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

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DARE DEVIL. Sophomore Trisha Bctts descends down the cliff while repelling with a group of Westlake students. The area cliffs, mainly those alongside Loop 360, provided perfect places for students to practice their repelling skills. SURF MIRTH. For some last minute fun, junior Reagan Williamson windsurfs out on Lake Travis. As the first day of school drew closer, Ian experts flocked to Westlake Beach, Windy Point, Paleface Park, and Barton Springs. EARLY MORNING RUSH. Senior Stacy Gregg rushes around her room to get ready for school. As school came around, many students had old habits to break like sleeping in late, lying around all day, and the freedom that summers offers. Edited by Dena Go ' hard I ' CULTURE shock! '

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SOCIALITIES. Eating beef, beans, and polatoe SOAKING UP. Susan Jordan escapes the salad, seniors Terry White and Missy Hudgins pressures of school as she relaxes by the pool and junior Lenore Perry gossip with friends at Lost Creek Country Club. The pool became a about the things they did over the summer. popular place among students trying to escape The Back-to-SchooI Bar-B-Quc made it the summer heat, relax, or students who just possible to catch up on the latest news. wanted to socialize. ytfSr ulture Shock brings ' em back to reality c oming back to school means racks at the bookstore are stacked high with the back- to-school issues of Seventeen, and it is impossible to get past the store displays of folders, glue and pounds of notebooks. With mom and dad ' s credit card, the fantasy of shopping for school clothes becomes real, but the reality of losing the precious tan drives many to the purple UVA lights. Partying only on weekends and meeting a midnight curfew just didn ' t sound as fun as nightly 2 a.m. ren- dezvous. But all good things came to an abrupt end September 2 with the first 8;25 a.m. bell. I wasn ' t ready to come back to school. I didn ' t want to give up all the things 1 was used to: like sleeping late and playing basketball whenever I wanted to, sophomore Steve Schultz said. Giving up freedoms and pleasures constituted for students cringing at the thought of returning to school. However, the the overwhelming fear of freshmen was their new role as low men on the totem pole. I was scared over the summer about starting high school but the closer school came, the less scared I got, freshman Jill Matson said. It wasn ' t the teachers, cafeteria food, or messy lockers that students missed during summer break— it defi- nitely had to been friends. I couldn ' t wait till school started to see all my friends and talk about the summer. I wanted to make each year better than the last, sophomore Shay I ' urccll said. Shocks of 6 a.m. alarms and 1 a.m. algebra vigils brought most back to re- ality as daily water ski ventures and the mid-afterncx)n snoozes drew to a close. el Take it Easy ■ student life

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Shake it. Eager to examine the photos he took and to meet yearbook deadlines, junior Reagan Williamson develops his film prior to making prints. The jobs of photographers ranged from setting up the pictures, taking them and developing them to printing them. BACK IN A FLASH. Unaware that his picture is being taken, senior Ryan Davis prepares for his upcoming choir musical performance in Bye, Bye Birdie. Ryan played on the Sweet Apple baseball team during the annual choir musical. Smile BIG. Dropping by K-Mart to get their picture made for the fun of it, juniors Lisa Hendrix and Cara Tackelt take advantage of the fast and convenient photo booths. Sticking out tongues and making strange faces created the best laugh-inducing photos. DOUBLETAKE. Awaiting the perfect picture, senior AUyson Brooks and junior Euan Araneta-Lapus set up their cameras so they can get just the right picture. Students who took photojournalism pursued it through yearbook and newspaper photography. Take if Easy STUDENT LIFE