South Garland High School - Sabre Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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r I ' 'K f W.. i l l I l i if . i l L , 'lake Shaw, Carley Lan- lry, and David Bullock 'iscuss a math problem yith Ms. Sandra Dullnig. l l Scholars Earn ational Being a good student came easier for some stu- dents than others. Two seniors who achieved scholastic excellence were Laura Black and Sherry Cillam, both National Merit Scholar- ship Semifinalists. They were among 15,000 sem- ifinalists named across the Steve Giles receives instruction from computer math teacher Charles l-lyndryx. Alice Reeves checks her grade in biology with Ms. Grace McElroy. country. Semifinalists named in every state rep- resent the top half of one percent of the state's high school senior class. More than one million students participated as juniors in this testing pro- gram, Those who finished as semifinalists were con- sidered for further recog- nition by meeting more otice requirements and were allowed to compete for about 4,500 Merit Schol- arships which were awarded and announced in the spring. Besides Laura and Sherry, five other SG stu- dents were also recog- nized because of their outstanding performance in the testing program, They were among 33,000 students in all who received a commenda- tion for outstanding test performance, David Bull- ock, Steve Giles, Carley Landry, Mike Newsom, Alice Reeves, Blake Shaw, and Gordon Sorrells were notified of their com- mended status. They scored among the top five percent of Merit Pro- gram participants. Having commended students and semifinalists was not a first time hap- pening at SG this year. According to counselor Bob l-lazlewood we have had many. l'We've had two or three students recognized for their scho- lastic achievement each year since I came to South Garland in 1968, he said, Mr. Hazlewood point- ed out that although these students definitely qualified as llbrainy types, that's where the often pictured stereotype of the student scholar stopped. l'They're such good all-around people, he stated, UNot only are they highly intelligent, they're also very nice kids, appreciative of the recognition, and enjoya- ble to know.

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Gordon Sorrells taiks with stagecraft teacher Ms. Vicki Tapp. Counselors Hardy, Chiidri and MS. Kathleen Hand are ac: sors for National Merit Sfhol ship Sernifinalists Laura Bla tc enter lefty and Sherry Giliam Athletic director lim Dodson talks with Mike Newsom, 1 , mf:-aifgx V t,,:,l,.,,. ,. X, 'Sk - +6551-'A' this , i ' ffgsugna-gr ,-.,, in Q , ..t, --we ,

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