Edinburg High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Edinburg, TX)

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in im! faaa tudy, study, study! Thot wos whot students heord this yeor from porents, teochers, ond counselors. Teochers stressed study hobits continuol- ly so thot students would eorn enough credits to groduote ond become the Firsr Class of 1990. UIL octivities went hond-in- hond with ocodemics. Eligibili- ty slips ond grode reports flooted through school, mostly on Thursdoys for everyone from bond members to tennis ployers. Besides the more oc- tive events, there were UIL competitions in choir, speok- ing, writing, history, mothemotics, poetry, ond music. This freshmon yeor meont o lot. Freshmon recognized themselves os high school students. For bond, dromo, ond other UlL porticiponts, it wos the first time performing before people. Even grodes seemed more importont since they will oppeor on high school tronscripts when students opply for college. This wos the yeor to settle down ond stort toking school serious- ly. Tolk obout First Class sense! Acodemics 65

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Mr. Montelongo explains some special method of shading as Richard Acosta listens intently, Having trouble with obtuse triangles, Jaime Garza gets help from Mrs. Palmatier. Geometry proved to be difficult for many students this year. On Veterans Day. Mr, Esparzo and Mr. Collis give a heartwarming recollection of the brave men who lost their lives fighting for their country. we lg 'E B in 5 tg s i l ' . 3 , ' ' T 5 5 2 2 W W 2 it 5 , Ei 1 I 3 H t , ' V , , ..,,, I We ,z , f ri - t - ,--, t.., . fi ,Z 43 M t t ,. V ' , 64 Academics

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Janie Rlvos waits beside one of the voting machines set up for Student Council elections. Students heard carn- poign speeches during English classes and voted during social studies classes. TN si 3: .Q N455-: .::s9QX15EEi?f:EE: .. K ' . . . A - 5? 'K ' . .. I - ::::. Qi: ie ig? test ig. . tt.t s English, social studies challenge Classes encourage academic growth High School graduation re- quires four years of English and three years of social studies, These classes must be important! Freshmen took World History or World Geography or postponed taking their social studies credit until high schooi. Worid Geography students col- ored maps of almost every world region. World History students took tons of quizzes and learned about the News of the Week. l like World History because Mrs. Dearth makes her lectures interesting 66 English f Social Studies with funny stories about the past, commented Margaret i Gonzales. Students were placed in one of the following English classes: Correlated Language Arts, English I, English l College Preparatory, English l Gifted and Talented. Ms. Marse's English classes completed a simulation of a future society. Kristina Hoim said of the pro- ject, Although English isn't my most exciting class, Ms. Morse really mode it fun by adding o simulation coiled Technapolisf' Aaron Ayala also enjoyed his English class, There's never a dull moment in Mr. Mejia's class, at least not in third period. Reading improvement and Journalism l are two classes related to English. ln joumalism. students worked hard to create a yearbook that would please all the student body. Reading improvement was required for students who scored below reading grade level on the C.A.T. One student in Mrs. Corrales' class said A that he especially liked reading plays pertaining to the holidays. ln order to learn English Victor Ramos and Arturo Corpus, students in Mrs. Alamids ESL class, work on vocabulary drills. ' Speaking respectfully in future speak, Jennifer Atwood and Veronica Garza, pledge to Comcon. Students in Ms. Morses English class participated ina simulation of a future society calied Technopolis.