Pulaski County High School - Cougar Pinnacle Yearbook (Dublin, VA)

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Freshman Discovery Cycle begins. A Cougar is bom as the freshman sheds the old middle-school ways to discover high school life. .. Freshmen 13

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(TOP LEFT) Because they need more time to find their classes, freshmen hurry to their lockers and away. (TOP RIGHT) A few bites of an orange help Vickey Stephens absorb world history. (ABOVE) Free for a few minutes and seeking comfort in numbers, Cindy Miller, Libby Hoback, Melissa Ward and Deanna Hensdill gossip during lunch period. (RIGHT) Gaining a few precious moments outdoors, Mrs. Elrica Graham’s earth science students plot sun spots. (OPPOSITE PAGE) (TOP) Vol¬ leyball is more interesting, if less competitive, played eoeducationally. (BOTTOM) With grace belying her years, freshman Sharon Crews competes in the beauty pageant. 12 Freshmen

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mrn Bewildered by mobs of students, locker combinations and a strange building, freshmen converge at home base — the orange lockers. Freshmen Experience Confusion, Fear, Before Gaining Acceptance Even before fear, freshmen at P.C.H.S. found themselves full of confusion during their first days at the high school. If anyone were seen wandering aimlessly in the halls, the natural assumption was that he was a ninth grader. After all, what comes closest to Mr. Bruce Henderson’s definition of a Chinese fire drill? A group of new freshmen searching for the Commons! Standard comments circulated through the halls in August. “They’re even smaller than the last bunch.” “How am I going to find a bathroom? The only people I know are freshmen, and they can’t find themselves!” “I hate it here — it’s too big.” “I love it — the food’s good and the girls are really cute.” “I’ve been going ’round for ten minutes. Somebody please tell me where the science pod is!” Were these the same students who stood around snickering when quaking y V . Z ' if eighth graders toured the building last spring? More perceptive freshmen soon noticed the quality of the building itself, even if some pods were ten degrees cooler than others. Yet all felt, and were affected by, the ever¬ present rules. They learned to carry their student handbooks, novelties in themselves, and to know which areas were open and which were verboten, at least if anyone were around. While maintaining his individu¬ ality, each ninth grader eventually blended into the school fabric. He became accustomed to walking in cir¬ cles and thinking of “I.M.C.’s” and “Common’s” instead of “libraries” and “cafeterias.” By the time the next “crop” arrived, the scared ninth graders who had preceded them had transformed into P.C.H.S. students. They had arrived. 14 Freshmen