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

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IDCKER TALK Freshmanjulie EYES HAVE IT eraxingon the Bush talks with friends between class; commons much,1unior Dayna Maty- 65 on Monday about the Hbig events 56k is interrupted h hilt talking tojunv 0f the weekend. ior Danny Watersh COMMON GROUND. Lean- ing over the commons rail. couples, friends and acquaintances chit chat during the seven'minute break bev tween classes. STUDY BREAK For between class recreation, junior Brian Good kicks the hackysak to an uwaitingJot Barnes, junior, ax sophomore MartV u'illiams look on

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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

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744911 of 7m a Boy, A Val Nu. a WORK DUTY. To make up time owed for Dahall, senior Phil Mason and junior Kevin Gallagher assist in cleaning out lockers at the end of school. Work details helped with summer preparations ranging from books to general cleaning. '-- - Saturday moming-a time to sleep late, eat a leisurely breakfast and head outside with a basketball and some friends or to the mall for a shopping spree. Maybe so for most students, but for those who had parked illegally, been tardy to class or had committed some equally horrendous crime, Saturday morning was spent in the German or French classroom doing time in de' tention hall. ul had D'hall back when it was an hour after school. . .everyone talked and chewed gum, and you just wasted an hour, senior Lynn Hollingsworth saidt uThen I got it last year, and it was a whole different deal. As punishment for petty mis' demeanors, students had to arrive at school by 8:00 am. Saturday morning and sit through anywhere from three hours for tardies to an accumulation of nine hours for class cuts. Talking, eating and sleeping were forbidden, and later in the school year, magazines and newspapers were banned and only homework allowed in the Dvhall room. uThis school is really strict-l'm just getting used to itf'junlor Megan New; meyer said. HIt gets so boring: this one guy was staring at my shoes for the last 20 minutes.H Receiving Dahall did give students a Are You Really In Troubl t1 REALLY DIDNtT MIND HELPING. YOU CANT BELIEVE THE MESSES SOME PEOPLE MAKE? M chance to do homework or contema plate on life, but most said that the disadvantages outweighed any benefits. uYou get cramps in your back and your legs because the desks are so un' comfortable, freshman Brett Arabie said. HYou canlt put your head down on the desks because theylre too small. A large number of people never had D'hall, but not necessarily because they were saints. HI do things that could get me D hall, but I just havenlt gotten caught, sophomore Rene Gillean said. liGet' ting D'hall wouldn't make me stop but it would make me think twice. Some offenders agreed that Dvhall was a leSSathan-effective method of punishment. Hl do mind ifl get nine hours, but three hours doesn't really help? sophomore Denese Thompson said. You just wait until you do all your hours, then go back and do the same thing again. But for those who wanted to spend their Saturday mornings in other ways, the disciplinarians made their point with the enforcement of a new, revised detention hall. HIt helps keep me out of trouble. Brett said. uOnce you get it you don't want to do it again. 142 Student Life