Rubidoux High School - Eyry Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Cunningham, Dorlene We ' re the Kids of Ai

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Coro. Elizabeth Chopman, Jerry Chappell, Renee Clark, Joll Clark, Kip Clory, Dovid Cleary, Tony demons, Charle Codding, Wendy Contreros, Martir Cona. Monica Corner, Timothy Cornwelt, Becky Corrales, Scott Cortez, Guadalupe Cortez, Stacy Paranoia Strikes First Day Youths A s the sun peeks out over the top of Mt. Rubidoux, a school stirs for the first time since last June. Buses, filled to capacity with high school students, stop to let their passengers out. For over sev- en hundred freshmen, it was pande- monium. They had to wrestle their way through the mob of students, find their classes, and get used to a non-rotating schedule. When I first came here, I felt very lost. I thought Rubidoux was o big school, but it doesn ' t look so big now that I know my way around, stated Gina Ferraro. Of course, being the first day of school, a lot of freshmen were late to first period. Teachers let them in class, but warned them about being tardy a second time. Brunch and off-campus lunches pre- sented new concepts to ninth graders. At lunch, after finding the lunch area, they looked around for familiar faces. Making their presence known, voices called out as friends found each other and clustered together to eat. Then it was back to another class or two, depending on whether the student was taking the optional sixth period. After the long awaited bell, signaling the end of fifth period, students flooded from the rooms to find their buses, which wasn ' t easy. As the brain-weary high schoolers left campus, the school became empty and stood lifeless await- ing the multitude of youths that would once more fill its interior, t - 1. Freshmen gather on their first day to talk about classes. 2. After conversing with lunch time friends, Missy Hall walks to her next class. 3. Four freshmen, on their first day at RHS, find comfort in their friendship at brunch. 7175

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Students Except Privilege Readily p Lxeing new to Rubidoux, freshmen were also new to off-campus lunch. Last year, in junior high, they had to stay in one little area at lunch time, with staff forever present and watching them. But this year was different! Freshmen found they could go anywhere they wanted to, with the exception of Alpha Beta Super- market, and not have someone around making sure they weren ' t getting into trouble. I like having the privilege of going off campus during lunch, even though I don ' t often utilize it. confessed Lisa Fillmore. Other ninth graders expressed similar feelings. I like going places at lunch. It ' s pretty rod. The food ' s OK too. exclaimed Gordo Lopez. Fresh- men took full advantage of their new- found freedom. A W, Stop-n-Go, and arcades became some of their favorite haunts. No longer did they feel they were be- ing babysat. With permission granted by their parents, freshmen scurried to school to receive their lunch pass. After obtaining the treasured off-campus pass from the attendance office, they could leave the school grounds during lunch for as long as they liked, providing they were back in time for their fifth pe- riod class. Of course, not everyone went off- campus. Some people preferred to eat at the snack bar or cafeteria, but that ' s OK. 1. Patty Cunningham strolls off campus for lunch. 2. Freshmen and other students at Stop-n-Go dur- ing lunch. 3. After a filling lunch at McDonald ' s, freshman Tammy Prince, and friends Dana Mag- stadt and Cathy Harris, play in McDonald Land before going bock to fifth period. Foyod, Kimberly Tenn. Michoel f erguson, Kevin Ferrell, Sondro 177