South Grand Prairie High School - Signal Yearbook (Grand Prairie, TX)

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gvzleafldemoald My most embarrass ing moment was whe my boyfriend, whil warming up for a dis- trict game, went up' for a dunk shot andjfip lost his pants. My friends never let me live it down. Sherronda Williams sy I I Ten years from now l1l probably still be in school, but I hope to be experiik menting in psychobiology .-,' Hopefully I won't be fat andfkf have ten kids. Stacy Lancaster Well, I love to analyze scansian and meter in poet- ry. That's right up there with grouting the bathroom, tile. ' Julie Neal r' .Su QA 1 1 i 'N'w+ HITTING THE BOOKS . . . Theresa Lamb stmggles to get that last answer of her homework. HUNGRY FOR KNOWLEDGE . . . John Cinotto crams math prob lems along with a bunch of junk , t it CK We X ig, s Y' 1 ? ,W .1 fl YK 1' ' -:gi Y W F' wg E , N w fi is Ss V P ACADEMICS food on the night before his ex- 81715. . ' .ggi M n W in 'Z 47 num

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sa 5. +o 5 its oo ,kk Q 15-ig x l , I 'f like Home Sweet Home . Half of the reason some stu- dents went to class was to think up some way to go home. Such excuses included having the plague, car trouble, and a death in the family. Atten- dance secretary, Linda Em- mons said, you'd be surprised how many grandparents die around the holidays. Some of the more memorable excuses included girlfriends and boy- friends calling in for each oth- er. 'lOnce a boy called in and was so nervous that he said he was his mother instead of his father, said Mrs. Emmons. The one which gets the most chuckles is the the day the girl who called and said she couldn't come to school be- cause her hair just wouldn't do. exclaimed Mrs. Parker. Students needed that mid-se- mester break from academic pressure. Chris Hart always used the excuse, I was in a car wreck. based upon his driving record. Sometimes it is to fin- ish old homework, watch T.V. or simply catch up on the sleep lost the night before due to too many activities and not enough hours in a day. CHECKING IT OUT . . . As Chalonda Marcus sign the freshman clipboard, her dad veri- fies her legitimate excuse for leav- ing school by being there.

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l l ? 1 . .jx ,..dIP'i?U I XZ, J 41 E . I A V, .D..A..I..N. ain Bramage? What is Dain Bramage. Well, it is what you received when cramming for those irrita- ble, final exams. Cram- ming can show many awk- ward, but realistic signs, such as: fatigue, grouch- iness and stacks of K'Jolt' cola, which kept you awake in those hours of importance. Said Todd Rusche, one night I drank three cokes just to stay awake. Examsg have always had their good and bad points. Bad points are late night studying fol- lowed by frustration. Its good points were you got out at 12:30 and then went and did whatever you wanted, such as go to a movie, bowling or even go- cart riding. Heather 1 Clarke mentioned, 'Kafter that last exam, I just sat starring at my watch, waiting for that bell to ring. That was some of the ways that students blew off terrible amounts of steam after taking those dispiteful tests. l GROUP STUDY ... With books piled high and plenty of caffeine, Felicia Johnson, Bar- bie Flaten and discuss questions concerning their AP exams. by .,. 3 DAIN BRAMAGE