Parkland High School - Arena Yearbook (El Paso, TX)

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MATADOR IVIANIA...Never, Never Ends What a year! How quickly it passed! And the Matador Mania, the exciting, wonderful spirit which Parkland students possess con- tinues. lt continues in the athletes who are moving up to fill vacan- cies left by graduating seniors. It continues in the newly elected officers for clubs and student council. It continues in the faculty members who will be back next year to inspire our students to excel in their studies, their extra-curricular activities, and in their lives. Looking back, we can truly say is was a good year. In fact, it was one of the best. We may be the little Northeast school, but we have certainly made our mark on the community in scholastics, athletics, and in community pride. We have proven that the BEST things happen at small schools, and we are proud to be known as the Parkland Matadorsl So, we won't forget our years here. We'Il remember good times and the bad. We relive those tearful moments when we succeed- ed, and the tears we shed at losing too. We'll remember going places together, giggling over silly things, our anger at those things that seemed unfair, our struggling to prove that we could do things that nobody thought we could do. We'll remember our pride at our own accomplishments and at the success of others who did well. This year, we'll especially remember our great bi-district volleyball victory, beating Riverside in football on their field, our first-year success in wrestling, Roger Giles going to state in long lump, and many other things. We said goodbye to Mr. John Dorgan who had been principal for only a short time, and to Mr. Richard Johnson, student coun- cil sponsor. Mrs. Betty Pope, choir accompanist who retired, and Ms. Debbie Call, speech teacher who left. And there were rumors that other faculty members were transferring to other schools. We said hello to a new principal, Ms. Carol Allen, and to a new school superintendent, Dr. Mauro L. Reyna, and we expect next year will be a good one for Parkland under their leadership. We hope this yearbook has helped capture the memories of Matador Mania including student life, athletics, people and activities at Parkland. lf it has, then our job has been a success. We owe our gratitude to the administration and faculty for their patience and their help in getting this book completed. We are ap- preciative of Mr. Barney Napolski for school pictures and senior portraits. We thank our publisher, Herff Jones, and Donna Smith, Herff Jones representative, for her advice and help in getting the book completed. We appreciate the efforts of the spring yearbook staffers who joined us in mid-year, and who put in so many hours during deadline periods: Linette Blair, Betty Jenkins, Allen Sutton, Julie Bankston, and Sylvia Chavez. , We know that there are many others who contributed to the suc- cess of this book, including parents, and we include them in our thanks, although they are not named here. So, 1986-87 is a year that is complete. It will never come again. But we hope that every time you open this yearbook, you'll agree with us that THE MATADOR MANIA NEVER ENDS.