Sweeny High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Sweeny, TX)

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Je! crime. An inmate labovei tells found himself a slave to and alcohol as a teenager and serving a five year prison m as a result. lk' fri' Spina Ei 01,-L. ABOVE: School nurse Mrs. Berilyn Smith administers a hearing test for Elanda Simmons. Mrs. Smith daily visited the district's four campuses to provide special medical attention for the system's nearly 2000 students. :L Mx 'tff . X - 5ix. ', .Yf x j' it ee... , , A 'J 4 ' . 'Lf A I -,,...i ABOVE: Local historian and retired teacher, Mrs. Verna Arrington shares some little-known facts about Sweeny history with English classes. Her presentations reveal Sweeny as a community of friendly, concerned people with real pride in personal tradition. 105

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In Suooortineil Resource People Provide Special Services, Personal Link to Real World RIGHT: To stimulate student interest in engineering careers, Phillips Petroleum Company engineers Mary Halliday and Kent Kedderman present an informative program to SHS science classes. Local industry often provided resource personnel for on-campus programs and demonstrations. FAR RIGHT: Sweeny teachers Marjorie Pollard, Josefa Gupton, Elizabeth Hudson and Dorothy Woodard attend a special summer workshop in June. Staffed by resource personnel provided by and coordinated by Region lV Education Services and the local district, summer workshops were offered in varieties to supplement oles... f teacher training on most any course and grade level. 104 ABOVE: Michael Bradley, a National Education Association consultant from Australia, speaks to government and history classes about the processes and structures of Australian government as compared to that of the United States. 1 ABOVE: New Sweeny board trustee Dr. Alma Davis speaks to a gathering of local P7fA members. ln presentations to school and civic groups, Dr. Davis covered a variety of topics ranging lfrom child psychology to teenage pregnancy. 1 4 l l N Y r l .. Q ' ' im? X, X . V -5 ,x ABOVE: Inmates from the Department of Corrections Huntsville visited the SHS to encourage students to trouble that leads to drinking, d I'

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Q lf. Guest Appearances Visitors, Special Programs Break Up Campus Routine 'ar I I I I I .1 .C D I I If nf .Q 106 lx., 1 x 9 at My . I 1' A.. A , TOP: Equipped for space flight, an astronaut mural welcomes students for a tour of a mobile space module exhibit in the spring. Visitors viewed space gadgets and combat flight gear in displays presented by the Armed Forces. TOP RIGHT: Guitarists of the group Free Farejam for an SHS assembly. On a nationwide tour, Free Fare brought music and a good message to youth in both school and evening performances. ABOVE: Musicians of the Kitchen Band, a Sweeny senior citizens group, perform for an evening activity. The ladies specialize in music made from common objects like combs, tunnels, and other kitchen utensils. RIGHT: Don Wallace, vocalist-pianist based in Arizona, returned to SHS in the fall to present his brand ofcomedy and music. A Christian entertainer, Don's stop in Sweeny is one of many school and church programs he presents while on the road.