Suffolk High School - Peanut Yearbook (Suffolk, VA)

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Sell those oranges! The Band Booster families helped raise money for the shiny new drums. Worse I r is estimated that there are currently eleven million of them under age eighteen. One million more per year at the current rate will experience the situation. Forty-five percent of them will experience it before age eighteen. Who are they? Children of Divorce. In the last d ecade, the divorce rate in the United States has more than doubled, prompting many psychiatrists to call it one of the most serious and complex mental health crises facing children of the 80s. Despite the adage that children are flexible and will bounce back, the experience can be painful and damaging. Children between the ages of six and eight often take on the responsibility of the separations and have fears of abandonment and loss of love. Between the ages of nine and twelve, the children ' s anger seems to be directed toward the parent he deems responsible for the break-up. However teenagers face what many experts call the loyalty dilemma, or which parent to remain faithful to. They also tend to try to take on the responsibility of the missing parent. Boys are the harder hit because more is expected from them and they get less support from teachers and peers as a result. Yet, all the articles and experts can not know how living in a single-parent home affects the children. In many cases, divorce is a much happier situation than the fighting and bickering that was once present. And as long as the children are assured that the parents are only divorcing each other and not the children, life can go on almost as usual. Credit for statistics: Readers Digest May 1980 issue. FAMILY 11

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All in the Family Basking or baking? Kay Beale stretches out in the hot August sun at a Nags Head campground. Smiles and wave. The sun and sand attracts Stephanie White, William Jones and friends to Virginia Beach. A fter all, you only live once, seemed to be the mood of many families as they grudgingly dished out the bucks to pay for rising gas prices and other expensive vacation costs. In spite of inflation, many students and their families had exciting excursions over the summer. From the mountains, to the praries, to the oceans white with foam, ' ' cars packed with suit cases, cameras, and people could be seen traveling the highways to varying destinations. The Outer Banks, otherwise known as Nags Head, was a favorite vacation spot for many. Located near the Tidewater area, Nags Head was very alluring to those gas-conscious travelers. The weather was beautiful, but I got lucky and had sun - poisoning, stated an exasperated Betty Moore. The mountains also had their appeal. The back-to-nature aspect attracted many families escaping the heat of the city. I love having to use a blanket during the cool nights, claimed Benita Rountree, mountaineer. However, the heat of the big city was not so distastful, as students headed north to the Big Apple to spend a week or two at Times Square. It was fun sight-seeing at the Statue of Liberty, and spending a day at Coney Island, asserted Stephanie White. It was evident that the high prices hadn ' t stopped many families from having a nice vacation. But unfortunately the summer was soon over, and it was back to the old grind. During the last week of summer, students were busy preparing for the upcoming school year. The stores were filled with last-minute shoppers and bargain-hunters looking for school supplies. Moms were close behind with their wallets, check books, and credit cards, paying left and right. Many parents, along with students, weren ' t exactly looking forward to the new school year. For some unknown reason, mothers don ' t enjoy baking brownies for a club sale after working eight hours, coming home and cleaning house, cooking supper, and ironing clothes. But parents would support school activities as always. It was a part of family life. Go Jennier The Alwoods and Margin cheer the Girls Basketball team on to a victory. FAMILY

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Looks good. From the smile on Sharon Manning ' s face, she obvisouly is satisfied with her schedule, pausing in the hall to check her next number. Words of welcome. Annette Christian invites all students to participate in school activities. Getting to Know Y’all XI as it been three months already? I ' ll bet they set the calenders up a month . This seemed to be written all over the freshmen s faces as they began to slowly gather in the auditorium for Orientation. It was time to let go of surf boards and sand buckets and pick up pencils and notebooks. From now on, whenever there would be the need to take a cool dip, a Nestea plunge would have to suffice. Everyone was quiet and attentive the first day of school. Nobody wanted to miss a single direction, not even directions to a classroom. With all these steps and doors, I could get lost in a minute, sighed Jewel Winborne as she took a glance at the stairs at each end of the hall. During the opening assembly, Mrs. Bailey gave everyone a smile and eased a little of the tension with a warm welcome. She was followed by Mrs. White who explained scheduling and credits needed for graduating. We just got here and she ' s talking about graduation, joked one freshman as he sank into his seat. Instead of getting better, things turned a bit sour as Mr. Jones started to explain disciplinary rules and regulations, but a few smiles began to show when he announced that he was new to the school too. Laughter broke spontaneously as he further related the story of a young man who didn’t want to tuck his shirt in for fear it would wrinkle. Mr. Jones still made his point; he would be fair but firm. An hour and a half later it was off to homeroom were there were dozens of forms to fill out that were carbon copies of all the forms in previous years. This gave freshmen a chance to get acquainted with their homeroom teachers, who they would only see a total of two hours during the year. More important, there was time to catch up on summer loves and losses. 12 ORIENTATION