Skyline High School - Origin Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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Go big red Waiting for me has to Longview. Silhouette Amy Kraft gives Micha Whitley a drink of her. The two and a half hour bus ride was a tine for game playing, jamming, and eating. Photo by: D. lzxke All in spirit While watching me Silhouettes get mnis to pafonm in pep assanhly. cheerleader )ohn )one . Kristin Spwuman. 'feri Mitchell. Stephen Johnson, ('.unitla Williams, and Trisha Brantley flap to the drum cadence of the hind. ‘Ihis was a part erf the weekly routine erf rais- ing spirit at pep ralli». Photo by I). 1 xkc. Just your type Opening

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You’re funny! loking around was one of tMrnany things (hat people found lo do at a football gome. Stnior Heidi Deuel laughs at a omnent made byTony Marlin al the SOC gsne. Although Skyline didn't win many games, the stands fillud widi Raider fans thwring the foothill loan lo a vic- tors in their own saw. Photo by T. Whal?! Performing a mutine lo the lalttt fad irf Pec VV« ll.niwin. Viirsitv ih«ileaders IXivicI Lope . |ohn |i:ms. Ri hanl Gardner. Stephen I' hnvm and Danny IIselton hivn it up. fhe tunefei Ihgll ! went 'ner well with the student body at the South Odk Cliff pep rally and fit the routine that Gardner and Johnson made up. Co Big Bed has not been played in past assemblies due to lack of brass players. Photo by T. Vallier New joins old, changes begin Put 4,071 students with dif- ferent goals and interests in one school. Add to that a new prin- cipal and the strict implementa- tion of H.B. 72, mix well and one gets an idea of the challenges faced. Having to face the year with a new principal took under- standing and patience from both the faculty and student body. Gene Golden had to meet and adjust to these changes as well. Becoming a principal at a high V7 school of such variety as Skyline was not an easy job, but he showed he was more than capa- ble of handling the position. He began by choosing to leave the doors of his office open to better deal with all types of problems encountered by faculty and stu- dents. “The most challenging thing now is getting used to the size and numbers. Really, Skyline is kind of a city unto it- self,” commented Golden. cont. pg. 5 it? Just your type Opening P

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Charge! As the LuxTplays the fight song, the (hecrlcjdrr, cheer the football PL rt on. Senior Kevin Paul leads the rest of the team through the spirit line made up of Skylita and cheerleaders and to a victory against VV.T. White. 24 to 21. Photo by |. Babb Let it rain Friendships are mport.int, (spe- cially to drill members Yancy Reardon. Marcy Vanioi. Kan Nor- rell and Kani Lowrey. F.xchanging gifts sixh as crazy hats. Lilloow .iixl ficssers was a coranon sight at foodKill germs. Photo by T. Vallier Hop-a-bus Having to ride the school bus to school every day is a tcanmon drudgery many students face. Due to overcrowding of buses, sane students those to t.irpool or walk, but junior Jcaiathan Garland con- tinues to ride the Skyline twtwnile run bus. Photo by |. Reynolds nr No pass - no play, numbers in cont. from pg. 3 Along with a new principal came the “no pass, no play” rule which added to the disgust teachers and students felt to- wards H.B. 72. The new rule was directed mainly at those in- volved in extra-curricular ac- participate in these activities, they had to maintain a 70 or bet- ter in all classes. This also helped introduce a new type of grading system. The numerical system increased the paper work for teachers but students be-