MacArthur High School - Crest Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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Sandy Sele In the true giving spirit of Christmas, students and facul- ty of MacArthur donated cans and clothing to CHIMES 1Christmas Helps in Making Everyone Santal. The thirty-three-year-old Christmas relief program, begun by the Irving Jaycees, in- volved many members of the community, including citizens, business leaders, and churches as well as all Irving schools. In 1987, 400 needy families in Irv- ing were given a basket of food, new and used clothing, and a toy for each child in the family who was fourteen years or younger. The schools created a com- Classes at MacArthur challeng- ed each other to collect the most cans. One class also won recognition for having the best- decorated box container. The clubs and organizations also donated to the worthy cause, Latin Club, NHS, and band had a heated competition, but the Latin Club finally prevailed, collecting 285 cans and S130. I thought it was nice that students got together to help other people who were less fortunate than they were. This was the true meaning of Christmas, stated senior Christina Flores. Left: Senior Conrad Doss aids in loading the truck that will carry our .-N petitive atmosphere for the CHIMES project, trying to col- lect more cans, perishable foods, and money than the two other high schools in Irving. schools contribution to those being helped by the CHIMES project. fphoto by Cindy Harwell Right: Senior james Donavon brings a bag of cans from home to donate to the less for- tunate. ! photo by Cindy Harwell Below: Senior Darin Anderson discusses the Latin Club's contribution with the head of the Irv-1 ing CHIMES program. ' Far Left: Sophomores 1 Trent Thomas and Daryl Bowdoin help by con-' tributing a few extra cans. Left: Carla Ware, Connie Hartman, Wendy Sturdy, Mark Griffin, and Andria Lane anx- iously await the arrival of the CHIMES truck. X photos by Cindy Harwell

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Amy Goyette Laughter and squeals of pleasure rang through the halls of MacArthur High School on December 18. Continuing a tradition of sixteen years, the students from MacArthur par- ticipated in Project Child. Elementary school children from less fortunate homes were given gifts of food, clothing, and toys during the Christmas season of 1987. Student Coun- cil sponsor Dick Stinson said, Project Child was a good way to learn to give of ourselves. So often the students get caught up in the partying and pizza and forget the true reason for participating in Project Child: sharing. About sixty of the homerooms participated, donating gifts of food or clothing and collecting money for toys and other necessary items for their selected child. Homerooms were given report sheets on their children giving clothing sizes and particular items needed. Project Child, a program developed to give less fortunate children a happier Christmas, taught everyone a good lesson in sharing. Vice-president of Student Council, which spon- sored the event, Tad johnson, relayed, Project Child gave these kids the Christmas of their dreamsf, In the spirit of Christmas, MacArthur High School students donated their time, money, clothing, and food by taking part in the Project Child Program in 1987. Deborah Coleman, a student in Mr. David Timmons' homeroom class, remarked, f'The look of happiness in our little girl's eyes while she was opening her presents made giv- ing up a little extra money worth it. A student in Mrs. Pat Munro's second period class, Susan Rahn, quoted, Our lit- tle boy was shy, but he warm- ed up as he got used to us. Right: Sophomore Rip Pounds is caught by the camera as he leads Dora Mendoza back to Mrs. Picquet's room. Below: Billy Crisp, Gus Weinhold, jimmy Thoma, Brad Cusack, Amy Richardson, Kent Bowling, Mrs. Ann Price, Sharla Derden, Todd Davis, and project child Gary Cogswell enjoy themselves at their Christmas party. X photos by Mike Martin -.4 20 Project Child ,511 ir 5 Above: Sophomore Okie Ramos talks eye to eye and shares a coke with project child David Reyna. lphoto by Mike Martin Left: Mrs. Shirley Ballard, Spanish teacher, receives a big hug from Victor, her class's child, While he waits for his bus. fphoto by Heather Rogers ' +f yy l W - th