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

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houghts for the Time: 8:55 Q,m. The handful of seniors divided fhe slips of poper omong themselves in rhe riny room. Time: 9:00 o.m. The electronic panel is turned on. Knobs ore turned. Switches ore flicked. Good morning. Today is September 10. Please rise for fhe pledge. Every school morning or ap- proximately 9:00 a.m.. four to five seniors crowded info fhe smoll announcement room to deliver current and upcoming news of vocotionol, exfrocur- riculor and orhletic events to students and faculty. Its o lot of fun and fhe whole school is listening to you, Moibo Ng sold OS she explained the prestige of being one of rhe few seniors chosen every semester to deliver the announcements. Usuolly the announcements went off smoothly with minimal foul-ups. But occasionally, someone messed up and the whole school heard about it. It was September, Ng said, recoil- ing some awkward moments, and when I introduced the an- nouncements, I sold the wrong month! I storted loughing info fhe P. A. People wouldn ' t let me live if down for obout o week. Although this handful of seniors hod fun doing the an- nouncements, their merriments were quite restricted. Tenth and twelfth grade principal Casey Tedin stressed fhe need for pro- fessionolism in presenting the an- nouncements. However, these seniors felt restricted — and bored — with fhe gravity with which they were expected to deliver the onnouncements. Ng dealt with the restriction by reading the informotion sor- costicolly and with funny stresses becouse I couldn ' t han- dle being so serious. Traditionally, the an- nouncements reached their con- clusion with a thought for the day These philosophical, sometimes bizarre phroses were obtained from books or from the minds of the onnouncers. In a last minute flurry, offer rhe books hod been searched, they let their creative juices flow and pieced together some of their own philosophy. Time: 9:10 a.m. The onnouncements are over. The school doy begins. BY AUDREY KING On the oir. Up ro four people squeeze into rtie PA room every morning or 9 02 Srudenr ossisronts spend rtiree to five minutes during second period ro give news and in- formotion ro students ond faculty. Joson Derrio gives ffie lotesr sports statistics J. Putz. Jotin De Los Santos Julie Sctiormen Corlo Schnoubelt Kurr Scfiwobenlond Dovid Selonder Morl Seltzer John Seword - ■ ' ' iH Sheryl Shonl s Rob Shopley Miicliell Shelly Chris Sheppord Michoel Simmons Tero Leigh Singletc Quintino Smith Condy Southerlond Susan Sponheimer . . . than we bargained for 97

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Srocie Nichols Becky Nilsson Koren Norwood Lee Ann Novogrodoc Orlando Olvero Dorren Owen Chris Porker Chris Patterson MorkPoul Anne Poyne Chris G. Payne Jay Peden Amy Peebles Penny L Perch Lynda Phom Monh Phom Nhon Phom Tino Phom Anh Viet Phom Steve Pirtmon Glen Pon Mike Poppe Mary Posodo Don Powderly Porricia Pringle Patrick Pringle Fred Prochosko Alizi Romirez Rodrigo Romirez Anne Raymond Steven Reimon Monica Reperich Dovid Rhodes Jennifer Roberson David R Rogolski Lourie Rogers Dryon Ronnenkomp J. C Rozendool Lisa Rucker Beth Russell Tino Rydell Shayne Sobolo Martho Sanchez 96 More SENIORS

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Sondro Stohl Kelly Stephenson Is It Here? Anxiously owoiting from Doylor, Ashley Vining checks rhe moll for her occeptonce letter, I hod to four months for the lettet. I went ctozy, Vining sold, D. Willioms. OADTO COLLEGE Tohj Thomos Potti Tidwell Jeonetie Torres As March and April ap- proached, college bound seniors checked rheir mailboxes daily, anxiously awaiting a letter of acceptance or rejection from the college of their choice. I think it stinks. They ask you so much, Tero Singleton said. There was this huge packet of stuff from 5MU . . . thot was a pain, Louri Monday said. I mean, how mony times con you write down your social security number? Although applications for col- leges were long and tedious, the essay questions usually pro- vided some room for creativity. On the opplicotion to Rice . . . there was this box that said put anything that appeals to you in it, Joel Dodeoux soid. Since I ploy the guitar, I put a guitar pick in there. To gain acceptance to any college or university, on ACT or SAT score hod to be submitted. To gain on occeptoble score, most students took these ex- ams more than once. Since ac- ceptance to a college and scholorships often depended on test scores, college bound seniors felt pressure going into a test situation. I was o little scared . . . wondering if I would measure up. It was o pressure to moke a good score . . ., ' Monday said. Before choosing o college, seniors took advantage of o college visitation doy and visited a prospective college. It is hard to get the feel of a college from o handbook, Monday said. Although some seniors felt they hod o choice between entering the job market and at- tending o university, many did not. College . . . is pretty much your future; you cannot get anywhere without college, Mike Mines said With all the complications and time filling out college op- plicofions, many seniors wondered if it was worth it all. I do not know . . . they tell me so. My mother soys yes, Dodeoux said. It hod better be worth the pain. BYCAPiDY SOUTHERLAND 98 More SENIORS . . .