Putnam City West High School - Patriot Profile Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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Holidays make up for hard day Along with holidays come acci- dents. Getting a ticket for a wreck which occured on the way to the Senior Bash are Robin William- son. Sharon Williams, and Angela Graves.-Photo by Tracey Deathe. Sleeping late, watching soap operas and football games, all seem to make up for those hard days spent at school. Olidays Were 3 time for free- d O m f r 0 m school as well i as a time for en- Joyment. My favorite holiday is Christmas because we get out of schoolf, Desiree Hol- land, sophomore said. Holidays are a time for sharing and caring. It's a special time to get away, and be with family. Some- times they even involve out Tom Turkey, senior Roger Oliver, awards Mr. Turkey. junior Mike McGraw, with a turkey donated by Snyder's. Mike received the award after being chosen by the student body.-Photo by Trace-V Deathe. of town trips. I spend my Christmas holiday with my relatives in Chicagof, said Mindy Petticrew, sophomore. Labor Day, Thanksgiv- ing, Christmas, and Spring Break were some of the holidays students looked forward to. These holidays were most of the student's favorites, because they got out of school. My family and I went to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and we sunbathed on the beach all the time, said sophomore Cara Taylor. Many people go on vaca- tions during holiday breaks. For instance, skiing is one of the most popular things to do over the winter breaks. Sophomore Tim Dodson stated, I love to go to Vail for skiing over Christmas break, I get to get away from school and am with my family. - Copy by-Tiffa- Although many people went out of town when they had time off from school, others stayed at home to work, sleep or simply un- wind. Catching up on soap op- eras as well as catching the first rays of the sun were time fillers for students during spring break.-Copy by Tiffany Brauer and Sta- cey Pendley. 1 If Nrevsr ,AMXF .y, ,, . Q- M Boxes, bows and wrapping paper become neatly wrapped presents ' under the fingers ot' sophomores Tiffany Brauer and Veronica Leiher during the Christmas rush.- Photo by Tracey Deathe. Holidays - Student Life

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Valentine's Day brought many students to florists. Trying to im- press one special girl, junior Clay Hassell buys a single red rose at Plantsylvania.-Photo by Sam Lynn. QM! Ya uqng! 5. 1 its-Q' S- E Coloring with magic markers, First grade fundamentals of stay- Gary Norman and Mike Spoon- ing between the lines are practiced more, juniors, make their sketch by Trang Pham and Nhi Trang, as for their window from a Christmas they paint the courtyard win- card.-Photo by Jay Joyner. dows.-Photo by Jan Lyon. Student Life - Holidays

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Drama and speech students com- peted often in preparation for re- gional and state contests as Well as for school plays. Ms. Jan Bradley and students critique other stu- dents' performances after school.- Photo by Mark Sexton. fa az. or Performers not onl on stage Chorus members are viewed from the catwalk as they prepare for their winter concert. Beginning photography students watch dur- ing third hour.-Photo by Mark Sexton. Students found themselves performing throughout the year whether aware of it or not. Sometimes the performances were for competition, sometimes they were just for fun. They always drew a crowd, no matter what was happening. ften times nu- merous hours of rehearsal A went into per- fonrmances -'-t: - ----:-:i-' :- while skits were thrown together in a seem- ingly few minutes. Talent show comic relief between acts were made up, rehearsed and performed by drama students not ac- tually competing in the Talent Show. For some of the perform- ers it was their first time to perform in front of an audi- 6l'1Ce. Student Life - On Stage Assembly skits were a different story. We would practice sometimes, maybe five minutes tops. Some of the skits weren't really well planned out but I think that's what made some of them funnyj' said junior Clay Hassell. On stage performances were not always on stage. Sometimes playing a game of Hackey Sac would enter- tain all of the cafeteria dur- ing Bl' lunch. We never really played Hackey Sac to entertain anyone except ourselves but there were always peo- ple watching through the courtyard windows, said senior Alan Bevel. Even hanging posters and decorating the halls after school was on stage performing because there was always someone around watching. Whether planned perfor- mances or not, perfor- mances were a part of ever- yday lives.-Copy by Gina Pickett.