Monacan High School - Legend Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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| love that sound. The bewitching hour arrives and School days, school days. As these students students hurriedly exit the building for work or play. show, the most important and memorable pect of school is academics. romeo uate Soe TR, me Ce ee One more day towards 180. The magic number is a little closer as another day is completed. It’s so early. Just after dawn, the familiar yellow buses arrive at Monacan. A day in the life 57

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—— A day in the life at Monacan “Bzzzz...’’ the dreadful alarm clock rat- tles in one’s sensitive ear telling the re- luctant student it is time to rise and shine. “I'll get up in a minute,’’ one mumbles until Mom pounds on your door yelling ‘‘Wake up!’’. In the first few minutes of the day a shower is taken, last minute homework is completed, and, if time permits, a quick breakfast is consumed. A mad rush to the car or bus completes the early morning chores of a typical high school student. Arriving at school before the 7:35 homeroom bell, most students catch up with the latest social gossip. Once home- room is over and the halls are congested for the first time, all are aware that an- other school day at Monacan is in full swing. Class after class, students daydream, sleep, talk and, sometimes, even learn. They jot down homework before rushing off to their next class. In the five-minute period between classes, students greet friends, gather materials for the next class, and plow their way through crowd- ed halls to their next class. It is a relief when the lunch bell rings in that it allows students to relax and talk with friends. When food fights erupt the lunch room becomes a battlefield of milk cartons and hamburgers. Finally, the long awaited 1:50 bell rings and some students are off to work or play while others begin their second life at Monacan as members of extra-curricular activities. The grind seem interminable, perhaps even boring, yet there seems to be al- ways something to make the days slip by. In fact, at the end of the year, most stu- dents seem surprised that the year is over so soon. BSUS EN Se Se TE TEE The Rive Gauche it’s not. It may not be fancy but lunch at Monacan off ers a brief respite from the daily grind. 56 A day in the life AN i Pete Uf Wease ML Spr

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Knowledge through play A hobby is an activity or pastime that is used for relaxation and enjoyment. While some people only do their hobbies in their spare time, others set aside a time slot each day when they pursue their activity. On occasion a person’s hobby can lead him to profit and possibly a career. Without being chauvinistic, there usual- ly are natural divisions between girl’s and guy’s pastimes. For instance, guys tend to lean towards the more aggressive con- tact sports, rocket building, auto mechan- ics, and hunting. Girls, on the other hand, might choose such hobbies as interior decorating, fashion design, and culinary arts. While sometimes not enjoying the same activities, both sexes take plea- sure in such pastimes as collecting, lis- tening to music, and participating in their favorite sport. Hobbies are both impor- tant and necessary because, whether we realize it or not, we can sometimes learn more about ourselves by the way we play then through the way we work. 58 Hobbies Artistic Arrangement Freshman Donna Davis ar- ranges the dried flowers and produces a work of art. Future author Cindy Barden finds it easiest to relax when she is writing a poem or short story.