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

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DURING THE LAST DRESS REHEARSAL, CAST MEMBERS ERIN Kelley, Becky Smith, Jetfwilson, Carolyn Kapinus, Julie Ratcliff, and Ann Thomas put the finishing touches on the UIL one-act play, Watch On The Rhine. CONCENTRATING WHILE SHE TYPES, KELLY SHOPE PRAC- TICES for the UIL district meet. '.u , ,rar .14 f I i AS AN EDITOR OF THE NEWSPAPER, READING AND WRIT- ING copy helped Tom Dunn get to state in UIL Feature Writing. THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WERE REGIONAL QUALIFIERS IN the UIL meet. L-R: Craig Mueller, Kelly Shope, Brian Monte, Paige Henson, Phyllis Tipton, Parth Rana, Andrea Drake, Todd Jones, Jared Jones, and Shane Rowley. Member New York Stock Exchange Sponsor: EPPLER, Gunmn AND TURNER, mc. UIL 61

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Procrice makes perfect UIL Winners give up Saturdays and Every year when springtime rolls around, the University Scholastic League fU.I.L.J competitions come along with it. This is the time when students from area schools come together for one day of district competition. But instead of competing with skills of agility and strength, they used men- tal quickness and powers of recall. Yet every student had their oum reasons for competing in a U.l.L. meet. Some wanted to win and go to state, while others did it for the chal- lenge. i'lt's important to put yourself to the test to see how good you are compared to other schools, said Jared Jones, who competed in edi- torial writing. What kind of student does it take to compete in U.l.L? Amy Graves said it takes initiative and a drive to win. Students and teachers had to get up early sev- eral different weekends to attend far-off meets, such the Robert E. Lee meet in Tyler. These same students attended practices during the week to measure their ovim ability against other P.G. stu- dents to see who would be the final few to actually compete. PREPARING TO COMPETE IN THE UIL MEET, DARCI ROWLEY takes another practice test for the math number sense cate- gory. During the meets, several students did place. Pleasant Grove came out on top overall in the Robert E. Lee meet and students placed well in Sulphur Springs and Queen City. ln district com- petition, which was held for the first time at Pleas- ant Grove, Tom Dunn won third place in newswrit- ing and was second altemate in feature writing. Jared Jones took third for editorial writing. In math, Shane Rowley won second altemate for cal- culator applications, while Bnan Monte and Phyl- lis Tipton took first and second in number sense. Another top winner was Jeff Wilson who won first place in science. ln spelling, Andrea Drake took second place while Todd Jones made first alter- nate. Other winners were Kelley Shope, second in typewriting, Craig Mueller, first altemate in ac- counting: and Phyllis Tipton, first altemate in liter- ary criticism. However, the competition did not stop at dis- trict, but continued on to regionals. Parth Rana and Paige Henson, who won in speech events, Tom Dunn, Jeff Wilson, Jared Jones, and Andrea Drake traveled to Commerce to compete in re- gionals. And two students, Jeff Wilson and Tom Dunn placed high enough to go on to state. f xc, LOOKING THROUGH MANY MAGAZINES, PARTH RANA TRIES to gather infonnation for his speech in Persuasive Speaking. 6 lf Q - O H Q l Q Academlcs Page Sponsor: The one thing to know about 1 I. i. -iii Q

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LOOKING IN AWE, MR. CAROZZA'S AND MRS. PHILLIPS' hon- ors classes enjoy the exhibit demonstrated by NASA. BIOLOGY ll CLASS MEMBERS: CLINT AINSWORTH, Craig Mueller, Chad Davis, Jimmy Townsend, Allen Boyd, Cliff Westphal, and Mr. Rick Patrick examine an American Kestiel they trapped during a bird-watching expedition. 551. On The Rood Agoin Field' Trips givgsrudenrs o chonce to leorn outside the clossroom X X o we get out of class? Can we miss more than one? These are common questions every teacher hears when considering a field trip. Being able to miss class is what most students call a successful field trip. However, others feel that going on a field trip is notjust missing school but a way to enrich their knowledge. For example, by touring lntema- tional Paper Co., students in Mrs. Gross advanced accounting class were able to see the process reg- ular notebook paper goes through before enter- ing the stores. I never realized what it took just to make paper, commented Jennifer Hopkins. Mr. Patrick's biology ll class went about field trips a different way. lnstead of missing school, they made an after school excursion. After going out to eat, Mr. Patrick and a few students drove out to the shuffel where they caught different kinds of birds to study. We caught a Red Tail Hawk and an American Castro Falcon in a wire trap with nooses that we made ourselves, said Jimmy Tovmsend. There is always a process that must be taken before going on a field trip. The administration must have information from the teacher involving all the details of the trip: where the students will be going, how long it will take, and how many will demics be going. After the administration gives the OK , the trip has to be cleared with the business or company that is involved. Mr. Henderson said he feels that field trips have value to the students' education. He thinks if they are supervised in a well manner and if the teacher wil take time to test or have an evaluation of what the students have leamed, the trip would not just be a day of missing school. Drama students gained a better understand- ing of how the theater works by visiting the Perot Theater. They told us about the history of the Perot Theater and how the lighting and sound systems work, said Becky Smith. 'llt was interesting see- ing how a real theater works. Mr. Carozza and Mrs. Phillips took their stu- dents to Shreveport to visit the General Motors plant, SPAR planetarium, and a NASA exhibit. We saw how they assembled Broncos at GM and saw spaceships and rockets at NASA, ex- plained Crerri Felling. Overall, field trips have been found as a fun approach to education. While students gain knowledge, they also get a break from the every- day class. Page Sponsor SOUTHERN ICE Sr 102 Oak Street