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

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-wiv- we W so fit ,Ma we Ready, set.., The start of another cheer is a familiar sound after school if you are a cheerleader like junior varsity cheerleader Natalie Hemp- stead. Even the cheerleaders gave up their afternoons to perfect their routines before a game or a competition. Phone home! Not only E.T. but also Rhonda Behrns and Larry Rogalski find themselves making necessary calls after school. The public telephones in the old bus circle on 16th Street saw much use from students. . K ,ft ' c .K , . Q J Cool and blue. Many of our swim team members could be found in area pools after school for practice. Kelly Holmes enjoys the refreshing water as she views the world through fogged goggles. Go for it! For some, basketball was a favorite pastime. It helped to get the everyday worries of school off your mind as Kevin Singletary, Chris Rig- gins, and Charles Flowers think. They play one-on-one, or is it two-on-one? AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES 53

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Working overtime, Frank Mc- Closkey attempts to get his trigonometry homework done. Trig was one of the courses taken by ad- vanced juniors and seniors which re- quired continuous study and homework in order to be successful in it. 52 AFTER scHooL Ac'r1v1TiEs Time out! For some it may have seemed as if 6th period would never end, but when the 2 o'clock-bell sounded, it was a mad rush to the park- ing lot. A casual observer might have thought the school was on fire. Actually, it was only the urge to get the long hours of learning over with, and get down to the serious business of relaxing! Of course, one person's idea of relaxing may have been hurrying home and sacking out on the sofa, while others considered swimming practice to be relaxing enough. Even a dreaded visit to the dentist was looked for- ward to after the long hours of taking notes in class. Yet, the more ambitious of our fellow students were hitting the books to get homework finished early, an heroic feat performed mostly by the more energetic ones. Iobs were another thing taking up time after school. Whether it was at McDonald's or Carvel Ice Cream, jobs helped to earn some much needed spending money for the weekends. It seemed though, that no matter how the after- noons were spent, from watching soaps to running track, everyone took advan- tage ofthe Time Out. Val,i..,f ff A., ss. MMM

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Software, hardware, disc, character, input, and output - virtually unknown words a few years ago are now com- mon and familiar to many. The enduring American love affair with the computer, similar to our past and pre- sent with the automobile and television, appeared to be more than a fad. It was a technological revolution that All s stems go changed our lives and lifestyles. Acquiring more knowledge and understanding of com- puters and their varied ap- plications was the primary objective for students taking computer math and data processing. Pac-Man, Frogger, Donkey Kong, and Kangaroo - for those not as serious concern- ing character, disc, input, and output there was Pac-Man with an unsatisfied appetite for gobbling goblins, the Frogger trying to cross the street and stream for a safe haven, or Donkey Kong with the male hero overcoming barrels, broken ladders, and fire balls to rescue the love of his life. A2 + B2 : CZ. This is very familiar to many students who took fizzix class. Larry Spangler and other classmates use calculators to figure arithmetic problems for formulas. as Time writing. Keeping time with writing is made easier with the Quartz digital clock pen. THE ELECTRONIC CRAZE fm, ft, - Save and resave. Computer operators and word processors learn to save and resave what they enter into the computer. . 7, E, WMM It all adds up! For Ron Panganiban the calculator adds up to saved time to double check his work for accounting.