Skyline High School - Origin Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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▼We've got spirit. Banners, posters and balloons helped promote spirit at the homecoming pep assembly as the cheerleaders perform the class call cheer. Photo by Bill Vahrenkamp ▼America the beautiful. Various clubs practice for- ming the United States for the pre-game show. November 5. Photo by Bill Vahrenkamp ▼Say Cheese. A photographer from Geddie's Stu takes pictures for students at $16 a packet. Photo Kristin Hundt Big dance requires hard work from many There was more to homecoming than just the dance. There was all the preparation, the pre-game show, making mums and the last football game of the season. Varsity cheerleaders spent hours working on decorations for the homecoming pep assembly. JV cheerleaders aided varsity by helping hang banners and streamers in the auditorium. It's hard to pinpoint how much time went into making the banners be- cause we worked in the summer and three weeks prior to homecoming before and after school, said head cheerleader Lynn Beall. Cheerleaders weren't the only ones work- ing for homecoming week; the drill team, senate. Tour Guides, Key Club. Keywanettes. Skylites, the foreign language organizations and others helped in the pre-game show by forming the shape of the United States while the band formed the letters USA and SHS. Horticulture students played a part in homecoming, making mums to sell for $15 to $20. Then, of course, was the football game. The Raiders did not let football fans down as they beat the Bryan Adams Cougars. 33 to 0. Wii ning the game was one important highlight the week, setting the spirit for the danc Saturday. Nov. 6 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel In the stands of Forester Field, mar students cheered with joy while others cri« because it was their last game. I'm sad because it’s the last game and I have to leave a lot of my friends. But thinkir about graduation and going to college gets it out of my sad mood, commented senit Kathy Gurson. While being escorted to the dance by a da may have been imperative in the past, son- students set a new trend going stag. Seni Lisa Coit said, Everyone just got out thei and danced together.” The dance, probably the highlight of th football season, was also the end of tf season. And although homecoming was th most important event at that time for son: people, students were involved with muc more than making reservations for a place I eat afterwards and choosing something t wear. Students played a big role in prepan tion for homecoming; for without them thei would have been no plans for the dance an no one to enjoy it. 18 Student life

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Doomsday! Tardies, class cutting and disorderly behavior were reasons that students faced a choice between a paddling and in-house suspension as Mazen Ismail can attest. Photo by Kevin Cuff In housers bear day of seclusion Students were put in- to in-house for many reasons. And along with these reasons came many opinions of in-house. Some students found that in-house actually aided them if they were a bit behind on homework. Others thought that it was a blessing to be away from their everyday teachers for a couple of days. Among the many disadvantages were that students couldn’t see their usual friends, note passing and talking were not allowed, and the lack of bathroom breaks between classes. The students were quite bored in in-house. After students were put in in-house, some wondered if running down the hall, stopping to talk with peers, or cutting algebra class was really worth it. These were a few reasons why some students looked upon in-house as un- necessary, while others thought it a necessary evil. ▼ I didn't do it. Fecelia Cum- mings. while being con- fronted with a problem by Principal Frank Guzick. con- templates her choice of in- house or other punishment. Photo by Kevin Cuff Student Life 17

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▲ Slow dancing. Senior Missy Hopkins with escort Mike |ohnson dance to one of the last dances before the stroke of midnight when the homecoming dance ended. Photo by John Blackburn Somc enchanted evening. Students dance at homecom- ing held in the ballroom at the Hyatt Regency. Nov. 6. Photo by John Blackburn Changes show mixed feelings Homecoming ex- perienced two major changes: the location was moved and two queens were picked. These changes brought out mixed feelings in students as homecom- ing week came to an end. The dance was held in the ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. This decision wj s quite a change from the tradi- tional Wintergarden. After arriving at the hotel many students were disappointed. “The Hyatt wasn’t any better than the Winter- garden — the records skipped and the dance floor was too small. stated junior Daniel Benavides. Another change was having two homecom- ing queens, Lynn Beall and Cheryl Francis. The counted votes brought on a dead- lock tie. Having two queens made a supris- ingly different change for the dance. I feel like we made history, said co-queen Cheryl Francis. “It didn’t take away from any of the ’glory', it made us stick out from all the other homecom- ing queens.” ▼Busting loose. Football players run through the ban- ner made by the varsity cheerleaders especially for the homecoming game. Photo by Kevin Cuff