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

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Go To The Head Of The Clas: Valedictorian, Salutatorian, Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, Cum Laude. Everyone would like to receive these prestigious awards as they walk across the platform on graduation night. These seniors are the excellent students in our school; the academic achievers. But it’s not as easy as just wanting to graduate with honors. These students have spent endless hours reading, writing research papers, and studying, not to mention the homework, which they have done enough of in the past four years to last them a lifetime. They should be proud of themselves because they have strived for the A.I.S.D. goal of “Excellence in Education” and they have reached that goal. This year, there were nine Summa Cum Laudes, eighteen Magna Cum Laudes, and forty-nine Cum Laudes. In the Senior class, there were 507 students. The Summa Cum Laudes arc the top 1 %, the Magna Cum Laudes are the top 5 % and the Cum Laudes arc the top 15% of their class. At graduation ceremonies, each of these students will be wearing the prestigious chords of their particular sector of the class. by Debbie Strubc Eric Stamm - VALEDICTORIAN, Nancy Ordonez - SALUTATORIAN. SUMMA CUM LAUDES- Row 1: Helen Chang, Yui Choc, Sally Dipasupil. Row 2: Jeff Bryant, Nancy Ordonez, Atul Shah, E Stamm. 34 Seniors

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End - of - the - year BASH Neither mud nor flood nor torrential rain could keep the seniors of ’83 from partying at the Schindler ranch on May 21. Laurie Boydstun, Nick Della Pcnna, and Mark Schindler threw one ‘hcckuva’’ party. We Seniors left the driving to Greyhound as the fun began on the way to Schulcnburg. Although nany other drivers were forced to pull over due to adverse weather :onditions, the two Greyhounds fearlessly drove onward loaded with their passengers who, by the way, were somewhat ignorant to the weather conditions outside due to the partying conditions inside. frying lo balance herself - Angela Meineckc. C. DuPlain jhoto We arrived to find a violent storm in progress - but as they say, a little water never hurt anybody. Overall, it was a wet morning, yet by early afternoon the sun appeared and more fun followed. People were pushed in the pool and many were thrown in the lake where seniors dove and flipped off a high dive, rowed around in a boat, or rode “the rapids” in innertubes. Some played shuffleboard, putt-putt, and basket- ball, while others went fishing. But, the “highlight” of the evening was the big mixed-doubles tennis match . Though Steve Budd and Smiling for (hecamera- Wayne LaPlantcand Kristen Hanst. S. Schindkr photo Friends Forever - Mindy Campbell. Cindy Bcnis. and Christy Mata. D. Schindler photo Cindy Benis put up a gallant fight, Derek Dunaway and Stephanie Kubecka took home the trophies. The food was fantastic and the music was even better. It blared throughout the party with great hits like Mark Schindler’s favorite song “Pussycat”. Why, we even heard our class song played for the first and only time this year. From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., the fun never stopped. Great food, more beverages, music, activities, friends, memories - what else could be expected from the awesome class of ’83! by Ruthie Garcia Pit) ing water basketball - Nick Della Pcnna. Mike Johnson, and Ken Martinez. C. DuPlain photo Hosting the party were Mark Schindler. Laurie Boydstun and Nick Della Penna. J. Della Pcnna Photo Schindler Party 33

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f AGNA CUM LAUDES- Row 1: Ailan Ngo, Eugenia Algaze. Anna Yce, Alice Cheng, Gitanjali Kanchi. Kristen Hanst, herri Zaragoza. Row 2: Karen Grcmminger, Lee Alford, Graham Gamble, Manish Gandhi, Jeff Wilton, T rey Rutherford, lichael Chow, Karen Gray. ;UM LAUDES- Row 1: Theresa Drummond. Pamela Quach, Howard Sperling. David Hare, Jim Placettc. Row 2: Ingrid aaboul, Debbie O’Shaughnessy, Felccia Scales, Diana Adams, Kristi Skinner, Loc Vo. Nccna Sinha, Janice Kelly, Pam lorille, Brena Baumann. Cathy Bell. Row 3: Debbie Strubc, Lisa Howell, Terri Brockman, Missi Steele. Ruthic Garcia. )cbbic Wiener. Lori Reed, Khiem Ngo, Greg Kelly, Charles Stinneford, Allan Dclukc. Row 4: Chris DuPlain, David )’Donnell, Anthony Wood. David Watts, Steve Becker, John Lumlcy. Paul Smith, Tommy Choung. John Grantham, Binh 'ruong. The Few, The Proud VALEDICTORIAN Eric Stamm SALUTATORIAN Nancy Ordonez SUMMA CUM LAUDE Atul Shah Long Nguyen Sally Dijxisupil Faith Chang Yui Choe Jeff Bryant Helen Chang MAGNA CUM LAUDE Lee Alford Eugenia Algaze Alice Cheng Michael Chow Graham Gamble Manish Gandhi Karen Gray Karen Gremminger Kristen Hanst Huong Ho Gitanjali Kanchi Gaye LaRose Ailan Ngo Trey Rutherford Sana Saoud Jeff Wilton Anna Yee Sherri Zaragoza CUM LAUDE Diana Adams Debbie Baker Brena Baumann Steve Becker Cathy Bell Terri Brockman Hoi Cheong Ingrid Daaboul Shreyas Darji Allan Deluke Theresa Drummond Chris DuPlain Ruthie Garcia John Grantham David Hare Lisa Howell Greg Kelly Janice Kelly Lisa Kite Rebecca Krembs Peter Kuffel Yi Shio Kuo John Lumley Kyle McCreary Pam Morille Khiem Ngo Can Nguyen Phuong Nguyen David ODonnell Debbie O’Shaugnessy Jim Placette Pamela Quach Lori Reed Jennie Salazar Felecia Seales ■ Neena Sinha Kristi Skinner Paul Smith Howard Sperling Missi Steele Charles Stinneford Debbie Strube Binh Truong Loc Vo David Watts Debbie Wiener Anthony Wood Leon Yasay Karl Yust Honors 35