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

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Most teachers allowed students to bring soft drinks into class. Senior Rodney Biggs makes his selection. vqw-'qv--.vw---..Y, - 'rs i'1:'T'T'J CONGRATULATIONS DAVID RIEHL EGIONAL GYMNASTICS ALL AROUND CHAMPION Sometimes students got out of class to go to the cafeteria as did Becky Kildow. Using the phone next to the new bell system, Phillip Burnett calls home for a ride. - X'-' -. f, 215 .. X in ff: P - . M we ai J f . me W .. 7 Wa I' al Missa 5 is . :ie-at 1 A , Before the days of the pass checks, Gayle Queen and Margeann Bedford hit the snack machine. Assistant principal Jay Thompson kept the marquee up-to-date. Junior David Riehl checks out the message. DISCIPLINE

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Work load equal, positive Hall checks for yellow passes deter noise at lunch Not only does the weather change in Texas, but also administration of school policy changes. Most noticeable was the shuffle of the assistant prin- cipals, responsibilities. This was done so that the work load would be evenly distributed among us, Mrs. JoAnn Kelley said. Mrs. Kelley's new job included disciplining the seniors and overseeing assemblies, Saturday School and senior activities. Eventually she took over the hiring of substitutes. Mr. Tommy Watkins picked up new duties also - handling the juniors, the care and maintenance of the school and the University Interscholastic League forms. Mr. Jay Thompson, former track coach, dealt with sophomores, issuing textbooks and hiring subs during the first semester. He also saw that the re-worked marquee sported ap- propriate messages. The best part is that the work is equally handled and we were not handling the negative part of the school all day, Mr. Watkins mentioned. Previously one assistant principal handled the discipline for the boys, another the girls. Suddenly towards the end of the year passes in halls were required. Students caught in the halls without passes received tickets. When a student accumulated three, he got three days of OCS. The most feared area of the school which students avoided was the Car- son Street wing. Hall noise and class disturbance were the reasons the pass rule was enforced. It was not having passes that bothered teachers but the type of pass. Many teachers already had passes made out for their students, needs, such as potty and locker passes, but they were not ac- cepted by the hall monitors. The passes had to be the yellow ones, the official passes given out by the office. I ATTENDANCE Sixth period Monty Martin, Gary Mc- Carley, Slade Manos, and Tara Schooler relax in the foyer.

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Enterprisers get taste of business Pigging out on name-brand food, conducting trials, Ever wondered why Derek was in the grocery store comparing toilet paper brands? How about why the desks were ar- ranged like a court room in Mrs. Lou Fann- ing's business law class? Or maybe even why Mrs. lla Osborne's business manage- ment class was put on a field trip list and ventured to Ridgmar Mall? All of these things can be summed up in- to one word, projects. In free enterprise, buisness law and business management, although students didn't escape book work completely, a majority of the year was spent learning through on-hand experiences. For instance, Mrs. Joan Pennington thought up some activity for each chapter in her free enterprise classes to make that chapter more applicable to their lstudents'l personal lives' s Students enjoyed reading Mickey Mouse and Goofey Explore Energy Conservation comic books while playing a game called shipwreck in which they pretended they had landed on a deserted island and had to set up their own economic system. Possibly the most enjoyed project was one in which students pigged-out on name-brand items as opposed to unknown or store- brand ones. They were then required to state whether the quality was worth paying the extra cost. Although current-events news articles were due every day, this was the only re- quirement business law students were used to, As junior Kim Parton stated, You never know from day to day what you're going to do. That's what makes it so interesting. One surprise field trip was a journey to the Criminal Courts Building. But little did the students know that they would witness the hearing of an actual murder trial. Another of Mrs. Fanning's assignments was one in which the nine weeks test con- sisted of checking off vocabulary words when guest speaker Sergeant Alvin Fowler spoke on the subject of unions, closed and open shops and strikes. , All in all, the class gives me knowledge about every-day laws and prepares me for many things in the future, Wayne Ross, junior, commented. Students in the business management class decided they wanted to create a real business to learn from. By BUSINESS COURSES Planning your future was the topic as a guest speaker from Bell and Howell talks to seniors Jerry Burns and David Thorn- burg along with other free enterprise students. laminating and selling Kimo signs, students raised half of the needed price to purchase a button machine, the Haltom High Spirit Company. The other half was borrowed from the Future Business Leaders of America chapter funds at 1696 interest. Operating in the same manner as an ac- tual company, the class was divided up in- to departments. These included produc- tion, which made the product, sales, which sold the finished product, advertising, which was responsible for changing Wednesdays into Bednesday Button Day along with ads and PA announcements, graphics, responsible for designs to be printed, clerical, responsible for typing and orders, and accounting, which kept finan- cial records. According to junior Aubrey McClure, You learn how to start and finance a business, how to pull it out of slumps, and how to increase profits during a time of high production. Taking the class will real- ly help in the transition from high school to the business world after graduation. - Concentrating on constructing a custom- made button, junior Jarrel Maurice pushes the lever which grossed approximately 2100 buttons and S2100 in six months. After visiting the Criminal Courts Building, Mrs. Lou Fanning's business law class conducts a trial over a traffic acci' dent controversy.