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

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More Community Service Projects Unify NHS Surrounded by friends, Junior E.J. Flores said with an air of sophistication. “Once you've become a member, you get the ol' gold card.” The card E.J. referred to was the gold American Express card his father lent him for dinner. The club was the Nu Eta Sigma chapter of the National Honor Society. On September 19. 63 juniors and seniors were initiated bringing membership to 136. Senior Ray Schmidt shared. “I was really disappointed not making it last year. For a while it made me try harder to earn a position in NHS. I'm estatic that I finally made it.” Proudly his mother added. I told him that God has something special in mind for him.” One new requirement was that all members had to earn 25 service points a semester to remain in good standing. Mr. Porter put a ceiling on the number of points earned for each project to prevent members from buying their points by purchasing goods sold by the society. However, with a lack of service projects, due to hectic UIL schedules, the ceiling was lifted second semester. First semester the annual Gold C books went on sale, members helped with registration and participated in the Interfaith Coalition CROP Walk, cleaned the stadium after Homecoming, presented toys to and cooked dinner for the families at the Ronald McDonald House, baked cookies for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and adopted It takes Mrs. Laauwe, Ms. Frew and assorted members all three lunch periods to package over 1,000 cookies, six a bag, for Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Photo by B. Mitchell 16 needy people for Christmas. Second semester NHS sold Valentine flowers, assembled kits of essentials needed at the Abused Women’s Center, collected money for the blind, walked for Walk America, and continued free tutoring and library help. According to sponsor Mrs. Laauwe. the service projects created unification. Compared to last year. Everyone worked a lot harder and then they found out it was fun!”she saw. For seniors the end of the year climaxed when 65 honor colla and three scholarshi were awarded. In anticipation of hours of tallying final GPA’; Mrs. Laauwe said. Lesson: Thou shalt not blow off your las semester!” By M. Brown. Organization! Editor The CROP Walk for world hunger featured local celebrities such as Channel 11 Anchorwoman Felicia Jeter and Olympic medal wlnnor Carl Lewis. Although Lewis has a reputation for being nasty with the press, C. Wolls. C. Allen, T. Rutherford, and S. Champagne find him very willing to pose with them. Photo by B. Mitchell 128 National Honor Society

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esident Tracy Kagan rticipates in “Rams Are id Hot , a slogan for the pep rally at the Madison game in mid-November. Photo by B. Myers Besides being the chairman of the infamous scrapbook committee, Senior Blake Myers participates In Junior Achievement, LatinClub.and HOSA, and was Rocky Ram. He also has five cats and two dogs. Photo by V. Pai Student Council: Front: Vice President J. Johnson, President T. Kagan, B. Myers, Parliamentarian L. Farney, Secretary M. Klasing, Mrs. Stophonson, Mr. Pfeffer. 2nd: D. Perez, C. Wells, P. Biddy. P. Regan, S. Niemi, M. Shaw. D. Jackson, C. Yang, C. Rhodes, M. Klonke, M. Lochill, N. Kagan, K. Mitra. 3rd: J. Hyun, S. Hunt, R. Sinha, S. Malaguilla, S. Burke, T. Kopps, J. Hwang. M. Hwang, J. Ccasar, C. Ghandhi. 4th: V. Rao, M. Kavadi, T. McGrath, M. Dang, M. Basbas, S. Collins, N. Orsak, R. Schmit, A. Burt, S. Allen, J. Beltran, L. Winter. Back: B. Tinny, T. Evans, S. Patel, J. Parker, W. Pena, S. Shine, J. Anderson. H. Griffen. eshman Tara McGrath is t only active in school but io models. She was a finalist for Ms. Teenage America. Photo by T. McGrath McGrath Freshman Tara McGrath, a member of Student Council, Speech Club, and the debating team founded World Citizens, an organization which will help other charities in the community. “My mom came home one day and told me the place where she works, KKBQ radio, had $50,000 for charities. I Finds Help wanted to find a way to give to all kinds of charities, and not just one, she explained. It’s something that would be beneficial to students. It has a question mark yet as to how many students are involved in it. but the intention is very good. I am definitely in support,” stated Mr. Porter. Most students felt it was a good idea and For Needy wanted to be a part of it. Junior Mi Hwang, said “I believe in charity so I would definitly join it. It's neccessary to help people if they need help.” “I'd join it. I would want to help other people because if I needed help I would want someone to help me.” said Junior Kathy Skaleski. By D. Hund, Reporter Student Council 127

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Junior True Nguyen and Senior Angie Malaguilla take a quick lesson in how to cook spaghetti for over 100 at the Ronald McDonald House. Photo by B. Mitchell Junior Elian Thang, Senior Thanh Ho, and Junior Judy Tse work out a system of distribution for Valentine carnations. Photo by V. Pal At the Ronald McDonald House, Seniors Ray Schmidt and Tangy Foxworth entertain a young resident with piano lessons. Photo by B. Mitchell fS: Front: Mrs. Laauwe, R. jitzner, T. Rutherford, T. tel, Ms. Frew; 2nd: E. tang, R. Rabe, S. lampagne. T. Nguyen, L. Schultz, P. Raney. M. Morgan, E. Flores, J. Salbana. J. Beltran, T. Lovetro, D. Perez, S. Saoud. H. Fowler; 3rd: E. Chang, C. Wells, T. Nguyen, C. Koehn, S. Rai, G. Baker. L. Haug. M. Shah, T. Nguyen, S. Patel, T. Luc, M. McDowell, T. Foxwoth, J. Oh, M. Brown; 4th: A. Malaguilla, T. Scoular, S. Tangutari, S. Ral. A. Sanchez. T. Ho, M.Ma, K. Chang, G. Thorton, P. Rosen, C. Nguyen; 5th: S. Sorsdal, J. Alba, C. Habermacher, M. Meredith, E. Fleming, T. Cummings. R. Gantella, K. Regan. C. Cradit, T. Kagan. E. Kruse, J. Hyun, S. Johnson; 6th: J. Duong, P. Gldvani, J. Jasek, L. Haong, I. Lei, C. Nguyen, B. Geller, C. Allen. N. Orsak, D. Alfred, J. Christ, M. Schachcrl, J. Strickland, T. Washington, C. Boyd; 7th: M. Pariakh, J. Glasgow, S. Hunt, J. Tse, P. Gandhi, M. Lozano, T. Damron, L. Johnson, J. Parker, C. Thcofanldls, D. Svoren, P. Rose, T. Pachard; Back: K. Hernandez, R. James, J. Johnson, L. Lawless, R. Feeney, D. Bell, R. Schmidt, J. Chen, D. Nguyen. M. Nguyen, 0. Tse. D. Pham, S. Tsai. Photo by C. Teat National Honor Society 129