T O M A H A through the of the beholder For Reference Not to be taken from this room Student Life People Sports Sneaking a Peek Optical Illusions Eyeing the This section covers Everyone showed up Sports were a major events from the for this section: part of the school summer through the seniors, under¬ experience. Many school year. Inityou classmen, facu) ty and were athletes, and will find out how staff. Here everyone others went to great your friends spent had a chance to be lengths to support their spare time. seen. them from the stands. of the Beholder ^146 Academes Index The Beautiful Pupil All Eyes on Us Many of us found a No matter how many Check out this sense of belonging clubs or sports we section to see which when we joined a participated in, the businesses in the club. For others, we real reason we were community enjoyed the idea of here was for what we supported our school giving back to the learned everyday in and where you can community. every class. find yourself on the Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from LYRASIS and LYRASIS Members https://archive.org/details/tomahawk36keco Kecoughtap High School 522 Woodland Road Hampton, VA 23669 757-850-5000 School Population: 1769 Tomahawk Volume 36 HAMPTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 4207 VICTORIA BLVD. HAMPTON VA, 23669-4243 LOOKING LIKE A LEADER! Sophomore Adrian Hawkins leads Mrs. Ansley Rambeau’s English class in a review of “The Bean Eaters” by Gwendolyn Brooks. Students were often given the responsibility of leading class discussions and reviews to help teach leadership. This also gave them the opportunity to see things from the teachers’ point of view. DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? Juniors Kyle Nelson. Mark Tunstall, Dan Dyke and Billy Towson watch the pick-up football game that goes on through both lunch periods. Not only did it attract many players, it also had a large following of spectators who appreciated the enthusiasm with which the students played. A»«*n Ml i tut STUDENTS * COUNSELORS uMTni ■n. • '« A BE MR BARROSO BF • OZ MRS KASHV EA • HO MRS PETERSEN HP - Ml MR GORDON MJ . SH MS RIDOICK PARKERi m SI Z MRS LUCK I ** i rm Opening Looking at ths World THROUGH ANOTHER'S EYES Everyone had a different outlook on school. To really make things work, it was important to try and view our little world through another s eyes. We found that everything looked different through the eyes of the beholder. As we walked down the hall, sneaking a peek at other worlds and other people, we discovered that with the most unusual things, seeing was believing. Each student took turns eyeing the competitor whether it was among fellow students or one of the opposing schools. We came to realize that some things we depended on were just optical illusions. Whatever happened, though, we knew we had all eyes on us, the beautiful pupils. THROUGH A SECRETARY’S EYES. Senior YVHAT A VIEW! Ever wonder what the halls looked I Meredith Haggard, junior Erin Hebert and senior Alison like from the “game room”? Cameras covered the Francis volunteer in the guidance office during their hallways and administrators watched the monitors in ■ study hall period. Students found that helping out in the office on the 700 hall. From those little round offices and working for teachers gave them an idea of cameras they had quite a view of all parts of the what life was like on the other side of the desk. building. 3 Opening Wmm %» Jr "*► i 4 (Student Life Divider Sneaking a peek inside the our students strived toward a Table of Contents very heart of Kecoughtan common goal of making our Summer Travels 6 High School, you would find school a place where anything back to School 8 Weekends lo that our lives were made up of was possible and all dreams College Choices 12 a myriad of daily dramas and could be achieved. Football Hoomecoming 14 basketbal Homecoming 16 struggles that brought us A look inside the heart of Jobs 18 together. Our individual our school showed students Holidays 20 Mr. & Miss KHS 22 hopes and goals seemed to who worked hard, played hard, Military ball 24 naturally form a bond that and who were rewarded with Ring Dance 26 Prom 28 we all shared, regardless of fond memories and a wealth of Senior Skip 30 our diverse backgrounds and knowledge that could never 32 Graduation belief's. Along with faculty, be replaced. TALK TO THE HAND! Senior Mike Curry rejects what Assistant Principal Mr. Sam Butler is telling senior Kelly Deavers. Students consulted administrators with endless questions throughout the year, but they sometimes didn't like the answers. 5 Student Life Divider FEEL THE BANG! During the summer on Monday nights the T r o m 1 e y family hosted N W O parties. There everyone had to dress NICE HORSIE! While on vacation in up as their Arkansas, English teacher Mrs. Melissa favorite Duckworth spends a few quality moments wrestler. getting to know her horse. Ornery, before the Chris ride. She enjoyed the ride through the beautiful Tromleyand countryside and watching the sunset from Chase horseback. Stanley dressed up WHOA! Senior Corinna Powell tries to like DDP control her horse. Her family took a trip to (Diamond West Virginia to go white water rafting. While Dallas there, they tried horseback riding. Page). “I had a wonderful experience “I enjoyed hanging out at “I went to Baltimore and “I miss the summer because I this summer at Girls’ State. Elizabeth Lakes Pool with stayed with my brother. We got to relax and not have to We went there to learn about my friends. I also went to went to a Mary J. concert and worry about the stress of how the government works. Auburn University foraswim had a great time.”- junior school.’’-freshman David It was very interesting and I meet.”-junior Richard Long Alexis Hammond Smith learned a lot.’’-senior Chasiree Stone 6 (Student Life