Richardson High School - Eagle Yearbook (Richardson, TX)

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Head drum major Nicole Hartmann concentrates on directing the GEB. With the help of Hartmann's leader- ship, the GEB received straight ones at the UIL competition. CMulveyj Junior Yolanda Hattley brought her nephew .Joe to a child development class. Students observed how kids earn hand-eye coordination. Reavisj l l Senior Sheila Moran and junior Wendy Heideman don't have much to cheer about after the 27-0 loss to rival football team J,J. Pearce. QMulveyl Opening I 3

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Eagle '86 focuses on you throughout a year filled with joy, trauma You, the individuals are what make RHS special. From the no pass, no play rule, to the TEAMS tests given to graduate, emphasis is being placed on the individual. For starters, you began school a week later than usual. Instead of the tradi- tional start school, break for Labor Day, and start school again, the Texas Education Agency got wise and decided after 15 years to go back to the original rule and begin school after Labor Day, and you did just that. ln addition you've had to adjust to a decreasing enrollment. ln 1983 the school's enrollment was 2,3803 this year's enrollment stands at 1,847, said Gwynn Nickles. After a year of adjusting to the in- famous House Bill 72, one of the reforms that seemed to hit even hardest was the controversial no pass, no play rule. The Golden Eagle Band was the first to feel the effects when their participation in the Westlake Marching Competition in Austin was cancelled due to the ineligibility of sixteen members. What really hurts is to know that you've gotten up in the morning and stayed after every night to produce a show that was good enough to win, and then a week before the competition all that work is thrown down the drain, said Flag Corps Captain Marilyn Powell. But, you adjusted, and life went on. - Karin Evans 2 f Opening 1 1 1 l -. - , ar 1 ' 5 9 l j . . -,-. o . Q K Q S i S 'Q Junior Holly Jenkins helps cheer the football players on to victory at one of the pep rallies. fllflulveyj

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: : : : .' ' Sept. 3-June 5 3 ' -' RHS features J H 0 - - the reel thmg 3 H - Q The Senior Talent Show - - almost fell victim to the no - - pass, no play rule also. But thanks to the work of Senior - - Principal W. L. Clay and - I counselor Jackie Agers, an ap- - - peal made to the administration was successful and the show - - went on as scheduled. I - lf the Ano pass, no play' rule - - had gone into effect, two - - bands, three lip sync perfor- ' - mances, a break dance routine, - and several Senior Eaglettes - would not have been able to - I perform. - - The Talent Show was ' definitely a success, said : - Agers. We had the most acts . I from one of the smallest ' - graduating classes. g I ln addition to rules, school 1 g work, and other activities, you I I also had to do some adjusting 1 , to the construction that was 1 done to the courtyard between 1 l B and C halls. Communication was hampered due to the noise l ' coming from tractors, but l l ,. some classes took advantage l and used this time to relax. We played Spanish monopoly and Scrabble l because we couldn't hear over l the noise for her to give us a ' l discussion, said senior Julie ' 1 Walls. ' I Not only has graduating l 1 become more difficult over the I I years, but now seniors are no 1 . longer able to finish school and . I graduate early. Seniors are now I I. staying in school as long as I 1 everyone else, and the Class of 1 5 '86 doesn't graduate until June - 5 8, a Sunday! - g From the late graduation to ,- 1 the disturbance in the court- 1 I yard, the year has been full of g 3 individual obstacles and l - hurdles. The Eagle '86 hopes to 1 ' highlight both the disappoint- ' 1 ments and the achievements of 1 ' the year by FOCLISING ON s 1 . Q 5 YOU! - Karin Evans Q xx it 5 N 4 f Opening i gfgiffflglt 1 T M Q , .. i QQ fi i: E . Seniors David Patterson and Richard Zastoupil browse through the Eagle Football Program that the Eaglettes sell at S2 for the Quarter- back Club. lGekiereJ Receiving library cards from librarian Carlyn Gray is one of the many new ex- periences that sophomores such as Cindy Burnett have to go through. fMulveyj