Lexington High School - Lexington Yearbook (Lexington, MA)

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ure, home’ll always S be there when you need it, but where are you going to go during your free blocks?” Many students claim a particular place as their ‘home away from home,’ while others relax or work in various locations. Often before school, students will sit and talk for a while be- fore making the transition to A block. Conversation here usually consists of phrases such as “did you understand the - - - home- work?” and “| want to go back to sleep.” Later in the day, hangout conversation is much more lively. When students have free time, they relax either in study hall or elsewhere. Most people would agree that the ‘elsewhere’ stu- dents have a much better time than those in study hall, who must Communi- cate silently with awkward gestures. Once a month, on pro- fessional day, the majority of LHS students descend like locusts upon the mer- chants of Lexington center. Vast amounts of chinese food are consumed by ii ee ORE OR LMI LIONS IOS IE we sees Hanging Out== hungry students who lend true meaning to the words ‘all-you-can-eat-buffet. ’ On other days, for fewer students, the center is still a popular meeting-place. Whether they hang out in J house, C house, G house, the F house logs, the locker room, the senior quad, or anywhere else, all students have a special ‘home away from home.’ ORR “You are joking. It’s not really Saturday, is it?’’ plead Heather Hartshorn and Ruth McGillion. “Did you say hanging out?” asks senior Steve Luke.

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f { we t (00 A.M. He wakes to the 6 shriek of his alarm with a low-pitched moan. His english muffins spontaeously combust in the toaster oven, so he has cold cereal and a cup of coffee instead. 7:40 He hangs around near his locker, then lurches to his first Class with his mammoth back- pack. 8:00 He discretely finishes last night’s math homework dur- ing A block. 44:55 He spends half of his lunch block waiting in line for the debuting veal scallopini and sharing drivers’ ed. sto- the tunnel of knowledge. A Day Seven students find the light at the end of ries. He finishes his meal, read- ing Safety Pup’s critical mes- sage. 12:08 Post-lunch lethar- gy sets in. 2:25 He darts out of his last Class and sprints for the bus with new energy. 3:00 Sprawled on the floor with his Walkman, he con- sumes a bag of Doritos and half a bottle of Classic Coke. 4:59 He arrives at work, where he washes 158 dirty dishes. 7:15 He wolfs down leftover chicken, then starts to tackle his mountainous homework. 10:52 He dives into bed, for- getting to reset his alarm. Jennifer Marx, containing her excitement with tremendous difficulty, studies on...

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Mary Maddox, Rhonda Harri- son, and Anna Zilberberg do community service work as they prop up the wall of the sci- ence building. “You expect seniors to study?” wonders Karen Casendino as Debbie Arin continues to sleep.