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

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A a way of Idling everybody know that her family remem- bered her on her 16tli birthday October 6. Rolanda St Julian, a sophomore, tells Nichole Wil- liams. a freshman, how she re- ceived her balloons first period. All during school that day. friends wished me a Happy Birth- day!” she said. Photo by J. Hewitt. While participating In the joint American R.O.T.C and British A.F.C. Cadet Summer Exchange Program, participants James Miller. Chris Swlndull. Henry Ste- venson and James Peace visit the Hard Rock Cafe In London. Eng- land, during the summer of 198«. Chris said The trip was excel- lent. We all went through a lot of rigorous training In foreign rela- tions that we don't usually get to do. Photo by P. Culum. A common sight in room 217 Is Mrs.Laura Kellner surrounded by math students needing help. Mrs Kellner explained, when a stu- dent needs help now. they need It now. and that's Important. Tutoring helps gain confidence and. sne concluded. It encour- ages students to take higher level math courses. Surrounding Mrs. Kellner are .Johnny Boyd, a soph- omore. Michelle Williams, a Jun- ior. and Kathy Stanley, a soph- omore. Photo by J. Hewitt. Critiquing some of her first neg- atives. Mr. Patrick Reilly, year- book adviser, and Carmen Garcia look at her latest effort of taking photographs and developing film. Carmen, a first-year Governor staffer, was one of four photog- raphers. all of which were new. on the annual staff. Photo by H. Lutz. In order to move the ball down to the Ranger's goal. Trey Richardson, varsity water polo member, contem- plates where he will have the best advantage The game against the Albuquerque. New Mexico, team en- ded with the Rangers on top 9-3. and was held here September 16- 17 Photo by J. Hewitt. 6 Theme

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Closed campus finally arrives for .. . The big news during Mr. Wachtel’s opening address was something already known but not yet accepted. Referring to the closed-campus-at-lunch-situation. he said. “You don’t have to agree, just have an open mind and listen.” Ex- plaining how this school did not stack up favorably with other area high schools on either the T.E.A.M.S. or C.T.B.S. tests, he used the varsity football team as an example. “You see. young people, the Rangers have not been successful the past three years not because of a lack of talent, but very possibly because of work habits. I believe that this same thing is true in the academic arena. Explaining how the old system did not work, he said that the newly-instigated 30-minute homeroom advisory period — created when a fourth lunch was added — might possibly improve those work habits. Linking open campus with lower test scores, he said. “You now join the vast majority of 5A high schools with a closed campus.” a campus located across the street from the U.S. Post Office at 300 West Baker Road. Theme 5

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Positive image being built in ... From here, the year took off and settled on a course that would eventually distinguish it from all others. Events during the first few weeks were numerous. One was hav- ing an unexpected holiday from school September 15-16 due to Hurricane Gilbert that never reached the Baytown area. Another was the feelings generated by the flight of the space shuttle Discovery, the first manned flight by N.A.S.A. since the ill- fated Challenger mission 32 months before when the seniors were freshmen. These ex- ternal events, along with brief interruptions, composed the first month of school. After two disturbances in the cafeteria September 13. Mr. Wachtel announced. We are simply not going to let anyone jeopardize your op- portunity to learn.” Adding that incidents like this did not help the positive image de- sired. he emphasized. We will not tolerate these kinds of incidents.” Apologizing to the vast majority for having to make this an- nouncement. he added. ‘You are an out- standing student body.” a group composed of Rangers living at 300 West Baker Road. Theme 7