R L Turner High School - Roar Yearbook (Carrollton, TX)

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Math teacher Harry Cutler demonstrates a problem to one of his classes early in the year. 1 ' . ru t - .,,. I1 'cl 'lf' Et . - ,L -N . ' U? ,i l ,Q 5 -vu 'Kg History instructor Kenneth McElroy concentrates on Football coach Jimmy Gunn anticipates the outcome grading a student's paper early in the year. of the game against South Grand Prairie. Vive Ms. Jeannette Winner and Ms. Sheryl Fowler take a break from their duties as sock-hop chaperones. ff Coach Elias Rodriguez takes a break from the responsibility of lunchroom duty early in the year. t Activities 29

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Coach Thomas Phillips prepares chili for tasting at the home-economics department Chili Cook Off. Teachers work for students This year at RLT teachers had more work than in past years because of the passage of House Bill 72. Teachers put in more time and effort due to the changes. Many teachers liked the policy because it benefitted the students but commented that it involved more paperwork for themselves. The teachers had to send out failure notices. set up conferences with parents. and send out three-week progress reports. Mr. David Spindle, biology instructor, said the three-week progress reports let the students and the parents know how well the student was progressing. lt also benefitted athletes because they knew whether they were failing in time to make an effort to bring up their grades. Ms. Carol Woodlock, math instructor, said, The six-week policy is better for the students' grades because at the end of a semester they had three grades to average instead of just two grades. Even though the teachers had more work this year, many agreed that the changes were designed to help students. 28 Activities Librarian Patsy Hightower works diligently on a project for the library in early September. gi . English instructor Martha McMurray and her guest, Ms. Rosemary Rumbley, discuss a passage during a morning class in early October. ii 4 1 ' ii E '. 2 i i Q X s L X9 ., Ms. Scrappy Bergeron tends to her daily tasks in early fall as secretary to the counseling staff. X if i

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0 makeup on these girls April was the time of the year when baseball and track came to an end, but another sport began f powder-pufffootball. This was a sport in whichjunior and senior creampuffturned into genuine powder-puffers. The girls worked hard for two long weeks after school and on the weekends. Varsity football players taught the girls how to block, how to pass, and how to play their respective positions. The game was played just like a varsity contest with a halftime show, marching band, and presentation of the powder-puff queen. The girls were prepared as a team, but they could have used more offensive and defensive plays, said the head coach of the junior squad, Hogan Jordan. Because of conflicts and no-shows we did what we could with what we had, said Hogan. Senior Darrin Moore said that spies were not a problem this year because the other team could make up fake plays and then give false information to the spies, and they never knew the difference. Senior Chuck Rogan said the juniors played a good game. However, the seniors still pulled through in the end to win. 30 Actixities senior Anne Baird asks for instructions during the third quarter of the Powder-puff game April 25. Senior Mindy Schmidt dodgesjunior players to move the senior team into good iield position. l i r i i P l i l i Senior Cherylle Soap takes a rest at practice held at Don Showman park in late April.