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

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Three rings wins the prize. Freshman Brad Nevil is the ‘barker' for the ring toss game where Patricia Bowles and her family try to win a free soft drink. Is it my turn yet? The Fail Festival offers something for all ages. This little girl is in line for a ball toss. An Enchanted Boulevard 1 Once upon a time, in a land far away lived a noble prince and a beautiful princess, who anxiously awaited the day their father would make them king and queen to rule the land as they saw fit. That is the story told of how a prince and princess step up to the throne. Not so in this humble little town. For one to earn themselves a seat on the old horse trailer stage they must bring in the most money! Plain and simple. Every class has a reputation, an idea that follows it. There were doubts that the Senior class could even pull - off the Fall Festival. Junior Daniel McBee said, “1 figured the Seniors would lose and the Juniors would win. For all I know some rich man donated one thousand dollars to the Seniors.” When all was said and done, the receivers of the crowns were announced. Senior Vance Linkswiler said, “My favorite part of the Fall Festival was when they called out the winner and the Seniors won!” This is how one becomes ‘royalty’ around here. To get the money the students had to work, a lot. Junior Raquel Wolfe said, “I really enjoyed it. What I saw of it looked really fun; however, 1 worked in the show most of the time.” In the end it all goes to the same place, Junior James Gardner said, “It really doesn’t matter who won, just as long as we could raise as much money as possible.” FALL FESTIVAL

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Risky Business So what! Who cares if you had to skip a class, or even the whole day. It’s not like you wanted to or anything. I mean, it’s not as if it were enjoyable, it had to be done. The mall was calling, the beach (or pool) was beckoning, or worst of all, you were just too tired to get out of bed. Junior John Watson said, “1 skip for a lot of good reasons, but mainly because of the food situation. A hungry person is not a happy person.” It’s not your fault! But for some inexplicable reason, parents and teachers alike never seem to understand why you are forced to miss school. Junior Daryl Holland said, “I don’t skip school. If my old man ever found out (and he has his ways), I’m dead!” You’d think they would at least take a little pity on the poor students who are forced day in and day out (unless there is a holiday, or weekend, or summer vacation) to haul their bodies out of bed at an unforgivably early hour, find a way to get to school, and worst of all ... actually work! It’s practically a right, and earned reward to be able to skip. Do they even consider the fact that we even have to make up the work we missed? No way! Junior M. J. Hicks said, “The only bad things about skipping school are getting caught and having to make up the work.” Gotta' be fast. Junior Jason McTee and friend dash to their car to get a quick bite of lunch off campus.