West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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IMPACT OF THE FALCONS Slowly it slithers along, quietly it creeps ,.... THEN, oll of Q sudden, with such o force of impoct, it strikes Davenport West High. This wos not like ony ordinory yeor. There were mony chonges thot every living human being ottending West High hod to odjust to. lnsteod of getting out of bed ond wolk- ing dreorily to the shower, some students hod to crowl. Not becouse of wonting to get on eorly start on school, but becouse of the time chonges from 8:00 o.m. to 7:45 o.m. After oll, everyone could use on extro 15 minutes of shut eye. For previous students, odjusting to the new time schedule wos confusing. Coming here this yeor wos like being o sophomore oll over ogoin, commented Lindo Grutz- mocher, '87. Mony fomilior foces thot were loved Mr, Wulf explains a moth problem ro his class. Cphoto by B. Monockb Alon Weinrrout, '82 com- petes ln o Vern look-alike contest. Cphoto by M. Smothersb. If ond respected were substituted by new teochers, due to more teocher ond budget cuts, Students were not the only ones to suf- fer, teochers did, too. Now thot they hove on extro hour ond fewer prep periods, more ond more ALKA-SELTZER toblets from the shelves of neor-by grocery stores begon to disoppeor. Another impocting chonge this yeor wos thot this wos the lost yeor for mid-term groduotion ond senior exemption ofter 5th ond oth periods. Not only thot, but mony people lost their home owoy from home lockers ofter certoin sections were removed to widen the holls. Even though these chonges did occur ond they offected everyone ot West High, most adjusted well. So oll students should toke off their hots becouse we ore the victo- rious closses that survived what begon os o SUDDEN IMPACT in the 1987 school yeor. -Lori Meyer Kris Farley, '87 fphoto by B. Monockb 0 SHO WING HOW MUCH splrlt seniors have at pep auds are Susan Campbell, '81 and OPENING 7

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IMPACTING IDEAS Jill Hudson, '88, and Pam Hobart, '88, show off the latest look in sunglasses. Cphoto by B. Monockb Lisa Gripp, '82 takes a break during lunch to give a friend o call. Cphoto by B. Monockl n eerie footstep echoes os one wolks clone post the endless rows of lockers toword the finol destinotion. Suddenly, it is opporent to oll, os one enters under the sign ATTENDANCE OFFICE to collect the 15th lote slip so for this yeor, thot the person is in trouble. In some students' opinions, this con be ottributed to the eorlier beginning time of 7:45 set down this yeor. Also, if one were o junior or o senior, the closs schedules chonged to 50 minute periods with 2:85 dismissol times, which reol- ly mode life confusing. Teochers, who hod more hours ond fewer prep periods, hod to get used to the new schedules, too. Also, this yeor wos the lost yeor for mid-term groduotion ond se- nior exempt ofter 5th ond oth periods. Even with these chonges ot West High, everyone seemed to moke the best of it, jumping in both feet first ond turning this yeor into ci yeor of notjust tiny occurences, but one of Sudden lmpoct. -Todd Figonboum 6 OPENING .l Robert Agan, '88, lisrens intently to o teocher's lecture. Cphoto by B, Mo- nockb A WEST 5TUDENT uses her study hall to catch up on some read- ing. Cphoro by B. Mo- nockb RANDY'5 GIRL GE T5 ini- tiated by GAA. Cphoto by B. Monockb Mitch Knutson, '81 is en- grossed in the classroom discussion, Cphoto by B. Monockb Derek Sandlmop, '8Q and Aaron Arnold '88, grab o Pepsi before study hall storts. Cphoto by B, Monockb

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