Garland High School - Owls Nest Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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1 not your life anymore - it's the child's. l learned how much the child depends on you. It can't do anything for itself. - senior Pauline Lara Students adopt 'flour babies' Sifting through the ingredients of raising a child, students in the Home and Family Living class adopted flour babies for 72 hours. Five-pound sacks of flour substituted for infants. An- nouncements of births were writ- iten and sent to friends and par- ents. 'Senior Pauline Lara discov- ered that infant care requires sacrifice. It's not your life any- more - it's the child's,' she said. I learned how much the child depends on you. lt can't do anything for itself. It was defi- nitely an experience. If Babies lost too much flour or were altogether mis- placed, the parent responsible was charged with abuse. The class also discussed en- gagements, planned a wedding ceremony and reception, stud- ied the adjustments of early mar- riage and traced the passages experiened in adulthood. Child Development students prepared layettes and nurseries as if they were expecting to wel- come their firstborn. Along with A5 A NEW member of YAC, sopho- more Michelle Williams helps the other pregnancy, they learned about birth defects, prenatal care and infant growth. First year PEI.EfChild Care students helped kindergarten teachers three days each week. The class organized group activi- ties for the youngsters, created learning games and designed bulletin boards. Second-year students ob- served six- to ten-year-olds when they served as elementary school teaching assistants. To bring home the essence of their class studies, the first-year students visited Brookhaven College's Child Development Center, the Scottish Rite Hospi- members serve lunch in the hot line. FHA - Front Row: Robin Knowles lpresidenti, Cynthia Goodwin lpresi- dentl, Mrs. Eddye Tucker lsponsori, Mrs. Paula Witt lsponsorl, Mrs. Alice Johnson lsponsori, Ms. Debbie Mulkey lsponsor. Second Row: Krystal Brown, 1 Academics I Clubs Tami Edwards, Sheila Pickett, Sandi York, Terri Mead. Third Row: Rhonda Agnew, Staci Rogers, Beth Toms lvice- presidentj, Gina Fontes. Back Row: Shana Vochoska, Becky Moore. PRIOR T0 a faculty luncheon, junior Frank Washington helps the Vocational Food Service class prepare by filling the iced tea cups with ice. tal for Crippled Children and the Gateway Gallery of the Dallas Museum of Art. Placing into per- spective their research about handicapped children, second- year students participated in a tour of the Collier School for Communication Disorders. Besides a variety of fun- draisers to finance excursions to Area and State conferences, Fu- ture Homemakers of America KFHAJ created the school's ban- ner for its Special Olympics team. For the club's seniors, a Mother-Daughter Banquet at El Chico's topped the year's calen- dar. lcontinuecl on page 131i l L I

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BECAUSE the Industrial Arts Contest held in Stephenville is coming up, junior Lisa Dobbs works on her floor plans for a house in Architecture 2 class. champs, cont'd lcontinued from page 125i Shawn Cook earned a fourth- place ribbon in auto upholstery while senior David Swayne claimed a first-place award with his student notebook entry. Seconds were claimed by sen- iors Robert O'Neil in architectur- al drafting exhibit and Patrice Horton in architectural exhibit. Senior Billie Williams received a first for his precision sheet metal exhibit. Eight Industrial Arts Club members received top honors in Regional competition at Tarle- ton State. Seniors James Wright, Gary Barrow and John- ny Walls and junior Russell Pear- son placed first as division champions in the power contest while sophomore Randy Lo- baugh placed second. Junior Bryan Meals earned first place in woodworking. He also won the title of division champion. Swayne brought home another first place and senior Tuffy Campbell finished with a second-place ribbon. Drafters Greg Painter and Horton, seniors, walked off with seconds for entries. Six Industrial Arts Club mem- bers won first-place awards in the Garland ISD Project Exhibit, May 15, at the Richardson Square Mall. Ribbon winners in- cluded Barrow, Campbell, Lo- baugh, Parson, Wright and soph- omore Terry Caffey. VICA MACHINE SHOP: James Wright, Billy Flanagan, Thomas Brumit, Tom Hunt lvice-presidentl. T0 COMPLETE a project in Machine Shop, senior Todd Davis watches care- fully as he cuts a piece of steel with a horizontal band saw. Industrial Arts! Vocational Agriculture 127

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it lsjii I WORKING ON her home project in Clothing class, junior Valisa Fuller sews the hem on her black jacket. YAC- Front Row: Cathy Reed, Mi- chelle Hough lvice-presidentl, Mrs. An- nie Bivins lsponsorj, Stacie Rogers ltrea- surerl. Back Row: Natalia Sanchez las sistant reporterj, Patty Ortiz ireporteri. ,WW WNW, u, .M cm, rw-., JVYM, ...w..c,N ,.,. . M-M..,,,..., QQ, Nw... AFTER VISITING with an elderly man at the Silver Leaves Nursing Home, sen- ior HECE member Penny Pickard pre' pares to leave. The group took gifts to residents of the home as one of their community service projects, T0 MAKE his 'Lflour baby look more human, senior Wesley Johnson chooses a marker to create facial features. The Home and Family Living project culimin- ated the the study of parenting. Home Economics 129