Ross S Sterling High School - Governor Yearbook (Baytown, TX)

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8 Sun D Stamm For the first year the band welcomes the football team onto the field with a rousing rendition of the fight song. Running over fifty miles a week is no unusual feat for cross country runner Hershel Vinyard. He and the rest of the varsity team began training in July in hopes of qualifying for the state meet. » Opening

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In the fall senior counselor Miss Bettye Jo White meets with Alex Fletcher and other seniors to discuss plans Many students like Kim Burnett are introduced to a wide vari- ety of sports by physical edu- cation teacher Beverly Bar- gainer. G Ncwmjn 0 Su'ht OUR Cl JkQKl IS MORE THAN WE BARGAINED FOR Whenever we discussed the addition to our building, we talked in terms of thirteen new classrooms, a pool, and other construction. Somewhere between our talks and the bulldozers, the architects slipped in thirteen new storage areas, seven new bathrooms, five new offices, two new locker rooms, and a yearbook darkroom. Through all the construction we assumed we were only adding those new classrooms, but we we were gaining much more. Studying from test to test and pushing ourselves each day at practice, we looked only at the immediate results like good grades or a good performance. But each day. benefits of which we were not aware slipped their way inside. Before we realized it. we had learned something or improved to a point we had not thought possible. The yearbook staff worked each year to improve on the previous book In this endeavor the staff never realized that their work on the 1979 Governor would merit a Medalist Certificate from Columbia University or three awards from state ILPC convention Opening The latex white paint and the dull grey concrete contrast the stark changes taking place both inside and outside the building

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When we entered school on September fourth there were noted additions and changes in the structure of the building Just as our learning center had changed, we. too. were to undergo a change As the final days of August drew near, summer was drawing to a close, and we were to trans- form to students once more But this trans- formation did not mean that our fun was about to end The building served as a foun- dation on which friendships emerged daily Ounng classes, in between, and those ever- so-important weekends provided time for those friendships to flourish Whether it be arriving at school attired in a Hefty garbage bag. or performing the bunny hop in the commons, there was definitely time for fun When the end of the week approached, plans for the weekend had long been made On Fridays during football season many students frequented Vaudeville Pizza Parlour to discuss the outcome of the prior game or plan for the weekend Those plans might consist of attending a Fairgrounds dance or the sold-out Styx concert in Houston For some the weekend might serve to provide the time for the big dates such as Homecoming, banquets, and the Prom Some weekends were not quite so structured as students merely chose to go shopping at a Houston mall or cruising in and around Baytown, frequently visiting everybody's favorite — McDonald s Yes. we were students ready to achieve, but it was the additions of the previous mentioned experiences that helped to color our achievements. adding life 12 I (Lm Student Lite