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

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Group work proves G exciting, beneficial You will lose A' A 'QIVV You dont Put QOYOO your goggles iigiiiffii on! Mrs. X Apel's voice v :ESE SCl'lOGd Who You throughout the See ls lab area. Lab What You Get .ii partners started 'iff:fzf513:325:327:3:3:313:3:55:51311:5:f:1:f:T:i:5:fzf:3:iii:':T:1:':i:f:3:'t-:-' on their hands-on lab due the next day. Someone complained that they had too much work to do, but another calmed him down saying, Would you rather do this alone? Labs are a major part of chemis- try. They give the students a hands- on-experience that helps them teach themselves, chemistry teacher Barbara Schumann said. In foreign language classes, speaking the language helped students use their skills in conversation with each other and many people preferred working together in order to finish quicker. Why in the world should we have to do a million problems when TAKE OFF Recounting his days as a pilot in the Vietnam War, speaker Major James Stur- gls explains the polltlcal aspect of the conflict to juniors Spencer Dreiling, Carol McGowan and Amy Reynolds during a microteaching unit. iPhoto by Brent Halll l 30 KNOW WHA rs WHAT we get the idea after the third one? It is much easier to work together and help each other, senior Daniel Cohen said. We can finish faster since the teachers are still going to give long assignments. While most group projects took only one class period to complete, other labs and projects required more preparation and hours. Projects in English, chemistry, and German classes called for much outside time to be spent on research and the practice of lines, which left many students questioning the ability of the projects to actually teach them anything. I think that doing the long projects is fun and since we are more mature, we should get to do more of them, and let the freshmen do the bookwork and stuff, junior Todd Wroblewski said. Whether or not students enjoyed labs and group projects, they seemed to learn faster and sometimes in a more enjoyable way as they prepared everything from chemical reactions in chemistry to group presentations in English. .131 'f 1 . eg X Astrlde senlor Chrls Parker's shoulders, lunlor Janet Hoffman holds together 11 others on top ofa 6x6x6 box. The exercise provided a lesson In teamwork, the key to success ot the Pedernales expedltlon. iPhoto by Reagan Williamsonl sie tm 5... - get 1

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Q 4. EW RD Six times a iii -:-'3.i:3:i i .i:f.-: -.3.1 year on report .sf2g?555E2E5EgEgEgiiE -1': ' ' 1'11?23555ii?fE2E2E2i52Q2g2 card da , stu- Qo Y O0 dents srlluck out to their mailbox, X hoping to catch ces whats the dreaded Comlng To You Piece Of PaPef .....,................................ that Could Cause .....,...,....,,.....,..,....,,,..,.,...1.,...,..,......,.,...,,,...,,.,. them to be grounded for life as a result of their performance. The unfortunate often managed to avoid trouble by forewarning their parents of their lapse into academic delinquency. I usually don't get bad grades, but ifl do, I tell the truth about why I got it, and I tend not to get in trouble, senior Susan Lorraine said. I've never been grounded for bad grades. Besides parental pressures, grade earners often found themselves mo- tivated by promises of monetary rewards, or extra privileges. Well, I get tons of money for A's and B's, but my parents take double the amount out of my bank account for fa! Vi' Q .1 u i J ag, X . ,,,, 1 ' 'avi f irr ' ' ' v . . f .,,': Q 1 ,. .' ,, X . t ,y M ,, ri: -, I , l I Lf . M I . .. Y . . 'FV X . d-,f V5.1 i 'aff' A , ,,.Qg57L,,, ,O ,f Y v.TZi,A4J.n'65 . , I. f J pl' 'W' . 4 I 4 tv-f 'J , ff. ' Q . . , ' teee I sse .f S? -ff: man ' tax- i 6 . u Vw :fl ' . , Egg. f . M, It 5 Q1 t QT? V . -'47 an ,U-,Q .FV ' 4 A 2, M 2 ' f . ' I, ' A f 4 ' I f . I' .f . M, .' ...I 4' . as I M222-.. rv Tv ,J . t Report cards,progress reports induce work, incentive anything below a C, junior jason Brice said. In the absence of benefits, responsible students found their own rewards in personal satisfaction and in pride of achievement. I think good grades in high school are important for personal satisfaction, but in college it will be different. Good grades will not only affect my GPA, but also my job and my entire future, senior Corby Logue said. In the end, anticipation of the future provided the motivation for superior grades as students, especially seniors, looked toward colleges, graduate schools and careers. I want good grades because I realize that each A will add another college to my list of possibilities. I figure that since I'm at school for seven hours anyway, I might as well give it l00'Z:, senior Mindi Stober said. Whatever the motivations for good grades, students always benefit- ted from them since A's looked great on transcripts, provided the ticket into college and pleased parents. Xl BONUS POINTS In search of extra credit, junior Ahab AI Nassar discusses his grades with his algebra teacher. Teachers often granted such opportunities to those who needed to pull up their averages. iPhoto by staffi PLEASURE BEFORE PAIN Six times a year, office secretary Mrs. Cynthia Arrington and registrar Mrs. Har- rlet Cavness compile report card mail- outs, which make or break students' plans for fun. iPhoto by staffi REPORT CARDS Edited By: Kim Hamilton

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Washing a chemical reagant from her hands, iunior Joanie Johnson hurries to rejoin her lab partner. Working together enabled students to experience methods and procedures used in college labs. iPhoto by staffj i X l X Bill Martin: Humanities, English 4, Composition 4. Karen Mattison: Advanced Social Studies. Charlotte May: Pre Calculus H, Trigonometry, Elementary Analysis, Fundamentals of Math. I 4 -Q : .. at ,N . . .- K 't I ,W as it , Al- i n Ist , X K S K 01 Juanita Meier: Content Mastery N - . A r Center, World History Resource. - G F Marie Milliken: Accounting H, eff Y Q1 Typing A, B. Mary Lee Moeller: Ag If 5 hggk Typing A, Gffice Education Coopera- A A fi fx .ff K, X V tive l, Study Lab. A -'uf' Fred Mokry: Computer Math 1, 2H. . A. , i H Pat Mokry: Biology l, ZH, Physiol- if ogy!Anatomy, Lab Management. A ifff. W KZ? Susan Monow: Art 2. X I KNOW WHICH IS WHICH Susan Morrow danced for the New York City Ballet during high school. She had to commute each day from Connecticut to New York. Pat Mokry, once the Chief Technolo- gist of Special Chemistry at Breckenridge Hospital, worked in heart surgeries, performing blood gas level tests. 'Skiing and tennis are great recreational sports. They keep ffm. A me physically lit to teach math. it:- 'ia' -Charlotte May I .se ggggg gg gg l GROUP WORK Edited By: Eric Dreher -'Z