Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES Cultures part of the lessens Contests, fund rt1isersfillGer1nt1n, French, Spanish ear lhe foreign language department, including French, German, and Spanishg had a good year with inany' Students competing and working on projects in their classes and cluhs. lfrench had an especially fine year with the addition ol' two classes over last years schedule. lvlrshleanie liislier. was the first addition to the lfrench department as she lvegan instructing classes. taking over alter Mrs. llathel looinlvs was reassigned to Richland last suininer. Mrs. lfisher also sponsored the lirench C luh, Mrs, lfred- na Sturch continued to teach Ciernian and spon- sor its cluh. and Mr. Richard lierry' taught Spanish. All ol' the foreign language classes teach not only' the language itself, but also the culture and the origins Oli the people who speak it. lfrencli students fried heignets, a French pastry' much like a doughnut, in class and the clulw went to the Magic Pan in Ridgniar Mall to acquire an idea ol the taste ol' lfrench tuisine, The fourth period Clernian class prepared dishes lor their own lunch and a Ciernian Cilulw C hristinas party was held at lidelweiss, lfor the third year in a row, the Ciernian Cllulw won the trophy lor the hest hooth at Noveinherliest, an annual gathering ol' high school Clerrnan students at l.ainar lligh School. The hooth. named the lleidi llouse. was design- ed hy' Kathy' XX'ornac k, llehhie McGee. and Mary Trirnlvleg and was huilt hy' cluh ineinhers. Students also scored well in the gingerhread house and art portions olithe test. lhe lfrench Cilulw entered the l,anguage lair '81 at Paschal lligh School in March. Students were entered in events such as drama, speech, poetry i .8 2 P .5 if ..L.. Ciarol Morris keeps a watch on the heignets, a fried pastry, the French Cfluh prepared, reading. art, inusic. costuniing, cooking. and even Root liC'l'l Ciuflling. A lwootli that reseinlvled a sidewalk tale was lwuilt and c repes were sold. 'lllie Cierinan Cilulw sold discount coupons to seyeral local lwusinesses and sent Xuckergranis, a sucker and .1 note. lor Valentines Day. 'lihe lrench C lulw raised nioney hy selling candies and chocolate liars that, ilithey were not the niost pro- litalwle fundraiser, were at least appreciated hy niany students. lirench students sent letters to penvpals and then translated their replies Clne class assignment was a wedding invitation written in lfrench. Pastries were sold during lunth a liew tinles dur- ing the year. liight nieinlwers ol' the lirench Clulw visited Cianada during the spring lwreak. 'lihey went to Montreal and Quehec, the national capital. seeing Olympic Village, wine vineyards. Montniercv lfalls. and an underground shopping city: Students also went on a boat trip down the lawrence River and visited many old churches and museuins. The German Club ended their year with a han- quet at l.ondon llouse, where they' recogniled their outstanding memhers and awarded gag gifts to others. lhe cluh also used the reinainder ol their funds to go to Six lflags and ear a pancake dinner. Agn il! I+ 13' - . A ,L , s A . X ' - '- T' fe! '1 , I - . X w Kyra J L' ' , -,f fr? f. r 't' . ',:'h ff? ', . eager ,UIDHU , f i A ff Qiwf-rf ir- i Mary' Trimble takes a rest from the Heidi Haus. 7

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES 5 German Club members Brian Greene, Mary Trimble, and Mark Newman, and sponsor Fredna Sturch take a break to catch a collective breath at Six Flags. The Heidi Haus, built and worked by German students, draws a crowd of customers at Lamar High Schuol's Novemberfest. to F. t,,t tt l r av 4531 Sponsor Jeanie Fisher explains some of the plans forthe French Club at their first meeting. Heidi Haus ...B A4 0- K l

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STUDENT COUNCIL Career Day polled Complete suooess By Annie Estill In the past, those-running in an election had to wait, what seemed an eternity, to find out if they made it or not. A computer was introduced by Student Council and pur- chased by the school which speeded up the process by eight hours. Goals were set by the council officers, some accomplished and others not. A scrap- book ofthe year's events consisting of pic- tures and articles was going to be put together and entered in a Student Council contest in Austin. It proved to be just talk. Another project, originated by Student Council President Roger Watkins, was the painting of a mural on the new water tower located off Loop 820. A bid of 312,600 was given- to the council for a painted mural detailed by Wayne Trimble. That bid was too steep for the budget. A second bid of 38,000 was given for a