Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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,rum min in limi Swing your parTner round and round, Hallemande leTT, and promenade righT were some oT The TrequenTly heard commands ThaT echoed Through sTudenTs' minds aTTer lisTening To The caller's insTrucTions during The square dancing uniT ThaT was added To The physical educaTion curriculum. WiTh records ThaT reverberaTed ThroughouT The school, eighT movemenTs were TaughT To accompany songs like Summer Sounds l Love. FirsT Thing Every Morning, and l'lousTon STar. Square dancing was Tun To learn and dance, iunior Dee Dee Harris said. She also liked The six weeks uniT because she did noT have To dress ouT. OTher uniTs oTTered To sTudenTs included gymnasTics, archery, Tennis, badminTon, soccer. soTTball, and golT. GolT, played in The schoolyard, proved To be The TavoriTe uniT Tor Treshman STeve EllioTT. ln addiTion, sTudenTs Trained Tor The annual PresidenT's Physical FiTness TesT. STudenTs were required To compleTe Three endurance TesTs including siT-ups. bar hang, and The one and a halT mile run. Two TigereTTe Training classes busily learned basic perTorming skills and various rouTines, ThroughouT The lengTh oT a Two quarTer course. Juniors Johnna Boyles and T-leaTher Meyer were The Two aides ThaT helped TigereTTe DirecTor Robin Lawrence in Teaching Treshman girls The TundamenTals laTer necessary in becoming an oTTicial member oT The drill Team. Boyles explained ThaT basic T Things such as head snaps. poinTed Toes, and oTher needed skills were TaughT. Songs such as l l'laven'T STopped Dancing YeT, Bad Girls, Vacquero. Superman, and ln The Navy provided accompanimenT Tor dances choreographed Tor The Training classes' beneTiT. The oTher side OT physical educaTion ThaT was less sTrenuous and more academic were The l'lealThl and Il classes which emphasized personal hygiene, TirsT aid, personal illnesses, menTal healTh, and The knowledge OT basic body, bone, Tissue, and nerve sTrucTures along wiTh lecTures and discussions on drinking, drugs, and oTher hazardous Teenage pasTimes. Brian Blessing. a guesT speaker Trom The Palmer Drug Abuse Program, inTormed sTudenTs oT The TacTs, Tallacies, and dangers oT drugs and alcohol aTTer Taping a Dinah Shore show wiTh Carol BurneTT beTore speaking To a roomTul oT l'lealTh l sTudenTs. Since The speaker was an alcoholic himselT, he could explain his Teelings beTTer and l undersTood The problems he dealT wiTh. sophomore Teresa Pavelka said. Y M,6wM,,,, 'Www To expand P.E. curriculum Teacher Carol Shaw dances wiTh Treshman STeve ElIia++ and soph- omore Lisa Morris To The Tune of FirsT Thing Every Morning. l lealTh and Physical EducaTion

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fu ,f-,. ' A WiTh his noTes in hand. senior Glen Aclcermann rehearses his opinions as parT ol The many hours puT in in becoming an eT'TecTive debaTer. WaiTing To deliver his sTand on The U.S. foreign Trade policy. iunior KeiTh Beauchamp looks To oThers lor assisTance, gin Preparing for her ln an eT'forT 'Q cc s uc' a more U- freer :' 'ne e :fear :eo cabbage sericf -'T ca e Mengzmc' ' ge' 67 se C c '.6 iiwav win Behind The Thiclc red velveTed curTains and The splinTering wooden sTage oT The audiTorium lie Two malceshiTT classrooms where The TuTure poliTicians oT debaTe and speech along wiTh The Their TalenTs. Every year They are oTTered The opporTuniTy if TesT Their TalenT against ThaT oT sTudenTs in surrounding disTricTs and occasionally The sTaTe, ln over eighT Tournamenlg across The sTaTe, drama and debaTe sTudenTs have marked high in every caTegory. The seven man debaTe Team was smaller Than usual, buT Their manpower shorTage did noT hamper Their spiriT or abiliTy To win. Speaking wiTh a member OT The debaTe Team suggesTs ThaT Their success was due To very liTTle worl: and a loT oT lucli. sTudenTs oT drama perTecT However The hum can be . 1