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1996 ISLANDER
Volume 42
Poquoson High School
Ot Odd Road
Poquoson, Virginia 25662
(S04) 868-7123
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fter a couple of weeks, the sun
and melted the snow, leaving the
par t soiled with dirt from all over town.
igh stands on a sunny afternoon in
mid-February just after the students were
released from its walls.
TITLE PAGE 1—
t Leanne Phillips’ birthday party i
junior Valerie Sledd attempts to bite a
ing one of the party games. “I felt kin
cause I haven’t done anything like
that since the third grade,” said Valerie.
have no clue,” said senior Rick Hellman responding to a question on whe
maj policy changes occurred in our school.
her than the minute changes such as the rerouting of the lunch lines, the rebirt
ry fines, and the new Truitopia machines, everything was ALONG THE 6AM
LINES.
In the past, major changes were implemented that effected the whole school. We
moved to the optional seventh period, got many new teachers, changed th
administration, and even changed the way our teachers taught.
Unless you were a freshman, a Fruitopia drinker, ora library-privilege abuser, ther
were not many adjustment
For the rest of the studen
body, everything was jug
like the previous year.
Except for the giganti
freshman class, everythin,
remained the same. There
were fewer move-ins, hard
any new teachers, and the
same administration. Wit
the same people behinc
the same policies, thing
By DEAN SHANNON
couldnt help but b
Lack of
s always, lunch provided relief ALONG THE SAME LINES.
monotony of the school day. Students
change keeps rir stress in different ways and, on When asked about the changes, or lack o
yme creativity came out. Senior Troy
sophomore Christine Leeson said, “] haven
utler takes advantage of his free time during B-
people, lunch by sculpting the “Mountain Dew War- heard of any
rior.
The changes, as minor as they were, wen
policies in line unnoticed by nearly everyone. “I don't think a thing has changed since last year. The
only difterence Ican see is that being a senior gives you a new point of view on things,
with previous
said Jeremy Miller.
Even though a new perspective may have helped to get through the monotony ¢
events
daily lite, everything was still ALONG THE SAME LINES.
— 2 OPENING
MAETER six hours of
racking your brain, you are
ByD eaa n ready for a break. Whether
Lif
you play hockey after
school or shoot some
Weekend
Line
pool, friends
activities,
play a major
plans
role in your student life.
similiar to Like the graduates before
them, students depended on
those of times
their peers forthe comaraderie
past
they provided. “We usually
go toa game
and then end
up hanging
out at
someone’s
house,” said
senior Leslie
een eos Came
describing a typical weekend
ToOowarptheend ofthe Home-
coming Dance, junior Jason Forrest
is surrounded by juniors Emily Shep-
for students.
herd, Maura Garvey, Rachel Gilbert,
Gretchen Zohn, Sarah Kreiger, and |
The weekend was very
sophomore Randi Webb. “We hada |
blast hanging out with friends and
singing Hootie,” said Rachel. Jason similiar to a typical weekend
attended the dance with Randi, who
apparently did not mind sharing him
when teacher Mrs. Carol Zak
with five other girls.
attended high school. “Unless
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there was something special, A ae
— 4 STUDENT LIFE DIVIDER
like a dance, we usually went
toabasketball or football game
and hung out with friends,”
said Mrs. Zak. The similiarity
of the two weekends only
proved that everything was
ALONG THE SAME LINES.
With the variety of different
events and activities going on
all the time, it was amazing
everything stayed ALONG
THE SAME LINES. “Going
to the movies, to work, to
parties, or trying to recover
from Friday’s football game
usually made up my
weekends,” said junior Jamie
Holloway.
Whether at the movies, the
game, or just hanging out,
friends played a major role in
every aspect of student life.
IN mid-July, during the height of
the heat, beaches and pools were the
most popular hang-outs. Sophomore
Tammi Perok fixes her hair and exits
the water after a cool-down in the
pool in her backyard.
STUDENT LIFE DIVIDER 5 —
_ Summer brings
hat did vacations, jobs, relaxation, timee alf rom
school, studies —
you do
over the by Rebecca “Jurbish
summer?
Five, Four, Three, Two, One. The countdown is over. It has finally arrived. It has been
long awaited. Summer has begun.
Students enjoyed the freedom of summer. They needed the time to relax. Sophomore
“I went to New
Michelle Harrell said, “I spent my summer lying on the couch watching television.”
York like I always
Others were not as free. They chose to spend their summer working. Junior Donald
do. My parents
Todd said, “This summer I worked at Busch Gardens to save money for a car.”
want to get rid of
Freshman Mandi Kern agreed with the idea of making money. She said, “Instead of
me so I stay with
wasting my summer, I babysat three days a week to earn more money.”
friends up there.
Senior Mary Roberts kept busy during the summer. She said, “Between going out with
I like going to
my friends and working at Dairy Queen, I barely had any free time.”
Manhatten to
Vacationing with friends and family was another popular choice among students.
shop. Besides
that I do the Sophomore Kevin McClellan said, “I went to the mountains near Independence for five
days. Mr. VanDervort took me and two other students. We fished every day and even
same things that
played tennis. It was really relaxing, and I hope to go back next year.”
Ido here.”
Nicole Knudsen 10 The summer was so humid that many students spent time at the beach, whether it was
for beach week or with their families. Sophomore Nicole Morehouse said, “I went to
“I worked in Virginia Beach with my relatives. We spent the day laughing at my aunt because she was
Nags Head at a afraid of the waves. I really enjoyed myself.”
jewelry shop. I Students spent their summer in different ways. Some spent it working and others just
lived by myself lying around, but they all agreed that summer was a long-needed break.
on my family’s
boat. It was a
good experience,
livoin mny gow n
and supporting
myself. I had a
really good time
and plan to
return next
year.”
Ginger Aldridge
2
“My friends and I
went to Busch
Gardens a lot,
and we hung out
at each other’s
houses. We also
went on trips
with our youth
groups to little
no-name places.” While vacationing with some members After a long day at work, junior Jason
of the tennis team and coach Mark Forrest took a break to go fishing for
Jesse Buchanan 11
VanDervseoniorr tDa,vi d Lopezattaches salmon. Jason spent the summer in
a jig to Aaron VanDervort’s fishing pole. | Alaska working for his uncle. His uncle
David said, “Mr. VanDervort’s son, ranawildernleodsges i n Homer. Jason
Aaron, kept losing all of my jigs,solhad said, “I worked hard all summer, but
to keep putting more of them on his fish- _ the times when got to take a break and
ing pole. At he end of the trip had lost do something that I wanted to, it was
over half of my jigs.” very rewarding.”
6 SUMMER
