J J Pearce High School - Mustang Yearbook (Richardson, TX)

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Starting point Another summer came to an end and we were ready to get to the point. The year started as the 8:20 a.m. bell rang and we rushed to our first, first period classes. And that afternoon we found ourselves stacked high with homework, the result of the Richardson Independent School District's new superintendent Dr. Arzell Ball's idea of getting to the point. His new homework proposal consisted of three hours of homework each school night or a total of 15 hours each week. But homework did not stop us. As early as the second day, organizations were in full sw- ing. Pacesetters tried out for the game on the first Tuesday of the football season. If we Mixed emotions prevail. Football players Kevin Cooksey, Mark Craig, Mike Haigh, Greg Stewart, Chris Iacke, Charles Rahm, lim Carlton, and Eric Schreiber sit back and watch the events at a pep rally. fHoliganJ came to school early, we could see the cheerleaders perfec- ting their cheers to the background of the band tun- ing up for morning marching practice. While tuning, perfec- ting, and trying out, students were prodded by sponsors to get to the point and make the first football game on the first Friday night of the school year special. We kept right on going. We were striving to reach our goals. We were trying to get those points needed or class rank. We were trying to score those points in every single sport we participated in. We were striving to make new friends and to keep the old. We were striving toward com- mon goals. We were getting to the point. fCoupe 8: Shieldsb Many students spent their summer at the pool For some it was work. April Kilbourn soaked ui rays as well as money at Greenwood Hills Com munity Pool working as a lifeguard. fLeeJ its X if , V.,

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Straight to the point Condense! Make your words come straight to the point. How many times did your English teacher repeat those words? Well, Pearce came straight to the point in more ways than one. Starting off the year with 2,100 students chanting Mus-tangs, Mus-tangs, we achieved unity at the first pep rally against the Hillcrest Pan- thers. Even though the high point of the first week fthe Friday night football game! ended in defeat, our pride and spirit united us to become one. Through our excite- ment and enthusiasm, we had come to the same point. Senior pacesetter Monica Staples beams to the crowd as she does the routine contagions at the beginning of the homecoming pep rally against Greenville. fDinwiddiej ranglers Christie Cain Suzanne by pulling the mustang through the gden Natalie Schmidt Iohn Rowan Pacesetterline-up.fHoliganJ Yes, in more ways than one, we came straight to the point by get- ting involved, starting with the first week of school. Seniors were, of course, the leaders. They sur- rounded the door of the cafeteria during all three lunches on the se- cond and third days of school. Senior girls initiated the sophomore guys by rating them on a scale from Mommy's boy to 10. Yet the sophomore girls were not overlooked. The next day, senior guys waited for the inno- cent sophomore girls to be pushed into their circle of judges. These girls were critiqued as Go home sammy to What are you doing Saturday night? The humiliation as well as the excitement was there. It was new. It was hectic. It was tiring. It was revitalizing. But nevertheness we got to the point. fCoupe 8: Shieldsj Kazoo Bandits Tripp Payne, Diane Demarest, Craig Decherd, Todd Dyleski, Seth Daviodow, Ramona Con- ard, Buddy Acklin, lack Mcjunkin, and Stephanie Eaton help to fire-up the crowd with their radical Stripes ' per- formance at the Berkner pep rally. tHoliganj Opening I 3

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Brothers Chris and Travis Smith and Steve Angrisano are regulars at the choir touch football games at Heights Park on Sunday afternoons at 1 p.m. fDinwiddieJ aspeclal seniors only pacesetter routine at pacesetters Kelly Winters, Kim Burgess, and Berkner pep rally Pam Tiller stuns the Kim Dudich look on with admiration.