Round Rock High School - Dragon Yearbook (Round Rock, TX)

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Dominic DiGesualdo, sophomore, and Ronny Ballard, one of the four topics selected for this school year. sophomore, work with other team members to solve the Teams all over the United States concentrate on only 20 possible problems for video games. This was just the few selected topics for the year. ii lEach team of Future Problem Solvers has four people ger, and Trina Hunn. The group gathers together in the including a captain. Sophomore John Huffman's group corner of a room to discuss and write their potential consisted of sophomores Lee Gafford, Stephanie Dug- solutions. FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVERS: fFirst Rowj Joan Hall, sponsor, Rhonda Hanna, Carolyn Carey, Yvonne Howard, Laura Duke, Ken Pfeiffer, Ann Fierke, Matt Duncan, Stacy Sanders, sponsor fSecond Row! Chip Hadley, Melinda Orr, Becky Johnson, Sandra Hrna, Heather McDevitt, John Huffman, Renee Blair, Cfhird Rowj Dominic DiGesualdo, Trina Hunn, Stephanie Dugger, Lee Gafford, Rebecca Green, Christine Whitney, fFourth Row! Pam Joslin, David Wolff, Ron- ny Ballard, John Cobel, Stefan Knight, Steven Gandy. Problem Solvers new club to RRHS Sponsored by Joan Hall and Stacey Sanders the Future Problem Solving pro- gram is a relatively new club to RRHS, although many of the members have had past experience with the academically- oriented program in middle school. The objective of the Future Problem Solv- ing program is to enhance creativity and writing skills and to create an incentive to systematically solve everyday problems. The four topics the students worked on were lasers, prison systems, video games, and nuclear waste. The process of solving these problems given nationwide to participants begins with a fuzzy situation. The teams of four must critique the situation and find 20 possible problems. From these 20 problems, they must choose the most relevant problem and create 20 solutions. These solutions are judged according to creativity and elabora- tion. After evaluating the 10 best solutions in a criteria, the group members must choose their most promising solution and elaborate on it in essay form. Three local Future Problem Solving teams were invited to the State Bowl in Austin. The winner of the bowl competed in Iowa in a national competition. An offshoot of Future Problem Solving is Scenario Writing competition in which in- dividual students write a narrative based on one of the fuzzy situations. John Huffman, sophomore, won first place in the state com- petition and went on to Iowa for national competition. David Wolff, sophomore, and Brian Wheells, sophomore, were also a part of Dominic DiGesualdo's group. As a group their team would chose the best solutions for the problems of prison systems, video games, lasers and nuclear waste. Organizations 99

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Various activities keep council busy Student Council had a very busy year. They sponsored and attended many ac- tivities. The council sponsored a Smile Com- mittee and a Safety Committee. The Smile Committee, which promoted alcohol and drug abuse programs, was headed by seniors, Bobby Byars and Gary Bell. Bar- bara Graham, junior, and Bobby Heard, sophomore, headed the Safety Committee which was concerned with school safety. Homecoming was the big event of the year for the Council and everyone was in- volved. They hosted a candlelight pep rally, a parade, a school pep rally and a hall decorating contest. The candlelight pep rally was something new for RRHS and was held on the C.D. Fulkes Middle School football field. Dances were also a project of the Council, including a Valentine Dance held the Friday after Valentine's Day. As a fundraiser, the group sold helium-filled balloons for Valen- tine's which they delivered at noon on Feb. 14. Council members also worked to raise money for the dragon mounted on the wall of the field house. The dragon was a com- bined project of the Council and the Class of '84. Other events directed by the Council in- cluded Dream Maker a film to promote school spirit, the student elections, buses to the girl's volleyball playoffs and a canned food drive which took place at Thanksgiving. Spring Fling was the last major activity of the Council and the theme was the Olym- pics. Announcer was Mike Morrow, an educational speaker, and entertainment was provided by the Dragonettes, the stage band, choir and gymnast Diane Flynn, senior. William Woodside, government and world history teacher, was one of two new sponsors to work with the Student Council this year. The other sponsor was Linda Dixon, biology teacher. 98 Organizations Lynette Brubaker, junior, speaks to the student body about why she thinks she should be elected to the posi- tion of Student Council secretary. Council elections , llsshnuau wr ' 2 Bobby Heard, sophomore, Frank Leffingwell, senior and Tiger Hanner, senior, work together to update the Student Center marquee for the month of December. i A were held in late March. The secretarial race betweei Brubaker and Tiny Barsby turned into a runoff . ' 1 - At a Student Council dance, students stop their dancing and step back to watch freshman Kevin Pederzani ann another young dancer as they show how to pop, STUDENT COUNCIL: QFlnt Row! Linda Dixon, sponsor, Tiger Hanner, president, Bobby Heard, vice- presidentg Barbara Graham, vice-president, Laura Moseman, secretary, Sharon Jackson, treasurer, Renee Ballehr, Melissa Perez, William W. Woodside, sponsor. tSecond Bowl Matt Abbett, Stephanie Brooks, Christi Jones, Celia Dobias, Norma Alvarado, Kalp Vrudhula, Teeyia Mercer, Adrienne Gardner. tThird Row! Delores Bustillos, Heather Prete, Janice Stinson, Christina Carlin, Ann Fierke, Sharon Brown, Whitney 2 4 Allgood, Mary Anne Applegate, Yvonne Howard Becki Ledbetter. tFourth Row! Yvonne Brooks, Bren da Staszak, Kathy Hanna, Jonathan Wickline, Tan Todd, Julie Harkrider, Tammy Wernli, Tasha Baum Yolanda Rodriguez. tFifth RowJLucie Simmons, Bol Byars, Gary Bell, Chris Jenkins, Steven Miner, Shelley Kruemcke, Tim Price, Bruce Curling, Matt Duncan QSixth Row! Julie Schmidt, Chris Ritenour, Senthi Chennappan, Stephanie Mercer, Rudy Ortegon, Kevin Pederzani, Julie Mays, Maggie Spahn, Shelly Crossley.

