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

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Band, FHA, DECA, OEA, etc. Freshman Tammy Roberts found Ms. Julie Hodge’s French class to be a challenge this year, but she managed to keep her sense of humor about It. UlUtd On the field junior Todd Cole manages to maintain his concentration and to keep the beat as he performs with the band during a halftime show. Coach Tommy Knox and the other biology teachers lead their biology classes through the frog dissection. One of Coach Knox’s students, sophomore Allen Cameron proudly displays his flayed frog. Section Editors: Misty Johnson Jennifer Simpson Section Staff: Krlss Kruemcke Kim McDonald Margaret Morgan Misty Mynar Amanda Wade All photographs this page by Travis Reese . ACTIVITIES 23

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Student Council, NHS, FFA Photo by (Travis Reesa) Every week the halls looked different as students returned from their weekends. The cheerleading team decorated and redecorated each week to add a touch of football spirit to the weekly routine. Senior Jill Young uses special markers to create a hall poster encouraging students to Deck the Ducks! They used to tell us, “Learning is fun!” And we believed them. They used to say, “Enjoy yourselves, you’re only young once.” And we did. But now we see Nothing is free And even learning takes time and effort. 22 ACADEMICS

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 CUtcC Teamwork Brings (As Together Even with the concentration put into a Friday night show. Dan Poole. Roland Adams, and Todd Cole found something to smile about. “This year was the first time in five or six years. We put a lot of hard work into what we’ve done and it paid off with the band going to state.” — Todd Cole 24 BAND ULLCJ-l With the addition of two new band directors, the Panther band surged to the top. Ms. Verda Herrington, head band director, and Ms. Lynn Smith, assistant band director, pulled the band out of its rut. The loss of pride the band had experienced from last year’s traumas, two's and three’s in both marching and concerts at the (J.I.L. con- tests, was the first thing the band directors reestablished. The Pflugerville band learned what the real meaning of being a winner meant. It meant hard work and pride in everything you did. To be the best you had to work. Work is what they did. Practice at eight every morning — rain or shine — and Monday nights at 6:30 to 9:00. They worked to prepare a dif- ferent show or to perfect a contest show for every football game. The hard work paid off when they earned straight ones at the CJ.I.L. con- test. That was a happy moment. The Panther band had some sad moments, too. One of the saddest was when Beckie Bunch died in a car accident. Her death was when the band learned the real meaning of unity. At her death the band became one. Even through the pain and tears the band kept trying. Unity and pride were there to stay.