Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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Students achieve in UII Competitive spirit in academics For the first time a complete UIL academic team, with the exception of a debate team, competed in the annual district meet. The response to compete in UIL was incredible. Enough students signed up and trained for the various categories to have at least two competitors each. The various teams, including speech, journalism, ready writing, spelling, calculator applications, number sense, shorthand, typewrit- ing, accounting, science, literary criticism and one-act play practiced especially throughout the spring. One-act play participants practiced evry Tuesday and Thursday for six weeks and for three days during spring break. They learned how to work with fellow crew and cast members in the production of the play. Stroman hosted the district meet on March 26. Peter Matl placed sec- ond in calculator applications and Eva Gonzales placed third in news writing. Both students competed on the regional level at UTSA. Other winners on the district level were Shelley Melalncon, sixth in feature writing; Lisa Janak, fifth in ready writing; Toke Mayes, fourth, and Kelly Burns, fifth in typing. In one-act play, Michael Ful- bright. Homer Escalante, Keith Schumann and Chris Escalante were nominataed for Honorable Mention All Star Cast. Michelle Eddleman was nominated to the Zone All Star RELAXING: Sarah Hammack, Ericca Perez and Wendy Eggert take a break in between rounds of competition at the practice UIL meet at Westwood High School in Austin. ' Attending practice meets are important, Blanche Ruelas, typing coach, said. It helps to prepare the students because they get an idea of what to expect at a real meet. Cast. The team competed at a practice meet at Austin Westwood High School. The school was packed with cometitors from 42 other high schools. Peter Matl placed third in calculator applicataion and Debbie Jaeger placed third in editorial writ- ing. Kyuana Barnes also placed third in dramatic interpretation (solo act). Melissa Heinold placed fourth in lit- erary criticism and Lou Ann Chavez placed fifth in shorthand. As the district contest became closer and closer, practice became more important. UIL is just like any sport. It takes practice, Jo Ann Stovall, principal, said. Each event requires its own type of practice. For science events, stu- dents studied scientific textbooks and magazines instead of meeting during the week. Spelling compet- itors learned over 2,000 words and practiced together twice a week. This was my first year, said Lana Klapuch, spelling coach, but I am very encouraged by the number and enthusiasm of the students. REVIEWING: Cathy Barella and Eva Gonzales prepare to compete in the UIL journalism contests at Westwood High School in Austin. Eva placed third in news writing at the district contest and competed on the regional level in San Antonio. Itli UIL

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ou should never wait until the last minute! fliielle Warzecha TALKATIVE: Shelby Leita and Janet Kocian find talking much more interesting than accounting. They figure the work they should be do- ing can be done later, HUH! Ronnie Guerrero finds himself bewil- dered after waking up in class. Sleep- ing is a often found reason for procras- tination. STUDYING: Freshmen Victor Gomez, Brian Romanowski, and Michael Comacho make use of the li- brary to complete their homework before school. The library is open be- fore and after school and a cou- ple of nights dur- ing the week. HURRY! Julie Lack takes advan- tage of the early li- brary hours for un- finished homework. The li- brarians are al- ways there willing to help. WAITING: Loiter- ing at the lockers are, Karey Janak, Lucinda Doss, and Richard DeLeon. They usually meet at their lockers for a short chat before going to class. Procrastination Itt

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i HELPING: Priscilla Navarro assists John Paul Brown in putting on the finishing touches to his make-up for the One-Act play production, Fables. LONG TRIP: Kelly Crones is worn out from a long day of competition at Austin Westwood High School. Two bus loads of UIL contestants, their coaches and Mrs. Jo Ann Stovall, principal, met at school at 4:15 a.m. in order to make 8 a.m. competitions. AWARDED: Peter Matl won third place at the practice meet at Austin Westwood High School in Calculator Applications, and second place at the district meet, which was hosted at Stroman. He com- peted at the regional meet at the Uni- versity of Texas at San Antonio. CLOWNS: Curtis Tait looks solemnly at the camera as he checks his make-up for the one- act play, Fables. I liked the play we did. It was fun. Sarah Hammack UIL iSC