Ralph Poteet High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Mesquite, TX)

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v-T-V I nwuiU PRO Experiments fascinate students. Wes Moss knew to use safety gear like goggles and rubber apron when mixing chemicals. Ready to study the reactions of her chemicals, Gabriella Maimone works diligently to fin- ish her assignment. Many stu- dents had to conduct experi- ments to make sure their science project would work. ii As district winner Craig Webb has received many honors. His project advanced to Regional Competition. k SCIENCE CLUB. Row 1 Sabm Sunny. Ja- son Nguyen, Lena Bedri. Jenny Edings, Uyen Vu, Ashlea Harpold, Hai Tran. Andrea Macy Row 2 Tuyen Tran, Rilu Singh, Mi- chael Rangel, Mazen Bedn. Christy Bess. Brian McNabb, Suzanne LeMay, Suja Thomas, sponsor Becky Coker. Row 3. Sponsor Arlene Alexander, Robyn Thomp- son. Chad Pitts, Gabriella Maimone. Stace Owens. Laura Hull. Melanie Mank, Karla Martin, Jeffrey Lathan flow 4 Tammy Ed- dings, Kellie Mulheron. Scott Henry. Wes Moss, Jeff Rhodes. Kellie Riggle. Jenny Downs. Gretchen Schmidt.

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As International Club president Stacle Martinez presents a check to FCA president Miriam Chapman, new hopes of having a stronger fund for the Amy York Scholarship are aroused. The In- ternational Club donated $300 during a special presentation in April. Upon closing the FCA meeting, sponsors Karen Stratman and Gail Barnes along with member Robin Johnson form a circle for the closing prayer. Meetings pro- vided knowledge about athletics and Christ. !jI !. iCff. ' . ' yd.i. . Funds: a high priority Belonging to FCA doesn ' t mean a meeting every other week and talk- ing about sports in rela- tion to Christianity. Sure, members do that, but also they attend football, bas- ketball and soccer games outside of school along with assisting in special service projects to benefit the school and communi- ty. However, in order to go to these things, the group must have money and most members went out of their way to do that. Girls FCA began a new scholarship program in memory of their friend Amy York. Amy had been killed in an three-wheeler accident in August, the summer before her soph- omore year at PHS. Other schools have scholarships and I thought it would be a good idea for us to have one, too, sponsor and coach Gail Barnes said. We have $1,300 in the fund now and we expect to raise more every year. Money to support the fund has come from par- ents, friends and school organizations. Boys FCA also raised money by selling special FCA t-shirts. We sold the shirts to raise money for our ac- count, president Shane Freeman said. Then we can plan to do something special with it. While the shirts were worn by many of the stu- dents, the girls ' M M sales quickly disap- peared, box after box, making these fund raisers a success for the entire organization, tcame Robmsom

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Scientifically inclined Experimenting with biol- ogy, botany, physics, en- gineering, zoology and as- tronomy were some of the objectives of the Science Club and members en- joyed doing just that. From making and designing ex- periments, to talking about what makes the world go round, the Sci- ence Club studied about it. Members were encour- aged to enter the Science Fair and the club helped members choose and set up their projects. Many categories could be chosen from including medicine and health, physics and engineering, biology science, comput- ers and math, chemistry and earth and environ- ment. Being in the Science Fair was fun. Especially going to the regionals, said freshman Craig Webb, who won the grand award at district and went on to place at regionals. From Oct. 4 until the preliminary judging in March, club members met twice a month to work on projects. Besides just studying the book, club members also participated in many assignments through the chemistry classes involv- ing watching chemical re- actions. Science Club was a learning activity and not just for fun. Many, how- ever, were in it just to help them through the Science Fair, which, according to sponsor Becky Coker, was not necessarily fair to those members who were more serious for the fu- ture. I participated m the Science Club to prepare me for the future. I would like to be a psychiatrist when I ' m older, Tammy Eddings said. {Erlcka Weils)