North Attleboro High School - Northern Light Yearbook (North Attleboro, MA)

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12 “C” Is Not Necessarily Average Michelle Crook gloats after winning a prized position at the mirror. The girls’ team room ... is it just the right size? Kelly Maitland finds last Thursday’s lunch and gym clothes at the bottom of her locker. A view of the boys’ freshly painted red, clean locker room. . . . and the not so clean! CATCHING, CASUAL, Co-Ed Each gym class begins with hordes of males and females emerging from their respective locker rooms, and ends with them hurridly retreating into them to change for class. But what is behind those doors? Our investigative photographer ends the intrigue. Upon entering the girls’ locker room, one is immediately struck by the interesting mixture of hairspray and perfume that lingers in the air. Usually a half dozen girls jockey for a position in front of the mirror, casting baleful looks at hair gone awry and makeup in desperate need of reapplication. A few voices can be heard from the back of the locker room, girls changing in the curtained cubicles, separated by the never-used showers. A glance into the team room reveals a mass of bodies struggling to get by changing girls to reach their lockers. It is a talent to change gracefully, without tripping over other CAPTIVATING . . . people or kicking over stacked books. The boys’ locker room discloses immediate differences: a large open shower area is frequented by males, who don’t worry about drying, curling or spraying their hair. The guys have lockers in a row no curtains or cubicles. They casually change while conversing, not about perms, but about the latest sports’ upsets, the new coveted car, or hopes for a hot date this weekend. It is much easier to maneuver in the boys’ locker room. Interesting but relevant facts: The boys’ locker room is painted in red, the girls’ in blue; the guys’ locker room echoes, the girls’ does not; the females have a soda machine available, the males must settle for a juice machine. Both have glass walls in the coaches’ offices that are adorned with the latest stats from the North sports’ teams. Both report occasional lines for the bathrooms. It’s nice to see some facets have no gender barriers.

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Football fever has infected Bill Varden. Jason Johnson spices up his Spanish class. Tom Boehling in rare form. The watchful auto mascot observes the budding mechanics. Mike Lamar expresses outrage at a bad call. Bill Varden leads some field hockey fans in a wave. Necessarily Average Not

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CONCOCTIONS, CONSUMATION, CONGREGATION . . . Cafeteria The pace of the cafeteria is hurried - a very important facet of the luncheon period is obtaining a spot in the right lunch line, and quickly too. “What’s in the hot lunch line?” “I don’t know, but there aren’t any French fries today - I think there are cookies, though.” “No, 1 just checked. That line has only juice boxes and milk.” Decisions, decisions, where to sit? The freshman pit is not an option but mandatory for fresh-faced frosh, caught between shivering from the cold of the door constantly opening to the smoking area and trying to ignore the condescending leers of the sophomores sitting above. Much of the freshman pit experience is noted by upperclassmen peering down from their comfortable vantage points. The juniors and sophomores line the sides of the cafeteria, depending on the lunch period. First and third are great; second can be a little hectic. Then, too, is the overflow of seniors from the senior pit, seated at select tables overlooking their classmates. How many people get fake d out by clever imitations of the bell? It has been rumored that one year the entire senior pit rose to depart, then realized their foolishness, much to the chagrin and delight of the underclassmen. The cafeteria also provides a central spot for ticket sales to various activities, the twice-yearly appearance of the tuxedos, and a location for casual study periods. Second period study is ideal, as it allows quick access to the snack bar at break, and seniors airily enter and exit from their snack bar room. There is always something going down in the NAHS cafeteria. Freshmen waiting out their lunch pe- riod in the pit. Brian Vandenberghe wonders what caused his milk to spill? Jason Mikulis announces, “No more chocolate donuts!” Sleeping away Period 7 study in the cafe. Kerri Bizier stares questioningly at her spaghetti ... or is it a meatball sub? “C” Is Not Necessarily Average 13