Midlothian High School - Trojan Yearbook (Midlothian, VA)

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Siories from SpiriT Week When a sTudenT body ThaT normally dresses for school was allowed To dress as differenf Types of people for a week, one in- TeresTing week was pro- duced. Each of The five days of homecoming was spon- sored by a club which gave away prizes To The person who puT TogeTher The besT ouTfiT of The day. Siraw hoTs and red ban- danas, along wiTh overalls and baseball caps ap- peared on Monday, Hick Day. KiT Peple won a S25 giff cerTificaTe for lvliller 8a Rhoades from The Key Club. He sporTed a PowhaTan High School Tee- shirT and a cowboy haT. Tuesday, Nerd Day, saw boTh sTudenTs and Teachers he pep rally was shock- ingg il led me lo believe lhal lhe parly would be quile large. I lhoughl il was small un- lil I saw The helicopler. Hosl of lhe blggesl homecoming parly, Josh Rademaker THE KING OF SPIRIT WEEK, Kil Peple, walks proudly down The social sludies hall during Backwards Day. For Mourn The Knighls Day, he wenl so far as lo visil neighbor- hood florisls asking for dead flow- ers. WITH AN OVERABUNDANCE OF SPIR- IT, These guys raise Their hands for our foolball leam. Kevin and John O'DonneII, Ray Williams, Garrick Shannon, Rusly Durham, Brandon Slifes and Wall McCIung painted their faces. 8 STudenT LifefSpiriT Week Trying To ouTdo each oTher wiTh whines, discussions of advanced maTh, chess maTches and The newesT poIyesTer blends. FBLA an- nounced The day's winner. Mike SmiTh, who even car- ried an apple wiTh which To 'lbribe his Teachers. Confusing since you could never Tell which way anyone was going, Wednesday was Backwards Day. I've al- ways wanfed To wear a Three-piece suiT back- wards, commenfed The day's winner, KIT Peple. Thursday lVlourn The KnighTs Day was beTTer known as Black Day. Bon- nie NuTTall won TickeTs To The fooTball game for her en- semble of whiTe make-up and all black cIoThes. The seniors won The pow- derpuff game 42 To 6 on Thursday nighT, leading To Blue and Gold Day, Friday. Sean lVlcG-lynn won TickeTs To The dance, noT bad con- sidering ThaT They were S45 a couple, for his crealive blue and gold ouTfiT. The week's winners were pre- senfed wiTh Their prizes aT The pep rally. The JV cheer- leaders sponsored a pinaTa conTesT, and The varsiTy cheerleaders dressed up as various personalifies, To en- Terfain sTudenTs aT The pep rally. The enTire school learned To feel TogeTher in Their originaIiTy during spirif week, and as spiriT week faded, The weekend came inTo view. QAQQIHQ r 'k-L . 5 v 1 3 fl I 5 1 I lx 'vs .wig

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Like No OTher Way CDT Life WhaT's wrong? Where did sTudenT life go? High school hang- ouTs were noT always exciTing, lVlcDonaIds did noT hold The same appeal, and fooTlaall games did noT end on happy noTes. IT was difficulT To find Time To socialize: The parking loT was conTrolled by seniors and The lunch period was barely long enough To eaT in. The pressures of school, work and social acTiviTies caused us To reach ouT for a change in rouTine. The school, of course, offered The usual evenfs. Every Friday an aThleTic evenT of some sorT aTTracTed sTudenTs, and many Times There was a dance wiTh a live band afTerwards. Again, plays drew much local aTTenTion. There was always a club meeTing or sporTs prac- Tice Taking place afTer school, and many sTudenTs simply bummed around school To Talk wiTh friends. Somefhing had changed, Though. STudenTs venTured away from lVlidloThian info downTown Richmond and surrounding areas. Cary STreeT, The Science Museum, and parks such as lVlaymonT and Byrd were popular places in Richmond To visiT. Closer To home, The new ChesTerfleld Towne CenTer, food courTs in all major malls, and Friendly's provided places for congregaTion and laughTer. IT was no longer only 'TThe school as we experimenTed in shopping, visiTing, and parTying away from lvlidlolhian. EvenTs ThaT were normally close To The school moved farTher away. Prom was held aT The Richmond Civic CenTer, and graduaTion moved To The ArThur Ashe CenTer To allow everyone who wanTed To aTTend The ceremony The abiliTy To do so. STudenT life offered someThing for everyone. No maTTer whaT was happening, sTudenTs were like no oTher. A pleasanT mix of indepen- dence and TradiTion shaped everyThing ThaT we did. PTING FOR POST-LUNCH EXCITE- MENT, Chris Rains and Chuck Bainai play a mean game of table football. Everyday, rain or shine, these sopho- mores Took time away from school To play This game. Lunch Time was really the only time to escape from The huslle of The day.

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