Jersey Village High School - Falcon Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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6 Op ng What do you get when you combine a few gray hairs, memories of times gone by, and ten years of devotion? You get seven faculty members who started calling themselves the Magnificent Seven this fall. lt was the yearbook staff's slide presenta- tion of the first ten years that made them realize they have stuck together since we first opened our doors in 1972. Principal Ronnie Truitt was one of the original faculty membersg however, he left to work in another building for several years. In the beginning, only a handful of people attend- ed Jersey Village. The resource center consisted ofa wide open space and huge boxes of books. The librarians filled the shelves by facing all the books outward. I love this library. l put the first book on the shelf, said Librarian Bernice Fiest, reminiscing. With the increase in students to nearly two- thousand came a need for new policies and ideas. One change was the formation of smoking areas, as opposed to teachers having restroom duty between classes. ln addition to smoking areas, teachers started sending students to the office instead of the original idea of discipline contracts. We have gone in a circle, remarked George Clayton, History Teacher, from not academic all the way around to very academic with Study Skills. PDebbie Bradshaw displays how Falcon uniforms have changed. The disco look seems to be in style. vlf PThe Magnificent Seven From Left to Right: George Clayton, Ber- nice Fiest, Toni Hall, Claudie Flanders, Sadie Woodard, and Andy Anderson Cnot picturedl Dixie Thornton.

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Happy Anniversary Jersey Village! We are finally a Ten! After nine years of struggling to be established, ten years after the first students called this school their own we have finally come together. Not only are the school functions coming together, but the community as well. The foot- ball games are crowded with community parents, brothers and sisters cheering on the players. The stands were never so colorful. The pep-rallies had a louder roar, more smil- ing faces and more freedom of expression. When the cheerleaders screamed, All for the Falcons stand up and holler! the entire gym rose and shouted at the top of their lungs. When they cheered Falcons get down, students on the first rows enthusiastically laid on the gym floor and wriggled to the beat of the Band. We identify ourselves as the Falcons, a part of a ten year tradition of pride. And now there is a security at being ten years old. We have more confidence trying new things. And we are carry' ing out old traditions as well. Put all this together and we, the people of Jersey Village, are FINALLY A TEN! 4 Marty Kunz shows his ir- resistible personality at the McCullough pep-rally by displaying his numerous hush-bottons. 4 Sandra Brown displays her spirit by wearing the famous purple and gold cap. 4 Goldduster officers, Stephanie Terry, Dana McGarrah, Stacey Hines, Stacy McGarrah, and Maria Franz, take a break after the half-time performance at the Conroe game. Oeg

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Head Principal Mr. Ronnie Truitt 119825 Assistant Principal Mr. Ronnie Truitt 119733 4 The old look in Falcons. fMary Young, 78-791 Our school after ten years of pro- gress. Y A Jackie Brown and John Walker enjoy snow for the first time in nine years. 4 The school as it appeared during construction. ln the ear- ly years, we were a Demonstration School. The physical plant was designed as very open and team teaching was a necessity. Classes often combined for lecture units by one teacher on the team. Opening