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

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een in The long hours They penT researching Through nooks, Their devoTion To he sporT and overall :loseness as a group. 'Having more people on 'he debaTe Team would :Jrobably help The school, 3uT we have been closer Than we would be in a arger group, senior Glen Ackerman said. WheTher They were Tull- Tledged Thespians or in The organizaTion Tor Tun and valuable experience, drama sTudenTs have been one oT The mosT acTive groups in The school. The TournamenTs noT only esTablished Their sTaTus among oTher schools, buT gave Them a chance To creaTe sTrong Triendships wiTh Tellow acTors. The Thing ThaT meanT The mosT To me was The people ThaT we meT aT The TournamenTs, senior Lea l-larrisberger said. There was a real closeness beTween us. We would go and waTch each oTher aT evenTs and be disappoinTed iT one oT us didn'T gualiTy or place. lT was sad aT The lasT TournamenT when we knew we would never see each oTher again. During The TirsT Tew weeks oT speech, sTudenTs learned how To analyze and deal wiTh people. They discovered how oThers see Them and Their hidden Teelings. Some sTudenTs TelT This was one oT The mosT useTul and applicable parTs oT The course. Even if you don'T learn anyThing else. speech can Teach you To see a parT oT you you mighT noT know abouT, Treshman Shannon Powers said. ATTer The TirsT weeks, sTudenTs began To sTudy The diTTerenT areas oT speech Trom persuasive To demonsTraTive. They also learned how To speak clearly and inTelligenTly in TronT oT a large group. The second qua rTer was spenT on debaTe and The year was Then Tinished wiTh a secTion on mass media where The sTudenTs scheduled programs, produced a news show and sTudied The ins and ouTs oT adverTising. The course TaughT The basics Tor communicaTing wiTh people, a problem many sTudenTs needed To overcome. Drama will Teach you how To acT3 debaTe will Teach you how To argue, buT you have To TirsT know how To relaTe To people and ThaT is whaT speech Teaches you, Powers said. An upcoming mime show required laTe nighT hours of pracTice Tor iunior Lisa Dhans and senior Tucker Parmlee. The pair rehearsed a iazz sequence Tor a rouTine enTiTled The Audi- Tion To The accompanimenT of George Benson's On Broad- way . NM T in Speech!Drama

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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

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R -TQ! 'ab'- Surrounded by baTik arrwork, senior Michelle Di Cicco begins her arl pieC6 bv applying wax TO The coTTon clofh. OTher proiecTs included in Fibers and Tabrics were ruq punch and sTiTchery. Like a sculpTor wiTh a rnasTer- piece in The rnaking senior Lea hlarrisberger concenTraTes on molding The eye OT her one-eyed pirafe busT, The bus? was a pro- iecf in her ceramics and sculpT- ing class. lllllllll llll IIIB IIPEIW Breaking Trom daily rouTine, sTudenTs came To class wiTh painTbrushes in hand insTead oT pens. ln arT class, where imaginaTion Took The place ol TexTbooks. sTudenTs discovered new ouTleTs To express Themselves. 'ilT's relaxing Trom The daily sTrain oT school work because you geT To be creaTive,'i junior l.isa Dhans said. STudenTs received The opporTuniTy To work wiTh various maTerials during diTTerenT classes. One popular craTTs class was Tibers and Tabrics. HFir5T we did banks. using coTTon cloTh dyes, and wax which Took abouT a week. NexT we did sTiTchery on burlapf' junior Ellen Olson said. OTher projecTs in The one quarTer course include rug punch. baskeT weaving, and macrarne. Jewelry making classes uTilized various Types of rneTals To creaTe personal arT pieces. I made a design in copper and a belT buckle oul of silver ThaT was enTered in The school arT show. l also