Jenkintown High School - Jenkintonian Yearbook (Jenkintown, PA)

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On the Move Different people do different things to get to one special place: school. Fact: The Jenkintown school district does not provide bus transportation for its students. Fiction: All students walk to school. One of Jenkintowrfs unique characteristics is the lack of organized transportation for stu- dents. This enables students to choose their means of getting to school. Although most walk for jog, or skip, or hop! or get Mom C C'mon, pleeaase? It's freezing out therelwl to drive them, some use different ways. A few students drive their own cars, and a few ride motorcycles, bicycles, or skateboards. The dogsled and army tank have been declared un- safe by the Jenkintown Board of Transporta- tion, so a few sad students had to abandon their traditional winter means of transportation this year! .. , t ., L E, Aw ss . t X 1 X s sls issue . .5 stef: hw t .gf -- o , K , ag: Q fi' ,iss . Na K SF M l.ttt s. sstrr, X ssc ll si 'K W .. R ,XXXMM NK- wp .. rx XX V455 usp I os! At R 5 R David Breinig cruises in to school on his skateboard. .e -f - Q W. Y Q L. rs. :iss 74 Transportation f Things

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3' X' Ox awakened senses be- The alarm gin to function, and the sound of a bel- lowing yawn fills the room: a new day is beginning for a Jenkintonian. The scene is all too common for most students: fresh out of a sweet slumber, the student finds himself somewhat dis- oriented after studying for a World Cul- tures exam the night before until 2:00 a.m. After a quick shower and a few minutes of rummaging for a clean 76 Things f Mornings Stefanie VanDorick for her morning walk. Morning: Silencing Alarms, Walking Dogs, and i ' 1 sii Papers, Day rfb, thi 5 if ,,,,i, ff. i,., f and sweater, he realizes that it's 7:40. The student must allow himself ten minutes for the walk to school, which now leaves five minutes in which to find gym clothes, money for lunch, the term pa' per which took a total of two days to research, write, and type, and last but not least, his books. Realizing that it is 10,F outside, the student finds it a comfort to carry a cup of coffee to school to warm his hands tg , M Q ig g gtig' 0 O r i it Q gl ,ar inf up and and forth, las it spills all over theml and insides. It is 8:03 and the typical student stumbles up the front steps of the high school, silently scolding himself for managing his time so poorly, l-le runs into homeroom just in time, complete with crystals of ice forming on his hair, and looking as though he just rolled out of bed. Before first period, he catches a quick snooze, or studies for the test coming up second period.