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

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Superior Students Honored with Awards in May | Perfect Attendance In 4 Years: Mytran Nguyen, Terry Cummings I National Merit Scholarship Program: Thomas M. Hall, Jenny Hyun. Tracy D. Kagan. Thao K. Nguyen. Steven C. Tsai U.S. Air Force Academy: Gary Neal U.S. Naval Academy: Gary Neal Academic Fitness Award: Darren Bell. Carl Beury. Melissa Brown. Brenda Carbonell. Lawrence Chang. William Clark. Cynthia Cradit. Timothy Damron. Ron Giveon. Tom Glasgow. Tom Hall. Jenny Hyun. Robert James. Julie Johnson. Tracy Kagan. Manisha Kavadi. Richard Kopps. Michael Lore. True Luu. Thao Nguyen. Shilpa Patel. Vijaya Rao. Linda Pavlicek. Thuy Nguyen. Trang-anh Nguyen. Trade Rutherford. Gary Neal. Trinh Pham. Anna Martin. Frank Moore. Mitzi McDowell. Gayla Samuels. Penni Siemens. Alison St. Laurent, James Stavena. Lisa Sturm. Sonia Thedford. Gena Thornton. Steven Tsai. Oliver Tse. Tzu Lin Wang. Rose Weitzner. Jay Yun. Kim Chau. John Christ. Carie Constable. Terry Cummings. Erin Fleming. Lore Haug. Karen Hernandez. Thanh Ho. Hung T. Jerng. Leon Johnson. Angela Malaguilla. Vikram Mehra. Mytran Nguyen. Trinh T. Nguyen. Teresa Packard. Tushar Patel. Danh Pham. Sunita Tangurti. Catherine Boyd. John Chen. Ricardo Feliciano. Hollie Fowler Society of Women Engineers: Thao Nguyen. Rose Weitzner. Manisha Kavadi DAR Good Citizen Award: Gary Neal Renssler Medal: Chau Nguyen Outstanding Dccathlete: Lore Haug Outstanding Achievement in Band: Jay Grantham. Chris Thcofanidis. Laura Richardson. Ray Schmidt. Harwell Ontoy. Bart O'Conner Outstanding Achievement in Gen. Woods IA-IB: Ward Delcomyn Outstanding Achievement in Gen. Woods IA-IB: Charles Stirling Outstanding Achievement In Adv. Machine Woods: Markus Kraus Outstanding Achievement in Gen. Woods IA-IB: Audra Gray Outstanding Achievement in Gen. Metals IA-IB: Fredrick Leight Outstanding Achievement in Machine Metal 2A-2B: Wei-Chieh Kan Outstanding Achievement in Gen. Drafting IA-IB: Terry Cummings Outstanding Achievement in Arch. IA-IB: Paul Dao Outstanding Achievement in Arch. 2A-2B: Tim Nguyen Outstanding Achievement in Voc. Drafting • 1st: Robin Reyes Outstanding Achievement in Voc. Drafting - 2nd: Joseph Protomartir Academic Excellence in Am. History: Mona Shah. Noel Orsak Outstanding Improvement Acad. Exc.: Jesse Salazar Outstanding Student in Am. History: Monica Miclos Outstanding Excellence in W. History: Miriam Ma. Chau Doan Outstanding Leadership in W. History: Brian Miller Academic Excellence in W. History: Kirk Evans Outstanding Participation in Gov. Eco.: Robert James. Thanh Ho. Gena Thornton. Tracy Kagan. Trinh Nguyen Outstanding Achievement in Accounting: Shilpa Patel Outstanding Achievement in Office Procedure: Tangela Foxworth Outstanding Achievement in Typing I: Brenda Carbonell. Thuy Nguyen Outstanding Achievement in Typing II: Tzu Lin Wang. Tangela Foxworth Outstanding Achievement in Phy. Ed.: Annette Roesner. Angela Womack. Joseph Redmond. Elliot Segal. Michelle Shelton. Donna Wood, Steven Panova. Greg Stubbs Outstanding Newspaper Staffer: Audra Sanchez Outstanding Yearbook Staffer: Rae Rabc Outstanding Achievement in Photo.: Lee Cates Outstanding Newspaper Reporting Writing: Barbara Neyens. Lea Ann Rushing. Elliot Segal Outstanding Achievement in Theatre Arts: Chris Lundquist. Shaw Fields. Tamiko Washington. Mike Mullen. Shannon Collins Outstanding National Forensic League Member: Scott McFarlane Outstanding Achievement in Speech: Missy Brown. Penni Siemens Outstanding Achievement in Phy. Sci.: Anju Chawla. Kuan-Wen Chen. Haw-Jiun Chuang. Michael Handel Outstanding Achievement in Biology: Lisa Chuang. Walter Chang. Lee Koch. Trang-Anh Nguyen Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry: Huan Nguyen. Manish Patel Outstanding Achievement in Physics: Michael Lore. Mitzi McDowell Outstanding Achievement in Anat. Phys.: Thanh Hoang Outstanding Achievement in Marine Science: Monica Miclos Outstanding Achievement in AP Biology: George Baker Outstanding Achievement in AP Chemistry: Manisha Kavadi Outstanding Achievement in Health: Monica Babba. Walter Chang. Michael Dukate. Miriam Ma. Katherine Pue Outstanding Achievement in Art: Son Chung. Hung-Tao Jerng. Kelli Kent Best All Around • 9th Grade: Rhonda Faircloth Academic Excellence • 9th Grade: Ambert Wang Best All Around • 10th Grade: Arista Blovin Academic Excellence - 10th Grade: Miriam Ma Best All Around - 11th Grade: Michelle Williams. Lana Brown Academic Excellence 11th Grade: Erica