Alvarado High School - Warrior Yearbook (Alvarado, TX)

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Recruiting underclassmen to help build their second bonfire, seniors scout the county for flammable discards. The unguarded biggest bonfire was prematurely burned by unauthorized pyromaniacs leaving the seniors to rebuild and maintain round-the-clock vigilance. Lunch Provides For 'No-no's' From waking in the wee hours of the morning to get school pictures taken to the rebuilding of the senior bonfire, the administration, faculty, and students sought the perfect combination. With not a moment's worth of class time lost, traditions were observed and athletics flourished. Halloween costume contests, which had been abandoned, were revived and the no-parties-during-school rule was circumvented by using the two lunch periods for gift exchange and revelry. alive and well. With the varsity volleyball team charging into the play-offs, it was obvious that extra-curricular was About the only thing missed from previous years was the D range of grades on report cards. Margaret Langley spikes the ball in a ,district upset against Hillsboro. Despite the loss the varsity volleyball team captured district and bi-district championships, only to be defeated for area by Van. Finding the Right Combination 5

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School Life HB 72 imposes Changes When H. Floss Perot rolled out his listofchanges forthe 1984-85 school year, it was approved through House Bill 72. In a year that changes were inevitable, the Alvarado Independent School District responded to HB 72 by changing just about everything but the school's name. The grading system was upgraded by raising the passing grade from 60 to 70. Morning tutorial classes set up on Tuesday and Thursday attracted about half the number assigned. When clubs could finally squeeze a morning meeting in between tutorials and practices, few sleepy-eyed members attended. Pumped up Being the only boy-girl physical contact allowed, hugging was the instrument for popping a balloon in a pep rally skit. Representing the Freshman Class, Randy Biggs and Teresa Brooks got off to a rocky start by dropping their balloon on the floor. enthusiasm from the 8 a.m. pep rallies fizzled during the day. Each student was allowed eight extra-curricular absences which sounded stingy until it was realized that most contests had been moved to Saturdays. As it quickly became clear to teachers and students alike that extra meant beyond school hours, they began enriching the extra , A powder puff football game was added to Homecoming's Burning of the A ceremony and Brock's Hops became tradition after each football game. Varsity cheerleaders Kelly Hen- eghan, Gloria Looper Baze, Lisa Hickman, Tiffany Fullagar, Laura Head, Courtney Johnston, Margaret Langley, and Cheryl Phillips spell out I-N-D-I-A-N-S to The Horse . The traditional spell-out was started by 1979 graduate Tami Morris. .-A O 1' g1 'l c 4,9 .Q of o 6 Q 1 WUT? f gf .. r E V 'Nunn 'Q 0 'o X37 S0873 '64 6 o' ,SL qv .O 9 O 9 , 1 0 4 ,g Qs .1 ag t ,gf Q- s . .I ZR! 5 59 mx .99 9 ,h 45. 4, ...up ' 15, 0 4' ' 0