Dickinson High School - Gator Yearbook (Dickinson, TX)

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Freshmon Mike Dickerson intently prepores fot o cross country tun in the District meet os he stretches his leg muscles. Intense. Webster ' s dictionary defines intense as something in o strained or extreme degree; excessive. Although one is more likely to hear Intense on the beach describing the last wove, it also applies to DH5 as well. This year, DH5 hos gone through numerous changes, both bad and good. All these changes have definitely put pressures on the students. They ore pressured to study, to conform, to begin doting, and to be independent. In 1986, House Dill 72 was just begin- ning to show its effects, and the students were feeling it. According to junior Troe Gilbert, The competition in my classes to be the best is intensive. Another new pressure was the TEAMS test, which Texas requires all juniors to take (and pass) before graduating. All these academic pressures were tak- ing their toll on the student body. However, sophomore Jennifer Rhoads was quick to put out that academic pressures are not the only ones students feel. We hove pressures from parents, peers, and teachers . For seniors, these pressures were even greater. Throughout the year seniors were faced with problems that underclassmen could not even begin to comprehend. Seniors hove Proctor ' s paper, a 6 week research project that can either moke or break a grade. Also, senior prom causes intensive worrying. Who to osk? What to wear? Where to go apres prom. But these fears seem small in com- parison with the intense anxieties con- cerning college: Whether to go or not, where to go, will I still be with my friends These fears only worsen as the year goes by. Also the high school years are where students will be likely to hove (and to lose) their first love, which causes an array of intense emo- tions. Sophomore Missy Quinrero said, When my boyfriend kissed me for the first time . . . that was intense! With the extra pressures of high school also comes the responsibility of maturing. Students are allowed to stoy out later, to experience new sen- sations, and grow into their own self. The 1985-86 school year will always be remembered as INTENSE. 190 Closing Freshmon Ginger Queen, sophomore Nonnefte Bolen. sophomore Dorren Goines, freshmon Melissa Morgan, ond freshmon Catherine Rogers wait patient- ly for the ceremony in honor of the seven Challenger crew members begin Seniors Chorles Smith ond Andy Williams lean on their tubes while waiting in line to cruz down the outrageous tube shoot in New Braunfels Junior Jerry Miles boogies with his new friend that he met ot the State Track Meet in Austin.

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The Gotor vorsity footboll team prepares ro ottack as rhey run toward the sidelines before kickoff Freshman Chris Newman tries to hide in his favorite locker from Rick Mitchells grosp Senior Mimi Millicon flaunts her style on a peers scooter in rhe school parking lot OUTRAGEOUSLY OVER! Closing 189

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Senior Diane Turner intensely watches rhe student council members plant the sevenrh tree in honor of the seven ostronaunts at the memoriol service. Junior Jerry Miles gives Coach Drake a piggy-back ride or the State Softball Tournament INSERT Freshman Adrian Doudreaux outrageously says, Hey man on his way ro doss Senior Dorren Dullington slyly watches the other girls walk by, bur as usual is cought. Closing 191