Woodbridge High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Woodbridge, VA)

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Summer Exiles Inflicted With Multiple Changes Cheryl Rosenthal pulls an overhead smash on her opponent. Rick Corbin bellows out a cheer in unison with his female counter parts. Students cluster to watch favorite video taped programs during their extended lunch periods. Kimberly Winkler takes a break from her managerial duti es. . V

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tS CONTENTS Opening • • . 2 Good ' Limes . . 8 spam : . . 11 Happenings .. . 51 Academics . . 91 Good Friends .. , . . . 120 Faculty . . . , ... 123 Students . , ... 133 Ads and Index . , ... 224 Closing . , 259 WOODBRIDGE SR. HIGH SCHOOL 30012 OLD BRIDGE ROAD WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA i Public Library rn

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As summer neared its end, we faced the start of school with varied degrees of relief and reluctance. Those who had found summer em¬ ployment had their time occupied well enough, whereas others had to content themselves with the likes of swimming and vacation travel. Speaking of travel, however, a few of us had our share of disappoint¬ ments— what with the gas prices what they were—and had to spend our vacation right at home. Bore¬ dom enevitably set into our sum¬ mer, and, after a while, school ; j didn’t look half bad. We knew there would still be the same old tests and homework, but we had a few new things to look forward to. For one thing, the school day had been, trimmed thirty minutes and classes were only for- ty-five minutes long. We also faced a change in our lunch schedules. As opposed to last year’s five lunch shifts, we now had only three- each extended to forty-five minutes instead of the usual thirty. On the academic level, new class¬ es were being added while a few of the more archaic ones were seen for the last time. One new addition was offered to seniors only. It was called Senior Science and was devel¬ oped basically as a college-prep course for those continuing their studies. The English department also added several courses ranging from “The Bible” to “Literature of the Bicentennial Celebration.” In regard to the athletic portion of the year, we expected additions such as a girl’s tennis team and the return of last year’s novice soccer team. Perhaps as a repercussion of the changing of previously male or fe¬ male oriented roles, the school also reacted with position changes. Re¬ placing Haynes Davis as assistant principal,, we found our first female administrator, Dr. Sarah Jerome. Another first for women was in the position of football manager, with Joe Beaty out-maneuvers a G-F defender during the District Championship match. Kimberly Winkler doing the honors. On the other end of the spectrum, men took a big step forward with Rick Corbin as the first male cheer¬ leader in the history of W.S.H.S. To the happy surprise of a great deal of students, the administration began a new policy of early release. Formally for those students with job committments or participating in a vocational curriculum, the ear¬ ly release was extended to the rest of the student body. The primary effect ivas o n those students who completed their graduation require¬ ments ivith only a class or two. Instead of packing their schedule with unnecessary courses, those stu¬ dents were permitted to leave. It all came down to the idea that slightly overcrowded was better than dras¬ tically so. i 3