Skyline High School - Origin Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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All washed up Due to a cut back m cluster hours, stu- dents tried to accomplish as many tasks as possible during their limited class time. Junior Yvonne Simpson looks on as se- nior Kelechi Osuje gets her hair washed by junior Sharon Burkhalter. Photo by B Beu Clapping to the beat Cheering with the cheerleaders, senior Silhouette Beth Maeker daps her hands with the crowd. Pep assemblies encour- aged team support and built confidence m the football team tor the upcoming game. Photo by B. Bell Talking it out Helping each other out. Christina Butler and La Shonda Walker talk about their classes. Having friends was important to all students to survive the pressures of high school life. Photo by B. Be« Pin it up Hanging up architecture projects, juniors Oliver Price. Mary Maneno and senior Joe Wilson staple their project to one of the many bulletin boards that line the hall- way. These boards displayed the work of cluster students to the student body and outside visitors. Photo by J. Carstarphen ENING

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Another year and students, once again, unwilling to give up their summer, yet en- thusiastic about seeing old friends, got right into the swing of the academic year. Faced with new challenges and new opportunities they began wide-eyed and ready, yet still slightly weary. Although they were faced with some of the “same ole’ problems’’ they were “so sure’’ they could make the difference, “so sure’’ they would make the best of it. Though from year to year many things remained the same, a lot of things changed. Students were introduced to 19 new teach- ers, the added upholstery cluster in the ca- reer development center’s program and 1,234 new faces as the freshmen made their entrance into high school life. The football team used a new mascot, the Oakland Raid- ers “Fighting Pirate” and the senior football members broke tradition by ceasing to dress as football “Silly-wets” at the senior pep assembly. The smoking area was abolished as a state-wide referendum went into effect banning smoking on school campuses. Van- dalism by neighboring residents forced the locking of all classroom doors and upper level stairwells promptly at 4:15 p.m. After 4:15 all students had to receive an okay from an administrator in order to get back into the classrooms or the upper level stairwells. (continued on page 5) WE'RE SO OPENI@

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SURE OF (continued from Page 3) The vocational curriculum was greatly hampered as pre-clusters were terminated and the first and second year clusters went from three to two hours. This ruling forced all future out of district freshmen to attend the career development center on a curriculum transfer, which put a burden on such ac- ademic subjects as foreign languages. Be- cause the clusters were cut, students were forced to apply for transfers on the basis of academic subjects not offered at their home school. Changes were made, but some things re- mained the same. Administrative policy and the cafeteria menu remained the same. The sports program continued to be plagued by the ‘‘no pass, no play” rule as well as the lack of majority-minority transfers. Learner Stan- dards tests continued to make up ten percent of the semester grade and seniors still had to pass the TEAMS test to graduate. Clubs continued to sell candy for fundraisers and students continued to follow traditions such as the wearing of Homecoming mums, buy- ing carnations from the Horticulture cluster on Fridays and attending pep assemblies. Despite the continuance of a new year spiced with a lot of the “old routines’’ students were “so sure’’ they could make the best of it, “so sure’’ they would come out on top. WE RE SO THE ORIGIN 1988 OPENIfg