Chang. Chau Nguyen Best All Around - 12th Grade: Gayla Samuels Academic Excellence - 12th Grado: Rose Weitzner Outstanding Achievement ESL Workshop: Ho Kim Outstanding Achievement ESL B: Choang Ung Outstanding Achievement ESL C: Judy Liu UIL Gold Medal Region: Jay Yun UIL Bronze Medal District: Jay Yun NCTE Writing Award: John Christ. Manishal Kavadi Houston Chronicle Essay Contest Winner: Miriam Ma Silver Medal Optimist Club Essay Contest Winner: Wing Ng 1985 Army Reserve Essay Contest: George Wu 1st Place Poetry: Lore Haug 1st Place Short Story: Lore Haug 1st Place Personal Essay: Mitzi McDowell 1st Place Creative Essay: Valerie Card 1st Place Art: Henry Jerng Most Valuable Choir Member: Christopher Pappas Most Improved Talent (Choir): Kim Heimer Most Successful (Choir): Annette Roesner Outstanding Achievement in Home Econ. IB: Madhavi Reddy. Oanh Bui Outstanding Achievement in Child Dev.: Rebecca Bettega Outstanding Achievement in Home Fam.: Elaine Hansen Outstanding Achievement in H. Econ. IA: Laura Lcpik Outstanding Achievement in FOM: Ophelia Henry. Pamela Williams Outstanding Achievement in Cons. Math: Rebekah Bridgeford. Amarilis Fernandez Outstanding Achievement in Pre-Alg.: Elliot Carr. Sherry Maley Outstanding Achievement in Math Cons. Ed.: Kim Rathgeber. Viking Sjovall Outstanding Achievement in Alg. I: Chung Ho Chan. Joseph Ezernack. John Gerguis. Dena Holsoppls. Jon Pohla. Marry Woo Outstanding Achievement in Alg. II: Haw-Jiun Chuang. Phi Hoang. Susan Keeney. Soo Kim. Giao Nguyen Outstanding! Achievement in Geometry: Barbara Neyens. Kiem Trinh Outstanding Achievement In Adv. Geometry: Walter Chang Outstanding Achievement In Trig.: Lisa Farney. William Lei Outstanding Achievement in El. Analysis: Hsien Chen. Mitzi McDowell Outstanding Achievement in Calculus: Thao Nguyen Outstanding Achievement in Comp. Math I: Robert Feeney Outstanding Achievement in Comp. Math II: Lore Haug Outstanding Effort in Math: Glen Edington. Tammi Lovetro Most Outstanding Student • Latin I: Danh Pham Best Achievement • Latin I: Bill Mitchell Most Outstanding Student - Latin II: Wing Ng Best Achievement • Latin II: Danny Cheng Outstanding Achievement - German I: Mytran Nguyen Outstanding Achievement • German II: Lee Koch Outstanding Achievement - German III: Tracy Evans Outstanding Achievement • German IV: Michael Lore Outstanding Achievement • French I: John Gerguis Outstanding Achievement • French II: Sina Malaguilla Outstanding Achievement • French III: Su Jung Outstanding Achievement • French IV: Savita Rai Outstanding Achievement • Spanish I: Sharon Hester. Geoffrey Johnson Outstanding Achievement • Spanish II: Mitzi McDowell Outstanding Achievement - Spanish III: Julie Johnson Outstanding Achievement • Spanish IV: Robert James Awards 27

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Honor Students Win Scholarships For Demanding Futures Cum Laude: Front: H. Fowler, A. Sanchez, S. Lee, 2nd: J. Chen. T. Hall. E. Fleming, T. Cummings, T. Luu, P. Siemens, S. Sarikakis, S. Rai, S. Hunt, L. Wang, T. Pham, C. Pham, T. Nguyen, E. Kruse, It wasn’t very hard to become co-salutatorian, re- plied Jay Yun. He has a GPA of 4.14. Photo by L. Cates Pavllcek, D. Pham, 0. Tse, V. Mehra, Back: R. James. V. Rao, D. Bell, C. Boyd. Photo by B. Mitchell Woltzner, T. Kagan. L. Cheng. Photo by B. Mitchell Tracy Kagan was chosen as ono of 20 students In statewide competition to pital's summer program biomedical sciences. Pho by L. Cates 3rd: R. Gantela, T. Hoang, L. Lawless, C. Cradit, S. Johnson, M. Lozano, C. Constable, T. Packard, L. Haug. M. Brown, R. Feliciano, D. Nguyen, 4th: A. Malaguilla, T. Washington. J. Klrchhelm, Making straight A's throughout high school. Valedictorian Thao Nguyen was offered $6000 and $1000 scholarships. However, none were from MIT, where she wants to study biochemical engineering. I had a lot of influence from my parents. In my culture we have to do well in school.” One of Thao’s main priorities is schoolwork. She also enjoys playing tennis and singing. Co-Salutatorian Jay Yun spends 5-10 minutes on each homework Spending 5-6 hours on homework every night paid off for Valedictorian Thao Nguyen as she earned a GPA of 4.19. Photo by V. Pal assignment. Except for major papers, he does homework before each class starts. Jay plans to study psychology at UT. Co-Salutatorian Tracy Kagan, feels it was worth cutting her social life to do homework. She won the Texas Excellence Award of Distinction for $8000. In addition to being a Billing Clerk for Am-Tex, she is a Junior Volunteer at Cypress Memorial Hospital. She plans to go to UT and specialize in micro-surgery. Magna Cum Laudo: Front: T.Nguyen, M. McDowell, J. Hyun, K. Hernandez, B. Carbonell, 2nd: J. Johnson, L. Summa Cum Laude: Front: T. Ho, M. Nguyen, T. Nguyen, M. Kavadl, Back: S. Patel, R. L. Splllors. G. Neal. 1 Rutherford, J. Christ, F Kopps. Back: C. Bcury. 1 Damron, M. Lore. Photo by E Mitchell attend M.D. Anderson Hos- 26 Honor Students

