Monacan High School - Legend Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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One of many beach goers, Meredith White and her boyfriend, Shane Jenkins, vacationed at Emerald Isle in South Carolina. A major architectural feat, the Sydney Opera House, was visited by Monacan students in Australia. Angie Lukhard has two out of three essentials for Beach Week: food, Toilet paper, and... Stopping for a photo and a rest, Mo- nacan students stand by the harbor in Sydney, Australia. FUN INTHESUN 9

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Well, the summer break final- ly came and people headed for the beaches. Myrtle Beach was the place to be, but more Mo- nacan kids went to Virginia Beach or the Nags Head dock area. Beach Week ended in sad- ness as people went back to summer jobs and preparing for college. Most went to work to save money for future education while some kept on traveling with families or on school related trips. Europe was popular this sum- mer, Miss Pickels and Mr. Ferrel both took groups of Monacan students on trips to Europe. As A Summer of... Fun in the Sun productive as ever, Miss Pickels covered the most ground, vis- iting five different countries: It- aly, Greece, Turkey, England, and France. “‘Where’s Paul?” became the group’s question for they were always waiting for their tour guide as they toured through London, Paris, Versailles, Flor- ence, Rome, Naples, Athens, and the Greek Isles. When asked what her fondest mem- ories of the trip were she re- plied, “‘(The) Athens Taverna Dinner when the kids leaped upon the stage to dance and to sing with the entertainers and finally everyone in the place was having a great time but it all started with our group.” Mr. Ferrel visited England, Scotland, and Ireland taking six students from Monacan. “T think my fondest memories of the students were the kids dropping water balloons out the hotel windows. They also en- joyed calling me on the phone very early in the morning and switching rooms on me. On the plane some stayed awake and took photos of each other sleep- ing.” Mr. Butta didn’t go with the flow. He took his group ‘down under’ for an eighteen day tour of Australia. “The best time we had danc- ing was up in the mountains, folk dancing. The people there were teaching us folk dances, folk songs, and that sort of thing.” Mr. Butta said he would love to go again and visit New Zealand as well. He also said ‘‘Probably my favorite thing was everybody tasting vegamite, which is a paste made from yeast extract — it sort of looks like apple butter, and the Australians love it, but it tastes horrible. Just watching the kids’ reaction as they ate it was great!” a yy PEP REPT After walking through Chester, Eng- land, Mr. Ferrel and Karen Durrett stop for a rest. Billy Farrar and group seem to be en- joying England on foot. 8 FUN IN THE SUN

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7:25 am — the bell rings, We’ve got five minutes to get to class. Some of us walk, some of us run, and some of us race to beat the tardy bell. It was pitch black dark when we got up, but we’re still late. Monday mornings are the toughest, but some of us have problems any morning getting to school on time. Those late night hours and sleeping late on the weekends upset any schedule we may have had. That bed seems pretty appealing Monday mornings and many of us roll over, cover our heads, and go Student squeezes through the door to try and beat the tardy bell. Leslie Hamlett and friends arrive at school late. ‘It’s going to be one of those days.” Some students are lucky enough to be escorted into the building by Mr. Ferrel. 10 GETTING UP EARLY Where did the weekend go??? Oh no It’s MONDAY! back to sleep. The bad thing about being late on Monday mornings is not only does it start the day off wrong, but it starts the whole week off wrong. I wonder if the cop at the Smoketree Recreation Associa- tion gives out more tickets on Monday mornings than any oth- er morning. Once you’re late you still have to check into the clinic. Monacan students can be pretty creative with their excuses, “‘I forgot my shoes.” or “I had to take my dog to the hospital.””??? Mornings seem to be the worst part of the day for some students, but they seem to ad- just. How do Monacan students feel about getting up early on Monday mornings after having a nice weekend? Senior Adam Haywood states, “‘It’s pretty rough getting up on Monday morning! You find yourself sleeping through most of your classes, especially first period. I don’t think you ever recover until the next weekend.” Tammy Martin, a junior, ex- presses her feelings. ‘““Oh gosh, another Monday! I dread getting out of my warm waterbed on Monday mornings. The only thing that gets me going is know- ing that there will always be an- other weekend.” Donna Snow, also a junior, says, “Monday mornings wer- en’t made for me to get up. The alarm goes off and I go back to sleep.” These students see the impor- tance in coming to school, so even though they don’t enjoy waking up early every Monday morning, they find some reason to persuade themselves to come to school.