Meadowbrook High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Say cheese Mark Ragland and Linda All together now All of the travelers Davidson rest fora minute onapark get together for one last pic ture be- bench. fore they leave for the states. Trips Abroad 21

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Flights of Fancy Everyone dreams of taking trips to foreign, exotic lands, but there are only a few peo- ple who ever live their dreams. Some foreign lan- guage students led by Mrs. Linda Davidson and Mrs. Evelyn Shelton had the op- portunity to live out their dreams when they traveled to France, Switerland, Ger- many, England and Spain during the spring break. Ap- proximately forty-four stu- dents, teachers, and parents tripped the light fantastic to such towns as London, Paris, Luscerne, and Heidleburg, Barcelona and Madrid. The group which traveled throughout Spain was led by Mrs. Shelton. Junior Debbie Jessup said, “The most excit- ing place was definitely the beach at Toremolintas.” Debbie also commented that “the only bad experience was when the lights went out when every one was prepar- ing to go to the disco.” The Spanish students en- joyed entertainment such as the Flamenco dancers, walk- ing the streets, and taking in the sights. The food was real- ly no different from Ameri- can food. There was one small extra, however: where- as American teenagers are only able to buy a hamburger and coke at an American Wendy’s, a Spanish teenager could order a hamburger and a beer! You can see why 20 Trips Abroad “ny Spanish teenager have reason to go any place see The group led by Mrs. Da- vidson traveled in England, France, Switerland, and Ger- many. Said Junior Bryan Tun- nell, ‘The trip was really great! The only bad exper- ience was the four hour stop- over in Boston’s Logan Air- port because of the icy weather.” Bryan said that his favorite place was Switer- land” because of its extreme- ly clean, crisp view.” For excitement, the un- derground in London of- fered some “punk adven- tures” — bizarre exper- iences. Or, if you wished, you could disco all night in the Paris hot spots, or, better yet, eat all the great food in Swi- terland. Fortunately for stu- dents who wished to make purchases, most of the shop owners spoke English, mak- ing business transactions fair- ly simple. Many of the stu- dents purchased paintings from the Left Bank in Paris or beer in Switzerland. All in all, forty-four lucky foreign language students lived out the fantasies of many people. Taking a for- eign language may turn out to be the first step to getting a passport to some exotic place. Late night card game Linda David- son and her traveling students play a game of Uno in their hotel room. Swiss jazz In a swiss night club Dwight Rackley gets on stage with the saxaphone players. Here goosey, goosey On a Paris ri- verbank, Linda Davidson feeds one of the geese.

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A + B = AB In Mrs. Patty Bailey’s Let Me Explain! A guest comes to Tell us More! A guest speaker on class Laura Burkes gets assistance Mr. Rooney’s class to discuss job op- career day visits a class and speaks to with her mathematic studies so she portunities in the field of journalism — students about working opportuni- can advance into higher forms of for the U.S. Navy. ties. math for her chosen career. 22 Preparing for the Future