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

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NOT HAPPY TO BE A SENIOR. Senior portrait were taken during registration and Gloria Arredondo await to be photographed. Many senior waited in long lines to be photographed by a new company that was contracted; Life Touch. THE DOOR FINALLY OPENS. Its 815 a m. and the long lines seem endless The door finally opens for students to enter and register and hopefully to receive a class schedule list for classes that are open to admit students. COGNSELORS AT WORK. Busy at the auditorium. PSJA counselors Mr. L. Longoria and Ms C. Willingham look in a class schedule list for classes that are open to admit stu dents SOPHOMORES WAIT TO REGISTER. The long lines of sophomores to come to register was enormous Over 1000 sophomores came in the one day chaos. OVERCROWDED. Outside the auditorium, all three classes of seniors, juniors, and sophomores wait to enter. However, for many, the process of registration was frustrating. SCHOOL IS STILL OUT FOR SOME. For those students whose schedules were not ready at reglstra tion. their first day of school consisted of waiting in the auditorium in hopes of receiving a schedule. Chaos at Registration 19

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Students Without Schedules Causes Chaos Where is my class schedule? I want my schedule. I don't have my class schedule. During the first three weeks of school in September the office administration and the counselors office building was jammed pack with students who had their class schedules issued yet. Although registration was held a week before school officially started, computer errors caused approximately more than 500 class schedules to be incomplete, leaving some re lieved and the majority of students angry. Junior Eloy (Jreste commented. I was kind of mad. I had to wait five days for my schedule. To seniors and juniors used to the high school routine from the previous year, it was blessing in disguise. To them it meant an extended summer vacation. As junior Noe Garcia said. No Problem. Right? Wrong! These students only fell behind on their school work leaving many teachers upset. Coach Pittman (Biology teacher) remarked. I think it's unfair because all classes have already begun lessons and students who enter late are left behind. But to a sophomore without a schedule it was total chaos. New to the school they had no idea what building they were in and without a schedule ... well, this just added to their confusion. Point proven by sophomore Hilda Garza who asked. what schedule delay? The hardest blow of all. however, came to the counselors as well as the teaching staff. It was they who put up with the students hysterics. Such as the sophomore Marco Guajardo who said, this shows irresponsibility on the counselors' part. While junior Jeff Contreras said, lack of communication in the counselors' office. Op posed to these comments Mr. Gomez, a history and drama teacher said. I was probably as frustrated as the students. but I don't blame the counselors. Asa result of these computer errors, some teachers had overcrowded classes in one class period while in other classes there was only a handful- as in the case of Mrs. S. Leal's geometry class where 72 students were enrolled in her third period class. According to office administration and counselors, they worked diligently in getting class schedules worked on. However, due to the overcrowded conditions that the high school faced, there were just too many students wanting their schedules at the same time. Then again students requested elective courses which are offered only during one period thus the computer could not program it correctly. Some students did face the situation with patience, while others did not. Teachers were told by the administra tion that students could make up any work that was missed. SORRY WE DON’T HAVE YOUR SCHEDULE”. Teacher aides Imelda Solis and Ms. Ninfa Castro had a hectic job telling several students that class schedules were not being distributed. Sophomores Rosie Alaniz and Adriana Alvarez were all smiles as they were told to come back another day. However, in the back. Marc Polanco does not seem to please with the results. Over 400 students did not attend class the first day of school. 18 Chaos at Registration

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ARTWORK AT ITS BEST. Dolr g something fun is a good way to close your mind from being sleepy. Senior Sylvia Escobar sketches up a painting on sketching paper during Mrs. Schuys 7 am Art class. Enduring A Seven O’clock Class Cocka Doodle Dooooo! It was time to wake up because of the 7 o'clock class you enrolled in. A certain quantity of students this school year found themselves waking up an hour earlier to go to school. Even though the students unconsciously were still asleep, with their thoughts alone thinking in bed. they made an extra effort to do their work to pass their class. “I felt tired because I was not used to waking in bed longer than coming to class, but it was all worth it, said Sophomore Sergio Herbert; 7 a.m. typing student. The classes were provided for the students ' benefit; to get ahead or at least make the grade. Astonishing as it might be. a lot of students actually enrolled in these classes, which were typing. Business Data Process or Chemistry II. These students took the 7 am classes for more reasons than one. Well, at first I didn't like it because I wasn't used to waking up so early, but now it is no problem; besides, I get a better parking space, said Junior Robert Lizcano. Yes it was true. At about 6:30 am not a single soul was to be found on the parking lot. At 6:45, cars would start to show up and at 6:55 to 7 AM. students were in their classrooms. It 's like Junior Laurie Palacios said. It sure beats the 8 o'clock traffic. Teachers, on the other hand, taught the morning classes to either get paid more or a more convenient time for them. I'm a morning person. I work better in the morning than I do in the afternoon. said Mrs. Y.B. Palacios, typing instructor. Most people say that they took more out of the morning classes, since the mind is fresh and full of energy to get things done. Whether it is true or false they seemed to have had accomplished more by 8 o'clock than most students did in the 1987-88 school year. PROGRAMING THE COMPUTER. As technology of the world expands people need to expand with it. Sophomore Janet Ibarra tentatively punches the correct buttons in hopes of getting some background on computer programing. ACQUIRING BUSINESS SKILLS. Vocational course DECA offers students a wide variety of skills that might be vital In the business world. During Mrs. De la Garra's early morning class. DECA students discusss certain procedures in order to respond to a customers request. 20 Early morning classes