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

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.7 .- uOIJI! The croisa sants were great Ms. Lillie Griffin helped our foods class learn the fine art of mak- ing pastries. That day we made hot, Haky, buttery and mouthvwatering croissants. -Jeff Cavanaugh, junior wfhe UIL ready writing contest is demandv ing and Iwas flattered that Mrs. Atwood asked me to compete. It's a two-hour ordeal . . .writr ing under pressure, but I feel my English back- ground prepared me for the contest, so I don't really get too nervoustJill Thompson, senior As the weather grew warmer, seniors began to feel those intense pains commonly known as Hsenioritis , and their affliction was evident to the rest of the school as honor students didnyt turn in homework, school leaders were given D'hall and others came into fifth period thirty minutes late with wet hair and smelling suspiciously like Barton Springs. Shorts hegzm to invade the classroom as the thermometer hit 80 degrees, and a feeling of laziness was in the air. Not everyone was lazy. Latin state competition in March drew crowds of students wishing to participate in Roman history, model building, drama and grammar contests. U.I.L. district academic competr tion neared, and early in Fehruary science students buried thenbelves in Scientific Americana, spellen received their booklets at 2,240 25 A + EDUCATION uSAXY. I was at Willie's for a jazz band per formance to raise money for the band to tour China and Hawaii in June. That month, Wilr lieis offered to give 20 per cent of their profit to us for the tour. It really helpe . -John Gray, sophomore words to memorize, journalism students practiced writing stories in 45 minutes and ready writers simply read, read and read. Two juniors were given the chance to compete in a national writeeoff, and for academically'minded seniors, four years at work, in many cases, began to pay off as scholarship Offers poured into the counselor's office. Springy hreak provided the highlight of many students' spring semester, and the atmosphere at school was never quite the same after it Somehow teachers began to yearn fur the sunshine and easiness of sum, mer tum, tmd everyone slowed down the pace. There were still tournaments to be plated, drama contests for which to prepare. reseiirch papers to write and tests to take, hut somehow they weren't ax Crllt Lil iii they might have heen,

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ll p ' g ever sets in when summer is close Class ranks were finalized, and seniors considered their year unofv ficially over. Not so for the rest of the student body, which continued to plug away at its geometry homework and English assignments with an air of martyrdom which would have pleased Joan of Arc. But by now it was May, and time to be looking towards summer. Afterr noon. The sun warmed the inside of cars parked illegally in the teacher's parking lot. It beat down on the track. It tantilized the math depart ment as it shone through its corner windows. enough for flip flops, shorts and sunglasses. We try to ignore school, but threats of SAT and colr lege entrance forces us to postpone thoughts of Florida, Europe. . . skiing and parasailing until May 29. -Becky Rial, junior. 6CAi16N The prom was more tempting to think about than U.I.L. state corn; petition at the University of Texas, and certainly better than finals. Seniors gloated over their exempa tion from finals to younger students, but worried about graduation and college amongst themselves And as the final bell rang, the cor; ridors emptied, and mangled book covers spotted with a year's worth of spills, dust and notes were tossed away. The afternoon sun faded behind the new gym and the per! forming ans complex construction as school entered a state of suspended animation until another morning two months later. FLIGHT STAR was the name of this craft and the owner showed us its safey features. We got out of school and got to watch the thing fly. It was freezing and by the end of the field trip, we were all ready to be home. - Steve Williams, junior 27 A + EDUCATION