Denham Springs High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Denham Springs, LA)

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Changing Bur Growing hange was evidenr fhis year. Senior hall was under consrrucrion unril rhe end of Ocfober. lr was complerely overhauled. The once dull and dreary hall was fransformed info brighr and new. The office was roughed wirh class as ir was redecorared. The Guidance Office was also remodeled. There were also rwo new addifions ro rhe adminisrrarion. Mr. Lloyd Wax was named assisranr principal in charge of disci- pline Mr. Roosevelr l-loward was named assisranr principal in charge of arfendance and Mr. DeWayne Bailey moved inro rhe principal s office. Sfudenrs gor ro school as early as rhey could during fhe beginning of rhe year since rhe parlsing lor was under consrrucrion and parlsing spaces were few. The expanded parlsing lor was finally finished and if solves many problems especially rardy srudenrs. Alrhough some of rhe rardy problems were ralsen care of, furrher sreps were rais- en ro cur down on rardiness. Whenever a srudenr came in fardy, he was senr ro rhe office and for wharever classworls he missed, he received a zero. So, when rhe going QQT rough rhe rough gor going - rhey ran ro class if being rardy was a possi- biiry. lmprovemenr is somerhing everyone ar DSHS srrives for. This year was cerrainly no exceprion. he besr parr of being a Jaclserre is afrer all o r e hard worls being able ro perform rhe polished rourine and hearing rhe crowd s applause of approv- al, said sophomore Shelly Clary a firsr year member of rhe Jaclserres. filiulvff' Aff! if XWY WA 9 L 1 - T he .lockerres never guessed rhey would acr as chairs in the game musical chairs. Seniors Michelle Broussard and Ronnie Causey helped sophomore Ron- nie Howard and junior Brian Alexander ro sray in rhe game. Closing -221- Showing Through

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D uring rhe lasr four years of high school, I have mer a lor of differenr people and mosr of rhem have become my friends, said senior Wayne Munson. Meering and making new friends has made my four years ar Denham Springs High a success, said senior Leroy Levi. C heering ar rhe foorball games, especially rhe play- off games, is an exciring parf of being a cheer- leader, said senior Kelli Hood, caprain of rhe cheer- leaders. -if iw? E very fogrbgll game begins wirh a prayer, ThLs game is no excperion as rhe Denham Springs foot- ball players bow rheir heads. S eniors Sreve Nobles, Sean Gaurreaux, and foreign exchange srudenr Lisa Psambaudi make if impossi- ble for senior Janerre Leforr ro do her work Closing -220- Showing Through 'W H aving a chance ro down around makes sch00l more bearablef' said senior Don Donahue. D aydreaming insread of doing her homework, ive nior Allison Marrin seems ro bein a for away world.

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Memories Lasr A Lifetime he memories will be rreasured by all. A winning foorball ream, homecom- ing - Celebrare Yourh , rhe pep rallies, rhe dances, and prom - A Nighr ro Remember . No one's memories will be rhe same, bur one rhing is sure, each sru- denr will have some special memories whether a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior. The freshmen had ro ger used ro rheir firsr year in high school. 'llr's a lor different from junior high, said freshman Laura Schmirr. Firsr dares and driver's licenses are among many freshmen's memories. They will sray wirh rhem for rhe resr of rheir lives. Sophomores finally gor our of being called Hfreshme-n . They were one srep closer ro being an upperclassman . Going our and daring, which as a freshman was so new, became prerry regular, Juniors were almosr rhere. Jusr one more srep and rhey would be ar rhe rop of rhe ladder, Preparing for college by raking rhe ACT broughr wirh ir rhe realiry rhar prerry soon rhey would be our on rheir own. Class rings were ordered and had ro be rurned 87 rimes. Then rhe big nighr, rheir firsr prom. Everyone starred looking forward ro prom in January. Planning ourfirs and rransporra- rion seemed ro be rhe big decisions. Then, A Nighr ro Remember finally came on April 4 and ir will always be remembered. The seniors were envied by all. Afrer all, rhey wouldn'r be in high school any more. They made ir. Bur being a senior wasn'r all glory. Senior picrures were raken. Gradu- arion invirarions were ordered. Caps, gowns, and rassels also had ro be raken care of, nor ro menrion every senior had ro concenrrare on having enough credirs ro graduare. Honor graduares had ro keep rheir grades up in order ro keep rhar honor. The seniors did rheir share of parrying. Their l8rh birrhdays finally rolled around and rhey were able ro ger inro Peppy's or wher- ever rhey wanred. Celebrare Yourh will be remembered as rhe lasr Homecoming and A Nighr ro Remember will be remembered as rhe lasr prom All seniors will remember rheir lasr year of high school. lr was rhe lasr year for rhem ro parry wirh rheir classmares before going our inro rhe hard, cruel world, eirher ro college or ro work. lr was rhe lasr rime some would see each orher, One's senior year is filled wirh borh happy and sad memories and rhe realizarian rhar each per- son musr grow up and move on, 4 f W ---ngs..4nr-f N ,c aq,,..:L R. Jul K Q. P 'I V T ' 1.. W.. i 'f'yy4 ' mf Q35 H A r rhe annual Chrisrmas parade, sophomore Joanna Beanie had rhe opporruniry ro dress like a down and add exciremenr for rhe children ar rhe parade. '-3:29 I r's nice ro have your driver's license because you .LL don'r have ro depend on your parenrs ro rake you 5'T0V Q TRTOUQR everywhere, said junior Tammy Mazie, i I