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

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First Royal Court Of PSJA It was the night of a full moon, and the perfect example it was Halloween Eve Al though it wasn t a night of costumes, mon sters. or make up. the spirits weren t dam pened as the audience awaited anxiously the crowning of the Royal Court It was Homecoming 1987. Eleven girls and ten boys vied for the crowns but only 3 girls and 3 boys were selected for the presti gious honor of being in the Royal Court Chosen as King was Arty Cantu, son of Mr and Mrs Hereo Cantu of San Juan Arty is involved m football, track. FC.A.. Key Club. Bears Tale reporter and Senior Class President. Selected as Queen was Melissa Garza Melissa is the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Joe Garza Jr. She has been involved in student council. F.H A., and a three year member of the Bearettes Currently. Metis sa holds the title of second lieutenant in the drill team The Homecoming Court of 198788 are Queen. Melissa Garza, da ugh ter of Mr and Mrs. Joe Garza of Pharr King. Arty Cantu, son of Mr and Mrs Hereo Cantu of San Juan. First Princess and Prince are Rina and Bobby Ramirez, twin daughter and son of Mr and Mrs Raul R Ramirez of Pharr Second Princess is Dina Gonzalez, daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymundo Gonzalez Jr. of Pharr Second Prince is Joe Padilla, son of Ms Blanca Padilla of Pharr. EXCITIHG MOMEHTS It was all smiles as Melissa Garza is crowned Homecoming Queen by last year’s queen. Ronnie Balli. Homecoming King Arty Cantu proceeds to escort Melissa to be seated after receiving a bouquet of roses and being presented 12 Homecoming King And Queen

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PREPARING FOR THE. LONG RUN AHEAD- All runners need the proper equipment lo run cross country Runner Anne Hernande end Franee Coplea prepare the shirts, warmup , end shoe needed for the runner before they ell meet alter school to practice Usually the athlete run one to two hour A TOUCH UP BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY A lot of femile tudent take time out in between classes to freshen up before continuing the day Sophomore Jennifer BUnco »U» quietly as she put on makeup before cU » and the overcrowding of student commenses Everyday At P.S.J.A. Something Different Happens Students attend P.S.J.A high school for 175 days a year. The school day is long and hard. For six hours a day students dealt with mathematical, literal, scientific and peer pressures. Sometimes students organized even further when the air conditioning units would be off for some reason and students were forced to work in ninety degree temperatures. For some students a regular school commenced at 7 am in the morning It seems that every year more and more students are enrolling themselves in a 7 am class. Whether the credit was needed or not. students sacrificed at least 45 minutes of sleep to attend courses such as computer programming or Chemistry II. As 8 am gets closer, the hallways of P.S.J.A begin to lighten up with the gleeming faces of its occupants. Due to their residential area those students riding the bus to school arrive as early as 7:30am. Students occupy themselves in one way or another. Some finish incomplete homework, others gossip, and arrive to eat a well balanced breakfast at the school cafeteria The school library is another well known hang out for students with some time to kill Surprisingly, some students look forward to their first three classes It seems as though students have all their energy and spirit in the mornings. Coming in tardy to your first period class is nothing new for some students or teachers, for that matter. Pushing a pupil's mind to its extreme for three long hard thought hours can wear some students out Lunchtime is a long awaited time of the day. Some of their hunger just takes the best of them and they head for the cafeteria as if there were no tomorrow Others take advantage of the time to borrow somebody 's homework and complete theirs Others just sit or stand and talk their pressures away to a close friend. The latter part of the school day seems to last forever. By the time I pm rolls around, students are just worn to the bone Some take the hallways in the hope of finding somebody worthy to start a conversation with Somehow this Is the time security guards are kept on their toes. Every day here at P.S.J.A. is different Nobody can expect to come bock the next day or year and hope it will be like the last one. The temperature may go up along with the scholastic pressures, but the students will still attend P.S.J.A. High School to earn a high school diploma. EARLY BIRDS Before first period class begms at 8am several students are early riser and get to school early For many students waiting outside the classroom sitting and talking before the bell rings is an every morning occurrence Something Different Happens 11

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The Royal Court 1987-88 A new tradition was commenced by the Senior Class of 1986: a Royal Court In addition to the homecoming King queen and princess, a first and second prince was selected, thus forming the first royal court ever. Another new tradition that was start ed as well, was having ten boys as home coming king candidates This homecoming is one to remember by the senior class as new traditions and new titles were bes towed upon a few honored seniors