Suffolk High School - Peanut Yearbook (Suffolk, VA)

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New sights and sounds. From their bench under the big tree out front. Freshmen survey the school grounds. Ready and waiting. A pile of ninth grade schedules waits to be distributed to heir owners. FRESHMAN QUESTIONNAIRE Twenty-one members of the Freshman class were asked the following questions, and here are the results. Q: What are your expectations of Suffolk High School? What do you expect your first year to be like? A: The majority felt that they would enjoy the school and their first year here. Freshmen felt their year would be spunky ” and different Q: Are you excited about starting high school? A: Most were, but there were a few who took nonchalant attitudes. Q: How do you feel about getting out of your bed, while still on vacation, to come to Orientation? A: The majority felt alternately happy or sleepy. A small minority felt upset about rising early.

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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

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ns P new paper and sharpened pencils accompanied by smiling faces and pretry new clothes filled the hall on the first day of school. At the sound of the bell, students in mass confusion crowded through the building. Although the freshmen had already looked up their classes, they were still a little unsure and some of the juniors and seniors were stopped for a second as they were asked directions. Everyone was seeking to find out what their friends had been doing over the summer, and sighed when they realized that it was all over. After the students had reached their destinations, it was time to put those sharpened pencils and that new paper to work. ’’These words seemed to ring from every teacher’s classroom and into the hall. Just before the bell rang, students were reminded of their homework assignments due the next day. After-school hours were by no means slighted when it came to being busy. ”I’m really excited about being a Varsity cheerleader, so I don’t mind the hour after school every day,” explained Sharon Burgess excitedly. There were Girls Basketball, Football, Band, and Pom-Pom practices. Many of the new faces became familiar when they go together to work on some school project. I’m just waiting for the first pep rally to get into the school spirit, ” shouted Lisa Outlaw, an enthusiastic freshmen. 14 SCHOOL OPENING