Fitchburg High School - Boulder Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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What's an Annex? Lost Freshmen, schedules, new homerooms, old faces, and the teacher that I wish I had: all a part of that wonderful commotion that we call the first day of school. Oh, Yeah! They get to sleep late one more day! remarks a Freshman on the upperclassmen's lucky break. The hallways were filled with shouts of Did you see how much he's changed over the summer? and Her tan in outrageous! The 5th floor pool is still a mystery to the poor, deceived Freshmen as they wonder What's an annex? Maybe its up there with the pool! Okay, teachers, ready for some real excitement? Presenting . . . your class!!! It's that crazy bunch of kids whose heads you'll be trying to best to cram an education into for another year. We know that summer house near the lake that you just left looks pre tty good now, but its too late to run away. Hold on to your seats while we drive you up the wall! One more blessed year of high school for the seniors, those lucky devils who can stick their tongues out at everybody else. But don't get too happy, you still have 179 more days of tests, pop quizzes, and of dealing with those mysterious creatures called teachers. And, yes the hallways do look cleaner, but how long will they stay that way? Bustling bodies, questions, questions, the air was thick with confusion, which eventually but surely settled. Forgot where the gym is? Can't find a bathroom? Don't worry, this day comes only once a year! student Life 17

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FIRE! I George Baho checks the depth of the water on the 4th floor. It happens when you least expect it. You'll be sitting in class for 20 minutes, then DING DING DING, another fire drill! Everyone slowly rises, some grinning at the thought of breaking out of class for ten minutes, others griping at the thought of breaking out of class for ten minutes, other griping about having to go outside into the cold weather. The students slowly trudge down the halls, leaving through whichever exit they see their friends go out. Outside we all stand huddled together in the streets, talking about the test you were taking, yelling to your friends, sneaking a cigarette, or just trying to keep warm as you stand defenseless in the t George Baho brings in the speedry I machine. — ■ The task begins, on removing all ' the water. January wind. The teachers yell to get on the sidewalks, and you grumble about the cold, wondering when you can go back into the build- ing. You take your sweet time, stopping at your locker and walking down the second floor three times before you go back up to History class. No one ever takes a fire drill seriously. Ever since first grade, we've been drilled, listened to lectures, and watched films about fires. Yet we always regard fire drills as a nuisance or an excuse to get out of class. But the fire alarms have served their purposes in the past few years, such as when the sprinklers went off in the kitchen in '83, or the bomb scare in '86, and the most current sprinkler scare this year, when the fourth floor, for some mysterious reason, decided it wanted to get wet, send- ing the entire school to the cafe and gym. Even though fire drills usually result in 10 minutes of standing in the fresh outdoors, let's just re- member that they're for our safety. student Life 19