Minnechaug Regional High School - Falcon Yearbook (Wilbraham, MA)

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TRIVIAL PURSUIT 7. 384 long hours! 2. The grand total is $612! 3. Homeroom takes up 84 hours of our precious time! 4. That ' s 600 hours for your coach, you better be in shape! JSPPIIMIM1 W '

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Linda Herbert and Michael Tarentino share an evening, and ice cream, on Boston Road .... There is life outside Minnechaug! Mr. Robbins of Friendly Ice Cream Corpora- tion presents a plaque to Minnechaug Re- gional High School for the School Spirit Con- test held during the Peach Festival. Jill Tur- cotte and Paula Turcotte represented the stu- dent body when they received the plaque. BOSTON ROAD BOUND Without Boston Road, the main drag for Wilbraham and Hampden teenagers, we ' d probably be stuck cow tipping on weekends! Or worse, plowing the fields! (I know, I know — there are more farms in Wilbraham than Hampden). Instead, we have the alternative of piling into a friend ' s car and trucking on down to Boston Road. Constantly astounded by the choices we are faced with, we must decide whether to eat at Jim Dandy, Unos, or hit the infamous Market Shed in the Mall. The lucky ones (those who can find dates!!) find themselves in the classier sections of Boston Road — Salvatores, La Molisana, or Lakeside Inn. After dinner, we can shop at the various shops or go bowling. For those with a little more cash, we can continue our way down Boston Road and end up at Showcase. It ' s not eccentric, it ' s not mind- boggling, but it ' s ours. What more could we ask for, but a place to hang out with friends. This Friday, I don ' t even wonder what I ' ll be doing. I know I ' ll be . . . Boston Road bound. Mayor Neal from Sprinfield presents Peach Queen Dina Warner and Princess Jennifer Joyce with a small piece of nostalgia. Photo by: Bob Flathers

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FIRST DAZE The first bell of the day rings loudly throughout the school. The multitude of questions begin: Was that the first bell? How much time do we have to get to homeroom? Where is my homeroom? These questions plague the teach- ers and upperclassmen on the first days of school. From the mouths of innocent victims, the interrogations spill forth. It can be quite difficult for a fresh- man to adapt to the overwhelming size of the Minnechaug environ- ment. On the first day, freshmen may feel fairly confident with their surroundings. Having studied the map and eagerly listened to the ad- vice of an older sibling, they feel they ' re ready to tackle anything. A few times they become lost and a bit disconcerted, but a helping friend comes to the rescue. Once the re- maining student body returns to school, freshmen seem to lose their grip on things. An upperclassman suddenly turns into an enemy; someone extremely unapproacha- ble. As for those unsociable and devious upperclassmen — they can be in just as much of a stupor those first few days. The majority of the tardy slips are issued to those students who have not yet learned how to wake up to an alarm clock or to master the concept of the snooze button on their clock ra- dios. If you think all upperclassmen have memorized the bell schedule, you ' re wrong. They saunter into class late and have been caught even walking into the wrong class. The difference is that upperclassmen get the dirty looks and disbelieving faces. Susan Fiedler, Jodi Garceau, and Jessica Winn roam the halls through their first day. David Desimone and Carolee Salerno assess their locker inventory during the first few days of confusion. STUDENT LIFE