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

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TALKING Although school was out at 3:10, many students who belonged to extra-cirricular groups could still be found at school ac- tively involved in something that interest- ed them. Whether it was drama rehearsal for opening night, or the band practicing for competition, the students worked long and hard to make their group be a good one at school. I feel it's a privilege to place a great amount of time into cheering, If I did not stay up here after regular school hours, I would go home and sleep and waste valuable time. This gives me something to do, said Cynthia Nevels. Many students found clubs that met their individual interests and also prepared them for jobs once they gradu- ated from school. These courses such as Drafting, Cosmotology, Auto Body and Auto Mechanics, and Building Trades not only were classes but also were clubs in which the students were able to com- pete and be awarded for their skills. Ac- cording to one of the students, Well, I plan on going on to college and majoring in architectual designing and the drafting course will help me to learn the basics about it, said Kevin Briles. Also their were clubs where students could join in with fellow students with the same inter- ests and be able to compete in local all the way up to state levels and on to na- tional levels of competition. Through all these competitions students here were al- lowed to be heard and represent our school in a positive way. ORGANIZATIONS DIVIDER 7

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RIBBON MANIA More than meets the eye Would you like to buy a fight ribbon? Those familiar words were heard by every- one at least once this year. During football season, the ten cheerleaders and mascot could be found selling fight ribbons in the mornings. I enjoyed selling ribbons be- cause it gives me a chance to get to meet new students, said Laura Hernandez. Once school was out in May everyone else got to sleep in late, but the cheerleaders had to get up and be at school at 5:30 a.m. ready to practice. Harold Rogers said, it was hard waking up so early to practice, but you did what you had to do. A typical of jumping jacks, thirty spring jumps, twenty-five jumps in a row and then working on cheers and stunts. Have you ever tried what they had learned that day and perfect it before competition that night. While at camp the group won superior ribbons, spirit sticks and a gold ribbon. The squad entered area competitions, both at UTA, and won second place overall and a trophy for showmanship. These competitions prepared us for performing in front of crowds and really getting them to yell with us, said Jamey Garrett. Once school started, all that had been learned was now to be put into action. Not only did they have to prepare the pep rallies, but also try to promote spirit Since there were only three pep rallies, the cheerleaders wanted to make the short time together as energized as DO THE PEE WEE ... Perfonning the traditional routine to the fight song during the first pep rally on Surf Day, Janyth Giessner tries not to show exhaustion from all the late nights at school preparing for the gathering. Iphoto by Cindy Hughesl possible. Also, to promote practice began with ten sets T A L K l N G among the Student body, to do the splits at 6:00 a.m., said Cheryl Jarrett. After all the early practices, the team was now ready for SMU Cheerleading Camp. At camp they arose at dawn and headed for breakfast and then to cherrobics. If you didn't let your food digest, you probably felt sick during class, said Margaret Carrillo. Following this strenuous class came several more classes such as jump class, cheer class, chant class, and pyramid class. Then work- shop began. That's where squads worked on VARSITY CHEERLEADERS . . . Dwayla Myrick, Melissa Martinez, Beth Taylor, Cheryl Jarrett, Kristin Murphy, Janyth Giessner, Laura Hernandez, Mascot-Harold Rogers, Felicia Johnson, Jamey Ganett, and Margaret Carillo. Iphoto by Cindy Hughes! 8 ORGANIZATIONS spirit each week the cheer- leaders designated each Fri- day as a dress up day. The time spent to keep school spirit mov- ing was calculated into hundreds of hours, but according to Jamey Garrett, it was the hardest work ever, but as a team we did it and I'd do it all over againf' .f