Woodbridge High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Woodbridge, VA)

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How to beat those work by P icture yourself on a beach with the relentless rays of the sun beating down on your tanned body as the white waves nip your toes. Reality strikes! The picture is shattered. Whether you worked inside or out the summer held promise for exciting adventures. Long and sometimes late hours paid off for people saving up. The sun was hot, but the mon¬ ey was good, com- Enjoy! Junior Kelli Ficher col¬ lects money for the goodies she sells at Tacketts Mill movie theatre. Kelli enjoyed working “at the movies” during her sum¬ mer vacation. day, play mented senior Kevin Humphrey who worked construction to pay for a car. The average working day for most people con¬ sisted of eight to ten hours. If a person was not working outside, they worked inside in food chain or depart¬ ment stores. It didn ' t bother me working in¬ side all day and not getting a tan, joked senior Valerie White assistant manager at Tacketts Mill Theatre. Welcome to McDonalds may I fake your order please? Senior Terri Smith takes a to-go order at the Lakeridge McDonalds. This was one of the many sum¬ mer jobs held by upper class- men. by night As for underclass¬ men the summer meant the pool, beach and a long va¬ cation. I spent most of my summer water skiing and camping, junior Sean Rivera said. Lawnmowing and ba¬ bysitting were jobs freshmen and sopho¬ mores filled. As the summer slipped by the reality of school boomed in the minds of students as they pictured them¬ selves at their desks studying and struggling through another year waiting for summer once again. Summer Jobs

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sssxmmmi Feeling H ey, Toot, Please don ' t run and whatever you do, don ' t drown. Life- guarding: Could it be a cure for the summer¬ time blues? Guarding was a popular job this summer. It seemed like the ideal job, sitting around all day getting a tan, and sporting those $50 Ray Ban shades; but believe it or not, work was involved. M y hands started to turn raw near the end of the summer from all the scrubbing, and the bathrooms still aren ' t clean! Greg Anway complained. Aside from the cleaning that needed to be done, various classes were re¬ quired before becom¬ ing a lifeguard. For in¬ stance, First Aid and CPR as well as the life- guarding class itself needed to be passed before one got to wear those sporty Speedo suits. It all seemed worth it to¬ ward the end of the summer. I really be¬ came close to every¬ one on my staff. We had a good working re¬ lationship as well as so¬ cial. Jenny Carney stated. The biggest squabbles we had were over who had the best tan, Jennifer Cook giggled. Time seemed to play an im¬ portant part in a life¬ guard ' s day. At most pools the guard would sit in the chair for 15 minutes then rotate to another chair. Even so, guarding did prove to be a cure for summer¬ time blues, said Jenny Rissler. £ My favorite part of be¬ coming a lifeguard was the friendships that lasted even when summer ended. No one could ever replace all the fun we had during the hours we worked together. — Junior Heather McLaughlin 9 9 0 I I I I i I II I- ' 1 Being a lifeguard was a great way to spend the summer vacation. I met a lot of people and had a great tan in the process. However the best thing about being a lifeguard was the money! Senior Alex Powell J l j I JO I Student Life

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hicken wire . . . Paint ... A flat bed . . . Napkins, lots of napkins .. . These are the basic necessities in building a float. For some, getting these materials was easy, but for others, it was like looking for needles in a haystack. Just ask the choir department. For three weeks, it looked as if there wouldn ' t be a choir float in the Homecom¬ ing parade. The prom¬ ised flat bed from last Homecoming had been sold and couldn ' t be located, and all oth¬ er leads were coming up short. Fora while, it looked like we wouldn ' t be able to find a flat bed. Then, a non-choir friend told us that he had one that we could use, ex- Concept plained junior Lara Brit¬ tain. After getting a flat, the designing came into play. Plans were made and materials sought after. High on everyone ' s list was napkins. There was generally a mad scramble to get green, yellow, and white nap¬ kins. I couldn ' t believe how fast napkins disap¬ peared from stores. We had to use what we could find, ad¬ mitted junior Colin Reese when asked about the multi-col¬ ored napkins on the choir float. Once materials were found, and the actual work got underway, building those Hallow¬ een floats got fun. ■ m Working on a float is a good way to show school spirit. It ' s good for those peo¬ ple who want to be spirited, but want to do it quietly. I think it helps to create a sense of closeness between all those working on a float. — Mark Harris 99 £ ( Since I was new, I was anxious to meet people and working on a float proved to be a good way to do so. Ev¬ eryone pitched in and tried to help as much as possible. We had to use teamwork and get along or nothing would get done. — Jenny Walker Student Life