Highland Park High School - Highlander Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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SEPTEMBER And the winners are . . .: David Davis announces Look out: The Scots are iired up and ready lor Finger lickin' good: Scott Montgomery buys one of the friendliest Scotties at the Howdy Dance. the MacArthur tootball game, the many catered lunches. 1 ear ft K :ag r 'gif' I n 1 ff L K- ash 1 ri ' Y -Qgkiv' 4.0 l '.4s.51 18 ' September

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,WA . V? Com-men-dee: Evan Wyly and Scott Stephen- Flashcard fun: Ellen Eisenlohr, Alicia Ftubi and son study vocabulary forthe verbal section. Gina Schaar find elementary education difficult. Squared away: Semi-finalists Mark Jones and Marc Taubenfeld review the basic theorems of geometry to prepare for college. Buhbling in: Senior commendee Sallie Ingle takes time out to prepare her S,A.T. forms. wnwl lm liiii Semi-Finalists achieve merit quaHHcaUon Five semi-finalists and sixteen com- mendees were recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corpora- tion as exceptional seniors on the PSAT-NMSQT taken during the Fall of 1978. Among the outstanding semi-tinal- ists were seniors Ellen Eisenlohr, Alicia Flubi, Mark Jones, Gina Schaar, and Mark Taubenfeld. Commendees included Mike Barbee, Cathy Black, Philip Chalk, Kevin Christen, David Ede, Vicky l-lexter, Sallie lngle, Kathy Kendrick, Lex Martin, Hilary Srere, Lisa Radford, Anthony Masterson, Tina Smith, Scott Stephenson, Alison Stone, and Evan Wyly. The cut-oft point was higher than previous years. The semi-finalists were qualified for finalists standings if their SAT scores are equivalent to their PSAT-NMSQT scores. The semi-finalists will also be eligible to compete for various scholar- ships at universities. Semi-finalist Mark Jones said, The only way l prepared for the test was by thorough reading and reviewing geometry theorems. National Merit 17

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