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

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IN THE BAG. One of the many senior pep rally getvups and gimmicks, these unknown clowns create a sense of pride among those attending the football pep assembly before the Lampasas homecoming game. PAPER BOY. Wrapped and ready for homecoming, senior Marc Gian; zerojoins hundreds of students for an afternoon, parking lot pep rally. A full week of festivities promotes Crazy outfits and activities. SET IN STONE Tradition conv tinue: as senior Mark Smith dances the hat dame at the- first home game pep rally Each year. Ullt: senior foot ball player performs the dam: with rest: in teeth ROUTINE WVINNERS. With this choreographed dame routine, the varsity cheerleaderx mm first place in a Barton Creek Mallvspunwred um test inx 01x ing ALISIIH arm MI!U013 To prepare for tho ronhwi and m vnrcr tain studvnlx. thy dmcrlcaden per formed it during 4 pep mllx 139 Raising a Little Yell'

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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

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Did You Hear The One About TIME AFTER TIME WHAT? Surprised by her friend coming from around the corner in the freshman wing, freshman Teresa Collinge turns to say hi. i uHey Julie! Wait up! What? We got to find James and find out what's on the algebra test. . . HWell, if you'll tell me what,s on the history quiz, Iill talk to James and see about the algebra test. HBut the test is NOW! What am I gonna do? Well, letis find Stacey and see if she knows anything. . . BUZZZ. . . uShoot! There's the tar: dy bell - see you later - isighi - live got another test to fail. . 3, For many, the hallways of Westv lake were not a way of getting from one end of the building to another, but rather, a way of finding out test answers, talking to friends, and kill! ing time. iKAN I do during passing periods is talk to my friends around the lockers, freshman Gregg Alvarez said. The new bell schedule - changing passing periods from five to seven minutes between Classes e was a welcome improvement for many. uFive minutes just wasn't enough time for everyone, Ms. Jo Ann Glanz said. HSome people were com' 7 iiWITHOUT TIME TO TALK IN THE HALLS, . 9 HOW WOULD I KNOW WHATS GOING ON? arggfsmm ing from the portables and they just couldn't make it to class on time. live had a lot fewer tardies this yearfy But tardies were not always fewer. Junior Anna Aldave said she wasnit tardy at all uexcept for fifth period after lunch. I never seem to know when to get backV Catching up on the latest gossip and seeing friends were some of the biggest pasttimes in the Commons. iiIt gives me a chance to visit with friends 1 otherwise wouldrft see dur ing the day, senior Wendy Sarff said. While most people had a mono' tonous routine between classes - going to their lockers, visiting friends, and getting something to eat - many others had a more exciting ior just a little differenti schedule. Freshman Jay Dozier plays udunk ball in his locker with a Nerf hoop. uI really haven't been tardy a whole lot this year, Jay said. Last year I had dvhall seven times because of tardies, but so far this year live only been tardy twice. It's an imr provement! 140 Student Life