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

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EERS 152 PEOPLES PHARMACY I see friendly people and tt': just an atmosphere that I unwy working In -sen10r Steve lekO 154 AUSTIN iil like havmg Austin High nearby because it makes it easy to meet friends from that school for lunch. esenior Betsy Hardlson 164 McCALLUM uMcCallum is more casual and friendly and donit put the cliques down. They're all friends, -junior Kelly Shipwash 162 LBJ uOur school 15 really enthusiastic Every- one participates, not just in sports but in the promotion of school spirit. -LBJ senior Roger Marvoquin Equals. When are Westlake students just like anyone else? When we become a part of the community. From friend' ships with students from AISD schools to employee relav tionships in the Austin business world, we became a part of the whole. Put one of iius in a lineup with other Big Mac pushers and youill see no Izods or P0105. Or put us out on the Texas Tech campus and watch us pull together with other Austinites to say iiUTis the best? Austirfs home. BACK IN TIME Participating in the University of Texas cenv tennial celebration, seniors Kathy Quick and Susan Gillean polish the float represent- ing the 1920 decade. 150 Divider

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eniors 1984 BUT I AM REALLY EXCITED Tl ttIiVE ENJOYED MY YEARS AT WESTLAKE, ABOUT GETTING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. 335:: Pm Hundreds Of proud parents and friends poured in through the nar' row gym doors, beginning their search for a prime seat. Members of the band warmed up for the tradi' tional songs, uPomp and Cirv cumstance and God of Our Fathers, while administrators organized the plants, banners and diplomas in preparation for the ap' proaching ceremony. And as the slightly nervous but mostly excited senior turned around on May 30 to glance one last time at his 296 classmates, he thought back to the four years which brought him to this point, scanning the mass of navy blue gowns for the friends and acquaintances he had made - some of which he may never see again. Hl may be sentimental about the occasion of graduation and the friends Ilm leaving behind, but this is a once'in'a'lifetime thing a it doesn't happen every day, Margaret Holck said. Margaret, who attended Texas ASLM after graduation, was anxious to be on her own but felt somewhat uneasy about leaving the school she attended for four years. UI will miss the security of high school,H she said, uI feel that Westlake was one big unit. It wont be the same when I get to college. Although she thoroughly enjoyed being a senior, Margaret experienced feelings of sadness and sentimentali' ty at some of her last'l events. For instance, she performed in the flag corps for three years and when she performed at Homecoming, she realized it would be the last one in which she would be directly in; volved. ULisa lHorvnthl and l were sitting out on the football field during halftime and we looked at each other and started crying because we knew it would be our last homecom' ing, she said. Matt Wetzel was uexcited about going out into the real world, but he said he would miss some of the ceremony of high school as well. uThe last school dance, the last football game, the last prom a they meant something to me, he said. For Matt, the thought of going to school in Lubbock was not as fear; some as the thought of leaving old friends from Westlake behindi uI grew up here and got to know a lot of people that I might never see again, he said. Like Margaret and Matt, John Nate said he would miss his friends, but he looked back on high school with nostalgia rather than with regret. NI think Westlake was a great high school - the people are pretty nice and the teachers really care. There's opportunity here for a great educa' tion unlike some high schools, he said. HI will surely miss the competiv tion of track and my friends, but Ilve been looking forward to gradua' tion for so many years. Many seniors agreed that gradua' tion had been a long time in com; ing. But after 13 years, seniors felt a bond and a strong unity which has accompanied the label of llseniors. uEveryone dropped their biases this year, Margaret said. uWye final; ly matured into a senior lclass' - a unit. Jeff Astbury, Valedictorian Beth Lowe, Salutatorian CONGRATULATIONS. Wednesday night, senior David Pool receives a congratulatory handshake from superintendent Don Rogers after being awarded his diploma by Mr. Al Geis, school board president. - '-- 149 Graduation

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-73 y :nmmgmm 2'7 7:7 15:; i '4 ' 7. ummlm m TOGETHERNESS Special times with special friends. Sharing homecoming activities, senior Adrian Piperi presents a mum to junior princess April Newton. Fan support Sophie Cunningham and sophomore Stacy Dumond encourage the varsity volleyball team during bi'district action. Modeling fall fashions, senior Alli- son Snyder joins Connie Parsons from Plugerville in a style show at Foley's. NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS With construction seemingly always in the foreground, Westlake High School stands tall in the hills overlooking the capitol of Texas. 151 PeersiAdvertising