Thomas Jefferson High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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Super Sesqui Show By Todd Freeman When Texas' birthday reaches the big one, five, zero, there is going to be some ex- tensive celebrating. In addition to the Texas shindig going on in the civic center and the other parties occurring throughout the city, the Port Arthur Independent School District asked Herb Gamer to organize the Sesquicentennial Extravaganzat The ex- travanganza would consist of all the Port Arthur school bands, drill teams, cheerleaders, Choir members, and Texans. Even the elementary school children par- ticipatedl Each area band had a period of time to perform some kind of salute to Texas. Thomas JeffersonTs portion of the show consisted of the choir singing Deep in the Heart of Texas, and the band play ing a salute to Willie Nelson. The Hussars, Cheerleaders, and Texans formed the state of Texas while the band played The Eyes of Texas. For TJXs final selection, the Swingsters, choir, and Band all performed together on Giant. The Grand Finale was great, it had everything, fireworks, balloons and flags. Every school in the district was represented on the field by their hands and other organizations The whole district per- formed together on the Yellow Rose of Texas, the HEyes of Texas and Texas our Texas. Fireworks were lit in the shape of our great state Red, white, and blue balloons were set free at the end of the finale while the Swingsters used long cards to form the state flag. Once the celebration was over, the crowds left the stadium entertained and proud to be a Texant TEIAS! e Friendly junior Texans, Loan Tran and Hanh Tran gave up their nightly homework to watch the school's sizeable sesqui show. tphoto by Ricky Mail 22 Sesquicentennial SWINGSTER SCRAMBLE e The Swingsters scurried to their places to grab the colored paper pieces to form the Texas flagl tphoto by De Santotdt GRAND FINALE 7 TEXAS STYLE! 7 Thomas Jeffer- son cheerleaders, choir mi band students all pull together in true Texas spirit to form a human Texas on the field. TEXAS PRIDE - The Texas flag is flown daily as a reminder of the state's one hundred and timeth birth- day. tphoto by Rieky Matt

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ITHINK I'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE - Stacey Solis, 9, goes back for more chocolate chip cookies at the French Club's Christmas party. tphoto by T. Knighn Happy Holidays Hit A High by Kory Guidry The Holiday break was filled with sizzling parties alore. Students roamed the streets hunting for comers to hibernate in during the festive oliday seasons. The television set, after weeks of loneliness, was bombarded with eager eyes searching for holida entertain- ment. School books were carelessly tossed onto the back seats of cars; never to e seen un- til the day of return. Within the month of October, HTJ. inmates dressed in Halloween attire, dragged their boots on the gravel of lonely streets to beg innocent Port Arthurians for bon bons to fill their lonesome sacks. These same ghouls and witches danced and cleared the tables at the horror-filled Summit Ill party. After a long night of heated entertainment, the misfits of the graveyard put to sleep their gathering to rest in peace for the coming Christmas break. Reds, whites, and silvers ca tured the eyes of early Christmas shoppers, Men dressed like St. Nick dangled bells in t eir hands in an attempt to capture the attention of Holiday shop ers. After completing their shopping debut, students searched for seats near a warm firep ace in order to share eggno with special friends. The French Club, under the super- vision of Madame Laukas, oun their cozy fire at Chez Avrilts. April Weeks 0 ened her decorated home to the joy seeking French students. After the presentation 0 the Noel Francais tor the skit ut on by the drama clubJ the dinner table was loaded with goodies which were soon relieved by the hungry teens The party ended when students crammed into their cars and headed for the malls to go Christmas caroling. The joy of all holida s was always heightened for students because it was an added time off from school. Need ess to say, these times created an air of anticipation for the yearts grand finale e graduation! LADY KILLER! 7 Sr. Kory Guidry finds even more BEAUTIFUL DOLLS - lrs. left Rutherford and girls tAdrienne Montondon, Nicole Iudice, and April Clayton Heame grab their pulses and candied apples Weekst at the French Chn'stmas party. tphoto by T. before going trick or treating. whom by Ericksont Knight lWANT yow- Junior Shannon Moore points an 36- THE ZANY 7 Mrs. Moore, armed with green MA AND PA KETTLE MEET THE BEAST 7 int cusing finger at the disguised summit students during sunglasses and a pepperoni pizza, ponders how the Melissa Guthrie and Carla Erickson pluck hay from theirHalloween partytphotoby FiLaRoccat staff will ever finish the annualv tphmo by M. theirhairand posetorapicmxewnhabeasuphomby Hemandezt Ericksom

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I FORGOT TO FLANK! v Junior Hussars Angie Bomn, Sandy Lockhan, and Shannon Huebel discuss the difficulties in forming a human Texa51photo by em BILLIONS OF BALLOONS 7 The three cny bands Imm Lincoln, Austin, and Jefferson combine or a sesquicemennial studded finale. whom by Ricky Man I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M HERE! ; Seniors Beth Bass and Fran La Rocca patiently awan for me school's sesr quicemennial Show w begin. whom by Ricky Man SENIOR SESQUICENTENNIAL SMILES - Seniors Dayna Solis and Becky Sherman stop and smile tor the camera as an example of me true beauty 0! Texas girls! FAST, FURIOUS, FLAGSTERS r The American flag, Mexican flag, Texas flag, and Texas sesqulcemennial flag were Combined in me show's finale. whom by Sesquicentennial 23 Man