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

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dtudent Council sponsor, Dr. Car- ol Mann, fills balloons with helium for the district wide balloon release to commemorate Drug Awareness week in early May. Shopping students Suddenly, the teacher asks, Did everyone bring their notecards today? You reach for your note- book, you check your coat pockets . . . you forgot them. But you remember the student store. You know they should have just w hat you need. Student Council ran the student store. This was actually a room located at the corner between the cafeteria and library which contained many basic school supplies like pa- per, pens, pencils and notecards. Members took turns clerking at the store. They worked shifts by lunch pe- riods. Usually just one stu- dent was needed to work a shift. It was fun working in the store after lunch, ' Al- lison Gibbons said. It was sort of like a meeting place for everyone. If a student needed an item from the store, he or she could simply go to the store during their lunch time to purchase what they needed. Many students used the store quite often, while other used it when abso- lutely in need of a pen, pencil or whatever. I think the student store came in handy for many people, Wendy Al- len said. (Ericka Wells) ffelping at the student store, i Paula Cowan finds an item for a customer. The store was a con- venience for students to get school supplies in a pinch. teachers Dawn Smithey and Gail Barnes looked skyward as the 2 p.m. siren sounded to sig- nal simultaneous balloon release sponsored by the student coun- cil.

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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)

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I ' -, i i vC::;- As Shawn Beck buys some sup- plies, student council member NIechele Gamblll marks his pur- chases. Itemizing was necessary to keep an accurate inventory. lwaiting the balloon release, Gia Tate takes advantage of the op- portunity to get out of class. LaShai Hughes, Cheryl Jones, Michelle Easier. Amy Scarborough, Chris AHred, Tara Yates, Niechele Gambill, Sponsor Car- ol Mann