David Crockett High School - Texan Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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I., 1' , . fi - il x, , 4. ,I 3 K af- I X .dmc 5 Y r -r 7 Y x ff' 5, f sf. 'bs if N Herb Brown Phys, Ed. w p gay !., f' ca fm Brenda Fine Bowling, Health Q K4 .A :,,. ia , .N Kathy Fears C. Ray Daniel Var. Gymnastics Head Football Coach - 'H .4 1 ,AL .V ,... 5 K .. v., ' . Xl K M N Wt' . I 1 Loretta McHan Julie O'Neill Phys. Ed. Eng., Phys. Ed. Var. Tennis Var. Basketball Left: Sophomore Leigh Schoette works to get her ball down the alley Z for a strike in her bowling class. The class went by bus several times a ,.-1' W week to Westgate Lanes. Left: Michael Pickwell is deter- mined to get up his last repeti- tion of his final set in his physical conditioning class. The weight lifting is just a part ofa total fitness program offered to class members. Below: Roller skating classes crossed Stassney to Hot Wheels rink. Such a class develops motor skills and balance. Sophomores Kelly Hewitt and James Salazar still need a bit of work on the balance part. 'tf Another non-traditional PE class that is offered is Slimnastics. It ches students the proper habits for keeping in shape and gives them an Jortunity to practice what they have learned. Freshmen Maria vendecker and Angela Curry stretch during the warm-up session of their . period class, P.E. 8: Healthf61

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. XX o Pam, o Gam Physical Education encourages strength, endurance, and hygiene The students at Crockett have a wide variety of traditional Physical Educa- tion classes to choose from. These range from Soccer to Slimnastics, and Foot- ball to Tennis. The classes enable the student to achieve their physical goals while having fun at the same time. Even though the goal of the Physical Education, and Health program is to improve the physical, and social development of the students, the opi- nions about P.E. are as different as the students who take it. For some, the specialized courses of- fered in P.E. make it worth while. I en- joy bowlingg it's something different and I have a lot of fun in this class. A lot of my friends are also in it, said sophomore Leight Schoette. Sophomore Wayne Lange said that rollerskating is not a waste of time. It's good exercise and gets you into shape? Although members of the faculty agree that P.E. is benefical to the students, they don't agree whether the required year and a half is the right amount. Coach Cooks said, 'KStudents should be required to take P.E. all four years of high school, because health is very important, and by only taking a year and a half, the students will lose much that they have gained in the class. Juniors study Health to learn how to take care of themselves when they get out on their own. Eleventh graders also study nutrition and how it can influenl the body's health. Health teacher Coax Joe Miles said, It's kind of hard tellil someone that smoking is not good f- their health because there are a lot N students who smoke. It seems like thl need a cigarette after every class. Whi they don't understand is that they at looking at themselves now, but doli realize what kind of effects it could c later in life. Health and Physical Education is u ed to build better health knowledg health habits, and health attitudes. i also provides an opportunity students to develop skills and to the basic knowledge for life. W A I 2 'W ,354 1 ,' 4 f S 3 i f J F s

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Playing up to Par Today's sciences expand minds technologically Science, just another subjectg it may be more important than you think. The sciences have always been there for the people who desire the technical, logical reasons of explanations to the problems of things they don't understand. Now in the 1980's everything is becoming more and more scientific, and to be able to keep up with this, the schools of today have to get the kids of today ready for all the problems. They need to be prepared for the technological world, sai Chemistry teacher Jim McHan. Sciences taught in high school can give you a start in science and helps a lot in college. You find out what to learn and how to deal with your problemsolving aspects which better help you in all fields of your life. It's said that America has a lower level of science knowledge with our students than many other countries. In most foreign countries they take the kids that can't handle it out of progams. We have manditory schooling through the 12th grade, all the teachers in the other countries have to do is teach the kids who are geared on a higher level, said McHan. This is why in studies com- paring the U.S.A.'s kids with other countries in other subjects besides science, there is a considerable dif- ference in the level of brains. McHan said, I think you can take the top 10'ZJ of our kids and compare them favorably with anywhere else. Crockett has a wide choice of sciences to take. The most basic is Physical Science, going up to classes like biology, chemistry, physics, physiology, geology, ecology, oceanograghy, advanced biology, and advanced chemistries. All these may help students in college and possibly in future careers. Some of them can even help directly in life during high school. The class can help you relate to peo- ple better, said Senior psychology stu- dent Karin Moser, and it helps you understand them better in general. 62lScience E if V ,, 5 xv N. 2 S W . ' k C L ,i :Stir A YA..-f' Above: Juniors Virginia Rendon, Sandra Men- doza, and Eric Flenaugh are looking at cats a whole different way as they dissect one in physiology. lim' on ,ss '36 ef.-iff