Pleasant Grove High School - Grove Yearbook (Texarkana, TX)

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If l .E Q Q A i i ? 1' if E 5 Q 3 I E age Sponsor: LE FANS - 10th Sr Bowie Quality Products for our valued customers NIGHT LIBRARY PUTS MOST TEACHERS, IN- cluding librarian Carolyn Megason, over the 9 to 5 limit. Teachers were required to work on occasional Tuesday and Thursday nights. ,..,..:. ..,, H: . l.tbIil! Ill -if ATHLETIC EVENTS TAKE LOTS OF OVERTIME from Peggy Dillion who sells Basketball tickets to Ward Davis and Jeff Reed. Mrs. Dillion not only worked in the copy room by day, but also collected money at ball games by night. FIELD TRIPS ARE ONE WAY TEACHERS SPENT time out of Class with students. Physics and chemistry teacher Charles Carozza explains an exhibit at the Planetarium in Shreveport to Se- nior Tricia Brackeen. Faculty 115

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WORKING OVERTIME GIVES TEACHERS A CHANCE T0 use other talents, such as singing, dancing, and making a fool of yourself. Charla Hanis, Gia Falls, and Rebecca Blackwood per- form in a PTA skit in the fall. 1 a E gall- ' X silxiiw. E Q Q 0- A , g 0 v 5 ' if .... I Q3f'Q,E A 5 f as-s. ...., .. X in-Q w 24 hours o A teocher's work is or most of us, 5:20 is the end of an- other day. For most teachers, how- ever, 5:2O simply means that it's time to shift gears and get ready for another part of their jobs - extracurricular duties. Teachers sponsor almost all clubs and organizations from the Keyettes to National Honor Society, spend Tuesday and Thursday nights at night library, and work with UIL groups. This was in addi- tion to the time spent at home grading papers or staying late for meetings after school. The amount of time teachers spent with extracurricular groups depended on the organization. For some, the time spent did not intrude upon their person- al lives . . . too much. I only have to meet with the Y- Teens two or three times a month, said Mrs. Rebecca Blackwood. The group is newly formed, and I do enjoy working with the girls. Mrs. Blackwood and co-sponsor Mrs. Beth Sullivan spent most of Febru- ary planning a prom style show for their sv-w.. .f -A. -A F .- 'V ?'f'. .. -ii-ffl... t T ' if' It 3CU Y Qgee,--s .. E. if i -mx EL. r doy never done group, and other sponsors helped stu- dents coordinate fundraising and ser- vice projects during the year. Some teachers spent time out of class for their ovsm enjoyment as well as for their students. Biology Il teacher Rick Patrick often took his classes on option- al field trips to observe different birds and wildlife. i'We take the field trips so the stu- dents can study nature up close, Mr. Patrick said, I definitely enjoy the field work, too. A faithful few, however, spent hours in addition to their regular teaching du- ties in sponsoring UIL students and time-consuming organizations. During the spring, UIL sponsors met with ready writing, spelling, and science teams in the library on tutorial nights to get ready for upcoming meets. And the nights weren't the only time given up. Teachers who sponsored UIL teams also traveled on Saturdays to meets with their stu- dents, often leavingthe school at 6:00 a.m.

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-1' ,,1,-i- Frovvl Swdev1iCwMCil lv mb i'flQY'Q'S al.-Y for eww d and it was easy 9 eople just like to get involve , hool For whatever you Some p this year at Pleasant Grove lrligh Sc . could be interested in, there was a club at PG in 1987 for you. What organization you needed depended on your per- i sonality. Student Council and Band might have headed a ' ' rities -- clubs, that is - this year. Cxrove, they competitor's list of pno oung performers in Pleasant ' d with Drill Team or lf there were y could nearly always be found involve ' l ful, and more responsible people ' Octagon or Drama. The caring, he p wed up for their early-moming with special interests usually sho l'lonor Society meetings. People ' l of similar ones in the l'rench,Span- ' ' 'nable to do meet with peop e t anything imagi f r ev- could ish, or Computer Clubs. Almos is covered in an organization at PC1. There's a place o eryonel ',- - -1-if Members of ' the Fre 'UQ 8 meeti . nch Club lou el' to arfiyeng while Waiting Qn dur- Peak- 114 torgiiiizations