Kecoughtan High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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DURING VACATION, students flock to Busch Gardens for days of exciting rides, concerts, and shows. 8 Student Life

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Excellence in every area for 20 years I n the fall of 1963, Kecoughtan opened its doors to 1,100 juniors and sophomores, and became the third high school in Hampton. Those first students began a tradition of academic, athletic, extra-curricular, and personal excellence, establishing a reputation as the “best-all-around” high school in Hampton. While other schools have excelled in a single area at one period or another, our students have consist¬ ently done well in varied pursuits. Numerous trophies, plaques, and awards decorate the rooms of the NJROTC, Band, Chorus, VICA, TRIBAL TALES, DECA, SCA and others. The showcases in Warrior Hall are filled with trophies that the swim, soccer, football, baseball, basketball, tennis, SENIORS PAT MUGLER AND MONTE LEHMKUHLER lead the “Surf Rats” on an early-season assault of the waves at Buckroe Beach. track and golf teams have won throughout the years. More Kecought¬ an students consistently attend Boys’ and Girls’ State and Governor’s School each year, and more of our students receive scholarships and win awards for writing and artistic ability. Our faculty ranks as the best in Hampton, and so does our curriculum. Coaches and club sponsors have made extra¬ curricular activities an important part of our school. Scholars, athletes, musicians, fans, boosters, teachers, counselors, coaches, sponsors, administrators, leaders, followers, and spectators all contribute to the essence and spirit that is Kecoughtan — the knowledge that we are the “Best-AII-Around.” GESTURING FREELY, junidr Marti Foxwell tries to get her point across to sophomore Mari e Mirabella, and seniors Kristin Donoghue and Mike Folsom at a TAG Group meeting. Opening 7

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Student Life A study of school daze S tudent Life — that all encompassing aura that surrounds everyone in the building. It’s stumbling into Physics at 8:15 in the morning, still bleary-eyed from sleep. It’s lunch with your friends in the bustling cafeteria, discussing happenings and doing homework. It’s willing the clock to move faster toward the end of your own school day. Some leave after fifth, fourth, or even third; but those last few moments are the slowest of all. It’s staying well after sixth period to practice with the team, work on publications, attend club meetings, and make-up tests. It’s staying after until the school is empty and silent, all the noise and confusion of the day stilled for the night. It’s life out of the building, too. Joining the screaming crowd at football games, frequenting the local nightspots, going to parties and concerts. All of these experiences make up the memories of your “best-all-around” year. SHOWING SPIRIT, Gary Ervin, Mike Greene, Lawrence Sheppard, James Stamps, and Raphel Wilkins ham it up at the basketball pep rally. Student Life 9