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

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gi Q . , Qtffik ' fr.. - I, ,ef ' X. 'I Rick Bentley: Technical Theater IA. Pat Betzner: Interior Designing, Homemak- ing lA, Home Living Single, Child Development, Nutrition. Shelia Bingham Geometry, Informal Geometry, MOCE. 1 1? 'Gi i X s . g l Zula Blann: Sports Girls-9, Girls Varsity Volleyball, English 2, CLA 1. Robert Brashear: PE l- Recreational Sports, Varsity Football, PE 4B-Conditioning, Boys Varsity Basketball. Michael Brent: Health, Golf. 2 KNOW WHICH IS WHICH I. , , . Zula Blann, a movie fanatic, loved 5 A to go to the movies and would even re- ,g T' ,Q 4 ,, . arrange her week s schedule to make I ,,,- ft ,, 5 , l space for a trip to the theatre. ' Rick Bentley once spent a couple L of weeks hitchhiking around the United Kin dom. 'yo 9 2- . , . A Z l got so excited at the Westlake! If K' Georgetown basketball game A g f - x fl' hi' :Wi that I ripped the crotch of my slacks! At ' f, lr f halftime, I had to see Jerry Greeson for 5 , 1 , i ,Q ' ' I fr -if vf,mw.fwfz,fQe:f w W ' Q5 5, l athletic tape and safety pins. r Efff ' www .ww Kb- - ,:: 'L www : f -sr,.1-umm. ff ff ' '- rw '- NW-.ltlllliitzr'Milli-lx wi Y M , 9, rr in it rw-ffrmw at r it ill' Ai 'll' ll? rl ,t5'll :Will If 'l rl. 4 l, ,Y . CHECK IT OUT Learning the basic engine structure, freshman AJ Schill and sophomore Chad Beyer examine the transmission before they begin the driving portion of their drIver's ed class. iPhoto By Brian Pedderl Wi wx BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Shuffling through tons of notes, members ot the Academic Decathlon team prepare for their competition. Members worked many hours after school to study for the rigorous event. iPhoto By Tracy Colllnsj UNUSUAL CLASS Edited By: Steve Jormon

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SHORT CIRCUIT Gaining first hand knowledge of a me- chanical circuit, freshmen Flobin Jacobs and Brittian Hlista prepare to connect the wires to witness the success or failure of their experiment. iPhoto by Missy Symmj FFBEAT V From IZZ :,: ., AIZHZ fashion design 15li2?5E5i5?5i5i5iiiii5f5:5i : H I ,':: 5:33555siiiiiiiiiiiiiieii to Wood- QOYOO working, innovative bucked the - whcrs norm and chose Going on? to take exotic courses while .53,.,,.1,,Zi.,..Z.,Z5,.Z.,.,,,,I...,..,..,,..,...,.f,,,.,..1. others elected to take more traditional schedules but under unusual circum- stances. Humanities class is unusual because we really don't do a lot of hard work-we watch old movies instead, senior Gus Lyons said. The movies are old classics, and studying them is incredibly interesting. Often students signed up for a class thinking that it was normal, only to find out later that in fell into the weird category. I tried to sign up for drama class, but they put me in a class with dance, too, junior Iay Stuesser said. So I had to buy little white dance I I 6 KNOW WHA rs WHAT YOU'RE DRAFTED! Pencll In hand, freshman Todd Heinze puts the final touches on the plans for hls dream house. For the architecturally- minded, class provlded needed practice for a future career. iPhoto by Derek Kipel GLAZING GRACE Working diligently under Coach Mark Hurst's watchful eye, the ceramics class paints Its projects with peach colors. The projects later went into the kiln for baking. iPhoto By Missy Symml Strange things done for strange reasons shoes and leap around the stage with all the girls. Eccentricity showed itself behind the scenes as students proved uncon- ventional by taking the same class twice. I didn't fail physics or anything, senior Chris Byrne said. I just wanted to take it again because I didn't learn it well enough the first time. Others took traditionally normal academic courses under abnormal circumstances, such as taking them for no credit. I'm taking calculus for no credit because I didn't want to worry about failing anything my senior year, senior Mike Grindle said. It's great because I don't have to do any work or take any tests -I just sit there. Breaking the monotony of academic courses like English and foreign languages, students took unusual courses, not always on purpose, for countless reasons, ranging from a desire for excitement, a need for relaxation, or just to raise their GPA. 25? if W I if A 3? W i' . ,,,. ,,,,,:as,.. .. ,I ,,

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Honors students balance UR G activities, coursework From 43 seniors enrolled in calculus to 42 freshmen taking English IH, students realized the hard work and extra stress honors classes f caused. I'm feeling kind of burned out now, but I like the variations and differences of honors courses, freshman Pratibha Iayakumar said. I'm taking a couple of honors courses plus a zero-hour class, which only adds to my work. As a whole, 6617 of honors course students said that they were over- worked, while only 2295 percent said they were burdened with little or no stress from their courseload and activities. I'm not really burned out, but maybe I'm under a little stress from basketball along with my honors classes, freshman Rebbeca Mikstad said. Despite student insistance that they were overworked, teachers often felt differently, responding with indifference as students voiced complaints of not enough sleep and too much worry. I don't think the true honors student gets burned-out, freshman ON THE STAND Telling her side of the story, senior Jen- nifer Jacoby pleads her case before sen- iors Trace Finley and Trent Staats. Sen- iors simulated trials to develop critical thinking skills. iPhoto By Brian Pedderj l l 8 KNOW WHA rs WHAT honors class teacher Christine Cooper said. The honors student should be able to organize their own time to avoid being overwhelmed with work. Students recognized the need to overcome burnout and encouraged themselves to work out ways to complete their required tasks. I motivate myself by realizing how important it is to get into a good college and training myself to stay organized and on top of things, freshman Kristin Hansen said. Keeping it together makes good scores easier and also helps your parent's opinion of you. In spite of the added work, the motivated took honors courses for a variety of reasons, including getting into better colleges, enjoying the challenge and wanting to leam more. I like the challenge of honors courses over regular classes, and how you move more quickly and don't waste time, senior Matt Kaplan said. Besides just leaming, those with their future in mind looked towards college and job possibilities. I take honors courses because I want to go to Stanford and study computer science or English, senior Mike O'Connor said. As they worked hard to fulfill their personal goals, honors students battled burnout, stress, and the urge to A., be lazy in their drive for knowledge, excitement, and good grades. Q.. , v .sc it it wifi UNKNOWN VARIABLES Helping out a classmate with a difficult mathematical concept, sophomore Misty Gurkin calms junior Janet Hoffman's anxieties about an assignment in Algebra ll honors. iPhoto By Brian Pedderi