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Weslaco High School 1005 W. Pike

Weslaco, TX 78586 856.868.6700

La Palma, 2004

A message to the class of2004:

I hope you ha e enjoyed your years at Weslaco High School. We

have worked hard to create an atmosphere that you truly could call

your home. I have enjoyed watching you grow and enthusiastically

look forward to seeing you continue to blossom as you take on the

challenging road ahead of you. Remember where ever the roads of

life take you; you will always be a Weslaco Panther forever. I have

really enjoyed erving as your principal.

Best of! uck,

Edmund R. Oropez

In all my years here, I haye seen \\'e.' laco High chool excel in e\'er ' educational field and produce thousands of outstanding tuden t:;, I t has been an honor to

attend \\'e laco High School and sen'e both as a teacher and an admini 'trator at thi great school. I look fon\ ard to many more wonderful years at \\'e laco High

chool, the Hio Grande Valley' fine t !-och,ool. I \\'ish e\'ery \YH Graduate ha. as mallY wonderfill memorie' of \YHS a I ha\'e collected O\'cr the year ,

A · a fello\\ graduate of ,\Ve laco High School, I want to wish the cla of 2001 the best of luck in their tiltllre endeavors. My adyice to each one of you is to enjoy life, alway. be optimistic, and use your God gi\'en talents to thcir tidIest, and ne\'er

May God

I am proud to be part of the \\'e~laco High chool and the long hi~tory of bcing one of the top high .choob in the Valley, \Ve haye a good hard working staff committed to . eeing that students gct a good quality cducation, I t is our goal to prO\'ide the. tudents \\ ith a meaningful experience while in high chool and challenge them, to get the be!>t out of them, and provide a good foundation tor being . u('(:e~,>ful in their tilture endea\'or ,

I have truly come to appreciate the atmo. phere and the culture of\YH . The ~taff work hard to ensure that

tudent are provided a pIa e where they are comfortable and are able to learn and students, for the mo t part, take advantage of their opportLlllitie:. \ e have the best staff and the best

~ullt

The schoolhouse has long been

the factory of the future. It's been

the place where businessmen, firefighters,

actors, engineers and even politicians

have been molded and shaped at their

earliest stages. Teachers push

button~turnknobsandlowerand

raise levers all with only one purpose:

to prepare a bunch of teenagers who

are eager to swallow the world to be a

part of it. WHS prides itself in having

state-of-the-art, class A teachers, who

love what they do, working for its

kids.

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Fidencio Alvarado RonaldArchboJa

ClnistinaArcher

AdrianaArellano

BrisaBazan

ThmBrandon

Kathy Bush

Marta Castaneda

Jesus Castillo

Dora Cavazos Jorge Cavazos Dora Ceniceros

Efren ceniceros

Jeanne Cleclder EnriqueCoy

HectorCruz Rosie David

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CarolynDoDalson

GladysDoyno

w.mEnaM Joseph Escobar

Gumelaunl MaryJaneLucas ElmaMarroquln

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Susan Martin

Robert Medrano

Angie Mejia

AnnabeUMolina

Rebecca Monservalles

Joel Nava

John Nieshwitz Robb Peterson

Ezequiel Pumarejo

Frank Quesada

Roy Ramirez

NoeRico David Rivera

Annie Rodriguez

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e Rainbow Another year has flown by. We now look

back through our yearbook, at the times

that we have shared together and the

memories we wi 11 remember forever.

Whether you're a freshman or a senior, you

wi 11 never forget this year. Freshman

remember hanging out in the cafeteria eating

lunch with all their new friends talking about

everything at once."

My best memory of my freshman year;

was hanging out with allmy new friends,"

freshman Lemma Salazar said

Sophomores remember studying fortheit

fmal exams dw-ing lunchbreaks,and hanging

out at the social events. "This year I went to

all the football games, and had a lot more

fun than I did

with," senior Michael Martinez said.

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e"-~ltllfe We take it personal I

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\.(iok the hu IUrnout or Panther

Seni r Skit Raises Issues

At the Red kin vs. P thers spirited and loud pep rally, a v ry int r ting skit was directed toward tl1 semors, but many teachers, student , and administrators took issue to this skit and were deeply affected by its meaning.

