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

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Producing paper is no easy task Producing 1500 copies of the schoc paper monthly, the Spitfire staff created nine editions of the paper during the year. This was no easy job for the eleven writers and ten photographers, who frequently worked after school on the publication. There was advertising to be sold, pictures to be taken and lots of editing and proofreading. Choosing materials to be included in the paper was no easy task, for the staff made an effort to cover subjects of general interest to students. Spitfire editor Melissa Perez said that before each new paper began, all the staff gathered and had a brainstorming session. The Spitfire, which has been around for many years, won numerous awards, in- cluding the prestigious award of Distin- guished Merit at the Interscholastic League Press Conference CILPCJ. Spitfire advisor Susan Komandosky said One thing the judges praised us for was our complete coverage. According to Perez, this was an easier year than the previous one. Perez said, We had a smaller staff, and work was not as evenly distributed. But next year, we'll have a more experienced staff. ,, g 5 ,, Figuring out what is going to be in this month's Spitfire editor Melissa Perez, junior and reporter Steve Miner, senior, brainstorm on ideas for stories. 106 Organizations is S . ...sq , :.. :-:- A sf. .: :-- I Nessus, .im I Kim Mahagan, sophomore, was the youngest student to and for assigning them to other members of the hold an editor's position on the Spitfire. She served as As each feature was completed Kim had to edit it, feature editor and was responsible for writing features a headline and layout it out on her page. SPITFIRE: lFirlt Row, Susan Komandosky, sponsorg Hanner, Jenny Ford, Bobby Heard, Gilbert Renaud Lela Tucker, Brad Watson, Steve Miner, Melissa Perez fThird Rowl Kevin Stolle, Chris Smith, Alishia Brewer fSecond Row! Rhonda Hanna, Kim Mahagan, Tiger Doyle Haynes.

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Sag, ' . .... ilisgrsqgs., I X Q Q s S' Q' . s , , I 5 it it V' , .X ff k Working diligently on her section, junior Robin Shear, academics editor, proofreads cutlines before turning her pages in to be mailed to the publisher. Disputes over headlines is common when sports editors John Roalson, junior, and Lisa Conner, junior, work together to complete their pages. Here, John attempts to persuade Lisa to use his idea. is if 79 . T Juniors Veronica Buckles, Brenda Evans and Shelly Strickland share ideas on how to lay out the organiza- tion pages. This section required a lot of time and the work of more than one staff member. Almost all staff members aided in completing this section. W 'king closely together, seniors Leslie Sansom and Roost Jeter attempt to capture the flavor of student life at school for their section of the yearbook. Robin is working on feature copy while Leslie tries to identify and write cutlines for her pictures. Both served as photographers when candid shots of students were needed. Organizations 105

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,- - fx ,uv www I 3 f , f rf ' 4 , 2 . if' V ,,A S , ,wb J . ,Q nris Smith, junior, and Alishia Brewer, sophomore, ten attentively as journalism advisor Susan Koman- msky calls on one of their classmates. isan Komandosky, sponsorg Melissa Perez, junior, Bobby Heard, sophomore, and ger Hanner, senior, carry their luggage down the hall as they prepare to leave for e Texas High School Press Association Convention in Denton. The eight local idents and their sponsor shared a charter bus with students and sponsors from veral of the Austin schools. Ig ir I I 2 A f f , KYB I f ,Q 7 fl A if ez e . 52 his 2 ,M s sw Reporter Alishia Brewer, types her copy prior to turn- sent to the typesetter. Staff members were also respon- ing it in to one of the editors. All members of the staff sible for writing headlines and helping with page layout had to type and edit their own copy before it could be for each of the nine issues of the paper. in .,.... ...A- W 57 I M IWW' ' . ff i i.. Doyle Haynes, junior, was listed as a photographer in the staff box, but like all members of the Spitfire crew he was required to write copy as well. Each member of the staff was responsible for covering certain areas of school life and one of Doyle's responsibilities was coverage of the JROTC classes since he was a member of the local JROTC program. Organizations 107