Monacan High School - Legend Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Monacan added many clubs to the growing number last year. The Literary Maga- zine, a spinoff from another first — the first creative writ- ing class this school has had, was one of these additions. The creative writing class and the literary magazine are much the same thing. They are both under the leadership of Mrs. Parrish and the core members of the magazine are in the creative writing class. Last year, the class had sev- eral visits from people in the literary field such as poet Max Ellison and poet Sanford Lyne. Also, they had a work session with two members of the Virginia Museum Theatre to discuss writing and per- forming plays. The class also wrote lyrics to be set to music and they videotaped their own play, “Rod and Julie May,” which is a parody of ‘Romeo and Juliet.” The vid- eotape was then shown to the ninth grade English classes. The class sponsored and The “First Edition” was sold during all lunches in May by the members of the Literary Magazine. Literary Magazine. Bottom row: Lisa Glenn, Jean Pace, Maya Lear; Second row: Miss Parrish, Sharon Wright, Erica Baher, Connie Chantelau, Kelly Syler, Kim Kinker, Kerri Hoeck, Sean Rogers, Sean Dewell, Robbie Williams; Top row: Richard Sebastian. Page 110 Literary Magazine “First Edition’’ participated in several con- tests. They submitted entries to the county creative writing contest, Write Now, and to the Schoolastic Writing Con- test. They also held a creative writing, art, and photography contest. Money-raising was neces- sary to fund the Literary Magazine. To accomplish this, the class sold baked goods at college night, sold Blow-Pops, and sold Express Lines, creative lines of adver- tising in the magazine. After choosing a title for the magazine, The First Edition, the staff worked hard all year long to ready the magazine for publication in late May. As a result of all the hard work put in, an article was published on the class in the Chesterfield Gazette. Also, The First Edition was a great success so it seems that all the time and effort put into the magazine paid off.

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Voicing Their Opinions The ability to think logical- ly and support your opinion is an important asset. The members of the Debate and Forensics Teams have this as- set as they have continually shown year after year. Al- though technically the De- bate and Forensics Teams are separate, many of the mem- bers of one team are also on the other, often competing in several categories at each tournament. In September, the team traveled to Wake Forest to capture an overall second place award. With the winter season coming in, trips were made to Charlottesville. Longwook College and Gat- linburg, Tennessee where the Monacan Debate and Foren- sics Teams defended their 1984 title remaining third overall. At the state level, the Forensics Team displayed their outstanding oratorical abilities by placing in all but one out of eight categories while the Debate Team like- wise performed top-notch in state competition with every team member placing. The entire team worked hard all year contributing precious time to fund-raising activities necessary for the Meghan Kelly persuades the listeners as she explains her side of the argument in her debate. club to function. Cotton can- dy sales and the second annu- al computer match-up helped to cover the team’s expenses for numerous out of state competitions. In March, the team hosted Monacan’s sec- ond Reader’s Theater Night where the students had an op- portunity to display their tal- ents while entertaining fam- ily and friends. Extremely active clubs such as the Monacan Foren- sics and Debate Teams de- serve to recognize their sup- portive sponsor, Cindy Bom- boske. Having had a fantastic year, the teams have much to arrives. Adam Nan expresses his views on his side of the debate. show, not only in the collec- tion of trophies captured by the teams, but also in the fact that the teams are sending two of their most competent team members, Richard Cor- bett and Amy Cushman, to nationals in Oklahoma. Like most clubs, the Forensics and Debate Teams especially in- volves an enormous amount of team and individual sup- port in both competition and fund-raising projects. The 1984-85 year truly was a huge success. Shawna Norfleet practices reciting her speech before her turn to debate Forensics and Debate Page 109

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Artistic 9 National Art Honors Society Another of the many honor societies in Monacan is the National Art Honor Society. This group of students, cho- sen on their artistic ability, participate in art shows and school projects, representing Monacan with their unique gifts. Sponsored by Mrs. Bet- ty Brinser, these students are selected in the spring and im- mediately begin working on projects. This group of stu- dents definitely adds much to the talent and reputation of which Monacan is so proud. A member of the National Art Honors Society lights the ceremonial candle in preparation for the initiation service. National Art Honors Society. Melanie Leigh, Laurie Maxwell, Lisa Arch, Mike Whetstone, David Hall, Kline Hill, Karen Mumford, Michele Hargrave, Shawna Hurn, Patricia Wells. Laurie Maxwell makes an important speech about the honors and responsibilities of being a member of the National Art Honors Society. Page 111