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

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TUDIES 20 TESTS WM tar d5 tests go. I'd rather not take them. School'u ukt n'x the tests that bother me. . eiunmr JUIIC Uoodwm 24 HOMEWORK ul don't think teachers give mo much homework. But I think they don't realize some students work dunng the week and how hard It 15 some mghts m'complete ' long asstgnments, -yunmr Cram Engleman g6 CONFLICTS , . . IEE$3$$I$$SEV$S??????sgnwggsme Mr. Dodson cast the onevact play. Mrs. Atwood and Mr. tumor Rmh DOW Farmer assigned the term paper. Mrs. Ritts and Ms. Cherico 18 STUDYING assigned volunteer work. All in the name of education. As H. Ross Perot claimed unot enough educationh, we were hit in all subject areas and screamed too much? But nonetheless, classwork preceded homework. Home- work preceded studying and studying preceded tests. Then tests preceded report cards. Finally, report cards superseded life itself-unless the grades were what mommy and daddy expected. On a mce day after I've eaten lunch, It's easier to study outside where it's quiet, -;umor Wen Hu eww gz '41, ;W'W w An W I :7 V, ?hht . I hgxhy w' m m 5W ,, PM GOING TO FAIL! Itts the end of the first semester and every student crams whether they found room in the Commonhs Area, the cafeteria or the li- brary. Juniors April Newton, Mark Edwards and others discuss last minute preparations. I t w-W , 16 Divider

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Either baby pictures or the most embar- rassing moments idea. It's neat to have memories of those times when your face turns so red because you did something really silly. --Laura . v' ' 4 Gardner Trivia quiz. You might use questions and answers or you might just cover some bit of trivia which students would be in- terested in. Like name six of the original faculty Meadows . ; . , 't t' . '7 3V ' members. --Herr Seniors We need lots of pictures of lots of seniors. After all, it is our last year and our last yearbook. Remember, lots of seniors. -Sonya Jordan REED-FACD 111 Boy, was my face red. . 3 honked and laughed! - Leigh Northcutt, senior me? - Susan Jordan, sophomore in we kissed. Then he said 1 now pronounce you man and wife. Elizabeth Benson, senior I was driving down Barton Springs on my way back from lunch when one of my tires flew off my car. Everyone from Westlake drove by and I had Jeff Ross's Copenhagen can and was trying to pack it down by thumping it with my finger. The can opened and the dip went all over uWhen Craig Corona and I were getting married in the mock wedding in the commons, we were so nervous that when Dr. Campbell took a long pause toward the end of the ceremony we thought it was over and Portable education? Thatis right, Almost since the beginning of Westlake High School, portable buildings have supplied much needed Classroom space as the enrollment increases have demanded. This year, five portable classrooms sat nestled under the trees in back of the school. Howevery with planned construction of 22 new classrooms, the portables have taken top billing in the front of the school. CLASS OF 1984 15 You Got It

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WHAT NEXT TEACH? After hours of book work and reading, stuv dents smiled on the less blah activities. Senv ior Mike Nino adjusts the bunsen burnerhs Hame in Chemistry I. In computer math, senior Jeff Nelson examines the print out of his program. Junior Tony Ragusa and others of Mrs. Rose Brooke's fourth period Spanish class enjoy a feast from Spain. ASK YOUR CONGRESSMAN For a questionlanswer video taping, Dr. Tommie Jones explains to senior Leslie Marv tin and other seniors about the procedure and purpose of the taping. The tape of Ms. Martha Cherico's government classts ques' tions, originally intended for TV, was sent to Congressman J.J. uJake Pickle for responses. Academics