Coronado High School - El Viajero Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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Robin Hood she ain't but Keri dent teacher, Miss Cindyrlunt, up- Donaldson upper left, appears to per righf, whg has Obviously take aim at the UHCOIICCFHCU Sfll' taught fhi5 unit before, Rarely seen without her smile, as she holds on for suppon' during Sandra Trejo has a physical tickle her 20 second leg lifts in a PE unit. hey may not look like the real Pistons, but this Intramural basketball team proved they were best at the championship game against the Celtics Feb. 26. In order to ensure continuance of such events, stu- dents paid 50 cents to get in, A total of 5500 was raised. Below are the winning team: lback rowj Clifton Green, tmgr.l Ty Ritchey, Sonny Dykes, Daniel Grusing ffront rowl Ryan Hyatt, Chad Lynn and Eric Pipes. Uuhhrr ....Scott Wofford strains under the weight to maintain a sturdy grip as he participates in a popular unit, emphasizing fitness. Taking a break from strenous ex- ercises, Alisa Smith works out on the leg press. E Q--T...,,-Q j s 5 3 5 . ' i - ink I u . . 5 .- . 4 ' L 5 Q ,E I t.: L' , '- fp L, -1 K ,. A -R .. K1 I i.-.1:. 3 K , K N I S Olympics 1988 here I come! Shad Campbell feels the thrill of victory land a sigh ofreliefl as he finishes his 50-minute fitness test.

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M9 Physical education tones up muscles, while health develops personal care ust ajillion more laps around the track, and my teacher will know l'm either physically fit or passed out somewhere along the way. Those Governors Youth Physical Fitness Tests each spring were the grueling rigors most students thought were for the birds, but there was a method in the legislative mad- ness - youth of the United States are deemed among the least physically fit in the world. When PE teachers Patty Jones, Jim Carter and Melvin Houston mandated all those chin-ups, the mile and a half run, so many sit-ups and who knows what other muscle torture, the standards based on height, weight and age seemed easily attainable to a few, virtually impossible for most. The credit and half, three semesters' worth, in high school made PE a transcript necessity. Marching band, cheerleading or a doctor's excuse were the only alternatives. Another requirement for graduation was a full credit of health sometime during high school. lt was in these classes taught by Ron- nie Kirk and Teri Plavrkal that students met a trio of life-saving friends - Resusci-Annie, Chokin' Charlie and Smokin' Sam - who taught the basics of CPR, the Heimlich ma- neuver, and dangers of tobacco use. Timeliness entered the curriculum another V E -f: MM 1 W ,! PEfHealth 22 Wages By Tina Marie Salazarl way this year in particular when the scare of the late 1980's occupied each days' newspapers - AIDS. Now health students must not only learn about communicable diseases, first aid, burn treatment and medical misconceptions in the form of quackery - arming oneself with the facts for prevention of AIDS was almost a mat- ter of literal survival. Guest speakerJayAdkins exhibits to Mrs. Terri Plavrkal 's class the structure ofa human skull 's teeth. Nikki Robertson, below, uses her new techniques to save every- one's all-time-favorite dummy Re- susci Annie. I

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,I, Achievement to p oliciency takes many avenues ost of us speak in English, read in English, write in English and think in English -- or so we try. Students practiced speaking English in almost every class but tried to perfect their eloquencies in speech classes: how- ever, it was in the four years of regular English that proficiency was supposed to be mastered. English teachers had to strive to edu- cate illiterates in their classes before graduation. Novels by the masters -- the ones teens usually consider boring - had to be weeded through: those monotonous three-and five-paragraph essays followed. The famous junior and senior themes could drive stressful students to the psy- chiatric ward at local hospitals. What ever happened to the objective tests of junior high? Why did teachers start giving us those long essay questions? No wonder English was the most consistently failed subject of all the basics, not only at Coro- nado, but at all tive city high schools. Of course almost everyone had to think in the English language - if capable of thought. Now those rare birds who ex- celled in memory and analytic thought joined ranks with the Decathlon Team sponsored by Mrs. Martha Ginn and Mrs. Janet Myrick. These student geniuses ex- hibited-their smarts in progressive compe- titions prepared for throughout the year that required them to know all of the ba- sics -- math, history, science and gram- mar. Unlimited knowledge in the arts and literature came in quite handy. lsn't it a wonder that the English lan- guage can do so much or so little? lad in medals, the Academic Decathlon team returned from the Regional meet Jan. 51 at Estacado. The third-place finish was one notch too low to move on to state competition. How- ever, the team scored more points than any other Lubbock high school - continuing the Language Arts 24 fpages by Jana Harrington! trend since AD competition began three years ago. Team members included istandingj Coach Janet Myrick, Jett' Allen, Michael Yeager, In Sun Ok, Steven Shaw, Chris Bennett and Coach Martha Ginn, fkneelingl Kelly Schmidt, Paul Cummings, and Drayton Green. Todd Lowe explains his original bicycle riding techniques while delivering his required demon- stration speech in Mrs. Susan Mas- ters' Speech I class. Y fi?-N ax 4- Creativitry comes secretively for Lyle Burke in Mrs. Stephanie Nash 's creative writing class as he peeks out from beneath his isola- tion sheet on a day when the en- tire Class resembles ghosts. :fy-M Answers seem to elude Decathlon trainee Gerald Cooke, while be- hind him, John Morgan too searches the interiors of his mind during a homeroom training ses- sion before qualifying the team for district competition.