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

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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

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RAPPIN ' . Juniors Brad Wisncr, Russ Phillips, and Robby Wells beat, boxed, and rapped the junior class float to a first overall prize in the float competition with help from other spirit raisers. NOIIUNIINC. Senior Melissa Wren practices letter location and strengthens finger muscles while typing to prepare for future term papers, and gain Ull, typing practice. Edited by Ashley Gotten | ] ■t) HONORABLE MENTIOnIU U