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

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34 TAME AME group meets to hear professionals The Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering CTAMEJ successfully com- pleted its second year as a club. -...M ,H Sponsored by counselor Maria Proc- L, ,. - tor, club members travelled to Texas f ASLM and the University of Texas at Austin World of Engineering program. . W While on the university campuses the TAME members attended workshops where they listened to speakers discuss the different types of engineering. TAME is sponsored by Westinghouse and Abbott Laboratories. The money received from these businesses helped . to pay for fieldtrips. Funds also went f' towards helping out students who were lacking funds for various school tests. TAME members went to the two mid- dle schools to talk to students about if l 5 ,, . . Q i a 4 1 5,2 is ff , Q. ff . .ww J fa. ., iff, , f 9' Q ,. M, .ww ,fffy U, , ,,, 5 , fl 2 S 4 ? 'f-Wm? . 'V' W 9 V4 2 i ' Q T , E. ...fr , , , a g 1 .5 - 12' 3' 114 ,, engineering. They emphasized to the students the necessity of keeping their grades up in all math and science courses. - Conducting a fundraiser, Kathy Hernandez, junior, and Fred Barrera, sophomore, look up ad- dresses of professional engineers. TAME: QBottom Rowl Laura Correa, Marrlen Gonzales, Peter Beltran, Vicky Chapa, Colleen Torres, Nadine Acevedog QSecond Rowl John Rubio, Steve Carlin, Lisa Hernandez, Martha DeLeon, Kathleen Hernandez, Robert Williamsg fThird Rowl Teresa Alvarez, Daryl Cardosa, Adrian Holmes, Alex Aurrecoechea, Hobby Perez, Joey Llamasg fT0p Row! Fred Barrera, Paul Rios, John Paramo, Mark Hernandez, Sal Rodriguez. Guest speaker, Joe Castillo, meets with the organization to discuss different career choices available in the engineering field. The club has a speaker at each of their meetings.

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Students from Round Rock High School enjoy their walk through the Botanical Gardens in Ft. Worth. The students also visited Infomart, the Om- Ramesh Chennappan, sophomore, Clay Hopkins, senior, Todd Brown, senior, and Terri Girvan, senior, talk together and make all the necessary ar- . P s K .- in , f '.- ' ' J J 3 H fs .. - -' t . .. 1 ,2 ni Theatre and Acme Cartoon Productions. ,A 'W rangements for their trip to Ft. Worth. ssss ssl as f 4 , K in xkkk K , .. .,, S Q it ,. k ,s J ,ll , 1 1 - A ,. n . . . X - 1 P, r if , A A . r'ih-. ' ' .. 'NA f. -'-: -,r , K. K . S K W V V N T, , , - N my ,Sy . 5 s 1 -rf ' llsl f ,S i .. .p .wi 'si-:JR 'I K s . s 4 l aim' 0 is 1 f' J X. . iw 32 as . 'X Qi , TS: iBottom Rowj Kimberly Pate, Jeff rter, Stephanie Stromberg, Thanh Van, Jean usterhoff, Cliff Sims, Jan Reddeng QSecond owl Becky Johnson, Charlene Land, Dominic 'Gesualdo, Linda Llamas, Melissa Perez, Brian heelis, Brian Price, Melody Feld, Gina Quick, Kevin Hall, John Roalsong QThird Row, Oscar Perez, Lisa Conner, Ramesh Chennappan, Dan Horowitz, Amy Waldecker, Debbie Maschal, Jeannette Jaecks, Jennifer Wilson, Ketan Patel, Lee Liedecke, Ronnie Mansolo, Yvonne Brooks, Mark Northrupg QTop Row! Steve Homer, Todd Brown, Jennifer Bostur, Cherry Krienke, Laura Richey, Shane McGee, Michelle Patterson, Michael Graham, Missy Thomison, Heather McDevitt, Becca Blumenfeld, Andy McCarroll, Lane Davis. Mu Alpha ThetafJETS 33

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Adv! .xK, . N xkxy, Renee Ballehr, senior, casts her secret ballot dur- ing the junior-senior mock election held in the stu- dent center. Government classes teach students politics Presidential elections held the atten- tion of nearly all the social studies classes as the new year kicked off only two months before election day. The newly organized Government Seminar involved all Round Rock High School juniors and seniors in a mock election at the end of October, which resulted in a victory for the Reagan- Bush ticket. Students in this year's government and history classes found that because of the new grading standards, high grades were a lot harder to achieve than before. The teachers also faced a heavier workload, especially because of much extra paperwork required. According to department chairman Jeff Townsend, This year was the turning point for teachers and education. Congressional and foreign simula- tions in the government class provided hands on experience for the students to actually serve as congressmen and politicians. For the congressional simulations, each student was required to propose a bill for committee review. Then, all the bills were debated and voted on during house sessions. The main issues concerning the student politicians included provisions for pro- tective airbags in all new cars, asking the school district to pay for all meals while the students are in school, and the question of whether or not cigarette taxes should be raised or be done away with. These congressional simulations were designed to be just like the real thing. Just as the official legislature elects its leaders, the classes involved each elected chairmen, president protems, and party whips to carry on the simula- tions. Paige Prosise, senior and chair- man for Rich Cromwell is class, com- mented about her congressional simula- tion experience, It's been real helpful and it gets you more familiar with the government. A Rhonda Hanna, senior, leads seniors Natalie the government simulations. Committee discuss- whether or not a bill would pass and be voted on Hesse, Joe Teiber, Craig Zschiesche, Carmel Gib- sion played an important role in the simulations by the legislature. son, and James Christensen in adiscussion during because it was the committees that determined Social Studies 35