Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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V Anchor Club members were just one of mony clubs that showed oppredotion to teachers. They gave a Thonksgiving luncheon for foculty members. Spotlight Club members gove the public the score of the lifetime ot the haunted house on Holloween. Roundup ' 83 Promorionol Assembly Corch the magic was heard rhroughour the year as the Roundup ' 83 staff promored the yearbook, beginning with the assembly to promote soles. To Introduce the theme, the stoff presented a surprise guest for the student body. Dorise Wilkenson, VHS senior and professional magician and escope artist, performed her feats of magic for the pleosure of all the English dosses each period of the day. Dorise is really someone special, said Melicent Dryorly, yearbook adviser. After escaping from straight jackets ond being tied up by students each period and even during lunch, you really couldn ' t tell that she hod been performing all doy long, Mrs. Dryarly said. Stromon students seemed to agree, for they declared Dorise on honorary Raider ot the end of the day. Doskerboll Appreciation Donee Following the boys varsity basketball gome ogoinst Drozoswood, the first bosketboll appreciation-homecoming donee was sponsored by the FTA clubs in the boys gym. Music wos provided by Silverside Jomm, which played a variety of country, rock, new wove and soul music. Everything hoppens during footboll season, so we decided to do something for basketball, said Rodney Thornton, donee chairperson. I think it ' s o real neat idea for FTA to be doing this to help get support for the basketball teams, said Corolyn Dornok, girls varsity coach. It ' s on opportunity ... to get out ond hove o reol good time! sold Wesley Strait, varsity player. Members of Interclub Council scrubbed restroom walls clean of groffiti during the spring. New Registrorion Procedures For the first time, upper classmen were oble to set their own schedules according to their priorities, whether it be o certain lunch period, o favorite teocher or o speciol doss. The new method wos introduced due to the many schedule changes which occur eoch semester, exploined Jerry Tucker, ossistont principal who designed the progrom. With the students setting up their own schedules, the system should olleviate mony of the problems, he sold. This held to be true, although some students hod to juggle schedules due to some dosses only being offered once o day or dosses being filled. Sporllghr Club Haunted House Haunting together was the theme of the witches and vompires of Thespians and Spotlight Club members who gathered together and presented a Halloween Hounted House as a money-making project. The east potio wos magically turned into o replico of Droculo ' s house and goblins of all oges come for the score of o lifetime. School Activities

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Students enjoyed the first boskefboll homecoming donee. Students willingly gove blood for the South Texos Reglonol DIood Donk during the student council sponsored blood drive, held both semesters. Magician, Darise Wilkinson, helped the Roundup ' 80 stoff with its promo- John Zepeda was one of the many students who helped with the new regisrrorion fionol assembly by putting on magic shows for each closs period. procedure incorporated for the ■fl2- ' 83 school yeor. Catch rhe magic of working rogerher Resrroom Clean-up During fhe spring, members of rhe newly formed Interclub Council made resrroom grofflrl o thing of the post. Under the direction of Ester Codell, deon of women, rhe group, armed with soap, water ond scrub brushes, spent four days cleaning the walls of oil the compus restrooms. Through the use of hall passes and regular checks by faculty members, graffiti writers were easily caught and sent to cleon up their acts. Clubs on campus hod caught the magic of working together. Teacher Appreciofion Teochers who soy they ore not appreciated must not be members of the Stromon foculty. Several times during the school year, various clubs appreciated members of the faculty, staff and administration. From the gifts sent by members of the vocational organizations, the teocher appreciation week sponsored by student council, to the luncheons given by Anchor Club and FFA, teachers knew their students cored about them as much as they cared about the students. Blood Drive Students and faculty members answered on oppeol to help the South Texas Regional DIood Bonk during the fall and spring semesters at the student council sponsored blood drive. Anyone over the age of 18 was eligible to give blood and students who were 17 could donate blood with the permission of their porents. Following their donations, donors were treated to refreshments. 96 School Activities

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Dollorsond cenfi ploy on imporroritfrol Mi bne ' s doily ind rhe existence a school or A tecfrion is no exception. The?e groups require (tfcre money than everyone thinks, :fieciQlly if the club performs service projects, attends state ■nventions end workshops and goes on spring trips, ,t Clubs organize ail sorts of fund roising projects, which will, ,, ipefully, pull in hundreds, in some coses, thousands of dollc into ' iSUfies. If one fund raising project doesn t bring in enough rrtoney, er is plonned. Clubs ore only allowed three projects o year, so (jeer must be corefully plonned and selected by the club 1, sponsors. These projects musfthen be approved by Trinidad Sort, Miguel, director of student activities, ondfedD. Reed, principal, i Conventions and spring trips ore rhe main purposes for roising money. This year, the band earne %f) )i| y Hlrough various means, with the help of the bortd boosters, itasoerfjgo to Florida and . , perform at the Epcotr Csfiter at Disney orld. Choir members, w w ' olso o qoni zed o oorent o s ter c l ub th i s y e o f . hod boke soles j Moll and s th jl in fgl t rope|nn r t(%o|l! ; ' compere I JTimTTJiiI ' ' V t ' m ' I Wl .i i n iimi nim sportotlon is o cc) yjrem, since tro velinci b j y sch ' ool bus is.il13 ile. Chartering o bus is even more i o Jitions and meals, she explained ever, all club advisers agreed that attending workshops Mentions end state contests expends o student ' s kfiowledg shows responsibility and dedication. Most clubs found that candy soles were easiest because always ftcxiTtiange for a co adyJsar. g ven between closs d soles during the ; es lfolIy popular befd niode and sold their own gift items. V ly ps well OS VICA,QDdi)£CA,, rewj: % sole of smoke ' gozines ond footboH prog ' B ?Q|s leorp lat fr rru3 sondwiches, tocos, fudge ond cookies wos Q ) Gified-Taleaied, tets i SCRIES 4 1960 ' n 1960 ' E NTOlati-gii:!go