Alief Elsik High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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5. peter ku 6. robert alvarez seniors ranking in the top 15% of 1979-80 class: robert alvarez, donna barr, bennett benoit, john bolmanski, susan brown, lisa cam- eron, marc calvert, michel chang. christa coleman, gayla connaugh- ton, sara dailey, dewana dorsey, mike ernest, donn friedman, laura giese, ginger hall, carla howell, jen- ise jensen, peter ku, david law- rence, wei-ann lin, Charles lund- quist, greg maynard, kathy molloy, chris moore, teryl morse, Stephanie nelson, carmen osorio, bill papado- poulos, robin pavese, shannon payne, jenny peloquen, jeff phillips, donna powell, regina ransom, diana saiz, judy shafer, steve shrout, kelly shumate, cathy simms, anil sinha, shawn smith. 7. valerie summers 8. Charles lundquist 9. steve shrout 10. donn friedman scott smitherman, kirn spragins, michelle Stephens, valerie sum- mers, david tsen, tom vossman, david wall, mark wilkinson, karen williams, lisa wills, jodi wood, ken yawn, and insukyi. academics 61

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anil sinha — valedictorian accomplishin' donna barr — valedictorian shawn smith — valedictorian after four years of studying and hard work, the 1980 senior class, composed of 357 students, grad- uated. the class ranks, which were based on the grade point averages accumulated from ninth grade through the second quarter of the senior year, were given out in late march, one person with a perfect 4.0 average is usually chosen as valedictorian; how- ever, this year the senior class had four valedictori- ans: donna barr, anil sinha, shawn smith, and david tsen — all with perfect averages, the other six pero- pie that ranked in the top ten were (in the order of their rank) peter ku, robert alvarez, valerie sum- mers, Charles lundquist, Steve shrout, and donn friedman. 60 academics

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proud of their awards, national council of teachers, shawn smit and teryl morse try this, it's good for you. says tami littletown a typical smart class... writin' when i read some of the rules for speaking and writing the english language correctly... i think any fool can make a rule and every fool will mind it.” henry d. thoreau even though this quote is realistic to many students while they are struggling to remember grammatical do’s and don’ts, the final results are beneficial not only in college but later on in one’s career, the elsik english department offers several courses focused on building better writing skills and a stronger vocabulary; however, there are also several courses designed to expand the uses of writing, such as creative writing, the more advanced literature classes are great for college bound students. 62 academics ... a typical rowdy class