Dobie High School - Roundup Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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. H0l'l0l'S On Nov. 15, the Spanish Department initiated 35 students into the National Hispanic Honor Society. The elegant and solemn ceremony 'was held in the school auditorium followed by an infor- mal reception in the student cen- ter. The students as well as their relatives then proceeded to a local Pancho's Mexican Buffet for a dinner-banquet. A week prior to the initiation, Spanish students competed for office. These students were evaluated by three judges proficient inthe Spanish language. Lucila Mederos, Elena Rodriguez, and Roberto Rios, math teacher, ranked the students according to their ability to speak the Spanish Language Hon Student language. The areas considered were sentence structure, pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. The student with the highest score was then awarded the office of president. The night of the ceremony the new president and other officers were announced. This year's Hispanic Honor Society officers were San Juanita Cardenas, president, Margarita de la Caridad Perez, vice-president, Alexander Shortsleeve, second vice-president, Marcy Moore, secretary, Alan Herring, treasurer, and Roger Lesley, sergeant-at-arms. The other foreign language honor society here is the French Honor Society. This group con- sisted of French students who Sporting her corsage is Jackie Hardwick, sponsor, standing with Hispanic Honor Society members James Mottu and Julie Peterson. Clowning around during their dinner at Pancho's are Honor Society members Gary Gibbs, Matt Mills, Larry Angie Galano. had taken an equivalent of tl years of French receiving an this class, and held a B ave in other classes. There were five old memh who pinned the 15 new initiates. These initiates we stalled at the French Honor Society banquet held at the Magic Pan in Galleria. Old r bers received a letter for th previous year in the honor society at the banquet. Upholding the purpose ol French Honor Society this y. were officers Kelley Miller, president, Rose Hadash, vi president, and Laura Wil secretaryftreasurer. The saw to it that French who excel academically especially in their foreign language were recognized 258 French and Spanish Honor Society

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il- Members of the Hispanic Honor Society are FRONT ROW, Mrs. Gloria E. Shilllet-sponsor, Valia Hernandez, Yadira Ramirez, Angela Gonzales, Linda Zepeda, Bridgitte Galvan, Eshter Gutierrez, Maria Reyes, Jenny Arias, Elizabeth San- doval, Mary Esther Miller, Margarita de la Caridad Perez- vice-president. SECOND ROW, San Juanita Cardena- president, Van Tran, Julie Peterson, James Mottu, Elena Lopez, Theresa Autry, Katherine Matuszewski, Sonia Sustaita, Todd Franke, Angela Galano, Dennis Giles. BACK ROW, Scott Slaton, Mark Gage, Matt Mills, Larry Wilson, Alexander Shortsleeve-second vice-president, Christine Genoa, Leah Evans, Marcy Moore-secretary, Allan Herring- treasurer, Roger Lesley-sergeant-at-arms, Gary Gibbs, and Lance Stricklin. Members ol the French Honor Society are FRONT ROW, Laura Willars-secretaryltreasurer, Kelley Miller-president, Rose Hadash-vice-president, Roseann Ebert. SECOND ROW, Joe Hammond, Kelly Lajaunie, Mark Chassey, Anh Nguyen, Lisa Pham. BACK ROW, James Hulme-sponsor, Albert Ramirez, Darren Lajaunie, and Philip Fang. French and Spanish Honor Society 259