Westlake High School - Ram Ler Yearbook (Westlake, LA)

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r (Far Left) Cheerleaders show great form. SUMMERTIME . . . the ending is the beginning I Even though a few inactive students were bored just sitting around and not doing anything during the summer months, many students expended their restless energy by becoming involved with the active dubs and organizations of school. A fine example of this never-ending energy was when the rah-rah girts attended cheerleader camp at Lamar University. These spirited and dedicated young ladies brought home the spirit stick, as well as an outstanding collection of new cheers. The summer of 79 also gave an opportunity for other organized groups to attend summer camps. These included the semi-tough football players, those involved in the annual paper chase, the flying flagers, the bouncing basketball players, the courageous captains, the rippling rifles, the rum-pa-pa-pum drummers, the strutting drum majors and others. Little did these hardworking campers realize that they had already contributed to the second addend which equalled more than a hundred and eighty days. Realizing that the always-welcomed summer months had passed quickly, the students tried to prepare for the memorable times ahead. Even though we spent minutes, which lead into hours, in the classrooms we found that the responsibilities did not just end there.

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High School the focal point of their lives. At the time many students expected to be spending approximately five days a week, four weeks per month, and nine months of the • 79 80 school year to learn reading, riting. and 'rithmatic. As some of the students walked from the crowded halls into their homerooms, they realized how quickly the ninety days of summer had pasted. Would the next 180 days pass as quickly? the coming year of 1979-1980. (Bottom right) Flags and Captains attend camp in Houston. to it during summer practice. State was another way to spend the summer.

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David and Mike: two Killer Rams. These after school practices sometimes averaged two to three long hours a day. The extra but necessary practices added to the one hundred and eighty days, but still there were more ways that the students contributed their precious time to school. Students began to realize that there were more than eight hours of school. Even after the hard practices. there was the ho-hum homework that required about two to three hours of studying to accomplish the three ’r’s. During the long, but short, year everything began to seem like it would last an eternity. Even during the holidays, school went on for some students, like the Ramettes. These hard-working girls sponsored a mystical moonlit dance where many dreamy-eyed students fell under the influence of the always-appreciated mistletoe, the cuddling up from the chilled night, the rhythms of the music, the water breaking against the surf, the scenic Civic Center and . . . of course the spiked punch. After the welcomed holidays were over, It was time to go back to the ole' grindstone of pencils and books. A number of Juniors studied for the oncoming ACT tests while the Seniors prepared for the end of the year exams. 5 i Greg takes a break from attention.