Westlake High School - El Paisano Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Val AFTER HOURS. While other students watch reruns of uLeave ItTo Beaver , members of the choir practice one of their Spring Revue numbers with the direction of Ms. Marsha Nelson. 137 Unroutines HILLSIDE BLUES. Ready to be out of the daily school routine, stu- dents take advantage of the early spring weather during the lunch hour on the slope in front of the main building. A WHAT'S THE DEAL? ltknot the normal tlavmnm attire nf thc Ger- man teachrr. but rather Herr Scott Gardner warming up for a pep assem' NV m lhc ncu Chap outfit donated by hk'twtlake National Bank. BREAK TUVHZ. Taking A timev out from munm amdemit artixiticx, Students unit the tardx hle before mm ing Into one at, tho purmhlcs. the rcxull of mrrcnmdcd x Iawmumx

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.x .kxvr 7Aef3wjof7m Just When Everything Seemed : Normal TIME AFTER TIME it u ALMOST READY. Despite the fact that school had not started, freshman Jennifer Thornton hits the football stadium seats early to prepare for halftime shows for the seasons Hair in curlers, Jennifer takes a 15 minute break. -- IIYour fly,s unzipped! screamed the students during a speech to the student body. The brand new BMW sat peaceful, ly parked in the lot with a gash in the side. Members of the junior class hid after their skit at homecoming. Most hoped at least some of their Ilcharacter building experiences would remain forgotten. uThat was the only time Ilve seen my life flash in front of me, senior Tommy I-Iines said. And he probably hoped it would be the last. It was my first time to ride a horse and we were all going up this steep rock trail at camp. My horse got scared and trotted under a low lying branch which knocked me off. He slipped on some rocks and started falling back towards me, Tommy explained. uI got really scared when I saw that foot coming toward me and ended up with a bruise in the shape of a horseshoe on my abdomen. The justified fear of pain as well as the things that seemed like they were scary added one more story to tell on Monday morning. HSome friends and I started screaming because we thought we saw someone being murdered in a car and consequently we had a WHEN 1 FIRST WAKE UP, FM UNSURE 1 CAN MAKE IT ALL DAY. 0 0 0 OUT OF BED, ITS OKAY? ?:xsgfides' wreck, junior Anna Aldave said. uWe were terrified at the time but later Ifound out it was just a practical joke and got pretty embarrassed. Anna experienced several embarv rassing moments in relation to 6th Street. uI got the strangest looks when I fell down three times down on 6th Street and was perfectly sober, she said. Several in the junior class homecoming skit admit they were ready to escape back into the crowd by the end of it. HI had to dress up like a preppie girl with a bow in my hair for the homecoming skit, junior Carlos Brown said. III was so embarrassed! Carlosi energy tended to get him into a little more than he bargained for much of the time. HI don't want to get licks again like I did after putting a hole in Mrs. Adams' wall with my carpenterls utensils, Carlos said. While Carlos dreaded the wrath of the administration, sophomore John Haralson experienced a different type Of fear. You have to know my dad to understand why my F in geometry was one of the scariest things that has ever happened to me, John said. 136 Student Life

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erBaZ of7ima1 Raising More Than A Little lYelll READY, OKAY. In perfect formation. junior AshleyJardine completes the movestoaspiritemising cheer at a fall football pep rally 1 junior Spirit. The cheerleaders exhibited it, the administration encouraged it, the newspaper did its annual editorial on it and the senior class decided to imv prove it, but by the end of school opinion was still divided over the is! sue: did Westlake lack spirit? uWe tried to be unique, to make ourselves remembered as a good Class,n senior Jenny Dedrick said of the senior class. HMaking a good im; pression was important to all of us. Early in the year, several seniors or! ganized the Senior Girls' Club, which sent notes and decorated lockers of those who competed in less publicized activities such as choir, academic competitions and volleyball as well as football and other team members. The seniors also had their own theme, The Class With Class , which they maintained troughout the homecoming pep rally, the spring sev mester and graduation. uAfter a year of apathy. our class was determined to raise the level of school pride and spirit, senior Traci Sade, man said. Many students felt school spririt had improved, from pep rallies to keeping the school grounds clean. Hl like all the skits they did at the llTRYING TO GET THE PEP RALLIES GOING AND GETTING THE STANDS FIRED UP 18 A REAL CHALLENGE? Wading pep rallies, they should do more, freshman Shawnee Stevenson said. But others still felt that the school lacked pride and a sense of unity. ul went to a school where every- body was like a brother or sister,n freshman Traci Harlin said. UHere, the only people who care about the pep rallies are a few people in a little group because the rest of us don't get anything out of it. Some felt growth hurt school spirit. uThe school is not as unified as it used to be, senior Leigh Northcutt said. There are more groups like drama, band and football. In the spring the senior class took an unofficial trip to Port Aransas after school ended while other students studied for finals. Student Council elections came and went and the Sttie dent Activities Coordinating Council proposed a plan to spread leadership positions around the school. But despite the controversy over school spirit that was renewed every year, some maintained that Westlake was not as bad as others had said. uFor the size of the school, the togetherness is there. junior Greg Upton, a moveain from Abilene. said. llln some large schools you dont have the spirit and togetherness that Wlesre lake has. 138 Student Life