Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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910111213 4 16 23 29 30 171819 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 April 1984 0 sMTwTFs 1234567 6 1 15 22 April 2 - April 3 - The Supreme Court reaffirmed that prayer recitations in public schools are unconstitutional, but agreed to consider permissable silent prayer or meditation during class. During PTSA Breakfast, three chosen outstanding teachers, Lynn Harding, Donna Bogle, and Bill Glover were given S250 each, taken from the PTSA Excellence Fund. A ril 4 and 5 - Honor Roll Receptions P April 7 April 7 - April 7 - - SAT testin 8 Adam Ant in concert at Frank Erwin Center Academic Decathletes competed in state competition in Dallas and finished fifth among twenty Texas high schools. April 10-11 - Drama students presented Requiem and Asylum in the April 11 Little Theatre - H. Ross Perot claimed to have spent S500,000 of his money to study Texas public schools and recommended a dramatically new school system A31 Turbervllle Gordon Kelley April 14 - Ku Klux Klan march in downtown Austin X515 F, A 4, 3 April 17-18 - Drama students presented Torch Bearers in the Little ' ., 1,'TZ,x Theatre April 17 - Senior Class Officer Elections 1-.A 2. Q , A April 20 - The Select Committee ofPublic Education held its last meeting A T ,ggffiipl ,gi t . la after ten months of study and developeda 52.6 billion proposal -Q,g A 1 XX with if IL.. 1 o.., for Texas school improvements. 2 W Q ' 'P fifif. :Q if ! ' ' ' April 23 - Ward Iones, junior, won S500 for tying for second place in an as J it S, . Austin-American Statesman essay writing contest. A ' -, A ' ' x x April 24 - Austin school administrators recommended attendance i I . l , Nqf i i .i boundary changes that would effect 1,100 high school 4 is , g ,.- 3 students. E , 4, 1 i i April 27 - Senior Talent Show N, ,- April 30 - Austin ISD administrators unveil a plan to move 10,000 high j dv, school students in order to solve under enrollment problems . . . at LBI. The plans causes a furor in the community. Doggett ggrgggyylfggigghy fnydngnefgggggh' catherm' May 1 984 1 5 its .1 1 S 'V' T W T F S ilr A lli l 1 2 3 4 5 if 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 i 1 tz' 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .. . 27 28 29 30 31 at .... ., Q 1:1 .1 . Q -fi K K May 1-2 - TABS testing 1 'T' 1 .,., 2 May 2 - Public hearin at LBI High School to hear adverse citizen's Day' May 4 Texas Vggatignal Homemaking Teacher of the Year S reaction towards the bump around busing plan proposed in April. May 4 - Spring Thing and Dedication day May 6 - Kool and Gang at the Frank Erwin Center May 8- City Choral Concert at the Performing Arts Center May 8 - The Soviets announced that they would not participate in the Summer Ol m ics in Los Angeles Y P r May 9 - The Student Council Banquet was held at the Hearth at May 10 May 10 May11- Symphony Square. Huey Lewis and the News at the City Coliseum May 10 - - All Sports Picnic at Zilker Park - East Germany followed the Soviet Union and Bulgaria from taking part in the Los Angeles Olympic Games. Reception honoring Florence Thompson on her retiring after 40 ears of teachin 18 at Austin Hi h Y 8' 8 - May 14 - Austin school trustees voted against changing high school boundaries and instead agreed to make LBI High School a magnet school for science and high-tech interested students. Y Florence Thompson it . , 1,1111 f 14 ' -mu 2 May 16 - Student Council President Elections May 16 - The House of Representatives voted to build 15 MX missiles May 20 - Soviet Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov announced that the QQ, Soviet Union had increased the number of submarines carrying ' nuclear missiles off the coast of the United States. 1 May 24-25 - Senior Finals i' 2 May 27 - Baccalaureate in the gymnasium .W May 28 - Billy Idol in concert at the City Coliseum KY' f May 29 - Graduation at Burger Center , - , ' , I N Aa .A dm . , - Finals , 9 g?',3EaSi1da5IjI1g?ifi22Zmen Dpigld Shulgi, Mr. Randy 4 Assistant Band Director, Mark Word, and Eric Drayel a prlng Ing on ay . 8-7me!me

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INTRODUCTION The year Was exemplary. Before the dawning of the fall semester, Stephen F. Austin High School was designated an exemplary public secondary school by the Department of Education. As a result, the academic year was marked by celebration, pride, special assemblies with guest speakers, publicity, and visits from educators and observers from other schools in the nation. The year was unpredictable. During the same week that Principal jacquelyn McGee was in Washington D.C. to accept the Excellence in Education award from President Ronald Reagan, the University In- terscholastic League iUILj de- termined that the Maroon varsity football team would be disqualified from the district competition. The team and 'its supporters suffered due to a rules infraction by Coach Bill Harper. However, the season was filled with spirit and pride for the school's success in academic accomplishments. The year was appraising. