Kecoughtan High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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“Is the popcorn fresh? How much is it? Mike Broussean wants to be sure he gets his money ' s worth at an early morning bake sale. Warrior Images Draw your bows, Warriors! Prepare for the coming onslaught. You ' re being stereotyped, computerized, dehumanized. Stop before it ' s too late; each of you is an individual, a living, breathing human. Okay, calm down. Surely, each Indian is important to the tribe, but the tribe and the events make history. Although a few faces appear more prominently on the totem pole than others, the annals of history are records of the group as a whole—the group moves the world, the moves are the events. The special events—the incidents, the dances, the get-togethers. These will outlive the participants, the people who made the special events possible. 1977-78 was the year of the Prom without a site, the Homecoming that won the Junior Class high acclaim, the not-so-spirited Spirit Week. The sports—the sweltering summer practices and chilly Friday night football games, the district meets, the scrimmages. The sweat of the average team player was just as painfully spent, yet only the heroics of the champions will be remembered. The clubs and organizations—to serve and honor; to teach and entertain. While extracurricular activities enjoyed a respectable following, the groups did not generate the excitement or intense emotions that are essential to make Warrior history. Looking back, one was aware that the plays and publications made the biggest imprints on the mind. Academics and faculty—the heart of the Kecoughtan educational experience. The teachers and the curriculum were not, in themselves, history-makers, but they offered their charges the tools necessary to reshape the world. Finally, the people—their place assured as a group, not as individuals. The classes, the clubs, the teams — the tribe was all of these. The tribe did not make history for Kecoughtan; the tribe was history. Enjoying a snack at the DECA open house, teachers relax before facing a hectic day in the classroom. INTRODUCTION 7

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Y-E-L-L ... everybody yell! An excited J.V. cheerleader, Jennifer Sporer, urges the football team on to victory against Phoebus. Raising her arms in a victory sign, senior Angela Reeves Intent on a physics lab, seniors Billy Maston and Jeff Nowlin struggle with the problem of proclaims the Warriors, Number One. resistivity while Linda Lopez finds their solution boring. 6 INTRODUCTION

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New Season - Another Event Gods created the heavens and the earth, and, from the beginning, there was an alternation of days and nights, a changing of seasons, to mark the passage of time. The mortal Warrior, on the other hand, marked the inevitable completion of the year by special events — from the three month summer hfatus to graduation. As each occasion drew near and then slipped by, the tribe anticipated the ensuing cycle of another school year. In August, the Kecoughtan reservation welcomed its red-skinned (or sunburned) sons and daughters, commemorating the event with Orientation Day and the Back-to- School Dance. As the football Homecoming and Mistletoe and Holly Ball approached, then left, so, too, did autumn depart. Winter will not be remembered as the snowy season; winter was the season of the Basketball Homecoming Dance, the Spaghetti Dinner, and the Miss KHS Beauty Pageant. Spring heralded the departure of the Class of 78; the days and weeks prior to the June 8th graduation date were filled with activities. Class Night, Hall of Fame, Senior Skip Weekend, and Baccalaureate were, in a way a farewell to the 450 seniors. Then resuming the cycle, summer . The tribe moved off the reservation and onto the beaches, pools and parks—but only until Orientation Day 1978.