Monacan High School - Legend Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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There are bedrooms and board rooms but at Monacan there are... Rooms With Class As the door swings open, the scent of books and chalk fill the air. The chalkboard is clean and shiny, and the desks organized in straight rows. The floor is clean and the teacher’s desk is . well, not completely organ- ized, but as great as it will get. Everything is peaceful and quiet and then ... RING — the bell signals students to flush the once empty halls, and start the mad race for their classrooms. As the students enter the room, and take their seats, the desks are no longer aligned. They now resemble an obstacle course to be dodged by each student in order to take their © semen 16 ROOMS place. As the teacher approach- es, the students are automati- cally silenced. Lessons are taught as the students give their sometimes divided attention. The chalkboard is no longer clean, and is now covere d with something similar to chicken scratch. The floors are layered with paper, books, and backpacks, and the teacher’s desk has so many piles of paper, that it is difficult to see the teacher when she is seated. Typical? Perhaps. But what about those out of the ordinary rooms? The ones with the funny looking desks, and the walls cov- ered with pictures and posters. Mark Nusbaum seems to enjoy a class where he works not with a pencil but with a spray can. In biology the hands-on experience may be a welcomed change. Come on in. For instance, the photograp hy room. Not all classes have high ceilings, a big sink and a studio in the back! And what about the woodshop room? The big wooden tables with saws. The Key Boarding room has an office atmosphere, and typewriters. Not to mention, the electrical poles extending from ceiling to floor, obstructing the path of unsuspecting students. Kitchen, living and dining room area most certainly are not com- mon for a classroom! Home Eco- nomics class is equipped with all of this. A change from the ordinary classroom always brightens the day. For two days, the Human- ities room, 328, went back in time to the year of 1787. Mrs. Smith and Miss Pickels watched their class re-enact the Consti- tutional Convention. The room was decorated with red, white and blue streamers and bal- loons. They even had their own ver- sion of the Liberty Bell. What a way to brighten up a boring day of lectures. Thanks to these teachers and their unusual class- es, we can look forward to a change in pace.

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Katie Snow, escorted by her brother, Kevin, walks onto the field before being crowned 1988 Homecoming Queen. Meredith Wood as Sophomore prin- cess is escorted by her father. Mike Dougherty lives up to his number with this spectacular catch. HOMECOMING 15

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Those few seconds before the bell rings can provide valuable information. Chorus is a popular elective at Mo- nacan but as always, practice makes perfect. CLASSY ROOMS 17