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

Page 70 text:

 if you can’t talk in Spanish, then i’m not talking to you! kelly macdonald to roy schneider quiero ir a mi casa (i want to go home!) chasie hawk and have you ever felt left out?” missy terry jane martz spea kin' there is no one able to speak who cannot learn some por- tion ... of another language, and... put it to use.” mario pei apparently both the students and teachers involved in the elsik hastings foreign language department agree with the above statement, foreign languages are the most chosen elective courses offered here. Spanish, french, and german are all very popular and offer fun classes as well as useful tools for later use among the activities participated in are spe- cial holidays particular to each country, such as oktoberfest for the germans and dia de los reyes magos for the Spanish, dialogues are performed and discussed to orientate the stu- dent with conversational abilities, the culture and history of each of the languages' mother countries is also studied, but the main result these courses are trying to achieve is being able to understand and use the language when needed, since in our modern world it is becoming increasingly important to « have a second language. 66 academics i m trying to hatch it! says eddie monn

Page 69 text:

it’s shake n bake and weee helped. polly reynolds, jemse jensen but I didn’t have breakfast this morning,” says Chris haigh the fin bones connected to the gill bone, the... sings kerry dale this beats reading a story in eng lish, david jackson no amount of experimentation can experimeniin mmm this formaldehyde left over from the sharks tastes good. prove me right; a single experiment can shelle strobel, glen forad, snehal patal prove me wrong. albert einstein the science department has many differ- ent subjects, elsik students study physical science, biology, and chemistry, in first year biology, they dissect earthworms and fetal pigs, this year in biology II, they observed the lives and mating habits of fruit flies, then they went on to dissect dogwood sharks and alley cats, in intro- duction to chemistry and chemistry stu- dents learn all about the labs and how to work with the chemicals in them, environ- mental science students learn about plants and how to care for them, with all the science courses elsik offers its stu- dents, another einstein may pass through elsik's doors. if you turn it upside down it resembles Cheryl Tiegs,” bubba ray, glenn mclaren, torri morris academics 65

Page 71 text:

 acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emo- tion. kate reid the drama department, led by mrs. leathers, helps aspiring actors and actresses to learn the necessary tricks of the trade, such as controlling stage fright, improvisation, and use of the imagination, drama la introduces students to all phases of the theater — stage makeup, costume, stage lighting, and set design, specialization comes in the following classes: 1b teaches character acting; 2a develops the stage voice; 2b centers in on the technical aspect of the theater; 3a teaches directing; and 3b helps students with putting together a portfolio and auditioning. speech classes, taught by mrs. starnes, involve many interest- ing as well as practical lessons for the student interested in speech making, speech 1 involves group discussions and public speaking, the groups research and try to find solutions to such major problems as abortion and the laws regulating it. other speech classes, which go through 4a, include lessons in parlia- mentary procedure, and interpretive reading (prose and poetry), and, of course, every student learns from experience, because everyone has to perform. performin' it's the mad hatter's tea party, allison nagel, noel price, and sherri smith play it again, jenme. speech 1 class to get your teeth the whitest, the bright- est, use ultra-brite. neena sinha i wish i was an elsik revellier; that is what i truly want to be e e. tammy pitts, olga aljure and mindy Campbell academics 67