Highland Park High School - Highlander Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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aE; ive hours of home- work every night. Mean teachers that don’t care one way or another. Upper- classmen bullies. Elevator keys. Directions to the third floor. And all that peer pressure that the rumors have been spread about. Facing the humiliation of their up- coming roles, freshmen dreaded that first day of school. Upon its arrival, though, freshman year proved to be an enlightening experience. Although the high school had a scary side, the freshmen were glad to be in a new environment. They had many opportunities to meet new EeUD and they also had more reedom than middle school allowed. © JUNIOR varsity swimmer Beth Cot- tingham, freshman, ets ready to swim In sixth period. Photo by Courtenay Nearburg @® RAISING spirit at the football game is freshman cheer- leader Kate Williamson. Photo by Courtenay Nearburg ee DA Student Life Check ‘Em Out Check ’em out 2 ie = —- = = : — ia pee ee : 2 a ie — -=S- — ¢ Ain — = - Pe - « pf - ee s - - ; ? “I think high school is great because ee really have an oppor- tunity to be independent. There is so much more freedom in high school than there was in middle school,” said Emily Richardson, freshman. Freshmen also had an effect on the other students. Occupying their own para spotlight in student life, reshmen sometimes aroused negative attitudes in members of other grades. “Freshmen always cluster in the halls and block the way,’ said Meredith Richardson, sophomore. The freshmen reacted in different ways to the ““harassments” of the up- perclassmen. While some tried to stay out of the way, other chose to act as ‘’freshman-like” as possible. “I love being a freshman,” said Kate Williamson, “because it’s okay to be hyper since everyone thinks you're strange anyway.” Filled with embarrassing antics and enlightening experiences, fresh- man year remained a memorable time for most. yf Marcie Nobles

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If It’s Not One Thing It’s Another HHS AND BLAHS mem iirencane anes like Fridays because I can look forward to playing withallofmy the friends.”’ Talinka Braun on- day. The wor itself was pretty scary. What ac- tually made Mondays mis- erable and Fridays fantastic? Certain things had a way of turning Mon- days into nightmares. “T hate it when I’m in the shower on a Monday morning and my little brother comes in and flushes the toilet, because all the cold water disappears and I get burned and it ruins the entire day,” said Jimmy Neitzel, junior. Once at school, Mondays only seemed to get worse. “What I don’t like on Mondays is when every teacher assigns homework, and they are all in bad moods,” said Elizabeth McCarty, freshman. “Mondays are really hard because you have a whole week of school @© RESTING for a few minutes in Mrs. Brown’s Advanced Placement English class, seniors Todd Sharpe and Robert Freidman try not to call attention to themselves. Photo by Erin Boydston ahead of you,” said Pauline Seay, junior. In contrast to horrendous Mondays were the fantastic Fridays. “T really look forward to weekends if I have a speech tournament because I get away from thinking about school, and it’s fun because you get to argue with people,” said senior David Kopp. “Fridays are great when I have something better to do that night than to go to the football game,” said Jimmy Neitzel, junior. Weekends were the only times which provided for relaxation and recovery from the previous week of school. Students agreed that the natural course of the school week would not exist without Monday blahs and Friday ahhs. g{a Gretchen Schlachter

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®LOOKING distressed over the score at the South Garland freshman football game is freshman player Guy Harrison. Photo by Courtenay Nearburg ® GIVING a speech about the potato he created is freshman Matt Turne r in Mrs. Ambrosio’s third period speech class. Photo by Marjie Leong @© ON the sidelines of the freshman football game, freshman players Thad Smith (24) and Charlie Gale (54) laugh. Photo by Michelle Weitzman LITTLE ONES