Green Run High School - Equus Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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.f S.. The d!l:l Side 'Skoting meons pushing yourself to the limit e doing tricks newer ond petter with ev- ery run ond keeping oheod of the peck, sold Kevin Morris, sophomore. Kevin, ond others like him, is on oyid skdtepoord- er who deeply resented the ruling of the Virginio Beoch City Council this yeor thot pockyord rdrnps were IIIQQOI Continued Kevin, 'l think thot skoteooord romps should pe ollowed orourid here pecouse they keep kids out of trouple drift sometimes it is nord to find All Cruiiri' o ride to Troshmoref' Mt. Troshmore is the most populor ploce to skote, occording to o survey token. Other populor ploces included Lynnhoven ond Fudelds. Whot kind of equipment is needed for skotepoording7 Cited sophomore Seon Block, l'Knee pods ore most impor- tont Kevin soid, Knee pods ond roils ore dll I use out o proin- pucket is suggested. Other skoters sold elbow pods were helpful, too. The overoge skoter spends onywhere from S96 to S120 ond more for his ooord, ond o duoli- ty poord lfrom such monufoc- tureers os Sims, Perolto ond Vi- sionl could go up to 8150. Skdters skote for fun ond to 'lshow their obilitiesf' sold Joe Upiol, sophomore. lt's some- thing to do in my spore time.' Russell Jewell ogreed. lt's fun. You con do some neot tricks. All ogreed thot it is not o pos- sing foncy like preokdoncing. Eigoloined Russell, For the true skoter, it's o sport. The common wish is for o skotepoording teom ot Green Run. Russell offerred odvice to be- ginners. 'Skotepoording tokes tolent. lt's hord to Ieorn ond for o beginner, I wouldn't go out ond buy o new poord becciuse you get frustrotedf' - Stocy Decker Chris MocKinnon Showlng of! his Hand !:lanf , .loo Ublal skates at o prlva o ramp.

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I Ns V. 'X H4 ' 1, S A D157 l don'T know where 215 -is. Where is iT'? lT's on a hall- 'ay all by iTself. BuT ThaT's noT hy iT's special. Walking inTo The room, iT Toks like a regular classroom: .vo chalkboards, rows of iesks, books, posiers, eTc. The lJdenTs filing in are chaTTering T-3ouT The morning session aT 1.D.C., geTTing a job. moving, 'liiling a TesT, and The usual gos- 3 among Teenagers. i The bell rings - Paula walks l , closely followed by Mrs. aThy Benn. And so begins fifih ll I l l ii l Y H ll l Wlih The heir: of a calculator, Dar Ieni comp etes her math home wor . Special Gnes bell in room 215. This is The class for The learn- ing disabled. This is a non- crediT course To provide help for Those who need iT. 'This program is designed To help The sTudenT grow and learn as much as he can To be- come an independenT and valuable member of socieTy, said Mrs. Benn. We wanT Them To feel good abouT Them- selves. As class conTinues, Mrs. Benn is discussing The class curricu- lum for EfTecTive ParenTing wiTh Darlene while Paula grades some papers. Mrs. Benn is The Tough moTher, proTecTing and loving her ufamilyf' buT noT cuddling Them, encouraging indepen- dence and courage To Tackle life's problems. Some Things The program emphasizes are sunfival skills like reading bus schedules and labels and independenT living. MosTly, Though, The special educaTion program is lla good supporl sysTem. For The mosT parl, The kids Try To help each oTher, said Mrs, Benn. l've always wanTed To be a Teacher. When I was a iunior in high school, I worked wiTh a special ed day camp and really enjoyed iT. AT college. They Told me There was a need for special ed Teachers, and l've been one ever since, ex- plained Mrs. Benn. 'll like working wiTh special ed - because They're special people. - Chris MacKinnon Cvuzin' 39

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rl into tho sky, Tlm Dutton ggfrlgrafrafos a front eldo air. S 42 - Q '10 ,pf Z! gl -Lg' l -, TOP: Wlth his board perpindlcularto the ramp, Jason James smoothly executes another front side air. LEFT: Despite a broken arm, Russell Jewell still managed to hit the ramps. Here he is performing a backside kick turn. Quickly but gracefully Jack Faddls moves into a mute air. Cruzim' -411