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

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BACK TO SQUARE ONE While planning his schedule, sophomore Danny Boukrls looks over the myriad of options with counselor Shirley Faske. A drops and adds system was Implemented this year to allow for students who changed their mlnds. iPhoto by staftj THE LINE-UP Late for class, students walt ln Ilne for their turn to get tardy sllps. A dally ritual, the disbursement of tardles kept atten- dance secretarles Mrs. Sharon Dickey and Mrs. Gall Lehr busy the first of every perlod. iPhoto by Brian Pedderj Marsha Nelson: Iunior Varsity Choir, Advanced Girls Choir, Chorale, Madrigals. Kay Orellz U.S. History H, Sociology. F' - - ' '- N fe x D' 4' '14, Sam Osbom: English 2, CLA 2, I i i Psychology. ' e Rebecca Parks: Economics Free ' I Enterprise H. J 5 Z I ,, ,Q ,Q David Patterson: Varsity Swim- gg Q9 ' ming, Sports Boys-9, Algebra 1. J t I 'V ' ' Van Ragsdale: Band 1, Applied ,, , Music 1, 2. :fffiiiiii KNOW WHICH IS WHICH Van Ragsdale, band director, superstitiously believed that the band played better when he gave his Gucci watch to his first chair llutist. Sam Osborne lived on actual sand on the beach in Port Aransas for two years after she graduated from Crockett High School. 'I would rather be playing tennisl' -Marsha Nelson I 32 KNOW WHA rs WHAT it WHAT NOW? Crammlng those last few minutes In the cafeteria, sophomores James Bennett, Andrew Christiansen and Bill Davenport prepare for a test In Spanish. With after- school practices, athletes used any spare minute to measure up to the no-pass, no- play rule. iPhoto by David Bennettl OFF LIMITS! Digging through his locker as quickly and quietly to find his homework, sopho- more Todd McGall risks getting caught in the halls, which were closed to students during lunch. iPhoto by staffi

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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

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A gmc, . ART ANYONE? Trying to take as few classes as possible during their senior year, seniors Eric Woomer and Jason Nolte discuss sched- ules with counselor Shirley Faske during drops and adds. iPhoto by Trace Werneri E D T A P E Registration, notebooks Walking ,iii IZ: Z. :,: through the 's2s:3525s53552?i5?i:f3' ' I'Eiiiiiiiigiziziaifig commons' doors some sept. 1, fauc- tant students were again blitzed with one wharsihe I Hewfunwel- Difference? C0medP01iCY change after fQfj'jfjfj'jfjljIj 'jfjI'1jfjI' lj fjfjf jfjfjfj Ijij If Ijf :lj Ijf jf jf' fjfj11fjf'igfj3jfjTjI- policies caused more hassles than solutions for students and teachers. Computer registration gave me all the classes I wanted but not in the order or with the teachers that I would have liked, senior Courtney Smith said. Seventy-two percent of students polled showed displeasure with the administration, thinking of the change as a punishment or as one more lost privilege. Along with the change in registration, another new policy af- create hassled havoc was the study habits calendar, which tied into their six weeks average, could either make or break borderline averages. l don't completely agree with study habits, but it has helped to keep me organized with my classes and studies, junior Shay Purcell said. To open-minded students, study habits didn't present a problem, yet others found the notebook a little too reminiscent of their middle school years. I feel as though I'm in the third grade-the teachers are treating us like babies. We are in high school and are old enough to keep up with our own assignments, junior Mike Casey said. Like those before it, this school year proved to be no exception to the rule of inherently negative changes initiated by the administration that caused dissent among the students and faculty who had to endure them. RED TAPE Edited By: Ashley Cotten