Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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T Can ' t enter the building early, what is there to do when . . . Vs 8 a.m. and no place to go I Once a student arrives on campus in the nnorning there is no leaving until 3:30 p.m. No one is allowed to stay in cars or even be on the park- ing lot once they arrive, and students are not allowed without a pass in the building until 8:20 a.m. Because of this, students head for several different Charlotte Herman and Chad Starkey come early and eat breakfast in the cafeteria before school. Breakfast entrees include doughnuts, sausage and bisquits and taquitos. ilii! areas around campus once they arrive. The cafeteria is always a good place to go. Beginning at 8 a.m., breakfast may be obtained there. Several groups of students will be found at certain tables each morning, chatting and catching up on each other ' s news. Did you hear ... I can ' t believe I said that ... Others take advantage of the time and study or catch up on last minute homework in the library. Some head directly for either the west or east patio, where they sit at the tables and talk or play games. A few can always be found at one of the snack or drink machines. Others like to sit on the benches near the flower beds or in front of the school to wait for the bell to ring. I usually stand by the doors leading into the main building unless it ' s cold, said Sherry Kuykendall senior. If it is cold, I go into the cafeteria, she said. I know there is no where to go on campus, so I usually don ' t come until the bell rings, said Nicole Mathis, junior. I don ' t come until the 8:20 a.m. bell is about to ring because I hate just standing around, said Michael Tisdell, senior. I have to be here by 7:3- a.m. for my zero-class, so I ' m usually in the classrom at 8 a.m., said Michael Gonzales, senior. Tim Hall goes to the library to catch up on current events by reading the local newspaper before school began. It ' s 8a.m. and no place to go ■ i 17 i i

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Shorts and summertime clothing was discarded on It was during the first two weeks of October when the cold weather came. The first norther of the season blew in late the previous after- noon, with cold, hard blowing winds waking a few people up during the night. Waking up that nnorn- ing was hard to do. As soon as someone ' s bare feet hit the kitchen tile, it was a cold, cruel reminder that autumn was a little bit early this year. As students dressed for school, shorts, favorite attire for both guys and girls just the day before, were dis- carded on the floor. Long-sleeved shirts, sweaters and jackets were dug out of the back of the closet. The mood in class seemed to be changed as well. I was kind of sur- prised when I walked in- to first period and it wasn ' t loud. I was shocked, said Maurice Tolbert, junior. Even though the cold weather only lasted a few days, gone were the 90 to 100 degree days of September. The weath- er was cooler; fall had arrived. Ann Valdez made sure she had her jacket when she used the outside pay phone located in front of the central office. When a cold wind blows, it seems to be even colder on the breezeways. Frankie Motal. John Justis, Dorothy Motal, Belinda McCrory and Janet Kocian enjoy talking out- side now that the cooler weather has arrived. Grace Barrera, Sharon Whitby, Karey Janak and Micole Mathis sport their letter jackets on the day it first got cold. Even when it is only a little cool, one will find students wearing their letter jackets to school. The day it got cold

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Projects and homework are filled with good intensions but everything comes to a head on he day everything is due ways end up doing it at the last minute, said Rebecca Wilhelmsen, senior. Due dates affect dif- ferent people in different ways. Deadlines wil continue to bring pressure into your life as long as there are people who feel this uncon- trollable desire your life with and frustration. Today?! Today?! It ' s due today? It can ' t be! It was just assigned yester- day. That woman must be crazy! Does this situation sound familiar to you? It should if you deal with deadlines. With deadlines, you are al- ways a day late and an assignment short. They can make or break you. always mean to start off early, but 1 al- M ml ' il ■ The day everything is due