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

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1st SEMESTER OFFICE WORKERS. Row 1 Tamey Perdue. Lisa Belcher. Sherrie Sin- gleton, Melissa Peck, Boby Varghese. flow 2 Brandl Crump, Heather Fithlan. Andrea Moore, Angela Vansickle. Chris Oper, Sher- alyn Haynes. Row 3: Assistant Principal Nancy Gray. Kristi Wyatt, Tanya Edgar, Scott HIggins. Bill White, Dustln Chapman. Christi Cranfill. 2nd SEMESTER OFFICE WORKERS. Row I. Boby Varughese, Leslie Smith, How 2 Tara Yates, Angela Thompson, Andrea Moore. Sherrie Singleton Row 3 Heather Fithian, Tanya Edgar. Oellie Mulheron. Christie Cranfill, Scott MacWilliams. Michael Arnold- Row 4: Assistant Principal Nancy Gray. Scott Killlan, Scott Higgins, Brady Payne, Shawn Buchanan. Michael Avino. LIBRARY WORKERS. Row 1 Jani Vorwerk. Robyn Thompson, Susan Ferrell, Melissa Wharton Row 2 Librarian Carol Mann, Cane Warner. Rick Lee. Melissa Bishop. Jesse Al be During fourth period Scott Kil- lian is taking the absentee slip off of Coach Morrisons room 104. The office workers were usually busy either picking up slips or doing other errands.

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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

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Office worker Brian Orr fielps by doing clerical work for the counselors and registrar. Filing and organizing materials was his main duty. Computerized book checkout really saves time for Susan Fer- rell. A daily printout of overdue books saved library Workers on the run Running errands during class was an important job for the office and li- brary workers. During each class peri- od the office workers would get messages to students and teachers while taking up absentee slips from each door. During third period, the library workers would be busy passing out past due notices for fourth period. They also had to stack and shelve books and keep library materials or- ganized. It has helped me in fac- ing responsibility because every day I usually am re- sponsible for putting out newspapers and checking in books at the first of the period, David Pope said. Office workers were mainly supervised by As- sistant Principal Nancy Gray, recording all the at- tendance records for the school. However, the workers were always handy to help out the school secretaries or a teacher. To show appreciation, in fact, homemaking teacher Ann Mays treated the fourth period workers to lunch off-campus at the end of school. They were always helping me carry in gro- ceries and were so help- ful, Mays said. Still other workers were assigned to the counsel- ors and registrar, helping them in retrieving stu- dents, filing and recording information. But, whoever they worked for, they were al- ways on the run. fCarhy DeBoo)