Poquoson High School - Islander / York Chronicle Yearbook (Poquoson, VA)

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Heave Ho! Spring break provides students with ample time for various recreational ac- tivities. Senior Jenny Smith enjoyed the sun- shine by going for a boat ride on the Poquoson River. s Sp ng pee ee v . ips tt Calling All Surfers! Warm weather and sun- shine in mid-March draw surfers to the beach. Seniors Matt Mendez and Tom Kostoff loaded the car for a day on the waves. ring Fever A Break In The Routine —— a ae Tappity-tap-tap go the fingernails on the desktop. A heavy sigh escapes a student in the back row. A flutter of thick eyelashes fights the heavy lids. But visions of skimpily-dressed | bodies lounging in the sun causes them to close. Two minutes and thirty seconds and Spring Break ’89 will officially begin. Of course not every student was as fortunate as juniors Brooks Holder : or Jamey Diggs, who went to Myrtle Beach for their vacations. Sopho- mores Emily Hassett and Alison Moore were also among the lucky few to spend their break in the sun — this time on the beaches of Florida! “Tt was so nice to just relax and do nothing but lie on the beach all day,” said another Florida-vacationer, senior LeeAnn Jenkins. Other students’ vacations were less prestigious but not necessarily less fun. Freshman Caroline Soova said, “Over my spring break, I did any and everything there was to do!” “IT manage the soccer team and we had a lot of three-hour practices dur- ing the week,” said junior Holly Um- stead, “But it was fun because the sun was out and I worked on my tan.” There were those students with no exciting tales about their spring breaks, sophomore Kellee Campbell was one. “I was on restriction all of my spring break,” she said, “But at least my friends came to visit me.” Junior Brad Huddleston had an- other dilemma, “I was without a car all of spring break so my girlfriend had to drive me everywhere.” Even the faculty had time to ‘take it easy’ over spring break, “My wife and I went camping over spring break,” said Mr. Scott LaRue, “It was very relaxing!” Well, as Mr. Tommy Quinn put it, “There are three reasons for being a teacher, summer, Christmas and spring break!” Tracy Butts, senior, had an inter- esting vacation, “Carey Lyon and I got to sit in a state trooper’s car on Easter Sunday because I witnessed atraffic accident,” she said. “But the cop was nice; he put on Whitney Houston for us to listen to.” Whether it meant the beach or the soccer field, Spring Break ’89 left students and faculty with various memories. Each of them are irre- placeable! Spring Break 29

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Culture Shock! A sunny day in England is reason enough for junior Dana Phillips to take a break and leisurely skim through her new art book. Sightseeing! Monticello is just one of the sights junior Kim Abell admired on her vaca- tion around Virginia. The Abell family de- cided to “see Virginia” over Spring break. 28 Spring Break

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Vote It’s Election Time “Attention teachers please excuse the sophomore class to the forum for the SCA speeches at this time.” Candidates were inventing slo- gans, petitions were being signed, and posters were being taped to the walls. SCA elections rapidly ap- proached, the candidates were fired- up and ready to deliver their speeches. Since each candidate had a dif- ferent approach to convey their mes- sage, there were no two speeches alike. “I wanted to put on a show, but at the same time be a little more ser- ious,” said junior presidential candi- date Shawn Nadeau. Nadeau’s seri- 30 SCA Elections ous approach included leading the student body in an oath to vote on election day. However, originality was junior Blake Kilgore’s main ob- jective when he performed a rap. Freshman Maureen Sack fit a puz- zle together while junior Kristi Hamrick presented a slide show of her baby pictures. Vice-presidential candidate Betsy Borders used her license plate that reads BB BOMB to make a statement, “It gets you where you want to go” which she re- lated to her abilities. “You knew who would do the best job by listening to their speeches,” said junior Danielle Orrock. The Old and the New. During the SCA speeches, it is customary for each candidate to sit beside the current holder of each posi- tion. Junior candidate Kristi Hamrick sat be- side current secretary senior Laura Milton, and junior Andi Meredith sat beside current vice-president senior Chuck Sack. After the speeches the candidates | waited anxiously until the next. morning to discover who had won. | Three of the candidates were run- | ning uncontested but they still had to receive 50% of the student body’s | votes. All three uncontested can- didates won the votes needed to bring them into office. “All of the candidates did a commendable job during the campaign. I think the officers that were chosen will repre- | sent us well next year,” said junior. Shantil Putzulu. Hang It Up. Posters and publicity are an im- portant part of every campaign. Junior Shawn Nadeau displayed posters to promote himself as possible president of the SCA.