Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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When an armed forces recruiter displayed space shuttle uniforms during the lunch periods, Michael DeLeon and others gathered around as Darren Cardosa tried a helmet on for size. With the addition of the third lunch period and a total of thirty minutes for each period, Rosemary Villarreal, Patricia Garcia, Xochitl Comparan and Rosalinda Delgado catch up on each others activities while waiting for rides after school is out for the day. A second computer room on the third Hoor enabled more students to do work on PCs during the day. William Alex works on a program during his math class. School Days 1 i

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O chool Days Filled with schedules, bells, classes, assignments and short lunch periods, days are packed with things to do. Changes, brought on by the passage of Texas House Bill 72 and decrees by t he local Board of Trustees, affected students every day. Cam- pus was no longer open, lunch periods were shortened to 30 minutes and there were three lunch periods. Even the side gates to the horseshoe in front of school were closed and locked during the lunch periods. Classes were lengthened to one hour each and excused stu- dent activities were limited in number. However, life went on and students adjusted, grudgingly. There still was no homework assigned on weekends and tests could not be assigned for Mondays. Students found that br- inging a lunch to school wasn ' t so bad. Lunch time was made bearable by the addition of drink and candy machines. Students still met at lockers between classes. I still took time to walk my girlfriend to class, said Rudy Morales. Students, like Christine Monroe, could make quick phone calls home during the day in order to make ar- rangements for after school activities. Quick trips to one ' s locker be- tween classes was part of the daily routine for most students, like Carol Hilscher and Stephanie Collins. 10 School Days Wilkinson carefully work on an experiment during chemistry lab. Safety precau- ire always taken during science labs by the wearing of goggles and lab aprons.

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R egistration 44 As summer comes to a close, students come hack to school, ready to renew old friendships and organize class schedules Ican t believe school is star- ling already . , . Did you go to the beach . . . What period are you tak- ing English . . . Between the greetings and questions of one another, students ' voices once again filled the halls of the third and fourth floors beginning Monday, Aug. 20, as seniors, then juniors and, lastly, sophomores lined up to check schedule boards and then design class schedules for the new school year. After figuring out their schedules, whether based on preferred lunch times, classes with friends or a certain teacher or subject, students enrolled with each specific teach er personally, giving a schedule card and having his or her name added to the teacher ' s roster. Since this was the third year that registration has been handled in this manner, students were at ease and, on the most part, liked the idea. My friends and I really tried hard to work our schedules so that we could be together in class, said Tracy Moreau, senior. After all, this is our last year, she said. It got a little tricky for me, said sophomore, Brian Berkman. I was locked in- to specific periods for G T English and golf, so I had to work around these classes, he said. This type of registration is great for teachers of extracurricular activities, said Susan Bauer, choir director. With this type of registration, we are flexible enough to get the students we need at the right times, she said. However, because of enrollment changes and the addition of the third lunch period, some classes didn ' t make while other were Gail Deuel, drama teacher, finds theater arts to be a popular course among register- ing students. crowded. For several weeks I had to meet with one of my English classes in a double room, said Le- moine Lane. Counselors were kept busy registering new students, enrolling others in proper classes and leveling teacher loads. After all I did to get the schedule I wanted, it was completely changed, said Jeanne Timme, junior. However, by the third week of school, students were caught up in the activities of the Registration operates smoothly for basketball coach, Carolyn Dornak. Coach Dornak signs up her twenty-fifth student for one of her classes. year, including all the changes that greeted them at the school door — closed campus for the first time, passing grades of 70 instead of 60, and six-weeks grading periods instead of nine-week periods. School had begun. nris Smith and Kathleen Tutt enroll sophomores for physical education and girls health. Jan Claussen assures students that reading improvement will be beneficial to them.