Riverhead High School - Blue Peconic Yearbook (Riverhead, NY)

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, ANTICIPATING THE UNEXPECTED While mosr of us were still enjoying our remoining summer doys or working of our summer jobs, o group of dedicoted teochers. counselors, ond od- minisrrorors gathered ot school with a lot of excited, nervous, anxious, or just plain optimistic students Did school begin o week eorly? For the incoming freshmon class of 1989. It sure did The freshmon doss, along with their parents, gothered in the ouditorium ot 9 o.m. ond were greeted by Dr. McKee, our principal Dr McKee stressed many points of interest, such os the various school activities we hove to offer, the fact that we ac- tually do go outside for lunch if we so choose, ond most importantly, how much homework to expect Ms Fitzpotrick. our new assistant principal, told the freshmon doss. We ore both new here this year; and because of that. I'm going to be wotching you oil very carefully!’ The freshman orientotion did not end in the ouditorium Freshmen were led into the cofeterio ond put into groups. Eoch group was led by a teocher or administrator, olong with vorious student council members All the freshmen received their schedules for the upcoming yeor. ond ony questions they hod were then answered The freshmen ond their parents were then given a tour of the school. The parents got o real sense of security knowing ond witnessing first hand what their child would be work- ing on ond where he would be going. Mrs. Liz Wivc- zor. mother of on incoming freshmon concluded. ”1 felt better after seeing the school during the oriento- tion It is great for the kids to see the school ond get the loy of the land It was well run. ond I think the kids really benefited from it.'' Above: Getting o little help from o friend. Angelo Booker concentrates on on important school rule in the Student Handbook during the orientotion ceremonies. Left: Freshmon Toro Wivczor discovers that high school won t be as bod os she ex- pected. Here she gets help from her mother, who is on the school staff Freshmon Onenronon 11

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Right. Sweating out the sum- mer's hear. Richard Folk rakes a break from practice during the freshman orienta- tion, even though he is nor a freshman. Delow At hand to help the new high school students were Commander Roth and senior John Melendez, who never hod the opportunity of o freshman orientation. Gottorn With Student Hand- book ready. Student Council President Jennifer Hofmonn comes to the oid of freshman Bernadette Francis in the school cafeteria. 10 Freshman Orientation

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WAVES HEAD FOR THE BEACH It happens ro us all-one day you woke up ond SURPRISE! Summer's here! Time ro pur owoy oil your spring clorhes. rhe ones you've been gerring rired of onywoy. ond rime ro buy o new wardrobe Nexr. hir rhe beoch. sook up some roys. ond rhen . . . Bur woir! Ir moy be worm, bur ir's nor officioly sum- mer yer. You've gor rwo more weeks of school, rhen Three days of finals ro ger Through before you're free, ond Those con be rhe rwo longesr weeks of your life Evenruolly Though, rhe rime posses, ond school s our. Then rhe fun reolly begins! Everybody's firsr impulse is ro RELAX ro roke ir easy ond recuperare from rhe ordeol of rhe pasr ren monrhs. Living on rhe Eosr End of Long Island pro- vides o greor number of woys ro hove fun: swim- ming. booring, ond enjoying rhe sun ore jusr some of These woys. Then comes rhe second impulse: Ger o job! You need money ro enjoy yourself Gas costs money; food ond drink cost money, movies cost money- you nome ir—ir costs money This, plus rhe focr rhor many porenrs wonr rheir children ro do somerhing useful wirh rheir summer, usually meons rhor o lor of Riverheod srudenrs wind up working during rhe sum- mer And There ore plenry of opporruniries form- work. lifeguording or o beoch or pool, ond your local fosr-food esroblishmenr ore jusr o few examples. Even wirh o job, rhere's plenry of rime ro enjoy yourself Bur rhe summer seems ro slip owoy so fosr- soon rhe Fourrh of July ond all irs fesriviries ore norhing bur o pleosonr memory, ond Augusr is jusr oround rhe corner Try os you mighr. you con'r Turn rhe calendar bock, ond rhe dog-doys of Augusr hove passed you by. Suddenly ir's Labor Doy. ond you realize rhor in o few more doys. summer will end, ond rhen ir's bock ro rhe some old rourine Of course, ir's nor oil rhor bod-you ger ro see friends you hoven'r seen oil summer. Bur rhere's olwoys one rhoughr flooring oround in rhe bock of your head- only one hundred ond eighry doys unril. SUMMER! Above Wendy Johnson relaxes on rhe beoch wirh her good friend Mory Sropinski This summer, srudenrs found many woys ro enjoy rhe hot weorher. Right One of the many beautiful sunsets of rhe summer of 65 os seen in South Jomesporr. 12 Summer