West Charlotte High School - Lion Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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jg. uf ' W x. Americans Abroad Experience it all aris! Rome! London! Stock- holm! New York! Charlotte! As students anxiously waited for summer to begin, for the alarm clock to retire and for the fun to start, plans were made for those precious 12.35 weeks, 86 days, 2064 hours. Summer promised to bring work, travel, rest and relaxation. A handful of students, repre- senting West Charlotte, jetset- ted through Europe with Dr. John Kiser. Anita Untz, Char- lie Blankenship, Craig John- son, Anne Kirby and Julie Peterson were invited to join Laird Lewis' Young Americans Abroad Program. The purpose of Lewis' pro- gram was to expose students to European history because as Anatole France stated, 'tl know history best if I see it and if I can talk to the stones of the past. The North American Cultural Exchange Legion CNACELJ ex- posed the French way of life to students: Kristen Johnson, Sarah Stroud, Danna Pentes, Valerie Pettway and Lenny Vermillion. While some students were representing America and West Charlotte abroad, other stu- dents stayed in Charlotte pre- Dining Medieval style. Wine barrels and salad baskets add to the medieval atmosphere for seniors Charlie Blank- enship and Craig Johnson as they eat in the restaurant, Our Ancestors, The Gauls, in Pans. France. iPhoto by J. Kiserl paring for the next school year by either working at summer jobs to earn money for the year or by going to summer school to be able to graduate with their class. For the majority of students, however, summer meant get- ting up at 9:30-10 a.m., going to the pool, tennis courts or park. Occasionally, some went to the lake, beach or mountains. No matter what students did, the Summer of '83 definite- ly was a time well deserved, well spent and well neededf, said sophomore Jackie Robinson. Summer in London. English teacher. Patsy Sutherland, watches the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace in London, England while on a UNCC Shakespeare and Performance Study Seminar. iPhoto by B. Fronebergerl Summer 9

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A night on the town. Seniors Anne Kirby, Craig Johnson. Charlie Blank- enship and Myers Park seniors Ann Ver- non and Calvin Williams wine-and-dine in Zermatt, Switzerland at the Gornerf grat Hotel where the legal drinking age is 16. iPhoto by J. Kiserl 2 5 . M L ig, url V1 if Wi ik an ? ,V 51,4 - . ,A v .ff V 8 Summer -www' 1 ..-arf 13' X I f' . , A- V ,' r .fr . -' , .V ,N .' rw -am., ww A A Up and soaring. For seniors Charlie Blankenship, Craig Johnson and 1983 graduate Angie Kirk, purchasing ear- phones to listen to music or movies was just one way to pass the time on the nine and one-half hour flight from Atlanta, Georgia to Frankfurt, Germany. iPhoto by J. Kiserl 1 i ..' ,, .4 1. wi 5 '. W g A , er ' Yimpiu

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New beginnings ff to a fresh start ays of sleeping late, lying by the pool and watching soaps ended. Alarm clocks, notebooks and backpacks be- came the order of the day. The time to come back to school had arrived. Braving 900 plus tempera- tures, juniors and seniors re- turned to old friends and famil- iar surroundings, except for a few relocated classes. Sopho- mores found the first week ex- citing confusing and a little scary. HI got lost four times in the first week. I couldn't even find the gym. I saw it on the map, but then I turned the map upside down and went the wrong way, said sophomore Cindy Dellinger. But it's getting bet- ter, she admitted. Sophomore Craig Davis thought West Charlotte was a little big. It's really spread out and my classes are far apart. I was late to homeroom four times in the first week. Davis found lunch difficult too. Last year I had lunch at 1 a.m. Now I'm eating at 10:30 a.m. It might as well be breakfast. Lettergirls, cheerleaders and athletes started back early with summer practices. The Sunday before school officially started, sophomores got a chance to view the school at an open house, and the senior wom- en'l told who they thought was number one by painting it on the school rock in red, green and blue. Victories for the soccer team in the Myers Park Invitational Soccer Tournament and foot- ball team over Pulaski capped off the week. By the end of the week, lock- ers had been given, schedules adjusted and homework assigned. Students had already experienced much at West Charlotte. But it was only the beginning . . . On the right track. Students again face the challenge of traveling across campus at a fast pace in order to get to class in only five minutes, iPhoto by J. Averyl 10 First week of school