Archer City High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Archer City, TX)

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1989 WILDCAT Archer City High School 600 South Ash Archer City, TX 76351 Volume 44 Student Enrollment: K-5: 264 6-8: 135 9-12: 139 Total: 538 September i and it's back to school again. Through these doors students would pass time and time and time again. One hundred seventy-five days in all. And although the red brick building looks a lot like other schools in the north Texas area, students at Archer City High School will tell you it's l jkJusf ANOTHER SMALL TOWN SCHOOL

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ANOTHER SMALL TOWN SCHOOL Themes for yearbooks do not just happen. There is usually no bolt of lightning, no vision from beyond. Themes evolve from countless hours of brainstorming sessions and staff arguments. No one remembers exactly how the idea for the 1989 yearbook came about. Perhaps someone said that we wanted to show we’re not just another little school, or perhaps prove that small towns do have special things going for them. But, all of that really doesn’t matter. What does matter is that students here feel that our town and our school are special. And THEY are the reason that it is true. People are what it is all about. Special people make this a special town. By thoughtlessly calling us hicks” and saying that we live in Hick Town”, USA, some outsiders insinuate that we are devoid of any form of intelligence and reside in some remote corner of the world. But, we're proud of our town’s location and its size, and we’re not a “bunch of country bumpkins.” Archer may not be a thriving metropolis with thousands of hustling, bustling people but we kind of like it that way. One of the good things about small towns is that everyone knows just about everyone else. And, although that does sometimes have its draw- backs, most of the time it works to our advantage. In a small town, you never have to be alone; a friend is never far away. That’s why we stay here, the comfort and safety of a small town simply can’t be surpassed. With the Dallas Fort Worth area only two hours away, and Wichita Falls just thirty minutes up the highway, why would we feel left out of the mainstream? We can visit them any time, without abandoning that sense of security that we thrive on, and without becoming “stressed out by the worries of life in a big city. All in all, we are happy here and we think our educational system cannot be equaled. Yes, we definitely feel that Archer City is not just another small town school. opening 3