Nimitz High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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Coaches guided their athletes down the road of development. They trained us to meet our poten- tial, helped to develop our best skills, and become a good friend. Without them, there would have been no teams, and many of us would have been injured, not knowing the correct way to warm- up or how to run a certain play. Many teachers sponsored clubs or organizations for us, so we could share a common interest with others. I really like sponsor- ing the National Honor Society. I really get along well them. We are just one big family, said Mrs, Ste- phens. A good teacher-student rel- ationship helped many of us see school as a pleasant duty, and made the year go by faster. It also seemed to make it easier to obtain that hard-worked-for piece of paper. . .the diploma.. An ironic smile creeps across Chemistry teacher Don Marsh's face as he listens to a student. 'T X Checking over papers is just on of the tasks teacher Don Killian per- forms. Pulling in extra hours as a co and history teacher, jane M takes time to correct a quiz. STUDENT LIFE

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I tping senior tacke Waylon Har- ove's ankle is concerned Bob right, team trainer. k if 54. A wire-and-paper rainbow is cre- Vtted for the senior class, with the ielp of Mary Ann Butts. - A... We -answer Style and content are vital factors to English teacher Gail Kent, while going over a composition. if-lt True friends lthough some might not admit it, there was a close teacher-student relation- ship that bound them together throughout the year. A unity that ran through them like a golden thread, creating a pleasant atmos- phere and good working condi- tions. Numerous scholars depended on various teachers for different reasons. Some teachers often helped an ailing grade average by assigning extra credit work to grateful students: others explained a difficult problem after school. STUDENT LIFE

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Y if f f -T ' L' L fi -Q 119 i' Lastirio friends A crowd gathers around to watch the excitement as angry words are exchanged. Seconds later the first blow is thrown and the crowd is hushed. The two boys wrestle each other to the ground: the crowd separates and steps back to avoid the struggle. A urmur is heard as a concerned eacher steps into the clear part of the floor and all motion is stop- ped. Each is taken by the arm and as jerry Seabolt and Ricky Burton catc a friend's eye, while walking through the halls. i E E - Student Council member Kathy Phillips sells a bumper sticker to friend Tyrice Parks during lunch. Far from being ropers, the year- book photographers, Tony, Tim, Lee and Ieanne still enjoy the hats. 5 V escorted down the hall and to the office. After the scuffle has ended and all students have been pointed in different directions, the gossip begins. With the familiar words about the Nimitz family ringing in our ears, one might wonder why fights and quarrels occasion- ally took place. Through a day of classes everything wasn't always smooth-going. Students had to overcome many problems in the course of a single day. As if getting up and getting ready for school wasn't hard enough, we had to come to a building that was some- times full of noise, confusion and grumpy moods. Then when we thought we were going to make it to the end of the day, lunch period arrived. After spending half your lunch period in line, someone cut in, since he outweighed you by STUDENT LIFE