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FBLA works for scholarship fund Future Business Leaders of America is a widely established business club. Very active on the local, state and national levels, it is designed to help students and strengthen business skills. All members must be current- ly enrolled in or have already taken a business course. The Round Rock Chapter was active in a variety of events this year. Students went to Colorado to a fall regional workshop, to Reagan High School in Austin for District Conference and to Houston in March for the State Conference. At the Conference in Houston, the students competed in business contests as individuals and as groups. Jen- nifer Wallin won third place in Accounting II and Steve Green was chosen for Who's Who. Local students also helped award a special scholarship honoring Glenda Mor- rison. Morrison sponsored FBLA at Round Rock for eight years and sponsored the state level as well. She was a tremendous person and everyone involved with FBLA was disappointed at her resignation, said Julie Perry. The scholarship awarded in her honor went to the first place winners of the Mr. and Miss FBLA contests. As the year drew to a close, FBLA held a bookfair April 25-27 as their final fund- raiser. The money went into the scholarship fund. Matt Abbett, sophomore, takes time out to glance at some of the books being sold in the book fair, Besides being a fundraiser, it was also a learning experience. 100 Organizations KM 4, Q A ti mlm ' Paige Prosise, junior, and Matt Leibel, senior, help the FBLA out by purchasing a book from the book fair, which is held annually. The money earned from the book fair goes toward funding trips, workshops an FBLA competitions on district, region, and state levels The earnings also provide a scholarship. in e FBLA members Lynette Brubaker, junior, and Clayton Pratt, senior, sell books to Debbie Spencer, junior, and Scott Carroll, junior. The money was used for a scholar- -QWHHMOV '-r P-rs-I ship fund set up to honor former sponsor Glenda Moi rison. The Morrison scholarships went to the State M1 and Miss FBLA winners. ,- FBLA: fFirst Row! Kim Ledbetter, Karen Moross, Glenda Hayes, Clint Tomlinson, Julie Perry, Jennifer Wallin, Brad Monasmith, Steve Greene, Bob Lampert fSecond Bowl Clayton Pratt, Craig Zschiesche, Brad Gilstrap, Shelley Kruemcke, Gary Bell, Bob Byars, Dean Taylor, Norma Alvarado, Shelli Ford fThird Rowj Stephanie Platzer, Kelly Johnson, Betty Brook: James Radl fFourth Rowl Teresa Kammer, Michae Hernandez, Carla Hornberger, Jennifer Gill, Lani Williams, Liz Swaverly, Sharon Cannady, Fran Magana fFifth Rowl Sharon Robertson, Robin Hari Jack Capps, Senthil Chennappan.