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

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l l ? 1 . .jx ,..dIP'i?U I XZ, J 41 E . I A V, .D..A..I..N. ain Bramage? What is Dain Bramage. Well, it is what you received when cramming for those irrita- ble, final exams. Cram- ming can show many awk- ward, but realistic signs, such as: fatigue, grouch- iness and stacks of K'Jolt' cola, which kept you awake in those hours of importance. Said Todd Rusche, one night I drank three cokes just to stay awake. Examsg have always had their good and bad points. Bad points are late night studying fol- lowed by frustration. Its good points were you got out at 12:30 and then went and did whatever you wanted, such as go to a movie, bowling or even go- cart riding. Heather 1 Clarke mentioned, 'Kafter that last exam, I just sat starring at my watch, waiting for that bell to ring. That was some of the ways that students blew off terrible amounts of steam after taking those dispiteful tests. l GROUP STUDY ... With books piled high and plenty of caffeine, Felicia Johnson, Bar- bie Flaten and discuss questions concerning their AP exams. by .,. 3 DAIN BRAMAGE

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'S 7 . Calculus formulates pizza Finishing their final bites of mouth-watering pizza, calculus students Barbie Flaten and John Knott accept their reward for perfect attendance eagerly as the lunch time hunger pains set in. iPhoto by Cindy Hughes! Exercising good attendance Freshman attendance winner Jennifer Wykes wanns up in P.E. as she smiles about the twenty-tive dollars she is about to receive. 4Photo by Kevin Brilesl swap punches Prairie national merit finalists David Barker and Eric Van Blarcum debate over a problem in last night's homework before school. iPhoto by Kevin Brilesl The two that we arrived, the stif- fened along with the competitors, due to our aca- demic reputation around town. The red and gold brought about everywhere a contest showed its face. From a speech tournament - math contests to just be- ing there, a winner always hands down pleased with the individual per- formances of our students. Al- though, as a team, we didn't fin- ish as well as expected, there is a to, vos X 5.281196 wtf, o5 st as-N 5.9 Q xi 50695 X0 'O e . of Q0 N9 'KS Q5 Kglxx. 42: ,ave ebbx Q seo 1029 s so 813' X9 5 19 362,-359 YA 0,9 Sex X, il ec, ol' 09- Q, 39' ea 966299-oe 32, '95 gothic ga ' walked the halls. Many of the '29 0 , 09 Q0 -ofa Q19 Q sored their own contests to en- courage an Academic spark among the students. Mu Alpha Theta and the MathfScience clubs both held district-wide X se' ee' ,y'i5'x eq 0 Q1 Q . c ga ex 6x-gx00ox0eXG0g-el- sox 0 icgxix' 9x0 X 631540 Talk about an incentive to learn! Many students, such as Char- lie Seager, October's sophomore representative, seeing visions of new tapes and extra gas money, drug their lifeless bodies to school on those dreaded Mon- day mornings, whether the Eng- lish paper was finished or not. Along the same lines, Mrs. Can- non's AP Calculus class won their own personal pizza party for best attendance. Mov- ing to the west side of the building, known as the Speech Department, a new group of over-achievers worked diligently all year long to preserve their first-rate repu- Q0 XX 5 51 e ex 'A qs Q X39 s H Q- G yt e 19 9 so 0 to at Q G - we 0 1 Q 5 L Y. Q1 X Q30 t Q96 at Q gx fl clubs and organizations spon- P'5o0Iv Sc0e5 Gio X055 190 we 9 -A Q, A '90 tournaments in which many first place ribbons found their homes on south-side mantles. The November 14th MathfS- cience Invitational in Azel, Tex- as was represented well with the Freshman-Sophomore team pulling out a first, third, and fourth place. Team Sponsor, Donna Costello l'm very lot of promise for future compe- titions. In addition this year the school district placed an em- phasis on punctual attendance, offering random rewards in all four classes each month in the amount of one hundred dollars. X9 N0 tation of years past. HI was real- ly surprised and proud to be the only sophomore to break into novice Lincoln Douglas so far. It was a major achievement for mef' said Apollo Bacarella. We rose to the occasion once again, leaving no blue untouched. First place became routine with our students winning hands down. 55 mo 95 t 'pence 5' ,Q X 625 QQ Klo 05 90 zcgxeive Dbxidzeg QQ s 3, 5 ste' eq' 9 2158 '69 B69 AQUQQ B x to 2 of Qs xx Y :X X' K' 5 x xox-at we 439 ' 0 o ' A 90 Z X ACADEMICS 2