Lincoln High School - Tiger Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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The Change Biology Class Has Green Thumb If flowers are the Jewels of nature then Lincoln lucked into quite a host of Jewelry this year It all started when Mrs Jefferson s bxol ogy students decided on a unique science fair progect one that would be Judged by the entire school not by regular science fair Judges Their plan was to beautify the school with white and purple flowers in the two plot in front of the main entrance When the flowers burst into bloom in late March their labors of manyernonths netted the students sa big thanksffrorn ev- eryone for making beautiful Lincoln a lit- tle more beautiftilgf . Y f f The work began weeks before the first bloom appeared. In February students, including Bobby Mitchell, Sonya Woods and Mark Leffall, prepared l seed beds Ctopl. When winter lost its grip on the soil, the students began spading and planting and the results burst into bloom late March fcenterl. As a bonus for their hard work, the kids were invited to an end of-school barbecue by Mrs. Jefferson. They kept those muscles in shape for next year s digging in a planned vegetable garden, by playing badminton.

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shifted h tofbasics and many electives re- ceivedifiyiwiill receive the axe because students will now havegfewer units left for electives. i Q e s E eee isiig Yet the end is notiiiiifsight. The Texas Supreme Court upheldfthe no pass piay rule the most controversial of changes and the TEA announced that ff graduation would now depend on passa ing an exit exam. tnyn The exit exam will be given to the incorfiing juniors beginning in the fall of '86fgi51SQQi-:lighten yourrbelts, its not over yet ijfollislfi g i g l Hard work pays off for sophomore Dvorah Evans who beams over a straight A' report card Ctopl. To get it right, students paid closer attention to instructions. Karen Yarberry is all ears in her English class. Cfar leftl. Freshman Lesette Williams is listening too, but her face shows more than just attentiveness. Students admitted that they worried more and enjoyed classes less because of pressure over grades fleftl. This senior English class has its nose to the grind unlike freshman Mattie Cox who had a great time in her English class. But Mattie had to Wait until the last day of school to get that kind of treat Cinserth. e

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Science Fair Project Work Proves Rewarding Junior Tracey Toney gets help with the lettering on her science fair project from Diane Beall. Some projects were group efforts which cut down the amount of time required to complete some of the projects on time. flefth. When it came to setting up, it seemed like the boys got the manual labor While the girls got a little last minute advice from Dr. Chandler Junior Arifah Samad's project was one of the winners, but the biggest prize, says Arifah is what students learned from doing the projects Ccenterl. meal., .R i is X war Y F as Y M 7--v - gay t7--, ..,,ii. T lx, M- rg. f f-M4 f he The judges were and so were students. Jimmy Wigenton and Kim Winn viewed the projects during lunch period. impressed with the fair