A very tangible argument started after Mr. Robb Peter on e-mailed the WHS staff. The e-mail stated. "Thoughts for the day-Charlotte's death in the skit was worth 10 seconds of silence, while every bar and party mentioned was worth loud cheers and applause," said Peterson. Educators flooded the e-mail systems wtth thoughts and _hUons of their own.

English teacher Mrs. ilbaugb sided with Mr. Peterson, "I strongly agree with you Robb. I am D so naive to think the students are ana , but where do they get the idea that ublic forum like a pep assembly i the place to celebrate their extra­curricular acti vities," said Mrs. Silbaugh.

Not only did the teachers think the skit was inappropriate, but some students thought so as well. "I expected more from the kit, the juniors made it more about

I drinking and partying than taking the time to help us remember the times that didn't include illegal drinking," said senior Diana Castillo.

Not only were some offended, but

thankful that the j uniors took the time to shine light on the events throughout the past. " I ap reciated the skit because it made us laugh, cry, and it showed b().'W well we got to know the underclassmen, and the way they look up to us," said senior Bi Solis.

The senior sk it is meant to emphasize the hard times they had and all the not so hard times that the liv th ughout their schoo' y . t was an awesome performance b cause the memories they brought up reall y touched me and made me remember all the times thro ughout high school," said senior Domin ic De Leon.

There were many other seniors who thought that over a ll the kit was great and had no problem with the way it was presented to them. " I thought that overall the skit was okay, I admit it had high and low points, but J couldn't say 1 didn't like it becausc I enjoyed it very mu " said senior Linda Alvarado.

many thought it was disrespectful. "I .'·"'~"""'i"-

thought the skit was disrespectful because the skit contained mainly bar hopping, clubbing, drinking and dirty danein,. They had so much time to show us their out of school activities, but yet they only pent a couple of minute to show the los of Charlotte," said enior Erika Perez.

Which brings many of us to question, have we tudents failed to live up to our expectations and roles in life?

Many students believe not because after all, every conflict holds two oppo ing sides and many of which belonged to students who saw nothing wrong or shameful with the senior skit. "I enjoyed the skit because the whole aspect of it was relatively clo e to the events that happened to us throughout high school," said senior Becky Flores, Many students saw this skit as a nice gesture, and were

have gtven up on any "P~,CI''''''' and chosen not to care about being the assets to our society. while others see nothing wrong, or feel inditferent. It's interesting to juxta pose this story with mail sent by Mrs. Jeanne Cleckler, which included the following quote by a Greek poet in the 8th century before Christ. "I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint. "

e: Steven Davi la and Rey Vega enjoy the Pep Rall y.

As the year began , our days were

filled with wonder and amazement . High

School would be the beginning of a new

chapter in our lives . Being fresh out

of Middle School , the opportunities and

options that we have are endless . It was

a drastic change and nothing prepared us

for the changes that we went through

here in high school . " I remember my

fist day , and I can ' t believe how

different things were in comparison to

my years in Middle school ," Jacob

Arroyo , Freshmen said .

Surviving our first year here has

been our greatest achievement so far ,

and now we look forward , proudly , to the

future that lays before us here at WHS .

" I am looking forward to one day being a

senior here , but I will never forget my

freshman year ," Freddy Azoca , Freshmen

said .

Bianca Abarca Adolfo Acevedo loanna Acevedo

lan-LAcosta lynessaAdame

Luis Aguilar

Kristina Aguillon Isabel Aguiniga Yvette Alamillo

AmyAlaniz Andrew Alaniz

Cassandra Alaniz

Raul Alaniz Lisa Alcorta

Daniel Aldape David Alejandro YuridianaAlejos YadiraAlmaguer

On the first day of school I didn' t know where any of my classes were, so I was very nervous since I had never set foot into the high school. I knew it would be a huge change compared to middle school but I didn 't know how big of a change to expect.

