Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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ttmmcszx snuwm 1982183 McGee at White House Sept. 28 Coach Harper Parade A 910 121314151617 19 20 2122 23 24 26 27 28 29 September 1983 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 18 25 30 7 - First Fall semester Student Council meeting held in the 12 - SFA Band, Red Jackets, and students participated in the U.T. 16 - Channel 24 Action News awarded the Varsity Football team with The Team of the Week trophy during the first afternoon Sept. 5 - Labor Day Sept. cafeteria. Sept. Centennial Parade. Sept. 15 - Underclassmen Elections Sept. Pep Rally of the year. Sept. 22 and 23 - Underclassmen pictures taken. Sept. 23 - Volleyball Pay Assembly Sept. 27 - Back To School Night Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. 27 - Varsity football team's disqualification announced to SFA students. 28 - Principal Jacquelyn McGee went to the White House to accept Austin High's award for being one the top eighty schools in the nation. 28 - Steve Rambo of Channel 7 News presented SFA's story about being an exemplary high school. 29 - Whitney Ayres, Maroon and Cornet artist, received a feature story in the Austin-American Statesman. 30 - Homecoming The Andropov Mystery 'l'V's Nuclear Nightmare Public Sarvtca or Propaganda? ia Bow WillltM!actGh1ldnn?, . XV Nov Nov Nov . 4 - Rick James in concert at Frank Erwin Center . 5 - SAT testing Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. 20 21 23 24 5 28 29 November 1983 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011 12 1314 1516171819 22 2 27 30 . 3 - Stephen F. Austin Birthday Celebration was held during third period. 6 - Moody Blues in concert at Frank Erwin Center 7-11 - Pride Week 7-11 - Southern Association evaluates Austin High. 8 - District-wide tornado drill 9 - College Fair for Central Texas high schools at Frank Erwin Center 1 wj'T ' U l Nov. 11 - Basketball Assembly The Day After NOV' 20 Vypp sung f thi Pohc Nov. 14 - Boys tennis team hosted a tennis tournament for the best l f . '.. f 'V V'iu high school players in Austin. 2' -' 707 ' Nov. 18 - Student Council sponsored 50's Day Qi ' ' Nov. 19 - The Police in concert at the Meadows ' 2 f Nov. 19 - Being with JFK presented by ABC was shown as 'K - '5 H '5 A A 7 NBC-TV covered the same topic titled Moment of Crisis - 5,1 'L The events following the death of JFK . 'A .3 Nov. 20 - ABC-TV stunned America with The Day After, a V - I T I wx.. If ' I 1 it terrifying story about life after a nuclear war near Kansas if ' is 15 '. ki City. ,.. E ' J I Nov. 20-22 - Kennedy - A National Experience presented by ci .H V P NBC-rv . 1 QA I V Nov. 22 - 20th anniversary of the death of John F. Kennedyg 5,5 ' VA I . P Marcos published a fullfpagecfirospecgvehon how the f 3 AAIV A enne y assassination a ecte ustin ig Q Nov. 24 and 25 - Thanksgiving Holidays 5. 'Q -ii I I ,,,t g , -W - . ' ' Nov. 27 - Being with JFK re-ran on ABC-TV JFK remembered S.F. AuStin'S Birthday assembly Nov. 3 Nov. 29 - The University of Texas Chemistry Circus 5

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Mrw 1 9101 121314 1617: 19 20 2122 23 24. 26 27 28 29 30 311 December 19831 S T F S 1 2 3. 4 5 6 7 8 11 15 ' 18 25 Dec. 1 - City Council considered creation of Austin's new airport task force Dec. 2 - Reverend Iesse jackson announced candidacy for Democratic Presidential President Reagan's Dept. of Health and Human Services gave up attempt to force federally aided birth control clinics to tell parents before prescribing Mediocrity in Education by Trey Hailey, Maroon Co-Editor, appeared in Cabbage Patch Kid dolls declared most creative toys of 1983 by consumers SFA honored by National Office of Education for Excellence in Education at Space Shuttle Columbia, a one billion dollar Spacelab, returned from 10 and y . - Stray Cats in concert at Frank Erwin Center - PSAT scores were given to test takers during a meeting in the Little - Presidential Commission on Drunk Driving recommends to Congress a P - Withdrawl of last 80 Americans situated in Grenada six days before President - The evening Madrigals Concert in the choir room 8 - City of Austin reported with lowest nation-wide unemployment rate with - Christmas season plagued with weather extremes nomination Dec. 2 - Basketball Pay Assembly Dec. 4 - contraception for teenage.rs under 18 Dec. 4 - Austin-American Statesman. Dec. 5 - group. Dec. 7 - a school-wide assembly. Dec. 8 - a half da s in orbit Dec. 10 Dec. 12 Theatre Dec. 13 Federal Drinking Age of 21. Dec. 13 - PTSA O en House Dec. 15 Reagan's deadline. Dec. 15 Dec. 15 - VOE annual Christmas Open House Dec. 19 - Winter Vacation be ins Dec. 21 3.796 unemployed Dec. 25 Dec. 31 - Reagan claimed progress on Lebanese peace .. ea . 'l -- . 1- ff za . ML. fff' rw ffl if if 6 .MX M A rf 'fs 1, F ff-. f if 1334! yr., 'M .ff MTW F 91011 131415161718 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 February 1984 S T S A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 ' Feb. 1 - February declared Afro-American History Month by the AISD Board of Trustees Feb. 3 - Space shuttle, Challenger, launched from Florida for Buck Rogers Flight to test space walk equipment Feb. 5 - Teacher pay raise proposed by the Select Committee with a career ladder on basis of job performance ratings. Feb. 7 - Twentieth Anniversary of Beat es' arrival in New York that began their musical conquest of America. Feb. 8 - Seniors held a skating party at Playland Skating Center Feb. 8 - The Austin city council began legal procedures to issue S605 million in revenue bonds without voter's approval to continue payments for the South Texas Nuclear Project. Feb 9 - The death of Soviet leader, Yuri Andropov Feb 9 - The State Board of Education approved reforms to upgrade basic programs and increase high school graduation requirements starting in the fall of 1984. Feb 10 - A live band played for the first time at the Sweetheart Dance. Feb 10 - Duran Duran in concert at Frank Erwin Center Feb 11 - For the first time in U.S. history, the space shuttle Challenger landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The landing followed a disappointing failure in orbit. Feb 14 - Vocational nurse, Genene Jones was convicted of murdering a 15 month old Kerrville girl by injecting her with paralyzing drugs that stops breathing. Feb 18 - New Soviet leader Kontantin Chernenko succeeds Andropov Feb 20 - Select Committee on Public Education approved longer school year and smaller classes. Feb 21 - TABS testing Feb 21 - U.S. Marines offically began withdrawal from Lebanon. Feb 22 - PTSA meeting at SFA in the evening Feb 23 - A proposal won parent's and educator's support for restricting school related activities on or off campus that would require students to miss class time for more than three chances per semester. Feb 27 - Principal Iacquelyn McGee was named Outstanding Woman Educator in Austin by Austin Chapter of the American Association of University women. 6 -'7amZaw