Aldine High School - Round Up Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Msg :. g ? . Conventions - focus of year Because of the lack of sponsor supervision, Future Teachers of America members were pretty much on their own until after the end of the first month of school. Club meetings were spent getting organized and preparing for teacher appreciations. junior Genoveva Valdez explained. The club soon got underway with prepara- tions for conventions. Each member was eligi- ble to attend district and state conventions. At the district convention at Bellaire High School, freshman Melissa Perez was runner-up Miss Junior F'TAg senior Janelle Fric and freshman Teresa Perryman won second place for their bulletin boardg sophomore Jennifer Perryman received third place in theme writingg sopho- more Lyn Redmond was chosen as a delegate to state conventiong and sophomore Dale Mel- chor was elected district parliamentarian. ln February the members attended the state convention at the Astrohall where they spent much of their time attending workshops. We got to meet all the FTA members from differ- ent high schools. We attended several work- shops about different subjectsf' Dale Melchor said about the activity she liked best. Left: Taking a rest from the activities at the stale conven- tion. sophomore Annette Mattem and freshman Sharee Payne read through brochures and schedules for conven- tion workshops. ,. Above: FTA MEMBERS Front Row: sponsor B. Allen, A. Mattern ttreasj, D. Melchor tprog. chmn.j. J. Fric tpres.j, S. Murdock lsec.l, C. Valdez tv, pres.l and spon- sor L. Sagstetter. Second Row: L. Crisp. A. Ratcliff. T. Grantham. A. Busscy. S. Payne, T. McGowan, L. Vaughn, Left: At monthly meetings members organized future club plans. President Janelle Fric and sponsor Bob Allen dis- M. Salais, P. Harding, E. Hscobar, M. Perez and C. Mulli- gan, Third Row: D. Bealis, K. Wood, R. Pierce, J. San- doz, D. Davis, T. Brown. T. Perryman. D. Harris, L. Red- mond and K. Green. cuss the meeting's agenda with other members. FTA 111

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110 FFA FTA Right: Providing teachers with snacks on spa-cial occasions is one way of showing appre- ciation. ,lunior Tracey Jefferson brings more sandwiches for senior counselor ,lean Marvis. Below: During a membership drive. freshman Kerry Green spends her lunch hour writ- ing receipts for new members. ji. X,- g fl R ,V YH. , ,.,. ,. .M-s.. . , , I EW f, .-ff ts- ve. M.. -fm Above: Staying after school. freshman April Ratcliff, jun' decorate the teachers' loun e'at Halloween. 5 ior Susan Murdock and sophomore Annette Mattern he-lp

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112 Studen STUDENT COUNCIL Elected for service You can't really categorize the council's functions as one main one,', president Terri Payne said. But you could say that it is to serve the school. To remain on Student Council, members had to earn 10 merits per month. They worked before and after school, during study labs and sometimes on Saturdays preparing for the Back-To-School and Hawkins dances, Homecoming activities and service projects. Members visited adopted grandparents at Thanksgiving and Christ- mas. Several members agreed that visiting the DePelchin Faith Home was the most enjoyable activity. Brenda Cantu said, The best part was playing with the little children. All they wanted was attention and some- one to care. During Mental Health Week, supplies and clothes were gathered for mental patients at Austin State Hospital. As a service to the student body, the council presented several films during study labs including Great American Smokeout on smoking, and Champions, a presentation about being a winner. Right: Providing students with supplies, junior Deanna Dees helps run the school store during lunches. 'Q fb' A Above: Singing Valentines surprised and embarrassed receives his message during English teacher Gina Flores' Pierce. students and teachers alike. Freshman Ricki Caribay class. sung by junior Debbie Ford and sophomore ,lill tCoun1'il