Pflugerville High School - Panther Paw Yearbook (Pflugerville, TX)

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Senioritis Strikes Incurable Illness Hits Where it Hurts Everyone knew their senior year would be fun and exciting. It was supposed to be the time to get more involved and share even more in the special events with friends. Throughout these good times we were supposed to mature and somehow grow confi- dent enough to conquer whatever lay in wait in the future. These expectations were not too far out of line, until we caught that age-old, senior malady SENIORITIS. Senioritis usually strikes seniors about two weeks into the year and lasts until graduation day. Symptoms of the horribly con- tagious bug are lack of concentra- tion, drooping eyes, laziness and a serious desire to partay. These symptoms are often accompanied by the non-stop thinking about “what will I do after graduation? Even today there seems to be no sure cure. Graduation sometimes helps and vacations and weekend plans helps somewhat, but these are not a sure cure. Sometimes senioritis lasts beyond walking the stage. The only thing that is for sure, is that senioritis has been around, is still around and will always be around when tht long 12-year schooling is over, by Kendra Bounds Greg Mitchell, senior, was chosen to go to China as a young American athlete representing Texas. Mitchell also was awarded a scholarship to Abilene Chris- tian University. Ray Gres. Anthony Qumney. Buddy Schwab. Charles Kolinek. Stephen Nichols. Brady Hoermann. Alan Monzingo. Wade Accord, and Jesse Gutierrez were ready to enjoy their day in downtown Austin. The senior class went to the Austin Public Library in preparation for the senior term paper. 124 SENIORS

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M. erman Juarez . Kim , Kalin tr Kalkfetn . AiV Ckar e .Ko inek Slepkc oury Pkillip . Kuekr Stuart Reflects High School Days Remembering when our freshmen foot- ball team destroyed Marble Falls to win district; and when the FFA land judging team won at nationals. GIL literary and One Act Play won as usual. Also as freshmen, we won the Hall Decorating con- tet at Homecoming which continued, and our senior year was our fourth consecutive win. These were events that added to the winning tradition that Pflugerville High School has had for years. That made me proud as a senior, but there are other memories that do not necessarily make me quite as proud although they are still worth remembering. I recall when we were freshmen and students actually dared enough to come to the pep-rallies. However, somewhere down the line the enthusiasm not only went down hill, but it fell off a cliff. Remember all the English stories and plays we read? Like in our freshmen year we read Romeo and Juliet. This may be news to some seniors slept through this and many of the other stories also. Then I recalled to mind all the people and all the crazy things we did. Like when Carrie Spates thought her car was a Four Wheel drive. The so called “Lucky 7 weren't so lucky on the trip to Austin Public Library. Todd Faulk's car blew up and several other people s books were burned. Everyone (or almost everyone) claimed to be the “D'moista. And when the weekends were here, you could hear the seniors cry . . . Let's Partay.” Some of our most treasured memories deal directly with our cars; our most prized possessions. Pflugerville must have had the worst women drivers between Paige Hill, Janna Williams, and Bianca Warren, the world had better watch out. Realizing that 4 years of my life have been spent at Pflugerville High School. And from now on I will be looked upon as an adult. After reflecting on these thoughts I proceeded to get out of bed and go through the everyday morning usuals. But this was no ordinary day for it was “GRADUATION DAY. by Stuart Spoonemore SENIORS 123

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i ne science room housed seniors one morning in February, as Ms. V. Mott measured seniors for their graduation caps. Denise Prater removes the curlers from her hair so she can get an accurate measurement. Notorious punster Raul Gonzales models an ’ear-itating” new fashion. The earring was worn as part of a potential layout on this year's fads. Jenny Stroud and Lorren Mott make it obvious senioritis hits even the top 10 per cent of the class. Senioritis strikes everyone Ms V Mott stretches carefully to be sure to get an accurate measurement of Grace Gonzalez’s head as part of the cap and gown procedure for graduation Kathleen Kimmons found that football games in the fall were a good way to relax after working hard on meeting the new Perot requirements. Restrooms at school were always crowded, but Rebecca Langenfeld and Bianca Warren found space to get ready to face the day. Space for primp- ing could always be found. “This years seniors are so much better than last years. Due to them having to have a 70 grade average the extra effort has helped curb senioritis.” com- mented Mrs. Janice Swope. 125