Fort Hunt High School - Fortress Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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In rhe back parking lor by rhe smoking lounge, oil rhe trailers for rhe workers clurrer rhe area T ru In a rhrone of cinder blocks rhar appeared one day, Sara Cooper rakes refuge An equal number of blodss disappeared from a construction sire rhe same day rhe rhrone appeared All of rhis year ' s arr supplies are piled up in one room Here Mrs, Williams and Shaun and David Walker rummage Through looking for a typewriter Consrrucrion 19

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IMPROVEMENTS? Hove you ever walked Through a hallway rhis year wirhour seeing a consrrucrion worker? Did you go ro o classroom only ro find our rhar ir was voconr, or workers were in rhe room, or rhor rhere was no room or olP This happened ro many srudenrs during rhe school year Because of rhe fire, Taxpayers pur rheir money rogerher ro rry ro rebuild rhe school. The insurance agency would nor allow rhe school ro renovare and rebuild ar rhe same rime Because parrs of rhe school hod ro be rebuilr, workers had ro rear down whar had been done ro renovare The man in charge of rhe consrrucrion was Mr. Mike Wagner, rhe School Board represenrarive He said, Everyone has been real nice, ir ' s been a pleasure ” I ' ve rebuilr rhis school once before, righr afrer rhe fire, and I can do ir again. he claims smiling. Abour 20 men were involved wirh rhe con¬ srrucrion, same in plumbing, and orhers in elecrricol Mr Wagner feels rhe work will be complered by May 1 He finishes by saying, The srudenrs were excellenr and a joy ro be around Srudenrs and reachers didn ' r complain much bur some srudenrs were upser by ir all The arr room is o mess, we have supplies bur we can? use rhem because rhey ' re piled up in anorher room, said Ms Williams The consrrucrion workers pur some of rheir equipmenr in rhe rooms and srudenrs are eirher crowded or displaced There is so much noise and so many boxes rhar ir is very hard ro concenrrare. Some classes have ro be swirched ro orher rooms, like arr, shop, compurer science, rhe Forrress and rhe Fronrline had ro do all rheir prmring ar home Even Though we were forced ro change from one room ro onorher, we somehow mode ir Through rhe school year Nexr year rhe srudenrs look forward ro a finished school which rhey con enjoy, bur rhe memories of clanging, nailing, boxes, and ladders lying oround will no doubr remain. The conrinous moss of wood and dnder bloclss hos become on expec ted sighr for srudenrs who pass by frequently Filling rhe hole rhey jusr dug up, rhe consrrucrion work ers warch over rhe scene 18 Consrrucrion

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' PARTIES.” INDEED?” NATURALLY!” We ' re supposed ro do a piece on parries wirhour rhe usual descriprion of Friday afrer noon ar 2 20, so here we go. There ' s nor much norural exciremenr in suburban Vir¬ ginia, even on rhe weekends. So we make our own! On rhe smaller scale, a rrip ro your local dealer or rhe neighborhood 7-Eleven or borh and a place ro planr yourself are rhe only requiremenrs. Bur full-scale war begins when rhe guy nexr door rells you his par enrs have gone ro Las Vegas rill nexr Tues¬ day. Now, if his besr friend gor a paycheck rhis week, rhey mighr buy a keg or a few borrles of Everclear, which narurally mixes wirh Mommy ' s Hi C fruir punch Now you need runes so rhe lasr manuever is hooking up rhe wailing srereo our friend Mike gor for Chrisrmas. If we ger lucky, somebody will find us a band The fever begins The main arrracrion for rhis Friday is under way, Open Parry ar so and-so ' s! You could say rhar rhere are rhree kinds of parries around here 1 keggers, 2 keggers, and 3-keggers, bur rhar ' s nor ex acrly rrue We rry ro have a few cockrail parries every year, and indoor skiers are frequenrly found near rhe slopes. We have our shore of day and nighr rrippers, and rhe connoisseurs of norural herbs will evenrually emerge from some smoky arric room. However rhey manage ir, everybody par ries 1 Thanks ro Mr Cabelus we ger ro parry before, during, and afrer school, as well as ar Alpha, Prom, and, ar lasr bur nor leasr, Graduarion! So whar ' s going on rhis weekend ' 1 Parries. Indeed? Narurally! Ar Dione Wilde ' s house, Drod Hirschy, and Mike Gallior depend on Morgy Oambery for supporr A birrhdoy parry is o greor excuse ro hove o parry, Chris Norringhom and Mike Coppellerri seem ro rhink so or leosr. You meon rhe donee is over??? aslss o surprised LuAnn Mondloch rhe morning afrer . 20 Parries