Sweeny High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Sweeny, TX)

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1 S s ,,. X . .. -Q TOP LEFT: Diplaying ribbons won in speech- related contests, the newly organized Speech Club was sponsored by Mrs. Barbara Murphy. FRONT ROW: Karla Heyn, Jan Bryson, Christi Jammer, Donna Grantham, Julie Sharp. BACK ROW: Thurman McLaren, Ellen Swan, Matthew Lowery, Mollie Hinkle, Kathy Lavallias, Chris Ottis, Tammy Wyatt, Nancy McNeill, Christy Gay, Brad Burt, Ann Bryson, Preston Wiginton. MIDDLE LEFT: For non-English speaking students Laticia Lopez, Martha, Adrian and Tito Romero, Mrs. Minerva Sanchez translates school subjects into meaningful language experiences in the new curriculum addition, English as a Second Language. BELOWLEFT: An authentic Greek mealis served in Mrs. Sally Knight's Honors English class as part ofa fall culture study. Students were assigned individual projects to show how Greek culture has influenced modern American life. Mrs. Knight serves Greek salad to Blake Simpson, Ronda Richmond, Connie Cummings and Joan Dobias as visiting English l instructor, Mr. Fred McDonald samples the foreign aroma. BELOW: Characters from the Canterbury Tales came alive in English IV class as students dressedin costumes depicting the literary period. Grace Upham became a nun, Kirk Johnson poses as a yeomang Brian Jammer as a priest,' and Connie Lindsey as the miller. th NX Recapturing a bit of Sweeny history, junior Honors English Chris Ottis and Heather Heffernan help collect artifacts for a display presented at the central administration building in The students of Mrs. Bobbie Gaspard uncovered a genuine can, old quilts, butter churns, old clothing and a wealth of local N-F 91

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Laneuaee ff Classes Create Own Experience to Communicate New Idea Language Arts courses in 1982 took some new twists that plunged students into unexplored areas of creativity and learning. Introducing an honors English program in the fall had both students and teachers wondering what to expect, but the learning tree has grown some new branches for kids to climb. Honors classes gave advanced students an opportunity to participate rather than just sit and listen. The result was a gallery of events like dress-up days, show- and-tell exhibits and let's eat likethe Greeks dinners. A new speech club helped generate more interest in verbal communication and inter-school competitive events. And with a new need to accomodate non-English speaking students, SISD responded wi Minerva Sanchez' class English i a Second Language . Over students district wide learned the of bilingual communication in Mi Sanchez new course. Underneath all the new, howevi a mainstream of tradition language art academics kept 61 kids busily learning how to bett communicate. Main StreetfSWeeny, Texas :-MIN' A i:.wL Y ll W' ' wwf' mf, it ' .ir ' M U g i an ii if a 445 ,zu vs - W + vw 45

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P I I . - -pg x2Lk,.f. , - uf. S A ABOVE: .Iunior Preston Wiginton pecks out a computer math program on the TRS terminal in Mrs. Sandra Nite's high-tech math course. In addition to learning computer applications to the field ofmathematics, students also got a good dose of computer jargon like disc drive, hardware, software, etc. TOP RIGHT: .Giving all nine lives to science, a cat cadaver submits to the exploratory findings of biology student, Cynthia Spiller. MIDDLE RIGHT: Science department chairman Mr. Fred Boening helps senior Mike Northcutt tackle a workbook problem. The combination of classroom and lab studies helped stimulate many students to consider futures in science-related fields. RIGHT: Phillips Petroleum engineers Mary Halliday and Kent Kedderman present their viewpoints on engineering as a career before an audience ofSHS science students. The special program was presented in observance of National Engineering Week. FAR RIGHT: Blueprints for a new science lab and classroom complex depict the continuing need for more science-technology training. Planned for occupancy in the fall of 1983, the new science facility will accomodate a wealth of up and coming scientists as well as a fortune in new Ideas. vnwfonqwvfwwr vw-4-wwww-qv-at... I