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

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Dan Holland was crowned with balloons at Pecan Grove Plantation. Photo by T. Rutherford. Senior Bryan Rives shows off his magic tricks at the annual banquet. Photo by T. Rutherford. Front: Mrs. Laauwe, M. Kuo, A. I.an, M. Abaya, T. Culbertson, C. Ledger, Ms. Frew; 2nd: S. Taunguturi, M. Shah, B. John, D. Reidenbach, T. Cochran, T. Nguyen, B. Rives, A. Kuo, S. Leitoai; 3rd: T. Pham, K. Noponen, D. Boyne, K. Box, L. Holsopple, A. Mchugh, K. Cristadora, E. Beyer, H. Fowler, M. Lozano; 4th: K. Lanigan, D. Wingo, S. Witte, R. Talastas, R. Rabe, T. Cummings, E. Fleming, A. Malaguilla; 5th: K. Eitze, M. Rokes, T. Herring. K. Shiller, B. Tooke, R. Husseini; 6tn: S. Rogers, A. Martin, L. Bouleware, T. Patel, J. Jones, P. Manry, C. Currcn; 7th: S. Hunt, L. Lawless, L. Kruse, T. Packard, A. Sanchez, M. Brown; 8th: C. Alford, T. Bearden, P. Blacksher, C. Bratka, D. Chema, C. Choi, M. Collette, D. Dang; 9th: D. Dufour, R. Farias, A. Gaalla, N. Ho, S. House, S. Jung, M, Khan, D. Lee; 10th: J. Lucas, J. Meyer, P. Moon, C. Murphy, D. Nguyen, H. Nguyen, L. B. Nguyen; 11th: T. Ngyuen, K. Panesar, P. Patel, J. Peraza, A. Pierce, D. Quach, J. Ross, G. Samuels; 12th: L. Toreki, V. Tran, V. Tran, K. Ward, K. Watkins, J. Willman, J. Woodfin, P. Zafiridis; 13th: D. Bell, C. Boyd, L. Cjang, J. Chen, J. Christ, C. Cradit, T. Damron, R. Feliciano; 14th: J. Duong,S. Fischer, T.L. Lee, R. Giveon,T. Glasgow, L. Haug, K. Hernandez, T. Ho; 15th: M. Hogan, J. Hyun, R. James, J. Johnson, L. Johnson, S. Johnson, T. Kagan, M. Lozano; 16th: T. Luu, M. McDowell, V. Mehra, G. Neal, K. Ngo, T. Nguyen, T. Nguyen,T.A. Nguyen; Back: S. Patel, D. Pham, S. Rai, V. Rai, T. Rutherford, J. Sta vena, L. Strum, G. Thornton, S. Tsai, O. Tse, T. Washington, R. Weitzner, C. Wells. Photo by R. Law. Senior and president of NHS Tim Culbertson presents seniors with Honor Collars at the Awards Assembly. Photo by R. Law. Participation NHS 133

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NHS Busy With Community Work And Rewriting of The Constitution National Honor Society (NHS) chapter Nu Eta Sigma has a membership of 141. In order to be a member of NHS one must be a junior or senior, have an overall grade point average of 3.4 since the beginning of the 9th grade, have high moral character and service and leadership abilities plus be invited for membership by the Chapter Council. The members started off the year by bagging (242 dozen) homemade cookies for The Big Brother Christmas Party. At Christmas, they adpoted a poor family and provided a complete Christmas for the mother and children, sold Valentine car- nations, helped Sharpstown Humana Hospital by creating a playroom for the children's ward, sold 240 Gold C coupon books and tutored. They held their banquet at Pecan Grove Plantation and the Awards Assembly on May 7th. This year has been the most difficult because everyone had to participate in the rewriting of the constitution. The state of Texas is raising and making tougher its requirements for high school. Therefore the constitution had to be revised, said sponsor Mrs. Laawe. Changes included the restric- tion of no more than three teacherson theChapterCouncil, each of whom shall have been at Elsik a minimum of two years. Senior Amy Pierce gives a speech about leadership at the National Honor Society- Induction Ceremonies. Photo by R. Law one member from the guidance department, and one member of the administration. The officer's duties were strengthened as well as the duties of the members. Each member must maintain a 3.4 GPA and have satisfactory conduct grades. A copy of the member's report card, must be turned into the adviser every semester. Second semester, each member must exhibit the qualities upon which this organization was established. Members who are not present for at least 50% of a meeting will be counted absent after 7:10. Students who have made an F or U or P in conduct are not considered asa candidate for membership and mem must be enrolled in on-lev« above-level courses. S members were eliminated, sponsor Mrs. Laauwe. Junior Safa Saoud said, 1 privilege to be in Nati Honor Society. It's hard w but lots of fun. Mrs. Laauwe Ms. Frew are great sponso look forward in working ’ them and the members year. I feel that National He Society has been grt improved and strenghthc due to the new sponsors more activities through year, replied Junior !v Shah. By Richard Pac The new officers for 1984-85, President Tushar Patel, Vice-President Vik M Secretary Trade Rutherford, Treasurer Rose Weitzncr, Parliamentarian Laui Chang are inducted into their new positions at the annual banquet. Photo by T. Ruthe 132 NHS Participation

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Joie de Vivre Enjoy Life French Club, a very active club, had one activity per month including a visit to the Renaissance Festival and the French movie Z in October, selling creams puffs in November, a Christmas party in December, ice skating in Jan- uary, making crepes in Feb- ruary, a picnic at Amity Park in March, a volleyball game in April and their banquet at a French Restaurant in May. French Club also participated in the National French Contest in March. Officers were President Von Tran, Vice-President Michelle Nguyen, Secretary Diane Ng Dang, Treasurer Ginger Smith, Historian Thanh Ho, and Publicity-Manager Mona Patel. Front: C. Doan, G. Thornton, Y. Nguyen, C. Narstrom, S. Jung, N. Patel; 2nd T. Hoang, K. Watson, M. Dozier, G. Winstead, P. Rose, M. Bjorling, R. Nagarkar, K. Morse; M. Dang, T. Scoular, S. Kim, J. Blackie, S. Knight, E. Chang,S. Knight, M. Abello, J. Bates, G. Smith, M. Kavadi, M. Ma, K. Narany, D. Dang, G. Oberoi, M. Patel. We have a lot of membersand they are very active and enth- usiastic. We likegetting together to do things, explained Mona Patel. I think it's great to have foreign languages. That way the students learn more about the other cultures and languages said Von Tran. M. Dozier, K. Watson, C. Narstrom, Mrs. Hogshead and G. Winstead display face paintings at the Renaissance Festival. Veni, Vidi Vici I wish Latin Club could have one activity per month related to the classics, says Sponsor Mrs. Harris. Latin Club's activities in- cluded stadium clean-up, vis- iting the Renaissance Festival and softball and volleyball games with the other language clubs. They also participated in the National Latin Exam which was held in March. President Tushar Patel ex- plained This year has been very exciting for me. I think everyone should take Latin. Officers were: President Tushar Patel, Vice-President Greg Welch, Secretaries Mani- sha Kavadi and Sandra Neilsen, and Treasurers David Svoren and David Nguyen. By Richard Packard Front: M. Nguyen, D. Nguyen, S. Nielsen, M. Kavadi; 2nd Sponsor Ms. Harris, W. Ng, C. Yang, E. Chang; Back: H. Pcde L. Jones, D. Svoren, T. Patel. Photo by S. La 134 Participation French and Latin Clubs