Keller High School - Chief Yearbook (Keller, TX)

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, ..,, si-Q ? VW Letter jacket Winners - First Row: Deanna Sims, Ginger Koenig, jane Wor- nat, jill Hasty, Ann Beebe, Dinh Le, Stephen Lesczynski, Eddie Donnelly. Second Row: Carla Chitwoud, jane Beebe, Robby Kennedy, Brad Benson, Adam Beebe, Tim Glenn, jeff Lowell, Ray Li. Third Row: jamie McLaughlin, Wendy Lewis, Debbie Yaniko, jenni Ryan, Kenneth McWatters, Thuy Ho, Araceli Corona, jen- nifer Southworth, Anne Vaughn, Kellie Smyrl. Fourth Row: Terri Pennington, Amy Anderson, Kim Felknor, Baronda Wilson, Mari Felton, Kathy Towns, Lisa Milligan, Christy Stroup. I can't believe this! - Freshman Deanna Sims receives her windbrealcer for Academic Excellence from Assistant Superintendent Bill Kidd. We're next! - juniors jamie McLaughlin and Christy Stroup excitedly await their turn to receive their awards. The top ten! - The Academic Achievers from the junior Class ap- plaud each other as they receive their awards. Letter jacket Ceremony 147

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Here we are! - The junior and senior Academic Excellence winners smile as they wait to receive their rewards. And the winner is . . . - Superintendent Kermit Heimann and Principal Bill Newton present the juniors their awards for Academic Excellence at a school board meeting. if al Academic recognition Top ten students win awards for excellence Top ten students in each grade level found themselves wearing the first of the KISD's highly publicized letter jackets and wind- breakers for academic excellence after a special school assembly in March. Seniors, juniors and sophomores with the top ten cumulative grade point averages in their respective classes were recognized as the top ten students. For freshmen, students' first semester grades and both semester grades from the eighth grade were averaged to determine the top ten. Top ten juniors and seniors qualified for letter jackets while sophomores and freshmen won letter windbreakers. Each of the awards featured a special insignia representing academic excellence. The students were also honored at a special school board meeting February 13. Assistant Principal Janelle Caldwell accepted a plaque with the students' names inscribed. KISD Vocational Director Linda Martin thought up the idea of the academic awards and later joined with school board president Robert Mackey and KISD director of instruction Dr. Sherry Strain Congratulations! - Superintendent Kermit Heimann congratulates Eddie Donelly on be- ing in the top ten. 146 Letter jacket Ceremony to work out details and get the program approved in the fall. News of the program spread quickly across the area. A Fort Worth Star - Telegram editorial urged other school districts to emulate the program, and radio stations KVIL and KRLD publicized it over the airwaves. Almost everyone familiar with the program supported it as a worthwhile endeavor. junior Adam Beebe, who received a letter jacket, described it as a great program. One of the main accomplishments we fstudentsl are trying to achieve is academics, he said. It's not the only thing, but it should be justly rewarded just as sports should be. Math teacher Alice McConathy echoed Beebe's opinion. It's about time students got awarded for something like academic achievement, she said. junior high and intermediate school students beginning with sixth-graders also qualified for academic awards - BOBBY ROSS x Look at all the people! - The senior top ten look out into the au- dience after receiving the Academic Excellence awards at a school board meeting.

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Q :WE Another discussion -junior Whiz Quiz members Dinh Le and jamie McGlothlin join in a discussion over some of the Us Y' material involved in the Whiz Quiz tournaments. I know the answer - Academic Decathlon members Mari Felton and Matt Eggert answer a question called out by the sponsor in preparation for the meet. 'Bit alw- Academic Decathlon and Whiz Quiz teams form C ' 3 Bram unch On Academic Decathlon and Whiz Quiz teams, some of Keller's top students were found working after school on the teams almost daily. The Academic Decathlon contestants competed in math, literature, language arts science, economics and social science. In specifics, the team members were required to study in depth the time period in which World War I took place and had to read Alan Paton's classic novel Cry, the Beloved Country as their literature assignment in the contest. The team members also were required to write essays and par- ticipate in the Super Quiz. The Super Quiz's topic for the year was immigration. The team went to their district competition in late january and came back with many awards. Listen to this - Academic Decathlon members pay attention to what is going on at a meeting after school. Sponsor and student - Sponsor Sherry Payne and junior Debbie Yaniko are caught by the photographer when preparing for the next AD meet, Jig L 'J , ji Q 5 ,f , af T' l48 Academic Decathlon X Whiz Quiz D W qi Academic Decathlon members included Kim Felknor, Heather I-Iattori, jamie McGlothlin, Lois Sullivan, Bryon Sutherland, Todd Ridl, Lars Peterson, Matt Eggert and Kelly Grissom. Managers for the team were juniors Debbie Yaniko and Mari Felton. The team was sponsored by Sherry Payne and Dorris Worsham. The Whiz Quiz team was required to memorize and become familiar with a number of topics. The team participated at a meet where the members were questioned over topics ranging from music and art to math and science. The team consisted of sophomore Melissah Sharp, juniors Andy Criss, Heather I-Iattori, Lars Peterson, jamie McGlothlin, Dinh Le, Matt Eggert, Mari Felton, Bryon Sutherland, Debbie Yaniko and senior Baronda Wilson. - NAN LEE ,.40 ' llrwlfkxldmmv