Bianca Almaraz lose Alonso

DarnianAlvarado Alonzo Alvarez

lose Alvarez Alex Amaya

EliudAmbriz Missy Ambriz

Amanda Anciso Miguel Aparicio

Albert Aragon Anthony Arends

lulissaArevalo Andres Arredondo

Margarito Arredondo lacobArroyo

Yara-Set Arteaga RicardoAsa

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-Leslie Caballero

While eating lunch during the first day of school , I accidentally spilled chocolate milk all over my pants. I was so embarrassed because people I didn ' t know were laughing at me, and I had to get up to use the phone to call home.

- Vince Vasquez

Mr. Brewster is my favorite teacher because he is not only really cool but a down to earth teacher as well. He is the type of teacher that gets along with each and everyone of his students.

-Tony Godinez

AmandaAyala Emmanuel Ayala Alti-edo Azoca Carlos Baena Luis Balderas Kristy Balli

Jeremy Banda Joshua Banda Amanda Barrera Amy Barrera Ashley Bautista Jesma Bautista

Cassandra Benavidez Jorge Benitez Israel Beraza Johnny Beraza Michael Bernal Juan Bocanegra

I think that the upperclassmen are all friendly and they are setting a good example for us in school. I expected them to be mean to us since we are younger then them but they are nice instead.

-Jorge Valdez

Maria Bocanegra Zoila Bmjas James Brown YuridiaBruno Xochitl Bugarin Skyler Caballero

Jose Cabrera Rebecca Cabrera Ricardo Cabrera Celedonia Calderon Illiana Campos Sammy Campos

Diego Cancino Jorge Cancino ChrisCano Cassandra Cantu Crystal Cantu Joshua Cantu

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Manuel Cantu Olga Cantu

Pamela Cantu Camilo Cardenas

Janae Cardenas Priscilla Cardenas

Karen Cardona David Cardosa Leann Carreon

Eduardo Carrillo Monica Casares Crystal Casarez

Fernando Casas Jorge Castellanos Alejandra Castillo Araselee Castillo

Jose Castillo Joshua Castillo

Leonardo Castillo Santiago Castillo

Nancy Castorena Arnold Cavazos

Jahaziel Cavazos Jason Cavazos

Johanna Cavazos Lisa Cavazos

Margarita Cavazos Vanessa Cavazos

Iannelli Cerda AnaChaman

Jose Chavero Edith Chavez

Joshua Chavez

Kristian Chavez Victor Chavez

Eunice Chihuahua

20 Fres hmen

My favorite movie is Bad Boys 2 because there is a lot of action throughout the movie. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the same movie are extremely funny and a plus to the movie would have to be the undercover girl agent.

-Alonzo Rojas

I think that the upperclassmen are pretty cool. When I first came to the high school I thought they were going to be mean and pick on us since we are the fishies but they are actua ll y pretty nice to us.

-Irma Diaz

Hector Cisneros Angela Contreras Carlo Cordova Mayra Coronado Irasema Cruz Jorge Cruz

Jose Cruz Juan Cruz Julio Cruz Anisa Cuellar Elishja Cuellar EricCueUar

Fabian Cuellar Francisco Cuellar Jacinda Cuellar Jena Cuellar Juan Cuevas Hector Davila

Diana De Hoyos Joel De La Cruz Monica De La Cruz Samuel De La Cruz Benjamin De La Rosa Cathy De La Rosa

Daniel De Leon Eduardo De Leon Raul DeLeon Regeena De Leon Daisy De Luna Helio Delgado

DanielDiaz Ricardo Diaz Malia Dominguez

Honour Donaho Samantha Duarte Cynthia Oman

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Francisco Echeverria Jovanne Elissetche

Antonio Elizondo Denisse Elizondo Joanna Elizondo

Charles Ellsworth

Adrian Escalante Chantel Escalon

Monica Escarni lla Jeffrey Esparza

Juan Esparza MayraEspinal

Yadira Espinal Samantha Estevanes

Monica Estrada Abraham Fernandez

Edith Fernandez Josefina Fegueroa

Bryan Flores Jessica Flores Jessica Flores Milton Flores Ruben Flores

Cody Foerster

Veronica Francese Ricardo Fuentes

Criselda Gallegos Alma Gamez Myra Gamez

Eleazar Gaona

Maricruz Garces Adtian Garcia Adrian Garcia

Anthony Garcia

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If I could be a famous person I would want to be Jessica Biel because she 's pretty and she works hard to get where she's at.

