Happy High School - Roundup Yearbook (Happy, TX)

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English Gives Variety to Students’ Year The freshmen were in for the ex- perience of their lives entering English I. Awaiting them was diagramming and The Hiding Place. Work on grammar continued for the sophomores in English II. Research papers had to be the highlight of the year. They read Julius Caesar and All Quiet on the Western Front. An essay once a week awaited the juniors in English III. They also had to do a research paper. They, however, had to do a book report the first semester. Hamlet received the seniors upstairs. Writing theses and doing essays became a part of their lives the last six weeks. They discovered Chaucer's England by reading The Canterbury Tales and they watched Following along in their copies of The Hiding Place, the freshmen listen to Mrs. Smith. Spelling test keeps the 7th graders busy in Mrs. Sims’ last period language arts. Getting to the last biology paper in the stacks pleases Mrs. Cox. Now she can begin on the 7th and 8th grade reading papers. Camelot. Mrs. Sims was the taskmaster for Correlated English III. They, too, did research papers and book reports. Correlated English II studied nouns, pronouns and clauses. While reading prose, each had to read in front of the class. 10 ACADEMICS

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 The students at Happy High face the same problems at school as other kids do at other schools. English II diagramming, chemistry, and ac- counting homework are a part of the student's day. Voting for homecom- ing queen, choosing class officers, and wondering who got head cheerleader are other activities that fill up a student's day. But deep down inside, the students at Happy High worry about much deeper problems than just homework and class officers. Some students are saddened by the loss of the seven astronauts in the space shuttle crash. “I didn't think something like that could hap- pen, said a junior student. Many students, however, after school, forget about books and teachers and go home and work on the farm. The farming situation is not at all good and inside a student's head is that feeling of remorse. What if we fail, where will we move, what will Mom and Dad do?”, are all questions asked inside the head.

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Demonstrating apple-bobbing was part of the report on Elizabethan Christmas customs for Jay Wade Johnson. Kenny Shaw, and Jimmy Phillips. With Rock me Amarillo playing. Jeff Armstrong, Jimmy Moore. and Tony Gonzales work on their reading contracts sixth period. ACADEMICS 11