different mural which was still too high because the officers had figured about a 552,000 expenditure. The new and final bid was 53,400 for a flat silhoutte Buffalo with Home of the Buffs printed. Newly elected President Robb White will undertake the matter now. Question was brought up to the Student Council by Head Coachjerry Sanders, about what the school's official flag and motto 8 fivdxxvaff Gritring her teeth, proving patience is a virtue, Stu- dent Council sponsor Mrs, Edwards oversees meet- Ing. Perspiration, pleasure balance scale was? They then realized there wasn't a tradi- tional flag and motto, so they immediately took action. The student body voted between three different flags and finally came up with an official flag with the Buf- falo Bill emblem prominent. Members of Student Council were the pri- mary souce of the financial responsibility for Homecoming decorations. Groups of Stu- dent Council members went into neighbor- hoods, door to door and sold their idea of spraying house numbers on the curbs of resi- dences who wanted to contribute to the dec- orating fund. Roger thought that painting curbs was a good idea and replied, We did it because it was a good money-making project and for three hours work for only one day, S65 was easy money. Kiss a witch, Can activity during Hallow- eenj, which was an act of the Student Coun- cil had so much participation throughout the student body that it took two hours to deliver the kisses and messages. Rusty Biles, Tommi Hall, Cindi King, and David Thorn- burg were just a few of the messengers that thoroughly enjoyed this activity but the overall help numbered approximately 200 students who contributed to the preparation. The Student Council co-sponsored a workshop at the coliseum along with Rich- land's Student Council, The purpose of this workshop was to exchange ideas and become better acquainted. They have also helped many needy people and organizations outside of school. A Christmas party was given for retarded children in which a decorated tree with pres- ents under it was given to all the children. The children were then served cookies and punch for refreshments. Ninth graders planning to attend Haltom had to be registeredg so the Student Council volunteered to go to the junior Highs and help the counselors. Help was offered for the Mayfest in which they went in groups of two and were placed in whatever booth needed extra help. An estimation of 15 council members offered their services to the Vocational Health Occupations Education in checking the blood pressure of both students and teachers. A couple of members per period helped by keeping the line moving and quiet. After the month of October, fewer flat tires were seen at school - that was if park- ing in the front lot, because the Student Council called the Administration Building and requested maintenance men to clean up all the glass. The task was completed by a tractor with a large sweeper attached to the rear. Student Council sponsored secret pals to let the teachers know they were appreciated. They also had a teacher match which was located in one of the showcases by the office. Several ofthe teachers brought a baby picture and a recent picture to be displayed for the students to guess who was who? QCoach jay Thompson, who has a twin brother, was a dead give-away.j One of the biggest projects brought forth by the Student Council was Career Day. They were in charge of calling the speakers and getting everything set up. A survey was taken to find out what everybody thought about Career Day and the majority opinion was that the speakers were better than before, leaving the program all-around suc- cessful. An assembly Hard Times was a multi- media program presented by the council as an educational program which consisted of slides projected on three separate screens with contemporary music which set the mood. On the contrary, Student Council did have requirements to fulfill in order to maintain their position as representatives, A point system was devised in 1979 to make sure that everybody was participating in not only the fun, but the work too. Points were more easily obtained than in the past, because they were given for attending any school activities plus getting out of class and going to the meetings. Mrsjan Edwards, who sponsored Student Council, felt that the point system would encourage the students because the top five students having the most points would get a chance to go to the state convention. Mrs. Edwards said, I have enjoyed work- ing with all of the students and will espe- cially miss the seniors. 1fI would've had all of them in my classes, I would've tried to flunk them, so we could keep them another year. A,