Midlothian High School - Trojan Yearbook (Midlothian, VA)

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I xv l'M GOING TO THE DOCTORS, I SWEAR! claims this senior as he leaves aller 3rd period. On such a beauliful spring day, one wonders if his real destina- Iion is The river Io soak up some rays! WITH AN OVERWHELMING DESIRE FOR A WHOPPER , Ihese hungry girls head for Burger King. Have Ihey been able Io conlrol Iheir hunger unlil afler school or are lhey leaving dur- ing Iunch? Who knows? I K M- ,hm-NNN if

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IITaking a Break STudenTs GeT The Urge To Skip IT was The middle of Third period and you sud- denly goT an urge for a VVhopper . Or, on The way To your nexT class. you heard The sun, The riv- er, and The rocks call your name. Or you knew you iusT couldn'T make IT Through The resT of The day wiThouT a cigareTTe. lvlany sTudenTs who ex- perienced These gripping feelings To be anywhere puT school found ThaT Tak- ing a break was The only answer. UnforTunaTely, going To Burger King, or soaking up The rays aT The river, or relieving The day's sTress by smoking a ciga- reTTe during 5Th period, all of These violaTed one ma- jor rule aT Ivlidloz NO SKIP- PING CLASS. The penolTies for viola- Tors were harsh. Five de- meriTs were issued for ev- ery class missed. STudenTs leaving school were pe- nalized anoTher five. Then, Those sTudenTs ac- cumuIaTing Ten or more demeriTs had To suffer Through aT leasT one day of in-school suspension. Smoking on school prop- erTy broughT a Three day 2 8 STudenT LifefSkipping THE DREADED TRAILER 2 has been the place ot punishment tor many students who were caught skipping class. They must serve from one to three days ot in-school suspension, depending on how many classes are missed. IN A HURRY TO GET SAFELY TO THEIR CAR, these two skippers make a quick exit up the park- ing Iot stairs. Bul are they just in a hurry to go home after school, or are they trying to avoid the principals who frequently pa- trol school grounds? RELIEVING THE DAILY STRESS, this student tinds refuge in a friends car to smoke her cigarette. If she were caught, she would re- ceive a three day vacation for smoking on school grounds and possibly skipping class. suspension. As The days became warmer, more and more sTudenTs, especially sen- iors, goT The urge To skip. Mr. PeTe KosTe, assisTanT principal, sTrongly recom- mended againsT The urge. He said ThaT alThough The principals didn'T have a regular schedule of pa- Trolling school grounds, They would someTimes make surprise visITs ouT- side. The Teachers usual- ly caTch sTudenTs, he added, since an office lisT of apsenTees or dismissals was issued daily. If a sTu- x denT was noT in class or on The IisT, The Teacher was required To reporT him or her for skipping. Accord- ing To senior Trey Daniels, I'Teachers will reporT you more ofTen Than noT. The TempTaTions To leave school wiThouT per- mission mighT have been greaT, puT The penolTies of skipping were sTiff. As one anonymous senior puT iT: Sure, l've skipped be- fore. puT wiTh graduaTion coming, iT's jusT noT worTh The risk! TV , Y Sf 'i if , 1. U I ri-2:-sr LST , I . 1. .w iid. we 5 155. ajif 3,4

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The DaTing Game . . . leT The games begin The course of boy meeTs girl, boy geTs girl never ran smooThly and was desfined for numer- ous mishaps. The firsT problems were encounfered when ev- erybody had a hand in The impending relaTion- ship and began dropping hinTs ThaT you would soon find your maTe for life. So feeling confidenT ThaT your friends would noT mislead you, you Took ThaT gianT sfep and said hey To him in The hall: fiirfing had begun. NexT sTep: The daTe, you wenT ouT a few Times and were labeled a cou- ple, and Then you began To fighT. Of course your loyal friends were insTanTly aT your side prodding you for informaTion and giving advice, pesTering him To apologize all The while. AfTer repairing any damage ThaT This fighfing may have caused, These wonderful people de- clared Themselves The 30 Sfudenf LifefDaTing foundaTion of your rela- Tionship. The ever-presenT inTermediaries rejoiced when you made up. The cycle repeafed iTself wiTh each new reIaTionship. Thus was The sTory of daTing aT Midlofhian. IT wenT on everyday in classrooms, in The halls, and afTer school in The parking loT. However, These relaTionships were noT limiTed To The confines of school. They exfended To weekend gaTherings and romanTic reTreaTs. As The school year pro- gressed and winTer end- ed, many people found Themselves rekindling The flames of romance. Birds began To chirp Their songs of love and spring flowers bloomed as did many ro- mances. On The whole, The daT- ing cycle was inTeresTing, fun buT somewhaT repeT- ifive. For ThaT reason, a few individuals chose To sTay single and enjoy The game from afar. DONNY REILY AND TRACEY WHAT A CUTE LITTLE BOY YOU CROOK enioy d moment of re- ARE! says Tondra McCIung To Ioxation during their lunch close friend John Huggins. break. Couples found This Time These Two found That friendship one of The few To spend Togeih- WGS befier Than rOmCInIiC in- er during The school day. volvemenl.