James Monroe High School - Echo Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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THE 1986-87 School year started with Pride, Tradition, and Excel- lence. A leadership conference training course during the summer prepared our student leaders to make the best of the new year. By starting after Labor Day, we had a few more precious days of sunshine worship, summer jobs and summer fun before we looked toward the opening of school. The routine was new yet familiar. 2 Opening 4 The first week of school was a change in eating, sleeping, and thinking habits. No longer were we able to sleep ‘til one or stay out 'til three. Thoughts of “‘it’s too early to be up” surfaced, but a new tardy policy peeled us out of bed. Bells ruled our lives. Instead of when to go to the beach, we thought of when we wanted to go to lunch or “brunch”, for those of us with the first lunch wave. THE SUMMER FUN CONTINUES when Mike Burch, Greg Randall, Juno Pitchford, Rick Starling, Eric Bates, Kate Lucey, Beth Blackmon, Sally Cressy, Liz Lucey, Heather Rackey, Carter Hansen, and George Coghill, get together for a little ‘‘football.”’ Everyone wondered how messed up his or her schedule would be or how easy locker combinations would be to remember. Our look was proud, traditional, and excellent. AS we marched in our new band uniforms, won hockey and football games, practiced silence on silent day, listened to Mr. Waddell make the announcements, wore our big sweaters, took tests, we built our look — look Our way.

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Forward Motion | At the commencement of the school year, students were forced to shift gears and proceed full speed ahead. The tradition of spirit and hard work, native to aJames Monroe student, remained fastened to his heart, but new attitudes and an even deeper sense of school loyalty developed. Enthusiasm was excep- tionally alive in all aspects of school life; the academic world welcomed MR. ROBERTS LETS “LOOSE” and takes a break from class. new teachers and more advanced courses of study; the sphere of sports celebrated the arrival of new-comer coaches; and the social circuit added new school traditions to its belt. The James Monroe family walks its way with courage and con- fidence, not Knowing what the future holds but ready to meet whatever it encounters. KURT MOELLER WAVES this way after showing off his ‘‘Band Member of the Week” Award to his friend from North Stafford High. GOING FOR FIRST PLACE is Nichole Johnson, followed closely by Karen Young and Steph- anie Griffis. 4 Opening ¢ Saal rarer ae a EG Dae ee | JOBY COAKLEY, MELVIN SMITH, Terry Johnson and Herman Baskerville wait for dismissal to move on to the next Class.