Dickinson High School - Gator Yearbook (Dickinson, TX)

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Saving a Senior Tradition For many years it hi Dickinson High S( leave campus during a tradition for underci campus during lunch ed with school personn stop to underclassmen keep this senior privilege faced with such tasks as parking lot and getting stickers. Many seniors also themselves to turn underclassmi saw them leaving campus. Thanks to cooperation of the body and faculty, the senior tradition hopefully, be preserved. •n a tradition at for Seriiors to has also been n to sneak off lar seniors jom- order to put a ,d to iwere In on parking it upon in if they Senior Sergio Garcia takes advantage of his lunch hour at McDonald ' s where he McNuggets, a large Coke, and a hot apple pie. Whew! proceeds to chow down on a Big Mac. a large order of fries, a six piece chicken Seniors 157

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Smith. Clinton SfTnth. Kathryn Smith. Regina Smith. Traci Smith, Wenat Sparks. Barbara Spencer. Jeanne Spillane. Patti Sprtggins. Troy Spry. Margaret Steber. Keith Stegeli. Chns Steinkuehler. Eddy Tackett. Stephanie Taeuber. Richie Tarptey. Jack Timmons. June Traweeck. Micheal Turner. Pam Vail. Lawrence Veasey. Colette Vogl. Beverly Wadsworih. Kelly Wahlquist. Patty Watkins. Laura Watson. Darlone Weaver. Sonya Wesson. Douglas West. David Williams. Kenneth Phil Wihton. Jell Winsled. Jody WcMKln. Shnwn wm Sav 1 i. 1 mMsm 1S6 Seniors 1

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Taking the SAT IIS a ritual that every senior goes through to get into college: Taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test, better known as the SAl The ritual begins m Mrs Gregory ' s office, the guidance center, getting the necessary pamphlets and other fornns. Then the dreaded bubbling in of numbers and letters must be taken care of. After this is finally completed, of course, the writing of the check to pay for the test. That ' s right, you have to pay to take this test! Next, after mailing the registration form and getting the ticket sent back, corrections will have to be made because there are so many code numbers to be copied down one is bound to be wrong. When the test day finally arrives, an entire Saturday morning is spent in the cafeteria of a nearby high school staring at analogies with vocabulary words that you have seen before, but whose definitions you )ust can ' t remember, triangles with angles that look equal but can ' t be because everyone knows that the figure is not drawn to scale. word problems that Einstein couldn ' t solve, and less than dull reading passages that make even less sense. At noon the supervisor gives the final Stop! All pencils down and it ' s party time! After all, it is Saturday! Why worry about the test scores that will be received in another month? The next registration deadline will be soon after and the entire ritual will inevitably be repeated. The first time is always the worst. The Time Has Come No one thought that the lime would come, but it has! After 12 long years, the graduating class of 1985 is finally going to graduate and move on to bigger and bet- ter things Much better!!! This last year of school is the most special year of High School There are open campus privileges, senior dress-up day, the ordering of graduation announcements, the Senior Prom, the Senior Play, and best of all graduation and the Seniors only parties that go with It Many lasting friendships have been made over the year pulling the class of 1985 closer together Different projects like building the sets for the seriior play have also taught seniors to work together Along with the privileges of being a Senior, come Iho responsibilities M.iny Seniors must start their plans for their future now No matter what the future holds lor this graduating class of 1985, the friends and memories made during this final year will be remembered by every senior lor a long, long tirne Can ' t wait to see everyone at tne ten year reunion!!