Monterey High School - Chaparral Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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LIFE OF MONTEREY DAY IN THE At 8:20 each weekday general chatter filled the halls as average students filed in for another typical day. We chose three typical students, a sophomore, a junior, and a senior, at random from a card file. In recreating a routine day, one may come to the realization that within each average student there was something unique. Each person's typical day was a-typical. Then she tackled the makeup. “I hate mascara, but putting on eyeliner is the worst,” sophomore Cheri Jeter said. “The pencil always breaks, and I have to Hitting the alarm, she rolled over to sharpen it again. It’s so frustrating.” sleep a few more minutes. But she She looked at the clock, knowing she had to get up, or she would be late should not have laid in bed so long. 7:03 again. Groaning, she pulled herself out of bed and headed to the shower for a quick shampoo. 9:25. Attending a Student Council meeting during homeroom in the cafeteria, homeroom represen tative Drew Anderson will report back to the students in 264. Photo by Jon» Ahlitrom 8:46. Paying attention to detail, Mike Henry works on a project in woodshop. Woodshop students played softball when they had no projects left at the end of the year, Henry said. Photo by Ow«H ”7:57!” Grabbing her books, she made a mad dash for her 1980 Oldsmobile Omega and let it warm up a little. “The tank is always on empty,” she said. And the speed is slightly greater than that of a snail. Pulling out of the driveway, Jeter reached over and flipped on the radio; she quickly turned it off again. “Riding in silence is better than listen- ing to two broken speakers,” she said. At 8:16 she pulled into Monterey Shop- ping Center and found a place to park. She jumped out of her car to sprint across 50th, but her purse was weighing her down. “For some reason sophomore girls must carry suitcases,” she said. “It is always better to be prepared for whatever arises than to be caught short. Jeter skipped talking to her boyfriend and raced down the hall. She prayed her biology teacher would not give her deten- tion this time. Finding her desk and throwing her biology book on the floor, Jeter met her seat just in time — just as the tardy bell rang. 21 MORNING

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After the announcements end, scavengers scrounge for reject pictures in the jour nalism room. The give-away was a' ploy to get students to check that their yearbook mug shots had been received, yearbook adviser Jennifer Tomlinson said. Photo by John Roork HES BES Not the ideal way to wake up, first period boys' physical education members run warm-up laps around the gym. Photo by Lane English 8:00 Required to be in her room 10 minutes before the first tardy bell rings, French teacher Michele Wade checks the reinstatement list. Photo byAmyluskey 8:18 Running late, sophomore Cheri Jeter gets ready to beat the light on 50th and Gary to avoid being tardy the second time. Photo by Rob Jones 20 STUDENT LIFE

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 4:22 Getting a haircut regularly is necessary for Mike Henry to keep his job at United. Sometimes it's hard to find time for an appointment, he said. Photo by Alton B.ibfay leep. It was all junior Mike Henry could think about as he stopped at his locer on the way from woodshop to homeroom. With no projects to work on, woodshop students were playing softball, which had made Henry hot and sweaty. Several girls packed into a corner were talking as Henry sat down and laid his head on his desk, catching various parts of the announcements. All I do is sleep during homeroom, he said. There is really nothing else to do.” Using his notebook and two textbooks as a pillow, Henry slept until the bell woke 1E3D Three minutes meant waiting. Senior Nicole Brints hurried to put up her instrument. Lunch seemed so far away. When the bell rang, relieved students jumped to crowd out the doorway. Brints met two of her friends in front of the Band Hall. We switch cars. Some days we go in mine, and some days we don’t, she said. Today they took Brints’ car. And the race began. Cars weaving lanes and roaring up beside each other were enough to make the best driver nervous. Safely arriving at Burger King, Brints and her friends hopped out of her car to beat the lunch rush. Ordering the usual, a chicken sandwich, Brints used the last of the $5 her parents him. Making mirrors in second period metal shop was a breeze compared to the boredom Henry faced going to third period English. We’re reading Of Mice and Men right now; so I read or take notes, Henry said. But if class is really boring, sometimes I will just sleep. Catching up on his reading in English made Henry doze off several times. But he took notes like usual and waited, glancing at the clock. He hoped the bell would ring soon giving him the opportunity to make his usual Taco Villa lunch run. gave her at the beginning of the week. She would have to depend on her paycheck for lunch now. She found a seat and watched some sophomore girls order at the drive through until her friends joined her. Brints and her friends discussed the morning’s events: the new flag routine and the major English exam. But before long, 1:20 rolled around and the girls headed back to the school. The afternoon was a breeze, but Brints had work at Otto’s Granary to look forward to that evening. I’ve been working at Otto’s for a long time, she said. “I’m used to it but most people don’t stay there long.” Oh, to go out tonight, Brints thought as the 2:30 bell rang, and she headed for her car thankful for senior study hall. 8:26 Making believe it’s the first day of first grade, senior Nicole Brints blows off first period art class on Senior Kid Day. Pho«oby m Clark 12:34 Sophomore Cheri Jeter glances at her assignments In Robert Rawls' fourth period algebra class. “It is a real come down when I hit algebra, she said. The only thing that keeps me going Is knowing that lunch Isn’t far away. PtvXo by Bftnt Wimbcrty 22 STUDENT LIFE