Nimitz High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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Doug SepTer knows beTTer Than anyone, ThaT Taking ' ' Q .h f Ll noTes is a parT oT every class. 'u 0,- 'Ku ai.,-Q 4 .. .0 s-T. as 3 fn , . 3 ' x 1 1 . Q ' ' Q , I is 1 V ws Day-To-day classes TTen when we qoT involved in exTra-curricular acTiviTies, we TorqoT abouT The acTual purpose oT school. We TorqoT abouT The everyday classes ThaT make up school liTe. Many oT our classes didn'T call Tor a qreaT amounT oT ouTside work. Tor example There was maTh, English, sci- ence, and hisTory. MosT oT The work Tor These courses could be Taken care oT in class, while some ouTside sTudy work was needed. OTTen our exTra- curricular acTiviTies such as aThIeTics. drama. band, drill Team. and iournal- ism Took precedence over These sub- iecTs. A Typical NimiTz class room consisTs oT ThirTy or more desks, a chalk board. sTudenTs, and a Teacher. OTTen The sTudenTs TelT The drab blue walls conf Tined Their minds and expressions. IT was True, ThaT The small and limiTed space conTined many sTudenTs, buT Tor The mosT parT, The Typical NimiTz class room served The purpose Tor learning. 5 aTTer along day. Many sTudenTs Took advanhaqe of The sfudy halls oTTered To caTch up on homework and relax There was no rule againsf working TogeTher in some classes. as Benny Hengy works on a biol- ogy assignmenT wiTh his lab parTner. STUDENT LIFE 27

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STUDENTUFE Ca+ching fhe phoiographer in acrion, a Nimifz siudenf deviafes from her classroom work. Jeff Johns u+ilizes his class Mme in a very relax- ing'way. Freshman English sfudenis cafch fhe phorogra- pher's affenfion during a class lecfure. 3 '-'S -g

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lnvofvernenT brings success To class ach OT The classes aT NimiTz - Trosh, sophomores, iuniors, and seniors had special proiecTs ThaT made Them each sTand ouT. The TirsT main class acTiviTy was The weekly painTing oT signs Tor The TooTball pep rallies. There was oTTen The common complainT ThaT T'noT enough people Took parT in This class acTiviTy, buT ThroughouT The season iT was evidenT ThaT many did Take parT. The nexT major acTiviTy was The decoraTing oT a designaTed hall aT Homecoming. The over all school Theme was Disney Wonderland. The Frosh decoraTed The easT hall --1 a cT1vi Ties in a Jungle book Theme, orna- menTed wiTh leaves hanging Trom The ceiling conTaining each Tish's name. The Sophomores decoraTed The hall in TronT oT The caTeTeria wiTh a Theme OT Disney Bowl. Dis' ney characTers adorned The walls in sTraTegic TooTbl moves. The Juniors developed The wesT hall inTo a Snow WhiTe palace. wiTh an acTual casTIe aT The end oT The hall. The Seniors Took The DecoraTion Award, Through developing The caTeTeria inTo FanTasia, com- pleTe wiTh a TounTain and a gazebo. During The winTer Seniors held Their Senior play, anoTher NimiTz TirsT. and successTul class acTiviTy in The idea ThaT iT was porTrayed, ,. T... W .umm . T fi or . Seniors JenniTer Marshall, Ricky Jackson. and Yolanda Huerfa pause during rehearsal oT The Senior Play. A Dallas Tornado Soccer player shows oTT his TalenTs be-Tore a capaciTy crowd in The NHS gym during The Junior class soccer game. STUDENT LIFE direcTed and produced all by Sen- iors. The seniors ended Their year wiTh The TradiTional STudenT-l:ac- ulTy volleyball game. The Juniors kepT up wiTh NimiTz TradiTion by inviTing The Tamous Dallas Tornado soccer Team To a duel in The NimiTz gym. which proved inTeresTing. The Sopho- mores and Frosh held Their money- making proiecTs in The Tall, each oT which proved very successTul and proTiTable. Too. The diTTerenT acTiv- iTies oT each class made up The mosT remembered evenTs oT 79. lv1osT remembered abouT These acTiviTies was The chance Tor each sTudenT To be involved wiTh The success oT his or her class. Lily Reardon, played by Senior Rh Wray, goes Through her blocking movemenT sTage. during rehearsal beTore The play.