Lamar High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Arlington, TX)

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All Photos: Kennon Switching around, Ms. Susan Skibell and Mr. Charles Ritchey change rooms. The joumalism department was moved across the hall to make room for the new enlarged photography lab. ,.,..,- I . ,Ms-as 4.w . t,.,...-v-5 t,-..4- . Finishing up, workers complete the new door on the east side of the gym. The door was put in for safety purposes. Taking a break, Kristine Ellington and Ashley Atkins work in Biology I. The science lab was the only new room added upstairs. 14 Construction 11 A '-zu Ph0fQrQphia fhrxq R

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gf 5 Cristy O'Rear, Kim Dubbelde, lim Smith, and lohn Dollar 3. xl FH 15 The Dressed-Up Band x Verne Keith Perry and Greg Gardner T VIKES O O I Have seniors who dress up at pep rallies. Go to McDonald's on Fridays. Go to football games. Go to mini pep rallies. Have food fights with Arlington High. Decorate cars on Fridays. Have a battle between the Class of '74 and '84, Get a longer lunch during Activity Period. Welcome 30 Bowie students. Get a pass to move their car off the lines. Have a Sophomore Homecoming Hall decorated with black trashbags. Get trampled between classes. Freeze in one class and burn up in another. Wear strange punk outfits. l'Cruise Cooper. Almost have wrecks leaving the parking lot. Have a new weight room. Wear their clothes inside out during AHS Week. Go to fraternity parties. Paint 'the bridge and get caught doing lt. Have fun! Copy and layout by Michele Howard 13

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Changes pull their own weight On Aug. 29, students were greeted with the pounding of hammers and the buzzing of saws, along with the customary ul need your name, address, etc. on this index card. When school opened, the new journalism room was already completed as the old room 115 became home for the 'Photography Department. uThe journalism room is more efficient because it is smaller, but there is no problem with crowding. Next year we expect to have a large Scroll staff and we might feel the size a bit more, said Kevin Edwards, Scroll staffer. Most of the construction, though, was yet to be completed. One noticeable job was that the lockers were unpainted and some students had to wait until the end of the first week to get one. 'lt took me four days to get a locker and another day to find it, said Shana Garrett, sophomore. The lockers were relocated to make room for two science classrooms where the old junior locker bank used to be. g sig erg, gg athletes. Aj- F I The largest addition was a new weight room due to the expansion of the varsity dressing room and the junior varsity moving into the old weight room. The other weight room was too small to hold all the equipment we needed. This new one will be larger and have the space to accommodate us, said Mike Waters, junior. Students were relieved when construction was finally completed because they were able to get back into the swing of things. Breaking ground, builders start on the new weight room. The weight room opened in the spring and was added to further extend the weight program of the Reaching for her books, Suzy Deffeyes prepares for class. Lockers were placed in various areas of school to accommodate the new science room. Copy by George Gomezflayout by lim Nenow 15