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

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Edited HONORABLE M by Tracy Moffett | ) ! 1 E N T I N ■ U H

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Volunteers give of themselves ■■r} They did the dirty work. They organized breakfasts and buffets. They donated a pint of themselves. They comprised the volun- teers. Cleaning gravestones, selling nachos and donuts and donating blood gave the school, as well as the community, something to talk about. TO ASSURE A SPOT ON THE TEAM, in a club or a favorite after-school activity, players and members, like unior Andy Bennett, took advantage of the tutorial programs to stay on top. Sponsored by National Honor Society, sessions met after school at 4 p.m. in various rooms with members offering help in all subjects. LEECHING? NO. DONATIONS! The annual Student Council sponsored Blood Drive gave students 17 a nd older a chance to contribute. The council collected over 80 pints for the Wcstlakc account. After thorough testing for viruses, the blood arrived for immediate use at Brackenridge Hospital. WITH THE NO PASS-NO PLAY RULE Still in effect. Students took advantage of the tutorial program after school to assure their spots in extracurricular activities. To earn hours of service to the school upholding the goals of NHS, members devoted afterschool hours to the tutorial program assisting students in all subject areas. OVERFLOWING WITH CHRISTMAS CHEER, New Addition Club members celebrated the holiday season by adopting a needy family including a mother and her two sons. At a potluck dinner at Chelsea Barker ' s house, members contributed canned food, clothing and other useful items. RIPPING UP WEEDS AND REMOVING GARBAGE around gravemarkcrs preserved two years of work put into the Eanes Cemetery as Keyvvannettes took on the pro ject again. Television coverage on the historical place in its cleaned up state made all the hard work more worth the effort. WHEN HUNGER SET IN during Friday football games, fans headed towards the concession stand where an awaiting junior stood. Or, if you didn ' t want to leave your seat, you could grab a Coke from the wandering junior concessionairs. The leisure time sacrificed by juniors paid off for $2,300 worth. 1121 Take Your Pick ORGANIZATIONS

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Club awards mean as much as a Going for the gold, the blue and first place finishes yielded its own satisfaction in medals, ribbons and trophies in contests ranging from practical math to abstract float design. Academic and extracurricular skills put members to the test as they col- lected more than shelf decorations. POSTURE, EYE-CONTACT AND THEN SONG earned the neccesary points from the state ACDA judges March 12-14 when the choir traveled to San Antonio for auditions. Five Madrigals proved their talents in performance earning the honor of All-State rank. TOP IN TEXAS HONORS for the Featherduster and four top individual awards resulted from journalists who competed in the ILPC journalism contests at the University of Texas. Publications retained its respected position in high school journalism with top yearbook and newspaper division honors. SETTING THE STAGE at the Homecoming parade, the Junior Class unleashed their musical float with rapping and singing by Russ Phillips and Brad Wisncr coupled with the beat-box David Schmidt to the music of Prince. Hard work paid off as the juniors won Best Class and Best Overall Float. HIRING RESULTS FROM A GOOD RESUME, but for Vocational Office Education contestants entered the March 7 area competition, it qualified them to travel to state. Skills in bookkeeping, job application and prepared speeches, qualified senior Chrissic Deaton and junior Denise Miller for state. AREA TO STATE TO NATIONALS qualified 14, then nine and finally, a remaining four participants in the DECA con- tests in marketing-related topics that focused on studies in class. Three winners of the nine state competitors, determined May 9, traveled to New Orleans to compete in Nationals . ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE. Odds, evens and primes marked April 20 math contest at Austin High as approximately 50 mathematicians competed in contests cov- ering Algebra I through calculus. Math representatives com- bined their skills to win second place in sweepstakes. I Take Your Pick ORGANIZATIONS