Monacan High School - Legend Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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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

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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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48 “Congratulations, you have just purchased a piece of his- tory.” “‘Student expression is upon us. Never before have we felt such a need to be heard in our school.’ These words written by Dan Blanchard and printed in “Independent Voice’’ empha- sized the need for a school pa- per. With this need identified the journalism class began the dif- ficult first year. Beginnings are often rocky. While newspapers, ‘‘The Mona- can Underground’’ and ‘‘The Scout’’, had paved the way, the intent changed to a more tra- ditional design. The staff quickly learned the limitations and re- sponsibilities of school journal- ism. “Independent Voice’’, a pa- per for you, by you, and because of you, ‘“‘represented the dream of a student voice.” Row 1: Tina Adkins, Beth Haga, Lori Brown, Robin Gary, Dan Blanchard, Brook Michalik, Lisa Lyon. Row 2: Rob- ert Bonner, Marco Zucchi, Scott White, Heather Eckenrode, Heather Bright, Ad- INDEPENDENT VOICE rienne Enggi st, Jim Thomas. Row 3: John Perrin, Dan Crawford, Chris Porter, Jon- athan Walz, Luke Melia, Eric Maroney, John Murden, Eric Anderson. NEWSPAPER Scott White and Marco Zucchi col- laborate on a year’s end journalism proj- ect. Reviewing their work, Dan Blanchard and Lisa Lyon discuss the effectiveness of the page design.