- Justin Saldana

Claudia Garcia Cleofas Garcia

Diana Garcia

My favorite movie would have to be Scary Movie 3 because 1 thought it was really fun and it's something my friends and] like to watch.

-Regeena De Leon

Fabiola Garcia Felix Garcia GigiGarcia Guillermo Garcia Jerardo Garcia Maria Garcia

Mario Garcia Marisela Garcia Oscar Garcia Trinidad Garcia Christa Garza Cynthia Garza

Michael Garza Nicanor Garza Thalia Garza Josie Garzez Guillermo Germain Du1ceGomez

Gomez Luis Jovi Gonzalez Alfredo Gonzalez Adrian Gonzalez Bertha Gonzalez Christopher Gonzalez

Clarisa Gonzalez David Gonzalez Guillermo Gonzalez Hector Gonzalez Jaime Gonzalez Jose Gonzalez

Kimberly Gonzalez Leeroy Gonzalez Lino Gonzalez

Maria Gonzalez Renee Gonzalez Rosa Gonzalez

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Teresa Gonzalez Veronica Gonzalez

Crystal GuelTa Erika Guerrero

Keshia Guerrero Edgar Gutierrez

Ezequiel Gutierrez Karina GutielTez Sonia Gutierrez Zachary Head

Candice Hernandez Christian Hernandez

Cynthia Henandez Gladis Henandez

Iris Henandez Ju1 iana Hernandez Karina Hernandez Matio Hernandez

Sandra Hernandez Sat1tos Hernandez

Omar Herrera COlina Herrera

Juan Herrera Kin1berly Herrera

Steve Herrera Rene Hinojosa

Roxanne Hinojosa Isabel Huerta Lama Huelta Pedro Huelta

Chris Hughes Kelly Hughes

Heather Humphreys

Cristal IbatTa Lorena Ibarra

Javier Isaguirre

24 Freshmen

The Matrix is definitely my favorite movie because it is action-packed and keeps you at the edge of your seat.

- Benjamin De la Rosa

Mr. Flores would have to be my favorite teacher because he is extremely nice and cool. He gets along with all his students and lets us do fun things in class.

-Cassie Cantu

Jesus Jasso Teodoro Ja so Brian Jimenez ElizaJimenez Jacob Jimenez DionisiaJohn on

Ashely Jones Cristina Juarez Kenny Juarez Amanda Kopecky Adrian Lara Jose Lan'alde

Ana Leal Krystal Leal Marly Leal Valerie Leal Candi Leos Alejandro Limon

Anna Limon Esperanza Limon Luis Loa Olga Loa Crispin Loera Aillian Longoria

Ashley Longoria Aaron Lopez Diana Lopez Eloy Lopez Erick Lopez Francisco Lopez

lIiana Lopez Jasenia Lopez Jessyca Lopez

Lizabeth Lopez Luis Lopez Michael Lopez

25 Freshmen

Raul Lopez Robert Lopez Sarah Lopez

Irving Lorenzo Araceli Losoya

Jay Lowrey

Daniel Loya Alexander Lozano

Fidel Lozano Sergio Lozano Janette Lucio Heather Lugo

Carlos Luna Virictiana Macias

Andres Mandujano Jacob Marez

Michelle Marines Angelina Marin

Sergio Malin Jose Martinez

Ambrose Martinez Andrea Maltinez

Anthony Martinez Antonio Martinez

Ashley Martinez Ashley Mattinez

Catherine Martinez Christian Martinez

Clu-istopher Maltinez Daniel Martinez

Doria Martinez Elizabeth Marthinez

Gabino Martinez Gabriel Martinez

I1\iana Martinez Irma Marti nez

Javier Martinez Joaquin Martinez

Jose Mattinez Jose Martinez Juan Mattinez

Mari aMattinez

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Matthew Martinez Miguel Martinez Miranda Martinez Natalie Martinez Patricia Martinez Roberto Mal1inez

