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

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On the Run. His muscles stretch os he races toward the finish line. Houstonion Carl Lewis was the onchor for his relay team, which succeeded in adding onother gold medal to the United Stotes ' medol winnings AP Photo. Half-time Action. The marching bond shows off their tolents during o half-rime performonce ot o footboll gome For the twentieth year in a row, the bond made straight ones in marching contest J. Pufz. All Smiles fot the Winners. Their honds wave at their supporters during o Republican roily for the presidential eleaion Incumbents Ronald Reogon ond Houstonion George Bush succeed- ed in o second term in the White House AP Photo. ' t K f i yrX ' ■ %.; : . . . than we bargained for 3

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r oil srorred on rhe hor, sun- ny day of July 28, 1984. The opening doy of rhe Los Angeles Sunnmer Olympics commenced one of rhe mosr prosperous evenrs rhe ciry has ever hosred, and rhe prime man behind rhe big success was Perer Ueberrorh, rhe presidenr of rhe Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Commirree. Despire rhe boycorr of Russio and mosr of irs sorellires, rhe Gomes become o record-breoking success as rhe oc- cumulored profir exceeded for beyond expecrorions. The Unired Srores orhleres also hod record breaking suc- cesses. Gymnosr Mary Lou Rerron, who rroins in Housron, became rhe firsr American woman ro ever caprure on all- around individual medal in comperirion; and ro rop ir all off, she won rhe gold. Anorher Housronion, Carl Lewis, ried Jesse Owen ' s record by capruring four gold medals in rhe rrock and field evenrs. The Unired Srores hoarded on overall load of more rhon 100 gold, silver and bronze medals. Alrhough rhe Summer Games closed on Augusr 12, rhe spirir of success lived on rhroughour rhe enrire year in mony ospecrs of our lives. We were olways looking for borgoins in everyrhing we did, and we found some good bargains and rhen some bod ones. Dur we managed ro end up wirh more rhon we bargained for. 2 More OPENING

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4 More OPENING The presidenriol election conroined some of rhe biggest borgoins and surprises of rhe year. Presidenriol condidore Wolrer Mondole mode rhe big break for women in polirics by oppoinring Geroidine Ferroro os his running more for rhe Democroric richer. This was o major breakrhrough for women ond a milesrone in rhe hisrory books. Alrhough Mondole hod o female running more and hoped ro gain more women ' s vores, incumbenr Ronald Reogon come our of rhe race wirh rhe berrer bargain. The elecrion once again mode rhe record books wirh Reagan ' s osroun- ding vicrory rhor included o sweep of 48 srores. Reogon wos nor rhe only successful and happy one. The vorsiry foorboll ream was rhe mosr successful vorsiry foorboll ream in rhe school ' s hisrory. They coprured rhe school ' s firsr disrricr championship since 1969, and rhey also became rhe firsr ream ro win a posr season gome. We definitely found a greor bargain when rhis reom was pur rogerher. The package nor only come wirh rhe disrricr championship, bur also wirh rhe bi-disrricr championship and rhe area finolisrs. There were also some so-colled bargains rhor we didn ' r Qsk for, bur we gor rhem anyway. One of rhese only of- fecred rhe seniors because ir concerned final exemprions for rhe second semesrer. Because of rhe many educorlonol reforms mode in Texas, final exemprions for seniors were delered from rhe school sysrem. Anorher major reform, mode by rhe Spring Branch school boord, was rhe decision ro close rwo high schools ond rwo junior highs. The drop in enrollment in all rhe schools promp- red rhe dedsion ro close rhe schools. The decision provoked Qcrions by rhe srudenrs and rheir porenrs of rhe closing schools ro prevenr rhe verdicr from going inro ocrion. Despire rhe disapproval of many, plans hove been mode ro close Norrhbrook and Wesrchesrer junior highs and Spring Branch and Vesrchesrer high schools. We were always looking for borgoins in everyrhing we did, and we found some good bargains and rhen some bod ones. Bur we managed ro end up wirh more than we bargained for.