South Grand Prairie High School - Signal Yearbook (Grand Prairie, TX)

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WHA Tff ON VON? To many students the goal of graduation is becoming harder and harder to obtain. This years senior class was the first to gra- duate with the requirement of twenty-two credits. And once again the juniors came out on top in the teams testing, which they had to pass in order to gra- duate. But in all the changes and confusion many students found time to get involved in various academic competitions, and to win many honors. When asked about being picked for Who's Who of American High School students, Shelly Van Scoyk replied, I was really sur- prised! l'm happy though be- cause l feel it's a great honor and I feel that l am in real good Looking For Homework . . . Searching for a missing as- signment, Dennis Coving- ton searches through his locker. Photo by Karl Betta. MIND company. Other students got involved by becoming a part of U.l.L. and Academic Decathlon. To get in the team you have to take a se- ries of objective test that either qualify or disqualify you for the team. said Shelly Throne. Whether or not you make the team, though, the class is still fun, and you learn alot, added Shelly. No doubt about it. Academ- ics and making the grade was very important to students. Though tutoring and after school study, many students tried to improve their grade. As they gradually come closer to their final goal of graduation. ACADEMICS

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FINDING REFERENCES . . . . Working on a schol- arship paper, Derek Polk looks through the library books. Photo by Karl Berta. X 3 -x X 1' 8 DIVIDER PAGE

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ls eight enough? Today students are finding out it is not. To be at school be- fore the sun rises and leave when the sun is setting is very a feat performed by many students. Is it worth it? Senior football player Roland Galvan believes it is not. It especially puts a burden on students who have a job. The old phrase Not enough hours in a day, is start- ing to roll around again. I'm so involved in school, I don't even have time for school, said Melanie Throne. PX' 6 0 YYY pefofexiil 360' 6 99 elle ed c i e al cgonjiv DY n tv 0 gl , if N -5 V 9 na P5 Of' r 6 ' Ja:,fZpaSf3d'i 's 'ms t Snail o pl' l 2 0 ACADEMICS All IH a days work. Students are finding themselves staying up later than usual to finish their homework. To maintain a good Grade Point Average CGPAJ, play sports, and hold down a job is more than difficultg try impossible. I don't even have time for myself. By the time I get home from cheerlead- ing it is about time for me to go to bed. said Janyth Giessner a Varsity Cheer- leader. With today's colleges becoming stricter in their requirements to enter their campuses, student's are finding they must keep up the rigorous schedules in order to be able to enter college and to still have fun in high school. According to Fe- licia Johnson, I want to be a doctor and in order to get into a good college and Medical school l must meet certain re- quirements now, but at the same time I don't want to look back at my high school days as bor- ing and never being in- volved. So to do both Vll just burn the candles at both ends and hope I suc- ceed at both. v wx , i . , A W., i, I, 'iqmwammmafl X M ,., iw i