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

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i 'cl like to thank . . . On May 8, 1984 at 7:50 p.m., parents and relatives crowded into the lersey Village auditorium to pay tribute to students who had achieved motability in academic courses. Awards for academic achievement were given ro over 300 students in art, business, foreign language, industrial arts, journalismfliterary magazine, mathematics, music, P.E.fhealth, science, social studies, speechfdrama, study skills, rechnicalfvocational :lasses, and various special awards. Studies done on education this year have shown the United States was 'a nation at risk because of its declining school systems. So, President Reagan established The Presidential Academic Fitness Award to en- courage students to achieve a stronger academic foundation. The ward recognized students with at least a B+ average, in the eightieth rcentile on the SAT or ACT, and had 12 course units in the New asics. The New Basics were English, mathematics, science, social studies, foreign language, and computer science. Each recipient received a ertificate, a pin, a pamphlet explaining the award, and a letter from the .resident The special awards were given after a welcome speech from Mr. Truitt. 'Following the speech, Javier Stolz received the Outstanding Employer- Employee Award due to his hard work and friendliness. The juniors sent to Boy's State were Kirk Pillow, Dane Chetkovich. joycelyn Gaidousek represented jersey Village at Girl's State. The alter- nate for Girl's State was Caroline Chang. This was the first year jersey Village was able to send two young men to Boy's State. The Principal's Award for Excellence was given to the freshmen class. They won the award every six weeks that it was given during the '83-'84 school year. Recognized for their participation at jersey Village were three foreign exchange students. They were Anna Barisic from Sweden, Hilma Hattren from Norway, and Anja Schrewe from West Germany. Although the ceremeny took two hours, the happy and proud smiles of the students and parents afterwards was a sign that it was all worthwhile. For a complete list of award winners see pages 264-265 After receiving his Presidential Academic Fitness Award, Kevin Berger accepts his drafting award from Mr. johnson. Receiving the P.E. award from Coach Hinze, Pam Baker shakes his hand to thank him. Smiling, Cindy Kuriz thanks Ms.johnson for her vocationalf technical award. awards n ight

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Receiving his pin for a special award, Ken Ferrell happily admires it and thanks Mrs. Spillane. With a huge grin, Randy Bauer accepts his government award from Ms. Smith. Proudly, Ms. Weiman gives Angie Boufsber a certificate of achievement for her participation in the school newspaper, the Peregrine. awards night

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Graduation '84 The hardest part was getting to the Hofheinz Pavilion at the University of Houston cam- pus on time. Also, getting that hat to look just right in those windy tunnels and borrowing a tie were not easy. Tha! magic moment of entry fthe processionalj onto the gymnasium floor seemed to take forever. -nf. sab- 1 . 1-: ,. , V-'. K 5.x .ll 46 graduation rfigr