Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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At he .Ili iw' . -. x Iuniors planned their Senior girls' formals ear- ly in the year. Iuniors Laura Griffin, Melissa Miller, Ashley Allbritton and Nancy lones discuss theme ideas. Photo by Iim Tomforde. NHS members visited the Blalock Nursing Home during Christmas. They brought fruit and played the piano as Iunior Karen Andreini talks with a resident. Photo by Iim Tomforde. Attentively giving of her time, Iunior Helen Hayter speaks with a member from the Blalock Nursing Home on a National Honor Society excursion. Photo by lim Tomforde. Involved O 149

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I VULVE Students work in community Academic clubs and organizations were active in many activities not limited to the campus. These projects provided interested students with unique opportunities for community involvement. Political campaigns and national charity fundraisers provided in- terested students with unique oppor- tunities for community involvement. Members of Young Conservatives of Texas QYCTJ took advantage of the many job openings for volunteers in the political campaigns of the elec- tion year. We mainly went down to the Reagan-Bush headquarters and worked at the phone bank. Our job was to call volunteers, ask them to come to the headquarters and call people to remind them to vote. Some members went door-to-door and passed out literature, said YCT Secretary Senior Kyra Buchko. Another volunteer project in which students participated was the annual jerry Lews Labor Day Telethon benefitting muscular dystrophy. Sigma Theta Phi ISTPJ is a jewish girls' sorority which concentrates on helping the community through charity projects. As a group, we're a philanthropic organization and we try to help peo- ple less fortunate than ourselves. We achieved our goal by helping jerry, said Senior Wendy Kaplan. The jobs performed by STP members were vital to the success of the telethon. According to Debbie, Being there, you see the new possibilities for a cure and it give you real hope. You can get an idea of this feeling from seeing the kids, but there is a sense of belonging that comes from being in the middle of things. utr by Michelle Mahoney Service projects for NHS included clearing Tully Stadium and visiting the nursing home. junior Helen Hayter visits with a senior citizen. Photo by Iim Tomforde. 148 O Involved

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jrincipols :crux lr 150 0 Principals Principals check vandalism, student values Improvement in student attitudes and dealing with problems were the responsibilities faced by the various grade level principals as well as by the administrative principals. One main problem faced by the school was the way in which the cafeteria was left each day. I think in our school area, there needs to be a change in student at- titude in the way we use and leave the cafeteria and snackbar, said Assistant Principal Gerald Clanton. Leaving the cafeteria in a mess makes the custodians work twice as hard. I have come to the conclusion that it is to the students' advantage to change their habits. We end up pull- ing custodians away from more im- portant jobs to clean up the cafeteria, said Clanton. 1 ff A change in values and judgements can come through learn- ing. Values and judgements cannot be changed. There is no rule that will enforce judgement and value. The only way it can come through is in education, said Clanton. Another problem seen by the prin- cipals is lack of respect for school property and vandalism. Some of the lockers that were painted last year have already been written on or blackened because of fires being set in them, said Clanton. People's tax dollars go into school funds that help clean up vandalism instead oftowards education. Every tax dollar that goes to repair the school property for vandalism takes away from instruction that the students need. Students should use Principals Gerald Clanton, Wayne Schaper, Eager to please, Sophomore Principal Bill Margaret Luther, james McDonald, Olan Moreland fills out an admit for a student. Halbert and Bill Moreland hold administrative Photo by Howard Holsomback. authority. Photo by jim Tomforde. this property as if they were buying it, said Clanton. Staffing of the teachers, maintenance, safety of the students and curriculum of the instructors are of the many duties of the head prin- cipal. The top duties are given to Head Principal Wayne Schaper and Mr. Clanton, while Class Principals Olan Halbert, james McDonald, Bill Moreland and Margaret Luther take on class problems. We are trying to create a climate that allows us to offer the best educa- tion and instruction possible, con- cluded Clanton. -JU by Laura Griffin Drugs are a pertinent issue school campuses. Anchorman Bob interviews Principal Wayne Schaper. Photo Dan Thompson. Hard at work managing the junior Class, lx james McDonald, their class principal, help to make the 1980-1981 year a success for t students. Photo by Mark Shearer.