Sandra Martinez Susan Mrutinez Chad Masso Esteban Mata Jeremy Mata Jose Mata

Juru1Mata Yesenia Mata Paula Medeles Jessica Medina Elsa Medrrulo Amanda Mendiola

Yvette Mendoza Alexis Mesa IsmaelMeza Cory Moates Arcadia Molina Maria Molina

Yvonne Molina Cesar Morales Jesus Morales Reyver Morales Veronica Morales Victor Morales

F~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Angela Moreno Dominic Moreno

1fT could be a famous person I would choose to be Brad Pitt because all the girls are after him and he's married to Jennifer Alliston.

- Joel Rojo

Jeannette Moreno

Mru-isol Morin Tyler Morlock luanMunlz

27 Freshmen

Michelle Muniz Aimee Munoz

Lilly Najera Veronica Navarro Angelina Nguyen

BryanNunn

Claudia Ortega JanieOltiz

Jessica Ortiz Jose Ortiz

Nathan Oltiz Nicholas OltiZ

Rafael Ortiz Maribel Ovilla

Stephanie Padilla Sanj uana Paez

Robert Palomares Allison Pemelton

Adriana Pena Ignacio Peralez Tiffany Peralez

Adolfo Perez Angelina Perez

Armando Perez

Clemente Perez Eric Perez

Erika Perez Esthela Perez

Hipolito Perez Jose Perez

Manuel Perez Ruben Perez Ruby Perez

Rudy Perez Stephanie Perez

Yvette Perez

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1 think the upperclassmen are cool because they are really nice to me and help me fit into this new school environment.

-Cody Foerster

Mr. Rodriguez is my favorite teacher because he puts things into terms that I can understand, and if we don't understand it, he'll go over it until we do.

-Samantha Quintanilla

Miguel POltilJO Paul Puente Vanessa Pulido Allen Ramirez Andrea Ramirez Jaime Ramirez

Jasmin Ramirez Sarah Ramirez Daniel Ramon Michael Ramon Joe Ramos Lucinda Ramos

Victoria Ramos Denise Razo Juan Resendez Ericka Reyes I vonne Reyes Janet Reyes

Jennifer Reyes Jesus Reyes Kristina Reyes Maria Reyes Nancy Reyes Orlando Reyes

Rojerio Reyes Isaac Reyna Nicki Reyna Abel Rincon Arnold Rivera Topacio Rivera

Yesenia Rivera Emmanuel Robledo Esmeralda Robles

Fabian Robles Francisco Robles Adrian Rodriguez

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Amanda Rodriguez Cecilia Rodriguez

2hristopher Rodriguez Daniel Rodriguez

Eduardo Rodriguez Francisco Rodriguez

lrmaRodriguez Joanie Rodriguez Lucio Rodriguez

Medardo Rodriguez Michael Rodriguez Priscilla Rodriguez

Rudy Rodriguez Jessica Roe

Alonzo Rojas Jose Rojas

Priscilla Roman Robin Roman

Adam Rosales Joanna Rosales

AnaRuiz Roxatme Ruiz Roxatme Ruiz Ruben Saenz

Angelica Salazru­Belinda Salazru­

Juan Salazat" Leanna Salazru­Justine Saldana

Michael Saldivru-

Brenda Salgado Juan Salgado

Clatissa Salinas Gilbert Salinas

Jesus Salinas Savatmah Salinas

My first day ofhigb school was kind of weird. I was trying to fmd my way to get to my classrooms and I also had to adjust to the differences from middle school

-Jasmine Vallejo

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I know my dad isn't a famous person but I would want to be my dad because he's the coolest person I know. He really understands me and is a great person.

-Charles Ellsworth

I recently went to watch Elfwith my friends and it was a lot better than what I thought it would be. It was really fun and I wouldn ' t mind to go

watch it again.