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools evaluated 8: accredited the school, and the district implemented new graduation requirements as a result of revisions by the state Board of Education.The grad- uation requirements includ- ed two graduation plans and raised the minimum number of credits from 18 to 21 or 22, and the plan would affect incoming freshmen during the fall of 1984. Consequently, the effects on Austin High would be insignificant since the AISD already required 21 units for graduation. Since the state Board of Education wanted to encourage rigorous academic courses to be pursued by the students, the only material addition to the curriculum was an economics course. dy Melanie fbupwf The year was con troversial. Throughout the school year, H. Ross Perot and his Select Committee on Public Education reviewed and cri- ticized Texas schools. Most of the committee's proposals were reforms that had already been implemented at Austin High, but the remaining proposals, such as lengthening the school day by two hours and the school year by ten days brought objections from students and educators. Perot said there was a need for Texas schools to recapture the school day for learning, and he criticized that most schools were places for play. His criticisms directed against athletics, extra curricular ac- tivities and vocational educa- tion drew hostile responses. As the year came to an end, it appeared that the Texas legislature would approve many of the proposals in a summer special session, in- cluding a higher pay raise for teachers that Perot recommended. The year was political. The 1984 presidential cam- paign was underway with Walter Mondale and Gary Hart visiting Austin to solicit votes to win the chance to face Ronald Reagan in the fall, 1984 presidential election. jesse jackson, the first viable black presidential candidate, also created a lot of excitement. Austin State Sen. Lloyd Doggett, a 1964 graduate of Austin High, won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by john Tower who is retiring, Doggett would face Republican Con- gressman Phil Gramm in the November election. Locally, Lidia Perez defeated Manual Navarro for a place on the Austin School Board and trustees Abel Ruiz and Nan Clayton were re-elected. And controversy continued to swirl around Austin's participation in the south Texas Nuclear Project, with an effort by citizens to recall the council for issuing revenue bonds without voter approval to pay for the plant. Soviets shoot down Korean airliner Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was blasted out of the skies by a Soviet plane Aug. 31, 1983, resultin in the loss of 269 lives. The world-wide reaction was of shoci and disbelief, and the superpowers in diplomacg began one of the most unexpected confrontations of each ot er since the cold war. Although the aircraft destroyed near the Soviet island of Sakhalin was not American, it did carry at least 61 American passengers, including U.S. Congressman, Lawrence McDonald of Georgia, the Presi ent of the right-wing john Birch Society. The incident was called by President Reagan a crime against humanity and a violation of the most fundamental rules of the air. The Soviet Union did not provide an adequate explanation of their action. When they finall admitted tothe attack, they accused the plane of being a Ugl spyplane. Flight 007 took off from Alaska at 10 a.m. EDT, heading for Seou , South Korea. At noon the jumbo passenger 747 jet turned west from the scheduled route into Soviet airspace where the aircraft was infringing upon nonqfree flying territory and could be fired on without warning, according to Newsweek magazine. japanese intelligence stations watched the Soviets monitor the jumbo jet for two and a half hours as the Korean plane first passed over the Russian island of Petropavlovsk and then over the island of Sakhalin. At 2:26 PM the Soviet missile that had been fired upon the unarmed aircraft was reported and hours later, after initial news reports that the aircraft had either crashed or landed safely at a Soviet airport, confirmation was received of the downing of the jet. The incident increased tensions between the US and the Soviet Union at a crucial time in nuclear wea ons negotiations, talks later broken off after US deployment otPPershing missiles in Europe. The international environment was clearly mored unfriendly because of the incident. Austin High marches in UT Centennial parade The Band, Red jackets, and more than 40 other members of SFA clubs and organizations marched to the tunes of the Twenties, Sept. 15, during the University of Texas Centennial Parade. All t e other AISD high schools plus Westlake joined the march down 26th Street, Guadalupe, Martin Luther King Blvd. and Congress Avenue to the capitol. Costumes, banners, music, and floats displayed American, Texas and U.T. history. Austin High contributed to the look at 100 years of UT education through the looks and themes of the Roaring Twenties. Some Austin High students wore glamourous twenties fashions, flapper costumes, or old-fashioned U.S. military uniforms. The SFA faculty contributed a float covered with a banner in the front that read UT Goes To War while the rest of the float was covered with American flags. SFA students walked alongside the float holding up signs explaining their theme, or rode on the float which displayed a three dimensional Uncle Sam pointing to the crowds on either side of the road. The march was long and tiring for eve one, but SFA students held their festive pride to the parades end. While keeping smiles on their faces and their steps sharp and clear, the Red jackets vibrated spirit through the streets, and the Band carried the twenties tunes through their instruments to the final steps. Spirit soars at afternoon pep rally During break on Fri., Sept. 16, the competitive senior class challenged the underclassmen on the second floor commons area to a demonstration of school spirit by the cheers: We've Got Spirit and V.l.C.T.O.R.Y. The juniors, sophomores, and even the freshmen tried to out-yell the seniors, but it was a losing battle. In turn, the seniors started the chant, Seniors Rule and people on the