San Marcos High School - Rattler Yearbook (San Marcos, TX)

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New buildings expand learning Instead of putting kids on rooftops, in trees or among the books on the shelves, the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District decided to make finding students easier by adding new buildings. The new Vocational building served the purpose of opening the eyes of students to see all the fields of iobs in the world that were available was the case that were seen from the distributive education classes to the monkey wrenches of the auto mechanics were part of the practi- cal experience offered to the schooI's vocational program enrolees. The boy's gym with its freshly laid floor, foundations and walls helped to ease the squeeze in the Physical Education department. The old coaches offices and boy's locker room became a rennovated central area from which the Rattler coaches could conduct the many parts of their jobs. 24-District building additions

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HEROS sponsor award winning parade floal Officers this year included irightl Ruth Rose, soonsor, Sylvia Mendoza, parliamentariang Nora Guerra, secretary,' Eva Smith, historian,' Rosie Maldanado, treasurer: Stephen Velasquez, re- porter,' Robert Gutierrez, vice president and Ramon Mata, president. Priscilla Velasquez Ibe- low rightl has a HERO member measure her height in an effort to learn the metric system. Student teacher Mary Hagemann ibelowl demonstrates using the metric system to students. The float which captured the first place trophy from 150 other entries at the Chi- Iympiad was sponsored by an organization at San Marcos High. Home Economizs and Related Occupations members, besides being the parade winners, also entered the junior chili cookoff and finished with a bowl of fun and experience for all mem- bers involved. The HEROS organization, sponsored by 26-Home Economics and Related Occupations Mrs. Ruth Rose, prepares students for responsible adulthood. Meetings were held twice a month this year in order to provide better participation and planning of activities and meetings. HEROS attended the State Fair in Dallas, the area and State meetings in San An- tonio, and helped FHA sponsor a HERO- FHA week.