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

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KNOW WHO'S WHO Connie High: English 'IE 1. Mark Hurst: Cross Country Boys, Art 1 Ceramics ' ' ' r Varsity Football, Track Boys. ' Keith jones: Band 1. ' , In X. w -, ' , . n . , WW' .. f A Elsa Hinojosa: U.S Gov't: Study Lab, Varsity Tennis. - , W ' ' R f , A , , Q? 4 H . W N N X jane Knudsen: Spanish 1, 2, 31-I. 'f ' I t ' I l LQ ' W X Deanne Kunz: Newspaper 1, Photojournalism A, B. V. -' I Iudy Landry: English 2, 3, 3E. jackie Lewis: U.S. as , n lk. . so A 0. 0 ,Q - fi' . ' 4 f ,, M. .f. f' , Government Resource, CMC, CLA IR. julie Lewis: , . A J Ti. , A? Y 4 Cross Country Girls, Physical Education 1- Recrea- , tional Sports, Track Girls. Don Lindley: Marketing -, Education 1. g z A ,- S , L , ' f l ,I , ., ., .. Sei! W e I 'hit I It 2 Judy Landry's most embarrassing to keep order in her classroom, flew off and struck a student in the head. my interests of guys, I was shipped oft to Germany, where I was enrolled in an all girls school' moment as a teacher occurred when the head of the gavel, which she used to use 'When I was 18 and at the height -Deanne Kunz KNOW WHICH IS WHICH Jane Knudsen was a radio broadcaster for KOWC in Iowa. She gathered and wrote news, weather, and sports. Connle High, when in high school won the 'Betty Crocker' award in homemaking, even though her meals always 'flopped' Julle Lewis came to Austin to go to UT from Canada. At UT, she was an All-American in track. She is still a Canadian citizen. ,we OOOO0O!!! For relaxation during MMP, lunlor Megan Drummond receives a massage from sophomore Kelly West. Backrubs served as a daily routine. iPhoto by Leon Havenj WE GO TOGETHER Rehearslng a dance choreographed to the finale of Grease, freshman Shondra Zinneker and sophomore Carissa Bald- wln move to the music. iPhoto By Staffl l 26 KNOW WHA rs WHAT

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LATEWORK Hastening to complete hls English paper, due the following day, senior Reagan Williamson concentrates on getting some sleep. Besides late nights, students also looked to Cliff Notes or rented movies to cope with procrastination in English. lSelf Photo By Reagan Williamsonl CRAMMING! l Racing against time, sophomore Mike Thompson glances over a friend's notes during a passing period in last minute preparation forthe biology test he has the next hour. iPhoto By Brian Pedderl i sr KNOW WHO'S WHO Nancy Hanlan: Decision Skills, Vocational Adjust- , X A - ment Class Work, Health Education. def 3 M T ' Ron Hardcastle: Biology, Intro, 1, Physical Science. . . Q L if R ' Don Harkey: Algebra, Pre, 1,2. 3 ,K ' r 5 iii ' 11 D an Harper: Physical Science. W--K . ' Y Q George Hepner: General Drafting, IA. KNOW WHICH IS WHICH D0n Harkey, when rn high School, Dan Harper would pretend with the 'had a passionate Zeal to be on the class that they were flying to the black Olympic basketball teamr' He Spgm 2- hole. H9 affallged all of the desks and 3 hours a day running up and down added lights and personal SOUl1d the court. effects. Nancy Hanlan once owned her I am probably the only Sei- own small ranch where she broke, er-,ee teacher in thg world who trained, and sold horses. She had ever made arrows designed to km her OWU horses and also b0al'd9d Robert Duvall-if that sounds confus- Ulhef P90Pl9'S- ing, watch the T.V. miniseries Lonesome Dove this fall and youll understand .-Ron Hardcastle M TIVA ION Edited By Brion Steeg .Ana

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i i A -...M WHIP IT GOOD With determination, senior Chris Reed works to finish his recipe of strawberry shortcake. Students in Mrs. Pat Betzner's food classes cooked and consumed full course meals. iPhoto by Roy Horlockj RAPPING Discussing the events of their day, senior Chris Berry and third grade students relax after a trying day of school. Teen Teach- ing proved to be a learning experience for both parties. iPhoto by Staffj Q .L RE K- G T Laid-back moods- A relieve routines From Proving that academic classes gygl AEHVI running errands normally regarded as difficult could ' for the office to even be labeled as blow off classes, Q0 0 making choco- students told tales of normal courses late meringue with easier work, fun teachers, and pie in home- interesting projects. making, over- One day in Mr. Hardcast1e's 5 52 - worked biology class we made wine, sopho- students broke more Ginger Istas said. He even let their routines of us take it home! iii? i'i1i1ifi if: fif W 'ffiiiiiiifiiifiiiiififiliiifi1i fif'fi1f'if i1if'f if academics and In search ofa truly interesting responsibilities by taking courses that seemed easier and more exciting. Theatre arts class is a total blow- off, we don't do anything except put on a small acting project once in a while, junior Iason Brice said. In not all easy classes did students do nothing at all or even anything fun, as they were confronted with long worksheets, outside assignments, and activities designed to use up time. Sometimes in art class we do boring things like watch videos on acrylics, junior Dan Baumel said. They would n't be so bad except they don't teach you anything. and useful blow off class, some students managed to find the right combination of easy work, exciting days and information they could actually use. Meeting Modern problems is a great class because it's fun and what you learn you can really use, sopho- more Cray Butterfield said. With 6196 of students surveyed stating that they had taken at least one class for its reputation as easy, the overworked used classes regarded as blow off to balance long hours of outside responsibilities, English papers and large math assignments. BLOW OFFS Edited By: Sieve Pryor