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

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DOLLAR FIFTY, DOLLAR SEVENTY-FIVE ... Not eating in the cafeteria? Well there is only one other place, the snack bar. The snack bar was available to the students, serving mostly hamburgers, sandwiches, chips, candy, and Hi-C drinks. Many students preferred buying lunch at the snack bar. WILL THAT BE CASH OR CHARGE? You have some money, and you want to spend it? Sure, why not. After all thats what money is for. Going to the malls was a favorite spot among the students to spend their allowance. Below is Bearette Selma Alarcon making a tough decision on trying to purchase socks at Mr. Socks at La Flaza Mall. THE BUNCH WENT TO MUNCH- Sophomore Dan-yce Alonso munches away on a slice of Mazzios Fizza on a Saturday Night. Mazzios Fizza along with many other fast food places could depend on a huge cash flow from F.S.J.A. students, especially on weekends, when at some places the price of the food would drop. WHEN E.F. HUTTON TALKS FEOFLE LISTEN. Juniors Roland Soto advises Junior Letty Garcia on how to spend her money wisely on her lunch. While quite a few students worked after school to earn money for their meals, others depended on mom and dad for lunch money. And still others depended on their friends for the price of their food. Student Expenses 27

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'...A TREASURE CHEST OE MEMORIES IS MOT ALWAYS FREE.' One of the misconceptions students may have about school is that it is free. Well, other than taxes paid by parents, school Isn't a financial drain. Or is it? The year starts off with student registration. Here, students are expected to pay any fines incurred their previous year and take their picture for the yearbook. Taking the pictures is free, but if one should decide to order them, they 're not cheap. Senior proofs alone ran for five dollars this year and they weren't for framing. That plus the package the student finally decided on. the least of which was twenty dollars, added up to quite a chunk off a student 's budget. Then, of course, come class rings. These precious. little mementos of one's Senior year can be expected to run in excess of two to three hundred dollars. To most Seniors, though, they are a necessity. Oh. let 's not forget Senior shirts! With mo different ones offered this year, many Seniors found out they weren t very good at making choices and ordered both. A variety of T-shirts and jerseys were offered by the many clubs and organizations on campus, all of which were paid for by their respective members. To own a club T-shirt is to belong, to be part of the crowd. Sometimes, belonging can be expensive. The list of student expense goes on and on progressively as the year continues. These expenses may include Senior Jackets, yearbooks, school newspapers, club trips, the Washington tour. Homecoming mums and garters, the belle and beau, the belle and beau pictures. The Prom, more pictures. Senior caps and gowns, and more pictures still! Of course, not all of the above mentioned items artd events will concern the entire student body. However, those students that want more than just an education out of their high school years will find that a treasure chest of memories is not always free. It is entirely up to the student to decide how much money he or she will spend throughout the course of the school year. One student may spend as much as one-thousand dollars while another may spend as little as twenty. The more you decide to spend, the greater the amount of tangible memories you might have, artd the greater the drain on your checkbook. Sure some of these memories might be expensive but they serve to remind us that nothing in life is free. GIVE IT THE GASI Running out of gas was not as uncommon as one might think, as Sophomore Mario Morales found out. Students spent a huge portion of their alloted budget on gas and other important necce-sides Just to get to school. Most students were relieved with the low price of gas this year, which remained near the 80 cent mark. HOMECOMIHG WAS EXPENSIVE. With the price of mums skyrocketing and little nick-nacks for the girls. Just as high, this years Homecoming will be remembered as one of the most expensive in recent years. Homecoming didn't end with the final buzzer. After the game nearly everyone went out to satisfy their hunger. And most couples went to a nice restaurant, which would run the tab into the high 20 s or 30 s, not including the tip. 26 Student Expenses

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WEEKENDS WERE MADE FOR School is something to do between weekends. That old cliche holds true for most of the students here at F.S.J.A. And every year its the same kind of students. Those that sit in front of the room listening to the teacher and what he has to offer, and those that sit in the back and wonder who has a date for this Saturday night. But no matter which of these two catagories you fall under, at one time or another you have felt the excitement and thrill of staying out on a Saturday night and not having to worry up early the next morning for school. And the activities varied from week to week, and students to students. There was the old: The movie house, offering the latest of Hollywood fantasies. And there was the new: The Big Apple dropping its guard on the, too young to do anything,” crowd and offered us the opportunity to mix publicly with the students of other high schools in the valley. And for some reason or another students always migrate to 10th street for an hour or two on Saturday nights just to see who was out there.” And after making a few rounds they would stop in at McDonalds or Sonic and meet up with friends. Parties also found their way into more than one students calendar. And no matter how many parties were being thrown in one night there just never seemed enough to go around. And of course, there were those who spent their Fridays and Saturdays in front of the old Boob-tube or had to work that night. No matter how the weekend was spent, students always had something to say about the next weekend. WE DESERVE A BREAK TONIGHT- Seniors Bobby Cantu and Cara Capi enjoy a Saturday night out at McDonalds after cruising on 10th. McDonalds was the official turn around point.” 28 Weekends