Skyline High School - Origin Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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Un her own. Senior Ronda Chesser prepares a floral arrangement in horticulture. Students in CDC were used to working independently on projects. Photo by H. Castellanos package deal 4 Opening

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Offer hard to refuse Organization,GDC,sports enhance package T .Ml was an offer that was hard to efuse. Too many people took Skyline for ’ranted. Of course, it was a regular, comprehensive high school with athletics, student government and an academic curriculum. But the difference between his high school and any other was that nuch more was offered; more than any )ne person could take advantage of or ippreciate at any time. Yet students continued to experience is much as they could to make sure they eceived the full benefits of the Skyline leal. Students who attended the school came from every part of Dallas and boosted mrollment to 4,257; 471 students more han last year. Enrollment, however, did lot affect the many learning opportunities. Twenty-four career classes, known as clusters, gave students an extended part of he deal that few people ever got to experience. Clusters allowed students to tudy in advanced areas such as architecture, cosmetotology and aeronautics in the Career Development Center. Most teachers in CDC were actually professionals in the areas they taught which made the offer even more irresistible. Clusters prepared students for job opportunities and gave college-bound students a firm academic background. Clusters like photography or horticulture actually allowed students to work while learning in on-the-job training programs. At the beginning of the year, CDC did have its problems. Monetary cutbacks left some clusters without funds to finance equipment or repairs. The closing of the downtown Transportation Magnet left the Skyline cluster with its hands full, with over 150 new students and seven new transportation teachers. Transportation classes overflowed into F-building displacing teachers and classes. Functioning under the constant threat of having TV Arts moved to the Lincoln Magnet was another challenge CDC faced. vv e’ve got spirit. Juniors Tracy Taylor and Angela Holloman show their spirit at the Roosevelt game. Sept. 30. All hope for a win were died as Skyline lost 17 to 11. Photo by j. Babb Opening :i

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Xlelping ’em out. Architecture teacher Robert Batson helps Danny Mathus with his layout and model. Students in the cluster were familiar with model building as well as design. Photo by K. Hundt Clubs add to package Service projects benefit school, community •ganizations were a vital part of he deal. Groups such as Key Club and veywanettes worked with each other on ervice projects. Other groups helped the :ommunity in other ways. The school’s :hapter of FHA HERO were honored on he “Gold Honor Roll” for raising $7,000 or the construction ofthe Leadership luilding in Reston, VA. Clubs held beginning-of-the-year nduction parties to help “break the ice” etween students and made the offer more njoyable. Athletics were also a major part of the ffer. Football started off on a high note nth a 7 to 6 victory over Garland. Inderclassmen football and volleyball eld their own and did their best to present the school, although they sually played before nearly empty ands. Groups like B-team football, rodeo id JV soccer made the Skyline deal special because few schools, if any, offered these programs. But, perhaps, the most significant factor of the school package was the people. And as the school had things to offer students, students did their part in contributing to the school. Band and drill team continued to entertain groups at football games and pep assemblies. Spirited groups such as Skylites and cheerleaders promoted unity. Students’ positive interaction and good student-teacher repport made the year move more smoothly. Clubs, athletics, CDC and students were all included in the deal. This was a deal that would never expire and students would get exactly what they “paid” for. And the experience they got would last long after graduation. So, in the end, it was an offer that was very hard to refuse — because this offer allowed students to be a part of the package deal. Opening 5