Parkview High School - Spirit Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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CD your own time f 2 , i . K , I 5 VM Wy, -4-1 I-Q . Studylng hud, orjust pretending? David Thomas and Tanya Slater share a table togther in study hall. 174 Academics!0rganizations Tables were added to the Stud Center to make more room for study hall students. 9 an works from sun to sun, but a student's work is never done. A lot of students seemed to think that very thing. There are times when I have to stay up until 2 o'clock in the moming trying to cram for a test or to get some sort of work done, complained junior Russell McConnell. Some teachers gave homework to students every day, and the assignments they gave often drifted in one ear and out the other while students dreamed wearily of the next vacation whic seemed ages away. Students N analyzed stories over the phone, made up personal translations of algebra directions and put everything off until the last minute. One famous line often repeaten by students was, I'll do my English at lunch, my math in history, my history in joumalism and my journalism in study hall. D 5 mf .L ' 6 gifs . wiki, -l -'tl S' Working together llghtens the load. Baker work together in study hall Lisa Grundel, Kelly Allen and Kevin to get their assignments done.

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Rigas-aoiim GD Riitisia iaiazmaaia Back to basics Ltep number three. Communications student Ham Riley gives his visual aide speech and, using a homemade rifle as his visual aide Cream of the crop. National Merit Semi- finalists, Terence Roberts, Carolyn Morgan and Ben Guise come closer to winning college scholarships by scoring high on the PSAT test. Two faced. Two Readers Theatre menbers perform as part ofa group, the skit The Many Faces of a Stranger at the National Honor Society induction for parents and inductees. f -1 b . Reading, writing and arithmetic were, more often than not, carried into the home. While reading Return of the Native and writing interesting papers at two in the morning didn't appeal to most Patriots, they often had to fit these activities into their regular schedules. Juniors and seniors spent hours slaving over research papers and compositions, while sophomores struggled through three-point enumeration themes. Students who managed to muddle through and maintained a 3.25 grade point average were often invited to join National Honor Society in theirjunior or senior year. Beta Club, another honorary organization, was open to juniors and seniors who held a 3.0 grade average. Surviving the hassels of working around required courses caused lots of grey hair and sleepless nights, but the rewards came. Hard work and ambition brought graduation closer as students discovered that back to basics wasn't really basic at all. ft'-'msc uv, H.B.T.Y. Spreading sunshine, Mrs. Dixie Atkins' first period Algebra II class surprises Mrs. Virginia Lowe with the traditional Happy iemongtrates the art of loading a muzzle loader. Birthday jingle, proving that sometimes even math can be fun. ,.,:f:i7' 4,,, f Back to Basics 173

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E i, ff s. Attorney-at-law. Mike Bixler, senior, serves as a lawyer in a mock trial in psychology. Attorneys and judges prepared outside of class for the special demonstration. Studying- l 75