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

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Broins I-love More Fun! Hello All, I con'T believe hovv much fun I'm hoving here oT G-overnor's School. l know oT The end of July I'm noT going To be reody To come home ogoin. OverThe losT severol weeks everyone here hos become like o fomily: our dorms ore sTrongely enough beginning To feel o IoT like home. Mosf people would be nouseoTed by The prospecT of spending o monTh of o hord edrned summer oT school, buT our direcTors reolly go ouT of Their vvoy To moke Things in- TeresTing for us. We hove sever- ol hours of closses every mom- ing, buT The resT of The doy is mosTly spenT vviTh enTerToin- menT ond recreoTion. Every- nighT There is o movie, concerl, poelry reoding. donce, or oTher fun ocTiviTy. All The Time noT spenT in some Type of orgo- nized progrom, we spend jusT Tolking. IT is omozing how much you con Ieorn by jusf IisTening To people. Everyone here hos Their ovvn speciol gifTs To shore ond noT mony people ore inhibiTed obouT expressing Themselves. The mosT speciol Thing obouT This vvhole experi- ence is ThoT you con Turn oround in The lunch line To Tolk To o sTronger ond end The con- versoiion Tolking To o friend. WiThouT o doubT iT is The peo- ple ThoT moke Governors School exciTing. We hove reolly been hoving o good Time geTTing To know eoch oTher here. We've been finding plenly of Time for woTer fighTs ond oTher ossorled mis- chief ond misconducT. The oTher moming l woke up cov- ered wiTh shoving creom: The objeci of my roommoTes worped sense of humor. I goT o leTTer The oTher doy from Befh lVloTTeson ond Ashley Anders. They're oT The Virginio Tech Governors School. Ashley seems To be jusT os enThrolled wiTh The experi- ence os I om. Belh ond Ashley Told me oll obouf Their odven- Tures in The Coscodes. They vvenT svvimming of The bose of The vvoTerfoll. They seem To be geTTing info jusT os much Trou- ble os me. The oTher doy, Befh sold, The girls roided The guys dorm. Lorisso Golion ond l ore hov- ing o good Time observing The chonges Toking ploce in eoch oTher. This environmenT seems To ollovv people To become Things ThoT They never could be before. Lorisso ond l hove boTh become o loT more ouTgoing. I'm even obnoxious oT Times. Well iT's Time To go The din- ner. l'm sure were probobly hoving mysTery meoT wiTh oronge grovy ogoin. The food is definiTely gross, buf The dinner Time conversoTions ore more Thon enough To moke up for ThoT. See you oll in o couple of weeks. Love, Shone Top Lett: Govemor's School was an intense educational and social experience, yet it allowed ample opportunity tor playing around on the beautiful campuses ot Mary Washington and Virginia Tech. Lett: The unusual proved to be quite normal at Governor's School. Shane couldn't walt to show oft his newly acquired Aero- bics skills. Cruzin' 55

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Above: Muslc played a ma'or role ln the G-School exper ence. Several Talent Shows were a showcase for some of the most talented muslclans ln Vlrglnla. Rlght: Govemor's School also had It's share of braln Power. Larlssa and team placed Irst ln the Gov- emor's School College of Gener- al Knowledgef' a competltlon slmllar to Tl ewater Challenge. Far Rlght: The dress code was all but non-existent. Ashley and lrlends model their togos before one ofthe many dances. 541 ffUZll'l' Right: Curfew was 11:30 on week- nlghts but that dIdn't necessarlly mean bedtime. The hours after curfew were an excellent time for letter writing, Trivial Pursuit, and talking. Below: As we talked together, as we laughed together, and as we played together, the 400 people at the two Governor's Schools leamed that leaming can be fun. , Life 'wif :.: 5- 'L+ 1 if x. ..-gr., l '-1 'xwxv ,A '4 w 3 1 ul .3- x . .v .E 'I . ' I 3.2, 5-I3 ,r' .. m aff. .

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