Kecoughtan High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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Home Ec?! . .. You ' ve got to be kidding! Amidst the confusion of the first day of school, Jay Rakes, Melissa Santa Barbara, and Pete Polonsky apprehensively await their schedules. Rule 1 ... Expect the unexpected!! Newcomers to Kecoughtan learn this immediately as the dancing perverted pygmies invade sophomore orientation. Gears in Motion Welcoming new students with a flagtwirling routine to Shake Your Booty, captain Tammy Harper captivates the audience during sophomore orientation. 14 SPECIAL EVENTS

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Coke adds life! —After performing a spectacular half-time show of T.V. commercials, the band and flag carriers march up to the stands. Projecting an image of happiness, Homecoming queen, Laura White, contemplates the big upcoming dance. Put a tiger in your tank! Disguised as a fierce Warrior, a Volkswagen devours a Tabb tiger. SPECIAL EVENTS 13

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Flanked by his two tags, Tammy Batten and Suzy Cunningham, Dennis O ' Connor smiles radiantly, reflecting the typical expression of all sophomores after becoming licensed drivers. In the second year of schooling, I always wanted to be .. . Childhood dreams are enacted by Donovan Wesley, Tracy Blanchard, Sarah Link, and Suzanne Liesman during their version of The Twelve Years of Schooling. Whirrr! Clank! Rattle! Creaks and moans sounded as brain tapes whirled and unreeled; seemingly dead bodies heaved themselves out of their familiar beds and listlessly readied themselves for that dreaded, end-of- a-lazy-summer trauma—The First Day of School. Forgotten functions, such as rising to the sound of an alarm clock or eating breakfast before noon had to be re-programmed into the memory banks of the sluggish robot¬ like creatures. Trudging off toward the building they had so faithfully avoided all summer, the groggy beings painfully thought of school and all its problems. Once there, the newer models were ushered into the primary holding tank, the gym, where their rusty batteries were jolted back to life by perverted pygmies. After the initial shock, the new models were introduced to school process through skits and speeches presented in the perennial orientation program. Robot-in-chief, Harry B. Dyche indoctrinated the sophomores in their responsibilities as high school students. With the initial prepping completed, the 1980 models were herded to the next holding tank, homeroom, where they received pages upon pages of instructions concerning fees and regulations. The day continued until the remaining six stages of class were finished. During this time, the air was filled with squeals and creaks as rusty gears began to function after three months of disuse. Gradually, some of the robot-like features and motions faded away. Finally, the last bell sounded and the entire transition from robot to student was completed. Taking on the features of ordinary students, the former robots streamed out of the school doors with all the enthusiasm they had lacked upon entering—The First Day of School! jPECIAL EVENTS 15