Methuen High School - Memories Yearbook (Methuen, MA)

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Sophomore Year What can you say about sophomore year? It Is ayear of familiarity and change. The rooms are the same, just as are many of the faces. The teachers are the same, but now there is a class lower on the ladder. You are no longer a measly freshman at the bottom of the ladder. You have moved up a step, a small one, but none-the-less a step towards graduation. Th ere are new classes and new teachers, but still many of the same students as you pass through the halls. It is a year of new activities. Maybe you will become a member of the Honor Society. There is always a sports team you can join, or perhaps there will be a part in the Senate for you, or the role as a class officer. There is always something to do to make the year memorable. The highlight of the sophomore year has to be the receiving of your high school ring. Finally, you have something that says you belong to M.H.S. You put time and care into the choosing of your ring because it will be with you all of your life. You want it to be special and unique. Many different things make up your sophomore year: friends, teachers, studies, sports, clubs, etc. AH these make up your only year as a high school sophomore.

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Freshmen Show a Methuen High upperclassman a nervous kid with a Mead Trapper Keeper, an Erasermate, and a map of the school, and he ' ll show you the typical freshman. Everyone is able to pick a freshman out of a crowd, even the freshmen themselves. They are not well-known for being nondescript. Methuen High freshmen are the ones who eat anything in the cafeteria because they don ' t know any better. Their lower lips quiver when they are told to report to office detention. At least one incoming freshman asks what floor the swimming pool is on. Freshmen must look up their combinations every time they go to their lockers, and most of them carry twelve books to every class. When Friday arrives, freshmen sigh with relief and the thought that the Methuen Mall is a great place to be . For one year, the seniors are in their glory. The deem themselves far superior to the underclassmen, especially the freshmen. They look upon their freshman year with disbelief, saying they couldn ' t have behaved in such a manner. For most of the seniors however, the tide will turn once again. They will be low men on the totem pole when they enter college. They ' ll eventually move up the ladder again, but before they do, they ' ll be the ones calling attention to themselves with maps, notebooks, and misplaced dorm keys. I hope they enjoy their senior year of high school while they can. S.D.

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The Junior Year The junior year 1b the year when you become an upperclassman, even though you ' re not classified as such in the powderpuff football game. You can now push around the Freshman and Sophomores and gain some respect from the Seniors. Probably the biggest change to occur is when you obtain your driver ' s license. You no longer have to depend on your parents and friends to take you whgre you want to go. Another change that might occur is the moving up from Junior Varsity sports to Varsity sports. This is when it becomes valuable to win, and you finally are awarded the recognition that you feel was long deserved. As the year rolls on, and the Seniors get ready for college, you start to feel more important. Next comes the Junior Prom. It seems as if the whole school is getting ready and talking about the prom, even though it is only the juniors who care. The end of the junioryear marks the time of two important events: the dreaded SAT ' s and the long awaited beach days.