Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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loring Careers ff- K -X 4n'1! -'L 4 Future teacher Laurie Sherrill explains a social studies lesson to a group of bright and eager elementary kids, Laurie was sometimes on her own to supervise a class while the regular teacher was out. 5 Paramedical club members Elaine and Lisa Duet, Lisa Sindermann and Dwayne Price take advantage ot a sunny afternoon to wash cars as a money-making project. The club donated money to various medical research organizations. activities for other organizations, They sold Homecoming mums, had a carwash and contributed 5532 to Muscular Dystrophy, A Christmas party was held for the State School for the Blind. Ottering their services to the school, Mr. McCarty and a group ot drafting students formed a new club, JETS. The Junior Engineering Technical Society of Lanier provided the opportunity for students interested in engineering to apply their talents to spe- cific areas that only they could handle. NHS commissioned JETS to make a sign that had the school fight song on it. For the counselors and principals, the club made nameplates. They also drafted and constructed the Vikettes' com- posite. They designed the maps used by the student council. To raise money, they had a paper drive and an assembly with a guest speaker to get students interested in engineering. Learning about teaching was the major purpose of the Future Teachers ol America QFTAJ and the Teacher Experience Pro- gram QTEPJ. Sponsor and teacher of the program, Ms. Dolman, stressed the importance of learning what the teaching profession is all about before its members made final decisions to pursue it as a career. With a fluctuating average membership of nine, this busy, hard- working, fun-loving group believed in community service projects, giving Christmas baskets to needy families and sponsoring an Easter party for the mentally retarded citizens of the Austin State School. They raised funds through candy and bake sales and enhanced their own learning experience through films and speak- ers like Ms. Williams Cteacher of the monthj and Mr. Wiley. President Dot Barger, Vice President Jamie Burton, and Treasurer Laura Johnson attended a district officers training program in San Marcos, Each morning at 8:00 students reported to assignments at Wool- dridge, St, Louis, and Cook to help elementary teachers as aides, tutors, and sometimes supervisors. Every six weeks, John Fillingln, Laurie Sherril, Martha Hill and others gave lessons and turned in their logs of daily reports. FTA and TEP students took a serious look at a difficult but rewarding job. paramedical, jets St fta 129

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Mark Warren Cindy Waters Dean Watson Maria Watt Deneice Wehring James White James P. White Kevin White Lisa Whitehead Diane Wildey Shawna Wilkinson Frank Williams Gord Vthlliams Jon Vthlliams Mike Williams Peggy Vlhlliams Jill Williamson Charlotte Willis Donald Willis Susan Vihntield Debbie Winter Mike Woodlee Brant Wolfe David Wolle N l . 1 1 PARAMEDICAL Front row flett to rightj Lou Ann Bell Lisa Duet Yvonne Ramirez Second row Laurie Mitchell Elaine Duet Lisa Sindermann Monte Jones Third row Dwayne Price Mr Nelson Vic McWherter Mike Welbes Ricky Cruz Aedo l My 5 YQ 5, ,.. 4 4 X 1? v? 5 4' I rl. 'G 1' X. .f . 'i. --1 1 28 paramedical, jets Si ftalsophomores 2 JETS1 Front row fleft to rightl: Wes Weisse, Rene Hastings, Cathy Cox, Mitzi Patzke Second row: Hank Hunt, Mike Wall, Don Dye, Scott Matotl. Third row: Archie Phinney, Robert Luter, Geoffery Jackson, Rick Daw, Mr. McCarty. 3 FTA: Front row fleft to rightj: Laura Johnson, Wanda Worthy, Martha Hill, Denise Wehring, John Barger. Second row: Ms, Dolman, Lou Ann Bell, Debbie Dingler, Dot Barger, Laurie Sherrill, Jamie Burton. To help other environmental groups and concerned citizens buy the Wild Basin, a preserved wilderness area, we had bake sales and sold candy, Tupperware and litter bags. Our nature hike took us to Bastrop State Park where we were exposed to Nature's peace. Every Tuesday the Ecology flag was flown as a reminder of the weekly paper drive. On weekends, we gathered for campus clean-ups. After our labor, we refreshed our- selves with trosted rootbeers at ASW. We realized our efforts were not in vain. Our love, care and understanding of the natural environment would not end with the closing of the school year, but live on with us forever. The objective was to be a doctor, nurse, paramedic or any job connected with health services. The Paramedical Club encouraged students and gave a better understanding ot health care. Dentists, physicians, and nurses visited the club to teach. First quarter President was David Yero and second and third was Lisa Duet. Field trips taken were to an emergency care center, a paramedical station, and to a model city clinic. The club didn't just work for themselves. They held fund-raising

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Lisa Todd Virginia Tompson Luke Torn Stephen Trotinger Leslie Tschirhart Dennis Turner Margaret Turner Rhonda Turner Todd Turner Gay Tuttle Walter Ulbrich Kim Underwood Tracy Valentine Margo Vanderlaan Fredd Vasquez Yvonne Villanueva Rachel Villareal Lana Vincik Clay Wade Ken Waldrop Shawn Walker Diana Vera Keith Vetter Darrell Walton r f af .,.5.,,. 1 , Z 4 Cin 130 teachers as teachers sophomores 5 ' ing 53' to 1 Only the teachers knew the rules and directions precisely, Mr. Belden dis- cusses a newspaper article with Vivian Williams. 2 They were there when you got bogged down or desperately needed to ask a question, Mrs. Myrick helps Elizabeth Ortiz to straighten a sewing pattern. 3 It took someone who knew the ropes. Mr. Jay demonstrates soldering before turning students loose to do it themselves. i i 4 1