopped to think what high school life would be like without student activities? No Homecoming; no Vespers; no Fall Play; no Spirit Week. A horrible thought, right? Lucky for us, such a life didn't exist — and it shouldn’t. Activities broke the monotony of classes, studying, and tests. Whether you went to rehearsals everyday after school, worried endlessly if that cute guy in your 2nd period would ask you to the dance, or just enjoyed your nights out with your friends-it was a welcomed break — even though it wasn't all fun and games. Maybe it was the thought of going over that Chorale song at LEAST a thousand times. It was all part of Student Life. Every breed of student could get involved in the school x-tras to help them avoid getting caught up in the hectic days-whether it was Homecoming for the sentimentals, Spirit Week for the “crazies”, or Vespers and the play for the artistic types. So, what were the rewards? Meeting new boy girl friends, little free time to watch “Cosby?” Or maybe a greater sense of belonging? Who knows? What we did outside of class was often “More Than Meets the Eye.” • ENJOYING the atmo- sphere of the evening. Senior Wes Matsel and his date, Lori Nagel. take a break from the dancing at the Christmas Dance. Dances were a way students could relax with each other away from the pressures of school. SENIOR RAH! Leading the rest of the senior powder- puff cheerleaders, Patrick Armstrong, Jay Stanton and Andy Feltz cheer on their team as well as entertain the crowd. Student Life T

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What did you think of the Student Life activities this year? Do you think they helped increase the spirit at FHS? 6 They give us a chance to shou u hat the school means to us. I think the other schools look at our school spirit as admirable because whether we win or lose, we always haoe spirit''-Sandl Wilkinson, 10 “A couple of years ago, our spirit was really low, but now, with the help of the great Spirit Week ac- tioities and dances, we haoe enough spirit left ooer for three schools! - Cathy Schaumleffel, 12 I thought we put a lot of effort into our activities. We have the quality at FHS but we still get no respect. Student Life ac- tivities help us show other schools our true colors. - Darryl Brandt, 11 Everyone knows that Fairborn is considered the 'underdog,' but what they may not know is we are ‘king of the hill' when it comes to spirit. Student Life activities proved this. -Susan Carey, 12

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No More School Blues File Number: 282-62-9272 Disease: School Blues Symptoms: Severe Grade Droppage, Loss of Interest in School, Depression, Neglec- tion of Homework. Cure: Although many have been fied, such as Christmas and Spring break, the only cure nine out of ten doctors recommended was a three month therapy period of in- tense free time, better known as summer. During this time the patients enjoyed a complete agenda filled with various ac- tivities. These could be most easily classified into four main categories known as; Vegetating. Vacationing, Preparing for next year's activities, and Working. Vegetating was the first level of therapy. It involved doing as little as possible. In case 158 Junior Matt Dewald stated. “Hey, there was nothing I had to do. I did period commonly called Band Camp. Band Camp was really instructive, helpful, useful and hard. We worked for six hours every morning in 500 degree weather and for three more hours at night in ice cold weather,” commented case 13 Frosh Gaby Joubert. These among other ac- tivities, helped to lessen the initial shock of starting school again by getting the patient back into the swing of things and on a regular schedule. Other groups, such as journalists and drama types, took a less physical attitude toward summer by atten- ding workshops. Nevertheless, they were still kept very busy. “Ball State had a week long Thespian Conference. There was so much to do that it was impossible to do even half of the things that were offered!” commented case 201 Senior Brandie Roberts, a drama club member. FHS students have a high flying summer just what I felt like doing. Then I discovered Group Bumming. 20-30 people bumming around in the same place.” This type of pa- tient could often be found hanging around a pool or shopping at the mall. Vacationing was the second method. It involved vegetating but in a different place. The patient had to do a lot of planning before. Case 74, Junior Pamela Kilrain stated, We went to Florida for vacation. While we were there we went to Sea World and I saw Baby Shamu. Oh he’s so cute!” This method of treatment was used to remove the diseased patients from their environment to stimulate recovery. Summer training was known only to those patients dedicated to their extracur- ricular activities which occurred during the school year. Aside from camps, many athletes attended school activities known as workouts which weren't mandatory, but necessary, for them to remain a step ahead of the competition. Marching band mem- bers enjoyed a two week preparation Working in some cases made summer as nearly trying as the school year had been. Those who survived their jobs at familiar places such as Taco Bell, Elder Beerman s and McDonald s found them to be rewar- ding both monetarily and educationally. Case 69 Senior Marc Georges stated, ”1 was trying to make money for all the things seniors have to pay for.” No two patient's needs were the same, each one had to find his own mixture of catching rays and flipping burgers that led to a productive summer. As all good things must come to an end, when this three month therapy period came to a close the patients, now referred to as students, began to suffer from withdrawal. Once this point was reached, the student was temporarily cured of the disease and ready for one more year at high school. File 282-62-9272 Summer 1986, case closed. • PLAYING SPORTS Is not all glory, it is mostly hard work. While at summer workouts Freshman ’ Tony Ross practices his shooting skills. He along with ° other soccer players participated in wotkou's w throughout the summer. 8 Summer Activities page t y K. Cunningham. E. Wilson