Monacan High School - Legend Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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JAPANESE CLUB The Japanese Club was an- other new edition this year, ad- ding itself to the numerous or- ganizations at Monacan. Its purpose was to encourage and promote Japanese culture, lan- guage, and people. The club ac- cepted students as members even if they did not take the language. The only require- ments were an interest in the Japanese culture and dues of course. The club engaged in such ac- tivities as the International Cafe, Japanese dinners at students’ houses and field trips. Mrs. Oomori, the Japanese teacher and the club’s sponsor, helped to plan such activities. For its first year, Japanese Club proved popular with many students join- ing. Translation please! Enthusiastic club members display their new found lan- guage. Ms. Oomori, a native Japanese, moved here during her teenage years. Top Row: Cindy Hicks, Becky Young, Suzanne Gray, Chad Linville, Scott Cribbs, Katy Nash, Amy Schmidt. Bot- tom Row: Laura Fitzgerald, Kara An- derson, Kim King, Eric Reid, Mike How- son, Debbie Quesenberry, Adrienne Enggist. The group made time for a pit stop during a field trip to visit the National Gallery’s Japanese Art Exhibit in Wash- ington, D.C. 3 ee xy e =. gt te A serious couple, Adrienne and Katy sport traditional Japanese attire for Homecoming ceremonies. 46 JAPANESE CLUB ;

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LATIN CLUB guage, but the Latin Club is alive and kicking. Sponsored by Mrs. Wagstaff, the group of students was an active one, participating in such activities as Homecom- ing Float, Ludi volleyball at Thomas Dale, and Certamina, a takeoff of Battle of the Brains. The Latin Club was associ- ated with the Virginia Junior Classical League, a statewide or- ganization. On November 18th and 19th, in Norfolk, the group took a trip to the VJCL con- vention for a weekend of com- petition and games. In April, VJCL had their annual games day, a day of fun and sports Latin style. This summer, a few students were chosen to participate in the National Junior Classical League convention at the Uni- versity of Indiana, in Pennsyl- vania. During this week in Au- gust, these students took place in competitions on the national level. For Homecoming Float, the group The group was headed by executed the Bulldogs, Latin Style!!! lictliony once wand: DanieleGor Ludi Volleyball, at Thomas Dale, in. CO , Bryon Cuomo as vice- cluded all of Chesterfield’s Latin Cub president, secretary Inga Members. Clough, treasurer Amy Windom, parliamentarian Paul Joyner, and historian Darrel Jennerette. The consultant for the Forum newspaper was Brent Roberts. Bottom Row: Chris Gregory, Bryon Cuomo, Leslie Yonce, Daniel Corcoran, and Chris Corizzo. Second Row: Linda Wagstaff, Amy Window, Brent Roberts, Paul Joyner, Frankie Rho, Patrice McMoon, Lucky Doyle, Julie Choe, and Brian Taylor. Top Row: Carolyn Blasch, Michelle Eichor, Julie Smith, Jennifer Morris, Amy Wilborn, Jim McK- eon, Doug Drake, and Alan Peters. LATIN CLUB 45

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YEARBOOK You want what? When? It was business as usual for the yearbook staff. Certainly there was nothing new or dif- ferent. All we had to do was design these pages, take these photos, crop these photos, learn a quad pack from a ladder and keep smiling. Sometimes it real- ly wasn’t easy after all, and it really was new for most of the staff. With Matt Dalton as editor, a theme was chosen. Lots of en- thusiasm met the idea of an an- niversary issue. Then we real- ized we were a year too early to celebrate and quickly went back to the drawing board! ‘Chiefly Monacan”’ was a natural. Jodi Miller and Mary Becker were selected as section editors and soon found the help of oth- ers was a necessity. As in any other year there were those stu- dents and those teachers who, for a variety of reasons, made our job easier. Even as the year ended, our appreciation grew for these special people. Meredith White leaves yearbook to head for art class. A single page may be the product of several minds. YEARBOOK 47