Woodstock Academy - Spire Yearbook (Woodstock, CT)

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MAKING OUR HISTORY Who is that? This is a question which many students may soon be asking each other when the old portraits from the White building attic are restored and hung in the Old Academy Hall. Sitting in a classroom with as much history as room 100, the Old Academy Hall, often inspires one to think of what this same place was like almost two centuries ago. What people sat here an what was this room used for? Stories of past headmasters, of buildings that are no longer in existence, or about the dormitory room that is now the room in which you have English, makes students more aware of the vast history behind the Academy and evokes a certain pride in attending this school. The many rooms of the White building and the Hall gymnasium, as well as the common on which we have gym classes and the campus on which we eat lunch, all have been part of the Academy for a very long time and can make a student feel honored to use them. 14

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When the bell rang, I stuffed my trash In my bag and grabbed my books and started to walk to Chem. lab. Hey, wait you forgot your notebook, Jason yelled. Oh, thanks, can’t lose that. Urn are you doing anything Friday? Uh, I was wondering if you wanted to go to the movies?” This was finally the moment I had imagined for a longtime. I was going to go out with him. We were going out together. Me and Jason Mathieson! 13 Making The Move Jason Mathieson. My mind was always on Jason. But right now I sat in English class waiting for the bell to ring for first lunch, with Jason. I was listening to my teacher explain the Shakespearean Theatre when suddenly, out in the hall stood Jason. I looked up and he was standing there, waiting for me to see him. He smiled, and I smiled and waved back. Vivian! Attendez! My teacher yelled at me, shutting the classroom door. In the lunchline, I made my way through trying to get to Jason. Jason, could you pass me a bagel?” I asked, giving him my sweetest smile. ”1 suppose I can manage that, flirted Jason. We walked outside together, joining our friends who were talking about the Rambo movie. -P.W.

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15 Aside from the historic facilities here, there are also traditions still active today, which have been in existence for several generations of students. Activities such as the Senior Tea at the Pink House, Academy Sunday, and school spirit are among these. Although spirit is not an activity, It is still a tradition which livens and unites the students here. It is participation in these activities which brings us closer to our history. The Academy has a special histry that has been carried on through the years, and has gradually been changed and added to by each generation of students leaving their mark. Along with carrying on long established traditions, we also continually add to and change our traditions to make them more our own. By starting such activities as the slave auction, spirit week, senior-faculty sports events, language volleyball, and Homecoming, we are contributing something from today's world which may become part of Academy history in time; our mark in history. Historical prints used in opening section are from the We there!I Photograph collection of the Woodstock Historical Society. -T.D