Pharr San Juan Alamo High School - Bear Memories Yearbook (Alamo, TX)

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Change seemed to be the predominate word used around the P$JA campus this year. But it was a change for the better. Everywhere you looked things were shaping up. but there were a few changes we had to adjust to. One of these changes, and perhaps the biggest, was the no-more-junk-food-and-carbonated-drinks change. Due to a federal government regulation put into effect over the summer, all those things that were bad for us were no longer around. Most students had to find other ways to revive themselves in the middle of the day. More about this can be read on pages 10-11. After several years on a quarterly system. we switched back to a semester system. And. despite the readjustment, teachers kept the year running smoothly as progress reports and not failing notices were the item most dreaded. Spirit was one big factor that really shaped up this year. Despite a mediocre football season, fans still did their best yelling and screaming at pep rallies every Friday. Student Council provided us with a variety of ways to show it by organizing Spirit Days ranging from Happy Days, fifties style, to Punk Rock Day. And the bonfire was as popular as ever. But this was the last year for the favorite spot of the fire behind the baseball field as it will be the baseball field next year. The campus itself began to shape up with construction underway of not only the new field, but a new gym and band facility. Philosophers say change is for the best and in our case, it couldn't be better. PSJA—Shaping up in '81.

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