Van Alstyne High School - Panther Yearbook (Van Alstyne, TX)

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Having fun yet? Hundreds of peo- ple uowd Main Street to parmipatc in the annual fcativitica Ready, Set, Go! Clint Hill gets ready to play the Teddy Bear Race at one of the booths during Fall Festival. The winners are . . . Senior class re- presentatives Nancy Tepera and Ed- die Cate are crowned Fall Festival King and Queen. Crown bearers are kindergarmers, Sarah McClain and Chad Hunter. FALL FESTIVAL 11

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I think Fall Festival is the most significant thing that we as parents and a community do to support our schools. John Wade HabitV'hab-aM noun: an ac- quired mode of behavior that has become nearly or com- pletely involun tary. But is this really what the Fall Festival has become or do we still have any of the origi- nal purpose? What exactly was the origi- nal idea? According to Mr. Wallace Tooley, owner of Too- ley's variety store, I'm not sure when it started, but it was quite a few years ago. It started out to be on Halloween night to keep the kids occupied, but when they realized it was mak- ing money, they decided it would bring in more if it was earlier in the year, so they changed it. Even at that, the money tak- en in does serve a good pur- pose. It is distributed to each class and to the school. As in years past, grades 9-12 compete for the title of King and Queen of the Fall Festival. The Senior class of 1986 raised $3,300 to once again capture this title. Eddie Cate and Nan- cy Tepera were the senior re- presentatives. 10 STUDENT LIFE anch There is a good amount of physcial labor put into the Fall Festival that few people are really aware of. People build booths, paint streets for cake walks, and cook the food. Junior, Brandt Wright, I think there is a lot of hard work done by the FFA and room parents that is over- looked. They don't get the ac- claim they deserve. Fun was definitely the main part of the festival as several hundred people from local towns came to play games, watch the senior fifties show, and go on hayrides. My fa- vorite game, said seventh grader, David Wade, was the Revenge game, because it was a chance to finally beat up on your friends! So, although today's festival is not the same as the original, the changes do seem to be for the better. The community en- joys the fun and the school system benefits as a whole. This custom in some opinions could be thought of as an eco- nomical benefactor as well as a time of enjoyment! Over And Over Again- Habit Or Custom? ai Fall Festival Court. Shanna Payne, Jus- tin Buckner, John Watson, Nancy Te- pera, Eddie Cate, Michele Williams, Brandt Wright, Hunter Floyd, Penny Payne, Chad Hunter, and Sarah McClain represent their classes. Not pictured, Chad Huffhines.

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You have to get to school before. you can go to school. sophomore, Dawn McMahan. eamW Looking Forward To The New Turf Van Alstyne continues to grow. With this growth comes many new students and a new problem - overcrowding. To solve the problem the commu- nity passed a school bond for a new middle school to be built along with a cafetorium. This leaves the middle school open for elementary use. While the construction was a much needed addition, it pre- sented many inconveniences for students and teachers alike. One of the problems was the constant noise. Miss Jane Ripley, science teacher, It's a dull roar about 40 to 5091: of the time. It's real irritating! Ashley Stinton, junior, One day we were in Miss Ri- pley's class and we heard this BOOM!, then again, BOOM! It interrupted class. Another problem caused by the construction was parking. Holly Owen, junior, The crowded parking has driven me mad; if you are one of the last people to get to school it's hard to find a parking place. Teachers didn't have an easy time either. Their regular parking spaces were moved to the side of the building. Mrs. Brenda Bonner, Eng- lish teacher, I don't like all the mess out there. What do most high school students think about the mid- dle school students being brought to the campus? The high school is not a middle school where a bunch of little kids are to be running around. Michelle Wolfe, ju- nior. But the middle school stu- dents and faculty are delighted that they are moving. Mrs. Jo Beth Lightfoot, middle school secretary, I think it's wonder- ful we will have new facilities and more space. Parking Lot? A new concrete parking lot under construction as the present parking lot is ripped to shreds.