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

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Events of the year are what make a year memorable and the ones collectively known as Student Life kept students occupied with a diversified lifestyle that included long-standing traditions, the latest up-to-the-minute fads and fashions as well as numerous other influences. Since students spent more time outside of the class than inside, this time away from the classroom was filled with activities that includ- ed preparing for Homecoming, watching the new movie hero, E.T. as he tried to phone home, ' or listening to Valley Girl, a song you thought was neat.fer sure, or barf-out — gag me with a spoon! Of course, the main reason students attended was for readin , rit’n and rithmetic, but in their own way these student life events were just as important. Student Life would not. after all, he if it were not for the students here. The annual Star Directory began with freshman Taz Abernathy and ended with senior Lisa Zatopek. In bet- ween, approximately 2,340 other names filled the pages. With all the options available, whether inside the four walls of the school, or outside where the possibilities seemed endless, these people could strive to find their niche, whether it was observing an attractive way of life via television or the movies, or attempting to find the ' perfect after-school job that filled the bill. These were the events — the times of our lives — that were experienced by everyone here. Events... 9