Alamo Heights High School - Olmos Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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AN EXHAUSTED BUT EXCITED GROUP OF ALAMO HEIGHTS STUDENTS Qabovei take a break from the bus in Greece near Athens on the annual American Institute foreign Study trip. AS HEIGHTSTERS LEAVE THE COAST FROM THEIR LAST SUM- MER FLING fleftl this was a famil- iar sight. Calendar 15

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Many people also watched the Democratic and Republi- can conventions to see pom-poms and balloons engulf the delegates. A lot of Heightsters had cosmopolitan experiences at the World's Fair in New Orleans, While other people discovered the wonders of Europe through AIFS or on their own. In August, freshmen attend- ed orientation to find out where their classes were, and to familiarize themselves with a high school atmosphere. Hoards of Heightsters also in- vaded the movie houses. The top movies included Grem- lins , Ghostbusters , and Indiana Jones . ,. s SHOWING WHAT FRIENDS REALLY OUGHT TO BE ttopj Gremlins' Stripe and Gizmo were two of Hollywood stars of the sum- mer. CAMPAIGN SIGNS ttop right! crop up everwhere in the 1984 election battle. SENIOR BILLY CAMPBELL AND 14 Calendar DEBBIE CHESNEY tabovel warn freshman of the dangers of cross- ing the emblem during freshman orientation. AN UNIDENTIFIED PERSON trightb stares in awe at a towering exhibit at the New Orleans Worlds Fair.

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TENNIS COACH LARRY OXFORD tbelowb takes out his frustrations on the senior class fund raiser at Howdy Night. THREE FUTURE HEIGHTSTERS fright! kick off the annual Howdy Night Parade. NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL HEAD COACH DIGGER PHELPS Kbottom right! goes over the fine points of basketball at the basket- ball seminar. When students came back from vacation, they were concerned about their grades, the new 70 passing grade, limitations on absences and ABX's, and more stringent requirements for extra- curricular activities. During the first few weeks of school, Princi- pal Barney Newton spoke to students in special assemblies to explain the changes. While San Antonio remained fairly dry, up to 20 inches of rain fell in Brownsville, causing extensive flood- ing. Meanwhile, the atmosphere in Lebanon was still unsettled, as another terrorist attack on the U.S. embassy occured in Bei- rut. The tradition of Howdy Week took over September, leading Howdy Night where food, ranging from punch to frankfurters, and games were available to the overflow crowd, and as September turned the corner, more than 300 basketball coaches attended the Champi- on Basketball Seminar in the big gym with Digger Phelps, head basketball coach at Notre Dame. up to 16 Calendar -ir K n, S Ai' . x, - IWW? fyv i 'E - ,fi K -,, ga -117459 P 'lv-1 'sl' .,,, ff 'S A L45 'fly-f-f Dyk' 6 ew -Q A A. b ,V .A f v J . .Q