C E Ellison High School - Free Spirit Yearbook (Killeen, TX)

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f Q8 4 WAITING before school, Steve Bibiano ing before school starts a group of listens for the first bell to ring. IN the morn- students stand around talking. f ' Zack Aoki 'f Robert Arnold Kenneth Ashey Vicki Atchison Tim Ault Leroy Avants Martin Baker Melissa Balderama Dee Baldwin Monica Banks ww Dewayne Barbee Carol Barber Brodie Bashaw Bernice Bedell 'wee- Seniors - 21

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4 Deanna Aaron Finally, We Made lf! What's a senior? Well, according to the dictionary 'A senior is a member of a graduating class. The 1983 seniors weren't just members of a class, but people who had good times and sad. Having good times, seniors would go out with friends to Putt-putt, the mall, movies or Mr. Gattis. They also would go to the prom, have 'Senior Skip Day and, of course, go to graduation. The senior class didn't consist of all fun and games, there was hard work in being a senior. For example, passing courses like Government, Dawn Adams lim Adams Tommy Aguirre Debra Akins Rose-Ann Aleman Bambi Altman Louis Alvarez Vance Andress Shawn Andrukates SV, -ff elim? , .Q Free Enterprise, and English and hop- ing to get exempt from exams wor- ried many. Another hard task was taking college entrance exams like the SAT and ACT. When asked how it felt to be a senior, Bunnie Shannon replied, 'Be- ing a senior to me is having all of the advantages. lt also is great thinking everything is going the way I want it to be. lt is a rewarding effort. Being a senior was also a sad ex- perience for some. Leaving friends was the hardest thing for everyone because after graduation people left for good like Sandi Hudson who is planning a new career in the Air Force. Sandi said, uI'm looking for- ward to the days after high school because l already know what to dot l'm joining the Air Force as a career. l Leaving school and heading out to the real world either to college or to a job which would begin a new lifg was frightening for some. Daw i Garraway said, Going out in the world is really going to be scary because all the responsibility is mine. Seniors were people leaving part of their lives and looking forward to new ones. A-L--..-Q- - 20 Seniors y any bytac pbn

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Amanda Bodenschatz jennifer Bracanovich Randy Bee jerry Bell Denise Benson Roger Bernier Steve Bibiano Ursula Bickham Tina Black james Bias Brenda Bleakney George Bombel Cindy Boone Shena Bostick Raymond Brooks Vanessa Brown David Bruner Kathy Buckler Donald Bundrant Trisha Burks r Existence Versus Finance . Caps and gowns, graduation an- nouncements, senior pictures, din- ner and clothes for the prom, and various tests were waiting for un- suspecting seniors. The amount for these expenses shocked many seniors. So instead of buying everything they wanted, most seniors reduced the quantity of cer- tain items. Some items like senior pictures and graduation announcements were more expensive than others. Forty graduation announcements in 1983 cost the same as seventy-eight in 1982. According to Amanda Bodenschatz these prices Bare ex- pensive but they are a worthwhile investment. Tests such as the ACT, SAT, and Achievement tests were quite ex- pensive, but they were necessary 22 Seniors y t y j e Moody for seniors to enter most colleges. Since the ACT cost 59.50, the SAT 510.50, and the Achievement tests 516.50, many students only took them once. When asked about these tests, Norma Mosqueda said, UNO one said education was free. With unemployment up, inflation, and the prime interest rate at 187, many families found it hard to sup- port all of these financial burdens. Although many students found jobs after a ong search, the money they made was not enough to pay for all the expenses. Some parents helped pay the cost because they con- sidered it an investment for the future. Other students had to choose between certain items, and although this was not a fun task, they learned to live within a budget. ishqig . 11 s,i' A 4 ummm. HELPING Mena McCarthy discover size cap and gown to order is Sam jones