Arlington High School - Colt Corral Yearbook (Arlington, TX)

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Shawn Spiegel, Deanna MeGraw, and Susan Campbell HECE members Irene Brown and Sondra Markum serve sort, organize. and count many cans for the Christmas refreshments to participants in the Big Brother, Big Sister FBLA canned food drive. skating party. Scon BUckmsn Chris Henderson and Nea Vikstrom organize cans for the Student Council in Mrs. Oleta Thrower's second period English class. Michelle Morgan collecta money from Ron Biles. Doug Cassidy, and Richie Phillips as contributions to Mrs. Lou Baker's classes' Good Samaritan Shoe Fund. 28 ACTIVITIES

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M « M(C ul»y imming out at lh« Christam Dance, juniors Darren joker, Walt Ward, and Steve Walters enjoy the music. Yuletide Celebration First snow kindles hopes for white Christmas “Dashing through the snow. What snow? This, my boy, is Texas. Well we did actually have snow one night. Senior Amy Agee describes how surprised she was. I was at church making fruit baskets, and all of a sudden I looked outside and it was snowing. So, of course, I stopped what I was doing and ran outside and played in it. It was a Thursday night, and of course, the snow was gone by Friday noon. But it was snow. It gave us hope of actually having a white Christmas. It was only a hope, but then what is life without hope? Anyway, the Colts went on with Christmas life even without much snow (although most spent Thursday night hum- min’ balls of the stuff at each other and then spent Friday getting over colds that resulted from getting hit by it). Days were divided between last minute Christmas shopping and consuming all the information teachers tried to cram in before the Christmas holidays. However students still managed to keep that infinite Colt Christmas spirit alive. The senior class sponsored a Christmas dance — yet another time for the school to get together outside of schooltime. The at- tire of the evening was casual blue jeans with any (and every) possible kind of green and red sweat shirts. The Student Council sponsored the an- nual door decorating contest. To a person walking down the halls, the scene was frightening. The halls were decked with boughs of holly, miles of ribbons, sheets of paper, a few dozen size 154 stockings, and even a large jalapeno with blinking lights. The winners? Mr. John Robison’s second period special education class. They won by transforming their door into a fireplace from which a 3-D life-sized plus Santa Claus was emerging. ACTIVITIES 27

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Christmas charity Colts help keep Yuletide cheer, spirit alive Christmas is a time of giving, sharing, and caring. Some of us get so wrapped up in Christmas shopping, though, we often forget the true meaning of Christmas. Well, the Colts sure didn’t forget. Numerous groups and clubs donated gifts, food, and money so that others might have joyous holidays. Mr. Terry Stewart’s Spanish I classes made pinatas. At their Christmas party, the students voted which one to break. The remaining pinatas went to the children’s wards in local hospitals. Cosmetology students visited a senior citizen’s home, where they sang carols and ex- changed gifts. HECE served refresments at a Big Brothers, Big Sisters skating party. FBLA collected canned food for a family whose father was hospitalized over Christmas. Mrs. Lou Baker collected for her Shoe Fund. The money she gathered went to the Good Samaritans, a charity that helps needy families. Mrs. Baker’s students collected $1,700 for the Samaritans. Every year I’m impressed and touched by the students’ efforts to contribute so much of themselves to benefit others, Mrs. Baker commented. Mrs. Sheron Gore’s classes gave to the Humane Society. “When we consider how much joy animals give us,” Mrs. Gore said, it is a pleasure to support an organization that cares for animals. The Neighborhood Resource Center receiv- ed donations from Mrs. Pam Matthews’ classes, which made stockings filled with toys and clothing for underpriveleged children. The students distributed the stockings at a Christmas party. “1 have worked with adults at many charities before,” Mrs. Matthews said, “but I have found that teens are the most generous of all.” Scott BUcLmtn ACTIVITIES 29