Woodbridge High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Woodbridge, VA)

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No Smoke, No Fumes, No Fire ' flo ' fiaa So Why Are We All Outside? N hrrr ... the sound pierces through the building as students slowly make their way out of the school wondering whether it is a real fire or just a drill. Students at¬ tempted to walk quietly and in single file lines out the building safe from any danger. Classes were instructed to stay far from the building until the air horns sounded signaling it was safe to go back inside. ' ' Fire drills became a bother espe¬ cially when they were in the winter time, but I guess they were for our own good, said sopho¬ more Jessica Marsh. Administrators weren ' t the only people who hustled making sure the students were safely out of the building. The Norsemen had to rush out of their classrooms and report to their as¬ signed fire box to see which one was pulled and where the fire may be located. I not only had to avoid hitting people but also the trash cans in the lobby. I was sweating by the time ev¬ erything was under con¬ trol. Fire drills may have seemed to have no meaning and seemed time consuming, but the drills prepared students in case of a real fire and would have been very beneficial in the actual event. The drills should have been taken seri¬ ously, so if there was a real fire we would be prepared and people would know where to go, replied Mr. Don Brown, athletic director. £ Q Fire drills always shook me up. As a Norsemen I had to be ready when the run when the alarm sounded. Before I realized what I was doing I was run¬ ning down the hall to check my box. They always broke the monotony of the school day though. J A.J. Johnson Q Q didn ' t mind the trashcans when there were less than five people in the hall, then I couldn ' t trip over them. After a long period of rain, I hated walking through the hails because I was the one who always got dripped on. Stephanie Hudkins 99 Student Life

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% B . f Going for the title of iTUwfitLrjidd. D uring Spirit Week, Woodbridge stu¬ dents are treated to a very special annual event. Yes, it ' s the tra¬ ditional Miss Gar-Field contest. Each year, Gar-Field provides us with the true beauties of their school so that we may crown one of them with the presti¬ gious title of Miss Gar- Field. Gar-Field ' s nomi- ness for the 87-88 con¬ test were truly stunning young ladies. The freshmen were repre¬ sented by Juan Mor- tensen. The sopho¬ more nominee was Alex Carter. Pete Goodchild was the strikingly beautiful junior candidate, and the al¬ ways stunning Jay The Big, Burly, Beauty Brown was the senior class nominee for Miss Gar-Field. The pep rally at the end of Spirit Week was the forum for the Miss Gar-Field selection. The nominees paraded around the gym dis¬ playing their form and grace for all students to see in hopes of winning the impressive title. Se¬ lection of Miss Gar-Field was based on the ap¬ plause of the students. Due to the overwhelm¬ ing support for both the senior and junior candi¬ dates, a tie was de¬ clared. So the illustrious title of Miss Gar-Field went to the burly beau¬ ty of Jay Brown and Pete Goodchild. f f Ms. Gar-Field is a great tradition here at Woodbridge. I screamed my head off vo¬ ting for Ms. Gar-Field during the pep rally. I know the sen¬ iors won this year. There ' s no way that there was a tie for it. Even though the seniors were cheated out of a win, I enjoyed it. 5 5 Matt Tamez Q Q I thought the Ms. Gar- Field contest was pret¬ ty funny. The guys run¬ ning for it looked awful the way they were dressed up. I don ' t think there should have been a tie in the contest. The juniors should have won it. They had the most applause Brittany Matthews Spirit Week Miss Gar-Field

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I Rain, Rain Go Away. Come Again . . . ikrtUj When We ' re Covered and Ready! A silent drip of water turns into a shreik of ter¬ ror as it hits a well dressed female with perfectly placed hair. She wipes her face and then glares at the black hole ten feet above her on the lob¬ by roof. I hate these leaky roofs ' the girl replies as she dodges a trash can five steps in front of her. This was a common fear for most students. Avoiding people in the crowds, trashcans in the hall and dodging drips Looking inside out?!? Students evacuate the school during an¬ other fire drill. Leaving the school quietly and orderly was important during the fire drill. from the ceiling be¬ came a great athletic accomplishment. I hated all the trashcans but I guess it was bet¬ ter than stepping in two inches of rain soaked carpet, re¬ plied senior Amy Bodmer. Water did not just seep through the roofs in the halls but also in the classrooms. One of the worst struck areas was the history pod. Every time I came into the room I had to avoid sitting in a place where soaked tiles Ahhh, it’s the black hole! Not ex¬ actly, just a leaky roof. Students may recognize this sight and avoid it at all costs. The leaky roof will hopefully be repaired by the fall of 1988. were ready to fall or avoid sitting in a wet desk, commented senior Jolene Carter, a government student in Mr. Geoff Dodge ' s class. After a long period of rainfall the roof was so bad students want¬ ed to protest with um¬ brellas. This did not take place but instead the destruction of the roof became widely known and publicized by the media. School board members were notified and damage repair was taken into consideration. The at¬ tention was well de¬ served, and hopefully by the fall of 1988 WHS will have a beautiful, newly repaired roof. Fire Drills and Leaky Roofs