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

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611 A6 . 4 . :.- 1, 11' 'Z' ff, l l l i i twateaw V V 941' cn Richard Rehen Art 2, junior Varsity Tennis. A . 7 ' ., 3 Elliot Richmond: Physical Science, Physics, Astronom- V - 3, , A 2- f . i' 1 'H johnny Ringo: Sports Boys-9, Varsity Football, U.S. ,5 v 'ff 4 ' J , Yi' '. if 1 ' -V j. H Vt V .av , if - History. 4, f V' .-i f - V V ' Vi, 'V ' Mary Ann Rivera: Algebra 2, Consumer Economics. 5 X ' 9 1 if V VV Io Ann Rogers: Geometry, H, Algebra 2. .- r, -V, ,. ' Cindy Russell: Hyline 1, 4, Dance 1. Ron Schroeder: Sports Boys-9, Varsity Football, Health Education. Eri ., we , , ,- 1. J, as-'F ' -679' 2 1 , t 1 ,J C N t lm. ,,. .. 1 V V ,it ref' 1 , .,, Schultz: World History, Industrial Cooperative Training 1, Work. Barbara Schumann: Chemistry 1. -X. Cathy Self: Sports Girls-9, Varsity, Health Education, V Physical Education 2, Team Sports. Cindy Russel's most embarrass- ing moment as a teacher occurred when she took her team to the state drill team competition. When seven months pregnant, she walked across the gym floor and fell flat on her face. Eric Schultz's former occupation as a diesel mechanic in the National Guard involved going out after disabled tanks and repairing them well enough to bring them back to the base. Johnny Ringo was the football star of his high school, voted most popular and most likely to succeed and was a National Merit Scholar. He now spends his free time playing golf instead of football. Barbara Schumann, the editor of her high school yearbook, graduated Sth out of a class of 650 students. 'I was not very interesting in high school. Iwas a greaser! That is not as interesting as you would think' -Elllot Richmond ,r' 1 2 FIX THAT FLAT! In thelr technlcal theatre class, senlor Klm Hamilton and sophomore Michelle Dear staple together a flat for use by drama. lPhoto by Steven Declerckl As senior Jase Auby puts the academic section of the yearbook on the Macintosh computer, junior Kristine Frenk makes sure its correct. iPhoto by Brian Pedderi DEADLINES Edited By: Erin Croig

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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

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THE HEAD OF THE CLASS Number One and Two ol the senior class, Jennifer Bradley won accolades as salu- tatorian while Lisa Wells accumulated the highest grade point average for the vale- dictory honors. iPhoto by Tracy Collinsl PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT In the Fine Arts Facility, lunlor Kimberly Curl takes time out of her daily routlne schedule to labor over the practlce SAT. Counselors contributed to the event so juniors would be prepared for the test next year. iPhoto by Statfl IN THE NAVY While pondering careers In the navy, sen- Iors Charles Page and James Fenelon llsten to recruiter Robert Dlaz's presenta- tlon. The newly erected career center provlded students with information on various colleges. iPhoto by Brent Halll ., .., I .Maru ' L ,- Xi. WJ Prep courses, counseling s help to plan the future With college prep courses and the recently added career center, the 35.5 -Y.: university YO 3:1 fiijf minded were 5' I constantly reminded of .-., H- college as the next step towards their career after high school. Even though I am not a senior, I have become more aware of college and how important my grades are. I also plan on taking a course that will prepare me for college, sophomore Heather Browne said. While underclassman had only begun to prepare for college, the more experienced seniors began to actually select colleges. Before their senior year, most of the seniors had already narrowed their college choices down to two or three schools and had basically finished their preparation, but others had no idea, senior Kevin Cantrell said. I 36 KNOW WHA rs WHAT Also preparing college-bound stu- dents for their days after high school were speech courses, computer classes and advanced placement courses, like English, biology, computer science, calculus and chemistry, which were specifically developed to assist students with their future college and career choices. I've taken a speech class because I think it will help a lot when I give oral presentations and speeches during college, junior Monika Freedman said. lt is teaching me how to get up in front of groups. While wading through the maze of college prep courses, SAT's, applica- tions and deadlines, students kept from drowning in the effort to be ready for and get into the college of their choice, finding aid in the life rafts of counselors and the college center. THE OLD COLLEGE TRY On career day, juniors familiarized them- selves with universities throughout the country. Representatives greeted the students with everything from pamphlets to bumper stickers. iPhoto by Staffl if .nzzsfee ..,. 4 . i il 1 its ,R as Q' ' Wm! it + Q? ' i 'N i 1