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

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Cditor-in-chief Gabriella Maimone and staff writer Stace Owens lay out the last issue Room 228 housed a composition room and dark room where students were responsible for composing the entire paper. Idvlser Marianne Darley and Michael Range! sell the second edition of Captain ' s Log during third lunch. The staff typically sold around 300 papers for a quarter each. CAPTAIN ' S LOG STAFF. Row 1 Photo Editor Lisa Moms, Business Manager Fahmida Ali, Managing Editor Niechele Gambill Row 2 Features Editor Cheryl Jones. Advertising Manager Christie Abercrombie, Staff Writer Michael Rangel. Sports Editor Sean Lu|an Row 3 Adviser Marianne Darley. Editor-in-Chie( Gabriella Maimone, Organizations Editor Lisa Covey. Staft Writers Stace Owens and Andy Moore.

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Deadlines and stress, more deadlines and more stress — the newspaper staff certainly had their fair share. Hard work and dedication is what it took to put together the four issues of the paper. Making deadline is pretty hard, especially if you ' re not ac- customed to the huge amount of stress thrown on your shoul- ders, freshman staffer Michael Rangel said. Most staffers deep Knee in deadlines thought that when second period ended that was where newspaper ended. But, au contraire mon frere. That was only the beginning. Some members of the staff spent time out of school to work on newspaper to get the real scoop and to learn more about journalism. Working on newspaper has taught me a lot, editor Gabriel- la Maimone said. I ' ve had to learn to depend on myself and to do my work more efficiently. It ' s the only way to survive. (Mlsli Ashley) - . ;liil!ll! U ililli!!! Organization plays a major role in a journalists day. News editor Sandy Scherer checks what ' s in and what ' s not for her section.

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Jl Whether it was in wood, plastic, or en- ergy shop, students were learning many useful and interesting skills. Projects were made by shop students to better the stu- dent ' s individual home, the school, and the community. However, the main purpose of the class- es was to academ- ically prepare stu- dents with a skill that would lead to a re- warding career. To learn the basics, book work had to be done. Shop is a good class, but it has too much book work, freshman Gary Walk- er said. No matter what the circumstances, working with their hands was a task most shop students enjoyed. Even though It ' s a lot of hard work, I really feel happy when I see my finished project, said wood shop student Shawn Beck. It ' s nice to know I can make some- thing worthwhile with my own hands. uenny Downs) Shop student Ron King uses a putty knife to finish a wood project Shop classes required all students to be able to work well with their hands.