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

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Can-can With agility, Hyline mem- bers perform durin; a pep rally performance showcasing skits, dances and cheers for teams while providing short- er classes for students. JAMMING Imitating his favorite rock-n- roller, German teacher Scott Gardner surprises his class with a song and dance routine. .--i ll Hamming it up Teachers reveal hidden ' talents ' to liven up daily classroom routines Teachers displayed pect. more than the gift of knowledge as they show- ed-off their numerous, diverse talents. Herr Gardner will be teaching us German verbs and he ' ll break into a song and dance routine, senior Pat Spong said. It really keeps us in line never knowing what to ex- Although methods varied, students agreed that techniques proved effective when they incor- porated out-of-the-ordina- ry gimmicks. With teacher talents, students said they en- joyed less tense, more productive class time, complete with live enter- tainment. Why do you PARTICIPATE PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES? Pride on sleeves Letter-jackets, senior pins show achievement status Pride, a feeling that !chocd through the halls )f school, from the backs )f the biggest athletes to he pins on the shirts of seniors. Pride seemed to 36 the driving force be- nind the display of letter ackcts. The good thing ibout them is that the schools biggest hero and ;he schools most lowly plebeians are all honored by letter jackets, senior Steve Cooper said. However, one group of plebeians were almost always overlooked. Fresh- men earned only two letter jackets last year. 1 don ' t really see many freshman with the jackets, but the few that have them are pretty cool, freshman Jill Hack- ney said. Not only were the let- ter jackets a symbol of pride, but senior pins re- mained an honor for those earning the token. I think that the pins are a nice gesture on the part of the administration although I wear mine very rarely, senior Christy Moody said. Even though meant as an honor, many people thought senior pins ob- solete. I think wearing a se- nior pin is kind of silly. I mean how hard is it to be- come a senior? Why should we be honored just for existing for four years? senior Matt Woolley said. From patches to pins, students displayed successes, talents and abilities and wore them with pride. I usually wear my senior pin because I fig- ure this is the last year that I can, senior Rebec- ca Fox said. .gli STlioul of UllUi Stuck together For their volunteer services, teacher Mrs. Judy Fincannon places achievement pins on sophomores Lisa Famic and Mary Carter. Pinned Continuing a tradition, prin- cipal John Matysck pins se- nior Shannon Lund for reach- ing her leadership role as an upiJcrcIassman. Edited by John Rubio TWO FOR THE SHOW

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fU §@ mon Compliments My that ' s nice polyester you ' re wearing. The dentist did wonders with your teeth. I love your 1940s bouffant hairstyle. • Those stripes make you look thinner. Single file Band members organize their lines during their daily morning practice. In the fall, the band met for almost two hours at seven, weather per- mitting. Behind the scenes Outside time makes demands to perfect final performances So many hours of practice, too numerous to count, prior to that one minute of performance that seemed so short--until the applause. ' The drama squad put an av- erage of 100 hours into just one play production, Ron Dodson, di- rector, said. The drama squad put those hard worked hours into photo ses- sions, advertising, costume fittings and finally the performance. I get the happiness and satis- faction (of working hard) through just being in front of the audience, senior Fleur Fox said. Some performing groups re- lied on the help of other per- forming groups, including musi- cians. When the Orchestra goes to UIL competition in the spring, some of the band students volun- teer to accompany us. It turns out really great and everyone enjoys themselves, Dr. David Sloan, Or- chestra director said. Art is performing. You work hard on a project and then it ' s dis- played. You may not be there but your name is, senior honors art student, James Morehead, said. Among the diversity of per- formance activities, all shared a common relation. Practice behind the scenes resulted in perfection. Although it can be hard to put in a great deal of time it all pays off in the end, senior Sharon Beynon said. Pre-curtain call As he prepares for the Student Council- sponsored talent show in the Fine Arts Facility, senior Brian Johnson, focuses lights on the light bridge. Technical theatre afforded students the opportu- nity to leam theatre management and maintenance. An for the teacher Nobody, but nobody liked them except for the teachers. Brown-nosers, good- ie-goodies or more com- monly, teacher ' s pets, did their best work, showed- off their best behavior and earned the best grades in class. ' There ' s always some student in every class who kisses up to the teacher with cute jokes, nice comments or brilliant an- swers to tough questions, junior Leon Haven said. I ' m usually not one of them but some can be pretty entertaining. Take a Number ACADEMICS Brown-nosers seek good side ' of instructors Despite their lack of popularity among stu- dents, teacher-pets con- sider good points with the teacher more important. I try to be nice to all of my teachers because I figure that they ' ll be nice to me when it comes time to average grades, junior Tracy Church said. Some students feel that ultra nice students rely on free grades . It bothers me that I sit and work hard for my grades while others will sit and be really personable and get away with mur- der, junior Stephanie Liebcrmann said. Attention given to favorite students instead of equal distribution, caused some tension. I can ' t stand teach- ers who devote every ex- ample used in class to their favorite student, se- nior Diana Boyd said. It becomes so obvious that that teacher is favoring someone else. TAKE A TURN While they stand in line, seniors Chelsea Barker, Sean Lanahan and Thad Holt wait for Don Farmer ' s assistance. Students spent hours in class and out working on compositions and journals.

