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

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She Has Love and Dedication laving a job dealing with h an assortment of pressing ies with administrators, rhers, and students, took teone with dedication and s for education. Marilyn mp was hired seven years when Elsik grew large ugh to require a full time endance Clerk. She moved n the attendance office to kkeeper and then, to her rent position, as Mrs. ling's secretary in the North House. Mrs. Crump not only had to type letters, master schedules, make copies and other sec- retarial duties but also guide students and teachers and answer their many questions. She filed an enormous amount of mail, and kept up with teachers to make sure that substitutes were where they needed to be. Math teacher Betsy Lancaster said, She's nice to us. Journalism adviser Karen Ritter commented, The jour- nalism department could not have survived without Mrs. Crump's help. Along with this busy schedule, Mrs. Crump and her husband LeRoy, AISD Athletic Director, spent time together in between each of their busy schedules. Her oldest daughter Sheryl was a Sophomore at Hastings and was active in volleyball and golf. Her youngest daughter Carol, who also played volleyball, attended Holub Middle School. As a native Houstonian, Mrs. Crump majored in Business and minored in History at Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas and received her B.S. Degree in Secretarial Science. Mrs. Crump really loves her job and, according to Mrs. Keeling, does an outstanding one. By Kerri Nipper, Faculty Editor Secretary Marilyn Crump comfortably relaxes on her kitchen counter at home with her family after a long day at school. Marilyn Crump relaxes on the back porch with her family, Sheryl, Carol, and husband LcKoy. As Mrs. Keeling's secretary, Mrs. Crump has daily responsibilities such as typing and filing which keep her very busy. Photo by S. Lackey Special Pea ture Learning 97

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French teacher Beryl Hogshead explains the test over a student's la vine (wine) report. Photo by A. Miles Ms. Hogshead listens to a government oral presentation. Photo by A. Miles In between reports, Ms. Hogshead reviews the last oral presentation. Photo by A. Miles Junior Christiana Nguyen Ba watches attentively as Senior Quan Nguyen gives his French Government presentation. Photo by A. Miles Ms. Hogshead Leads Teachers and Students Beryl Hogshead, French teacher, was chosen president of the Alief Education Association. A.E.A. is the local teachers organization which belongs to the Texas State Teachers As- sociation. She has been a member for seven years and an active member for three years. Ms. Hogshead has been divorced for seven years and has two grown children. Her daughter, Elizabeth, graduated from Texas A M University and is now teaching the hand- icapped. She also has a twenty-one year old son who is in his junior year at Stephen F. Austin University. Besides being actively involved in A.E.A. and in teaching. Beryl Hogshead finds the time to travel extensively. Her most recent trip was one to Senegal, Africa. She went the summer of '82 for one week to attend a convention for the American Association of Teachers of French. During the summer of '81, she went to the Negev Desert in Israel to help excavatea tel (dirt mound) called Tel Halif. Another exciting trip was one to Belfort, France located near Germany. Since Ms. Hogshead uses French as a second language, she was invited to become an exchange student and spend the summer in Belfort with a French family. She believes that, a person who has not traveled, is just not a well-educated nor a well- rounded person. Being the president of A.E.A., Ms. Hogshead has several responsibilities. She must keep Alief teachers and the school board informed of any probU or news in the teach' profession. There are mont meetings which are held different schools through Alief. The purpose of th meetings is to raise the leve educational concern by gett teachers and residents volved, stated Ms. Hogshe She also said, teachers neec be actively involved in tl professional lives in order raise the level of professional in teaching. By Ericka F 96 Lcarning Special Feature

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English Strives for Excellence Who has the largest department with as many as 29 staff members? The English Department does with over half of these teachers having earned their Master's degree in English. This made them very qualified as they work very hard for long hours, described Department Chairperson Kay Moore. The curriculum consisted of basically the same elements as the year before. Freshmen worked on paragraph writings and grammar along with Antigone and Romeo and Juliet. Sophomores also studied paragraph writing, mythology. All Quiet on the Western Front, Julius Caesar and Animal Farm. The juniors' multi-paragraph research papers and American Literature added to their study of The Scarlet Letter and Huckleberry Finn. Seniors' paragraph writings and research papers helped them to become more oriented toward the world of work, stated Mrs. Moore. A dramatized version of Ulysses Return to I theca Aftei the Trojan War helped Mrs. Brown's sophomores to ease the end of the first semester. The students worked hard, had lots of fun, and everything was just great, said Mrs. Brown. The teachers spent their summer working on curriculum to fit the new standards requiring four years of English instead of the present three and a half year requirement. The English as a Second Language (ESL) program lead by Mrs. Burns has really helped many students of Hispanic, Vietnamese, and other cultures to learn despite the fact that they cannot speak fluent English. This class is of special im- portance because the language and cultural barriers of many bright students prevent or hinder them from commu- nicating their ideas and skills in English. By Debbie Figueras Waiting to pull out for a field trip on a school bus is Voices sponsor Wrotenbery. Photo by R. Vivian Viladevall takes a break from grading those endless amounts of pa Photo by R. Abrookin, L. Adams, P. Social Studies Science Aquil, J. Armstrong, K. Asnes, E. Autry, L. Beatley, S. Becker, F. Special Ed. Business Special Ed. Social Studies Special Ed. Art Bedford, G. Biasiolli, A. Bilbrey, B. Bodine, D. Bowers, C. Brandt, T. Bright, C. Broussard, B. Special Ed. Secretary Secretary P.E. Registrar Asst. Social Studies Math Science 98 English Learning