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

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Office Aides Seniors Take Over Daily Office Tasks Just look at us now was an expres- sion often seen on the faces of the office personel when day after day they were swamped with paper work. Then one day someone came up with the idea of office aides. To be an office aide this year you had to be a senior who had already taken required courses. Another change from last year was that this year's office aide credit did not count toward graduation. I figured the office would need extra help and I didn't have another class 1 needed to take, said senior Joanna Ba- landran. Office aides were constantly on the run. They had various jobs, such as pick- ing up blue sheets or getting students for the office. They also ran errands for the secretaries. But occasionally the office rush would slow down and there would be time for the aides to study. So why do students want to be aides? I knew I'd get to know the principal and assistant principals better than regular students who just come in the office be- cause they're in trouble, said senior Mike Willemsen. Since this is my first year at PHS, I felt working in the office would give me a chance to get to know people, replied senior Shannon Harris. The office aides should be commended for a job well done. Not only did they get to know the office personnel and stu- dents, but they also gained experience and learned just how important working in the office was.

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1. UIL prose competitor Amy Cunningham flashes a smile for the camera. 2.. Math science competitors: Renny Maddox, Lisa Davis, Shelah Riggins, Eric La- bardini. 3. Shorthand competitors: Tracey Stockwell, Elain Vela. Candi Smith. 4. Lynda Dungan and Carmen Arendt participate in the UIL One Act Play. UIL WINNERS: State: Shelah Riggins: first place State science Region a Is: Renny Maddox: second place Regionals number sense District: Karen Brown: third place ready writing Melissa Nichols: alternate ready writing Karen Brown: fiist place persuasive speaking Kenrea Markle: alternate persuasive speaking Carmen Arendt: second place informative speaking Nick Peterson: alternate informative speaking Carrie Hays and Karen Brown: first place debate Shelah Riggins: first in overall science, first in physics, chemistry Renny Maddox: first science Shelah Riggins: first spelling Candy Smith: first shorthand Tracey Stockwell: second shorthand Elaine Vela: third shorthand Carrie Hays: second newswriting Leah Blain: second headline writing Karen Brown, alternate headline writing Karen Brown first editorial writing Carrie Hays: alternate editorial Leah Blain: second feature writing Anne Blakeley: third feature writing Karen Brown alternate feature writing Scott Ray: first calculators Eric Labardini: second calculators Renny Maddox: third calculators Larry Cunningham: first poetry Carmen Arendt: second poetry Scott Ray: fourth accounting Kendrea Markle: alternate literary criticism Amy Cunningham: second prose Lynda Dungan: alternate prose - UIL 55 -

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1. Leslie Nichols and Gary Avants argue about who's going to go retrieve a disobedient student for Ms. Montgomery. 2. John Donald, Joanna Balandran, and Leslie Nichols just stand around during the slow times in the office. 3. Ms. Montgomery explains the duties and responsibilities of an office aide to Dawn Betak and Denise Damstrom. 4. Taking a few minutes to relax, Mike Willemsen kicks back and takes a breather from the duties of an office aide. 5.' Pflugerville High School, may 1 help you is the phrase that office aides are required to say when answering the complicated phones. 6. First semester office aides: (Left to Right) Steve Scott, Anna Chlapek, Leslie Nichols, Shannon Harris, Kendrea Markle, Denise Damstrom, Woody Patrick, Mike Willemsen, Joanna Balandran, Gary Avants, and John Donald. —Office Aides 57—