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;r ' ' ' ' Help Wanted Although most places sold out before she could get there, se- nior Meredith Stroth and a friend carefully looks for Cliff Notes on A Passage to India . A popular aid. Cliff Notes provided readers with the plot without the pages. 8 Alarm alerts librarians to stolen books Stop that thief! Shortcuts do the trick Those who didn ' t find a friend in their English teacher turned to Cliff. From Cliff Notes to rental movies, outside resources proved helpful, if not reli- able, in getting the almost priceless details needed to make the grade in any number of classes. I watched the movie version of 1984 in an hour and a half instead of tak- ing the four or five days to read the 200 pages, and I still made a good grade, sophomore Mark Kastner said. Although bookstores sold Cliff notes for 60%, or 16 of the 26 books a four- ycar English student must read, and local video stores rented movies sim- ilar to the books, keenly interested novel readers managed to pass without BOOKWORM Overstocked shelves create a refuge for senior Diana Boyd as she reads during some spare time. Assigned books didn ' t prove the only reading in which students par- ticipated in. In 1984 Big Brother controlled lives, thoughts and actions, but his image continued haunting as the new security system in the library caused many stu- dents to think twice before entering. I think it is a pretty good idea because it will cut down on thefts, but it ' s not worth the money spent on it because if someone really wants to steal something they can pull it off, senior Robert Wells said. Indeed it appeared that the new security sys- tem had actually reduced the number of disappear- ing books, but did its ef- fectiveness justify the es- timated $5,000 sticker the unnatural resources . During the second semester of my sopho- more year, the only pages I read were those of a small excerpt from Julius Caeser, and I still made all A ' s, senior Kevin But- tery said. I relied on Cliffs notes to get me by in that class during that whole time. Even the tormentor, the teacher that assigned the novels, noticed that their victims used short cuts. I think it ' s a crutch for the students. They should spend their time thinking of their own ideas instead of reading the ideas of another English scholar. We keep a copy of the Cliff Notes in the office that I can read, so I know when a students thoughts are their own, English teacher Martha Adams said. What WAS your favorite REQUIRED-TO-READ book? price (not induing main- tenance )? It has been very use- ful from keeping people from accidently walking out with things. , Sarah Widener, head librarian, said. Many felt that this proved an unnecessary precaution. Over 75% of the library ' s patrons didn ' t appreciate the addition of the security system to the i library. I only go to the li- brary to check out a book or do a report. When I do the presence of the secu- rity system makes me feel like they (the administra- tion) don ' t trust us any- more, sophomore An- drea Shone said. Time-out Exhausted from studying, sophomore Lori Sanders rests hei head on her books. Although not as comfortable as her bed, gyir locker benches provided a preferred improvement over desks. §41 Take a Number ACADEMICS