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

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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

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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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Deadlines determine SWE TING N Q H As the I flashed by and QOYOQ deadlines drew near, dock 52 watchers found creative ways to Whcrs Done get around the 'E' ls Done time burden of large as- ' ' ' signments. Instead of actually reading the book, popular ways of avoiding real work included running to the video store and checking out the movie. A lot of movies are different from the books and usually teachers watch the movies so that their ques- tions will not be based on the movie, freshman Rachel Davis said. I learned this the hard way. Other ways to get around doing real work on book reports ranged from choosing books read before to merely skimming a new book and reading only the first and last chapters. I get a book that I like and I don't read it. I look in the back at the summary and copy it down for my book report, freshman Nathan Allen said. I haven't been caught yet, and I've been doing it for years. Deadlines, the cause of frustration and panic, haunted procrastinators who waited until the last minute to begin their dreaded assignment. l hold off a project until the night before and it usually takes me the whole night to finish it, senior Caret Kipe said. I go through the entire next school day with my head on my desk. As the quantity of deadlines increased, the quality and time spent on assignments decreased. Seniors, once freshmen, reflected upon their futile efforts to create the perfect English paper with disdain. I spent a lot more time on my English papers as a freshman because there weren't so many. Now l have many more papers to write, so I don't spend as much time on them, senior Heidi I-leilman said. They're not as important to me now. Large assignments, the bane of students who would rather go out with friends than work on a pre- calculus paper, were frequently put off and eventually slapped together in a night of concentrated activity as deadlines approached and students began to realize the consequences of not turning in a major assignment. is V - REPOSE AND REPRIEVE At the end of a tunnel, senior Anthony Truchard escapes from the endless rigor of honors courses to indulge in a more pleasurable pastime, reading. iPhoto by Charlotte Renwickl l 311 KNOW WHA rs WHAT OH ROMEO, ROMEO With mouth open, freshman Ria Atkeison lies on the seats in the Commons, totally engrossed in Romeo and Juliet for her English class. iPhoto by Staffl