Gar Field High School - Indian Echoes Yearbook (Woodbridge, VA)

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Summer school class appears to hold interest. First Summer School Held At G-F In 1973 Students find reading with their feet up is more stimulating ■. -mn xme ■ m 4 «t ' 3 V ■ -r, ’ - v. vim- ■ tm ' m Wti As always Mr Young is seen in and around the halls of G-F. The media center is a great place for relaxing. Student Life 29

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Students make good use of reference room. Summer school ' 73 was the first year of summer school held at Gar-Field. It had been previously held at Woodbridge High. The reason for holding summer school here was so that the facilities of the new school could be used more fully. There were about 1000 students from Gar-Field and Woodbridge attending the summer session. This year these students had more of a variety of subjects to choose from than in previous years. Most students enjoyed attending summer school in a new air-conditioned building, although it still meant getting up early. Having a new building made things a little better because the atmosphere was more pleasant for students and teachers alike. Summer school is just like attending regular school. The days aren ' t quite as long and the halls aren ' t quite as crowded because less students attend summer school. A day of summer school starts at 8 a m. and ends at 1 p.m. During this five hour period the students are given two 1 5 minute breaks. In the cafeteria the students were given an ala carte menu to choose from. Attending summer school isn ' t all that bad. It is another opportunity for students to further their education. - Debbie Collier and Eddie Moore take it easy during the long hours. 28 Student Life

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Students receive lockers from SGC Lilo Frank keeps students in line for lockers. School Opens More Smoothly Than Ever The 1973-74 school year at Gar-Field High School started early on Monday morning August 27, too early for most students, teachers, and administrators. But somehow, someway everyone made it for the first day of school. Students were eager to see friends from last year and to make new ones. This year ' s stu¬ dent body numbered approximately 2800, which is the largest ever for G-F. Things got started with an assembly in the gymnasium with the whole student body attending. Lilo Frank, SGC president, led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Mr. Cox gave an opening prayer and then he spoke briefly to explain school policies and regulations. There are a few new rules at G-F this year but the thing Mr. Cox emphasized the most was that old rules were going to be enforced. He also took this opportunity to acquaint students on how classes were scheduled. Students were then dismissed to homeroom advisories to begin the school year. In advisory the teachers went over the student handbook and tried as best they could to answer any questions stu¬ dents had about anything. They also tried explaining schedules so the first day of school would go over smoothly. Sched¬ ules were hard to understand this year because of regular and alternate day schedules, but by the end of the first week students were getting along okay with their schedules. All in all things went quite well. It ' s the best start of a school year Gar-Field has seen in quite a few years. There was a new sense of pride and spirit thisyear as school began at G-F. The atmosphere was very friendly. Stu¬ dents felt as one, proud, and united once again at Gar-Field Senior High School. 30 Student Life Keep Smiling was objective of SGC when taking student I D. pictures.