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

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Carnations are a hit, especially with the girls during the Latin Club sale at Christmas, Good friends Lisa Covey and Lisa Morris compared their flow- ers between classes. Part of public speaking is getting to- gether to talk. Joy McDaniel, Wes Griffin, Amy Scarbrough, Traci Thom- as and Danielle Brateris were just a few of the class members who grouped during class to discuss their upcoming speeches Ar apple for the teacher is the usual bribe. In this case, however. Speech Club sponsor Liz Quails was smiling over being complimented a flower from an admirer. SPEECH CLUB. Row J Treasurer Tom Cox. Caliie Parry. Secretary Danielle Brateris Row 2 Rebekah Shfode, Trisfia Longtin, Kristi Wyatl. Jackie Williams. Stormy Matthiessen. Sponsor Liz Quails Row 3 Alison Malone, Keisha Finney, Joy Mcdaniel, Lori Reines, Christa Collins, Michael Rich flow A Kristy Branton, Brian GitK)ney, Erin Elliott, Katrlna Gnader, Carmen James Wor Pictured Kim Velez, President Cynthia Crum, Shannan Sage. LATIN CLUB. Row 1 Jerry James, Jenny Eddings, Su|a Thomas. Chris McDaniel. Lena Bedri Fahmida Ah Row 2 Paula Cowan, Tonya Walters. Christina Ottens, Keith Dagen. Tammy Eddings, DAnn Parker How 3 Scott MacWIIIiams. Amanda Albrecht, David Pope. Jefl Petty ' j Shan Ardis, Gretchen Schmidt

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L International Club members John Gorman and Lucas Shupe hoist a box of food to the parking lot The food was sorted in room 206 and carried by members to waiting cars After a successful food drive. Tracee Jones and Ashlea Harpold discuss plans for a club Christmas party. The at-school party Included secret pals and plenty of refreshments. Jusf canning around Food is an essential need for everyone, espe- cially for the less fortu- nate. The International Club, made up of French and Spanish students, de- cided to reach out and help the needy. To help, the club held a canned food drive during November. All students were invited to bring all types of dry and canned goods. Everybody brought food from home to make it better, Stacie Russell said. Indeed, some mem- bers even brought wrapped Christmas presents and stockings for the children. Families were found by Spanish teacher Ginny Johnson, who was also one of the club sponsors, by inquiring through a lo- cal elementary school. Delivery of the food was scheduled just before the Thanksgiving holiday. When we got there, the families became very emotional. Some even cried with happiness, Johnson said. This was a neat experience for all of us. Students not only brought plenty of food, but more than twenty club members and parents showed up to distribute everything. Food was separated equally into boxes and sacks, giving each of the three families enough for a complete holiday meal. Traveling in caravan style, the group stopped at the families ' homes. Helping all of the fami- lies made me feel happy inside, Brenda Ellis said. I felt that what we did made a difference in many of the families ' lives. f£wka international club jmmfmmmmm ii) c

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Roots of communication From birth, humans communicate. They learn speech, and later on they learn that many words in languages around the world were based on Lat- in. Both the Speech and Latin clubs worked on communication skills by attending competitions that tested their knowl- edge and skill. I got involved with Lat- in to help my English grades, and to improve my vocabulary and com- prehension, Christina Ot- tens said. The Speech Club partic- ipated in pre-UIL and UIL competitions, placing in both in prose and poetry. The also spent time at a radio station and the the- ater. The Latin Club compet- ed in Carroilton and at Austin College at a tri- state competition, both which tested their trans- lation skills. Whereas Latin concen- trated on the written word, speech verbalized Eng- lish, emphasizing public speaking. One thing Latin Club sponsor Kerri Pettijohn feels she has accom- plished with her group is to realize that language is not just a series of rules that are strung together, but a system that requires thought to make the lan- guage make sense. Speech Club sponsor Liz Quails said, The con- sensus of the club is that it has helped them to get up in front of people and talk . . . and that ' s what it ' s all about. These two clubs helped English make more sense. (Sama StdaiquO