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

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. Bram lllldlflg Exercises Mind fl Awning. V, U I I 7' my glasses, so one of the coordinators had to lend me hers, John Hargrove said while at the Academic competition. She had to lend her glasses to a few other people on our team. Photo by Missy I' M With a sigh of relief, Cara McDonald relaxes after a tough super quiz. Photo by Missy Buckalew. Members are: ifront rowl Nancy Gause, Cara McDonald, Thao Pham. isecond rowb Patrick Walsh, Lee Hsu, Shannon Lyerly, Jason Sharp, John Hargrove, Carol Heineke, Mary Brown, Robert Dennison. Photo by Missy Buckalew. 1 ff . , vanced trivial' 1 pursuit with ten , Gait QS 9? ll Q S v. s . IZ A meeting of the minds took place in the form of the Academic Decathlon. This national high school competi- tion of knowledge and speech consisted of a group of students categorized by their grade point average. The team members com- peted in categories such as English, Ecomnomics, Fine Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, an interview, an essay and two speeches. 'tThe competition let them see how much fun it was to learn without the pressure of grades, Mr. Robert Den- nison, coordinator said. The team came home with several awards which includ- ed medals from various categories. Cara McDonald earned an award in the inter- view category. John Hargrove won a medal in speech and Patrick Walsh was awarded a medal in Social Sciences. It was a tiring but satifs- fying, John Hargrove, senior, said. Written by Gus Tello. Academic Decathlon 115 .

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H' . WK-A 1 '.---f ,-f, N.., The computer whiz kids gathered their interests together to form a club that dealt with monitors, keyboards, disk drives and peripherral boxes. The computer club headed by Mrs. Darlene Clayton col- laborated with an eager group of creative individuals who took great effort to raise funds, decorate a Christmas door and compete in com- puter contests. Basically what we did in the Computer Club was create programs and have each member share them with other club members. Another aspect of the club was to prepare the kids for state competitions and future endeavors with the com- puter, Mrs. Clayton said. The fun part was choos- ing the cartoon character mascot for our club, William Brooks, senior, said. The car- toon characer mascot was Nelson, a character in the syndicated cartoon, Bloom County The computer group turn- ed the monotonous monitor into a year of fun filled tasks to collect money for the state competitions. Written by Gus Tello. 114 Computer Club id ake yte On Wilford, on Wilbur, and Peggy Sue, too! On Billy Bob and Joe Bob, cause Milford, Mary Jean, and Enice are pulling the sleigh, too! P.S. And don't forget Rudolph Bob! These were the humorous lines that helped win the Christmas door contest that the Computer Club and Computer programming class compiled for the award win- ning door. Standing with the prize door is Raphael Cohen. The winning group effort was spurred by the computer club's great enthusiam. The theme of the reindeer door was given the Texan approach. This delighted the judges and gave the Computer Club an honor of which to be pro- ud. Photo by Rosie Marquis. Members are: Cfront rowl Steve Tise, Mike Darby, Stephen Agathos, David Mazyn, Mike Kotilla, Danh Tang. fsecond rowl Raphael Cohen, Monica Alvarez, Lee Mamone, Cindy Bledsoe, Wendy Mordecai, Denise Langlie, Lindsey Sardiz, Lisa Jubela, Eddie carillo, Thien Nguyen, William Brooks. fthird rowj Emily Burr, Pat Woodson, David Malcolm, John McGary, Xinh Lonnoly. Photo by Rosie Marquis. Working dilligently on their pm- grams are William Brooks and Rachel Freeman. Photos by Steve Tise.

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at .w has-rff : S' ., Q w,:t,,w,,, ,. ,. .. L,,, 1 wg sfizzw 1,-1 if-lm., ,.af..,.g1 - ivlffii v 53 I A. ..3if.w.,H ,if tiff K.: be in ffzry ga .af ws.. gy. , . ,,.,f, eg, ....1,..,.,,.,,, view , . M, -W ' Q , . A Q. . if i ibll fir '99 ' . ' ' WW 2fQZi,'IQ?.Us2f. 'i, .g,.gfg1'li' . X A it Mrs. Judy Holcomb and Mrs. Susie Thacker definitley gave the newly formed Biology club a boost by incor- porating the idea of raising wild animals in the club's dai- ly activities. A guest speaker from the Living Material Center was invited to talk to the members about how to tame the animals and also how to gain the most from this uni- que experience. The students were shown both films and live specimens such as ar- madillos, gerbils, and iguanas so when their own time came to play parental role to their pets they would be better prepared. The students would not receive their pets until summer when they would assume full responsibility for the caring and raising of their untamed animal. Mrs. Thacker and Mrs. Holcomb, the sponsers of the club, thought the best way for the students to learn about animals would be from per- sonal experience with them. The Living Material Center was in need of voluntary help in this area so both the students and the Center benefited from Mrs. Thacker and Mrs. Holcomb's creative idea. Written by Angelica Smith. Members are: ifront rowJJ. Vu, J. Majewski,R. Patel, L. Tannous, A. Chu DO, M. White, T. Calhoun, M. Kim, L. Diaz, M. Bhatia, Mrs.S. Thacker,fSecond rowJN. Wahid, L. Le, S. Chheda, K. Griffin, V. Nguyen, M. Folse, K. Schroeder,A. Carew, J. Tsai, L. Lam,.P. Vinh, W. Lo, R. Bhatia, fback rowj Mr.G. Haul, Mrs.J. Holcomb, T. Moskala, K. Kluge, B. Hunt, C. Darby, S. Adolph, L. Borman,C. Cobb, T. Plaster, J. Hodsen, M. Certreras, S. Wade, T. Taft, S, Franklin. Photo by Seve Tise. 116 Biology Club ew Ideas Draw Applause 2 E I . i...b'iiill F '15 1 H4213- ... Ui- I 3,2 'A ll In their first year as a club, Biology members were introduced to many different types of specimens. Guests speakers made frequent appearances at the club's meetings with information about their specific studies in the field of biology. Van Nguyen, Anh Thu Do, and Oscar Quintana listen intently as speaker John Moffitt explain: the formation of a fossil. Photo by Tara Spinelli. . ,f 'C Double Page Spread by Angelica S1