Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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Special Projects Taking on extra responsibility provides for an enjoyable education Washing dishes was the responsibility of HERO Club member Lee Newsom dur- ing the clean-up of a teacher ' s luncheon, hosted by HERO. As Dehlia Ramos and Melissa Gomez hold up a favorable piece of paper to cover the door, Sonya Owens handles the scissors, ready to trim. The threesome decorated Mrs. Kimball ' s door in hopes of capturing the Christmas door decoration contest award, but Mrs. Lockstedt ' s first period class received the first place honors. Reeve Darron Cardosa and Prioress Theresa Miller taste the food of the Tabard Inn, alias room 414. Robbie Barnett, Diana Urbano, Lisa Felkins, and Kim Novak enjoy a medieval feast given by Ms. Perry ' s senior English class to better learn about The Canterbury Tales. Academics Special Projects 249

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Physical Education A complete education includes physical exercise Chris Smith ' s physical education classes participated in flickerball as well as aerobic exercises this year. Aerobic ex- ercises are meant to strengthen one ' s heart. Leann Lawrence displays her skill in archery during P.E. class. Patiently awaiting her turn to practice using a bow and arrow, Elsa Barrientez watches P.E. teacher Chris Smith for the correct techniques. Archery was one of many sports learned and practiced by the physical education classes throughout the school year. 248 Academics PE

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Competitions Contests involve students on district, regional levels Celebrating its 75th anniversary, Univer- sity Interscholastic League has become so successful that one of every two graduating seniors has participated in a UIL event at one time. Academic contests include one-act play, journalism, spelling, number sense, calculator applications, debate, informative and persuasive speaking, prose and poetry reading, ready writing, science, shorthand and typing. The largest activity is music. Close to 400,000 students competed in band, or- chestra and choir contests. Athletic contests include football, cross country, swimming, basketball, soccer, track, golf, team tennis, tennis and baseball. At the UIL literary meet at Corpus Christi Miller High School, David Lack won first place in prose reading. Mike Filla won third place in prose reading. Both ad- vanced to the regional competition in San Antonio. Cindy Gonzales was named first alter- nate or fourth place winner in journalism newswriting competition. Ruth Ruiz placed fifth and Nicole Mathis placed sixth in typewriting skills at the district meet. At the one-act play competition, Mike Filla and Pauline Rivera won honorable mention and were named to the all-star cast for their parts in the play, Of Win- ners, Losers and Games. Cindy Gonzales won fourth place, first alternate, in newswriting in the district journalism UIL literary meet at Miller High School in Corpus Christi. Mike Filla and Pauline Rivera received an honorable mention and all-star cast at the UIL one-act play competition at Corpus Christi State University. i 250 Academics UIL Competition