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

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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

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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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WHENthe Vocational Food Service stu- dents serve a Christmas luncheon for teachers, junior David Judie cleans up an empty serving dish, FOLLOWING the mock wedding in Home and Family Living, senior Sandra York serves punch for the wedding re- ception. wc . E, .N-1 .. Nw, if Y S VOCATIONAL FOOD SERVICE - Front Row: Miss Donna Howeth lspon- sorl, Lisa Fuller, Second Row: Felisha Taulton, Barbara Dabbs, Shirley Sim- mons. Back Row: Reggie Roquemore, Freank Washington, Bryon Ghoston, Marivn Propes, I AT an after-school PELE banana split party, junior Tina Stanfield and senior Diane Horton sample the toppings avail- able for their ice cream, 1 Academics I Clubs