Northeast High School - Viking Log Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

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z' V9 I . sas-ankeas -- we Chatting buddies. Iunior Pinky Hilton and senior Becky Turner take a few minutes to talk before going home. After sixth period, building 17 can be found full of conversation. Passing the time away. Sean Doyle, Bryant Sturz, and Mike Coad have a few words after school as they wait for baseball practice to begin. X 3 if 5 , X Jw' Taking a hike. Walking up and down the hill every day could really get boring. Thank goodness we had our friends to keep us company. Erika Krumbiegal and Bonnie Hill try to keep each other on the other side of boredom while walking to class. SOCIALIZING 27

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Nervous note passers. Kathy Hively and Karen Hoban still have more to talk about. Instead of waiting until Mr. Crooks' class is over, they write about it. Talk, talk, talk. Since seniors are lucky enough to have a free period, these seniors take advantage of the extra time and catch up on the latest. 26 soc1A1.1z1Nc Sixty- eight minutes plus For many students, school can be somewhat boring and monotonous, but it was the socializing with friends that made school days bearable. With the eight minutes allotted for passing time and twenty minutes for lunch, students had a minimum of sixty-eight minutes for socializing. Sixty-eight minutes to catch up on the latest gossip, find out how hard the test was in English, or just plain talk with friends. Eight minutes of pass- ing time gave students about six minutes of free time since it only took a couple of minutes to go to lockers and get to class. That is, unless the class was on the hill which took every minute of the eight. But even then there was always someone to walk with and talk with, making the journey less tiresome. Always anxiously awaited, the twenty minutes for lunch gave just enough time to eat and share juicy stories with friends. With half the day behind them, students looked forward to 2:00 when they could resume their conversations. For some, the allotted time just wasn't enough, and the were late to class. They then suffered the conse uences by serving a silentlfletention. Before and after school gave students extra time to talk and be with their friends. Students could be found talking in groups by their lockers or in the parking lot. Talk of weekend parties and foot- ball or basketball ames were part of the Fridays discussion as students made plans for more socializing during the weekend. Whenever they were given the chance, students spent their time socializ- ing. It was the socializing that made school tolerable, sometimes even fun!

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Breakmg awa How was your weekend? Awesome, radical, wild, and great were just some of the adjectives students used when they talked about how their weekends were. Though many did different things to come up with this conclusion, the consensus of the majority was that weekends were fun! By Friday, most students at If the shoe fits...Dave Domingo and Bryant Sturz spend part of one of their weekends looking for shoes in Pinellas Square Mall to fit their athletic needs. Yeah, Vikes! Viking fan Donna Mer- ritt shows school spirit cheering at a home football game in the fall. Foot- ball games, well attended by students, kicked off many weekends, for they were a good way to see friends and have fun at the same time. Northeast were ready for a weekend. After 2:00 p.m. Fri- day, Vikings could be found in such places as the malls or the game rooms, while others prepared themselves for dates, movies, or a football game during that season. By Sunday night some said they were ready for a break just as much from the weekend as they were from school Friday afternoon. i