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The snow-covered grounds of the ISC tako on an eerie effect resembling a lunar surface. The usually active grounds of the school wore empty this Friday as the school district closed at the last minute due to icy roads. Photo by L. Cates Reagan Re-Elected, Snow Blankets Houston Area Around the globe, there were human tragedies and triumphs. Most Americans felt a surging optimism despite the chaotic events around them. Renewed nationalism resulted from the XXIII Olympic Games and the presidential election. The United States swept through the events to emerge with 174 gold medals. The men's gymnastics team won the team competition and Houstonian Mary Lou Retton won the women's all-around gymnastics. Track star Carl Lewis streaked through to win four gold medals and the swim teams ran away with 27 out of 29 gold. After the glory of the games came another victory for Ronald Reagon who won in a ‘landslide' over Walter Mondale. However, this did not detract from Geraldine Ferraro’s achievement as Mondale's running mate and the first woman to run on a presidential ticket. Though inflation was down, unemployment remained high and over 35 million people lived at the poverty line, the highest number in 20 years. William Schroeder received an artificial heart, lived through a stroke, and did miraculously well afterwards. However, the controversial baboon heart transplant on Baby Fae was not successful, as the infant died three weeks later of kidney failure. Human tragedies devastated cities and killed hundreds. In Bhopal. India, a gas leak poisoned over 2.000 people and a gas explosion in Mexico City killed hundreds. In Ethiopia millions of people starved to death due to drought and famine. And in the United States, the McDonalds slayings in July shocked the nation. BandAid. the British relief group, inspired the likes of USA for Africa and similiar efforts from Australian and Canadian artists. BandAid's Do They Know It's Christmas? grossed over $12 million. In the Middle East. Reagan withdrew the marines from an unsuccessful military action in Lebanon. The U.S. Embassy was bombed on September 20. killing 20 people. India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her own security guards and her son. Rajiv Gandhi, took over. On October 12, Britain's Margaret Thatcher escaped an attempt on her life, and after a little over 13 months as the Soviet leader. Constatin Chernanko died on March 10 leaving Russia with a younger, more dynamic leader. Mikhail Gorbachev. In Texas, retailers ignored the Blue Law and remained open on Sundays throughout the Christmas season. In the struggle for Texas state senator. Phil Gramm came out the easy winner over Lloyd Doggett. The Hermann Hospital Estate scandal inspired by Channel 13’s Marvin Zindler. led to arrests of several officials. Estate trustee John B. Coffee was indicted on theft and perjury charges, and former estate development director Charles Stricklin, on a theft charge. Real estate broker Susan Menke was charged with stealing $48,000 from the estate. The Gay Rights Referendum went to vote on January 19 and suffered a decided loss, almost three to one. A surge of teen violence in Houston characterized the nightly news. At Elsik, Gilbert Cuellar was arrested in January for allegedly murdering his mother and friend. David Porte, of Spring Branch I.S.D.. was found guilty of murdering a letter carrier and sentenced to 75 years. Elsik had a spectacular year in sports. The varsity football captured 17-5A District Championship. Because of their ranking, they were pitted against Madison in their first trip to the playoffs. The game ended in a disappointing 35-0 getting there was all important. ! Winter weather hit record lows all over the country and Houstonians were pleasantly surprised to find measurable snow in their yards. AISD closed its doors on February 1 due to icy roads. A year of change will be what most students remember. New graduation and eligibility H.B. 72 requirements, and no more Freshman Sale and senior exemptions, were just a few. By Christi Yang, Reporter 28 Current Events