Valley Central High School - Viking Log Yearbook (Montgomery, NY)

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flseftj Instead of treating, high school students find tricking more enjoyable. Montgomery, traditionally, is the 'tseat of Halloween if merriment. 1 t . f-Yr: fAhovej People often go to great lengths to evade practice. Runner, Mike Luft, was Creative, but not enough to avoid discovery. The school is a place to return to for the awkward spectator. Duve Monteiru finds the ride in the hall smoother than Rt. 17K. STUDENT LIFE 11

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Student life Students share emotions, experiences here are no typical studentsg no typical student's life. But there are some things - some emotions and ex- periences - that all students have in common, just from being students. The weekend parties, WABC's top ten, stereo systems, movies, final exams, school lunches, cars, the No. 2 lead pencil, and a blue-ink pen: the necessities of student life. Basically, these necessities haven't changed through the years. Always, parties and potato chips and cars have been the main-stay of students, exis- tenceg always, students have suffered through school lunches and finalsg al- ways, students have thrived on the radio and TV, but the songs and the programs have changed. Today a student might not have the straight reading, writing, arithmetic, social studies, and English course schedules. He might spend half his day at BOCES, half the day at VC, and his evening at a job, like Robin Hoff- man. I go to AM BOCES for health as- sistance. I get home about 2:30 and then I eat dinner because I work at the A8zP from 4:00 to about 9:00. By the time I get home, I'm usually so tired that I just go to bed, and forget all about my homework. Like so many students have these past years, Robin is working to earn money for a car. That will never change. tAbovel The district extends over 125 square miles. Debbie Slobodu spends almost an hour and a half in her daily trip to and-from school. fRightj After school, many students simply munch out in front of the tube. Others, such as Mike Herling, find physical activity more pleasurable. 10 STUDENT LIFE .,. ,M is .1 h . . . ,ri.. it Q , .. wang., 1 riy' ,U . - w -ew, 5

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fRightl Before the Homecoming game, class floats paraded around the football field. Chris Ross, loonne Hichichi, Wendy Godfrey, Larry Sutter, and Mike McComb created more Moments to Remember. JllIll0l:S.Slllk opposition omecoming harbors a number of traditions: the bonfire, the game, the float competition between classes, and the dance. SGA announced Eras as the theme for the float competition. It chose Mr. Brooks, Mrs. Kennedy, Rev. Damon, and Mrs. Morrissey as judges. The floats were judged on a scale of one to ten - on imagination, creativi- ty, design, and authenticity. It was really a tough decision. All the floats showed a lot of creativity, said Mrs. Kennedy. A Viking vessel, the Freshman float, with a theme of Vikings sail to '82 , received a score of rfinety-six points. We had most of the frame up and then we had to tear it down. That left us only one and a half weeks to finish it. Sometimes we had only three people working on it and other times we had ten or fifteen, commented Drew Lounsbury. The Sophomore float, a Conestoga wagon drawn by two horses, pulled one hundred twenty-six points. Their theme was Graduation, here we come. Our float was a lot of fun. We worked hard and learned to cooper- ate. We learned a great deal more than that, though. We learned mainly how to deal with problems and how to solve them. With Mr. DiL0renZo's help, we had the float finished and at school in plenty of time for the parade. All of the floats were really well done this year. And even though there were some sour feelings, we still had a good time,', said Chris Shipman and Mike Menendez. 12 HOMECOMING Lrg.. . I fi