-Milton Flores

Yvonne Salinas Andres Sanchez Juan Sanchez Krystle Sanchez Martin Sanchez Juan Sandoval

Laidy Santa Matia Jesusita Santoyo An1anda Sapein Esteban Sauceda Ben Schill Cynthia Segovia

Joanna Segovia Jose Segura Marco Segura Kristin Sepulveda Lorena Sierra Daniel Silva

Gina Silva Octavio Silva Laura Smillie Efren Soveron Ivan Sotelo Santa Soto

Thomas Sotuyo Brenda Spencer Brittany Sustaita Yvette Sustaita Mark Tafolla Steven Tafolla

Janie Tatnez Jacob Taylor Krysti Templeton

Donald Thomas Nereida Tijerina Ivan Torres

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Jorge Torres Lisa Torres

Lidia Toscano Francisco Tostado

Julia Tovar Julia Tovar

Robert Trejo April Trevino Israel Trevino

Jon Trevino Jose Trevino

Oscar Trevino

Rosa Trevino Yuri an a Trevino Jen nifer Tristan

Anna Valdez Araceli Valdez

Jorge Valdez

Valerie Valerio Jasmine Vallejo Karina Vallejo Maria Vallejo

Yesenia Vallejo Jessica Vasquez

Oscar Vasquez Vincent Vasquez Bernadette Vega

Pedro Vega Brenda Velasquez

JRVela

Mr. Brewster is my favorite teacher because he 's like one of us. He's cool to hang out with and I've learned a lot from him so far.

-.lose Cabrera

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If] could be a famous person I would want to be .lenni fer Lopez because she has a beauti fut voice and is a great actress. She is also seeing Ben Affiect and every girl dreams of getting a guy like Ben.

- Amanda Rodriguez

Andrea Zuniga Jorge Zuniga

J first thought that we were going to be picked on by the upperclassmen, but I was wrong. The seniors are pretty nice to us and they are easy to get along with .

-Yvette Alamillo

Sable Vela Danny Velez Cindy Venegas Rosa Viera Maria Villalobos Jose Villanueva

Mark Villanueva Miriam Villanueva Isaac VillatTeal Lynn Villarreal Rolando Villarreal Andrew Vi Ilasana

Annika Villasenor Ernesto Villa Jose Villegas Mark Wise lvonne Yanez SoniaYanez

Abelardo Ybarra Gerardo Ybarra Randy Zaman-ipa ZylindaZambrano Joann Zamorano AmandaZwuga

What I dislike about being a freshmen is knowing that 1 still have 4 more years to go of high school. I also didn ' t like the fact that some uppcrclassmen do pick on us and not being able to find my way around on the first day of school.

-Kristy Leal

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aDd ~oDfu8.d

After surviving our second year

here at Weslaco High School, we now

look forward to receiving our long

awaited title of "Upper Classmen".

This coming year, we will have the

honor and privilege to initiate the

incoming freshmen. "I have always

seen sophomores as the next link of

the chain," Ashley Wipf, Sophomore

said.

As we progress to the next

level, we will always remember we

were once under classmen, and try to

be good role models for the younger

generations just as we once had. "I

really loved my sophomore year, and I

can't wait to be an upper classmen,

but I will miss my senior friends a

lot, it won't be the same without

them," Cody Russell, Sophomore said.

FelipeAlambar Aaron Alaniz

Carmen Alvarez Karla Amador

Cindy Anguiano

Jo e Anguiano

Gustavo Aranda Anthony Arce Sully Arevalo

Angela Annstrong Andrea Avila

Jaime Avila

Sergio Ayala Jose Ballesa Edna Banda

Jacob Banda Cynthia Barrientos

Daniel Bautista

Justin Becerra Laura Becerra Allan Benitez

Ashlie Benitez Leslly Blancas

Anahi Bugarin

Andres Caballero Kevin Caballero

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Tara Caballero [sac Cabrera Jose Cabrera

Selina Cains

Raul Camacho

Jorge Campos

Domingo along with his friend enjoy their lunch . They go bananas during lunch.

Vanessa Saenz laughs throughout the mascot's performance. Their crazy skits were favored by the crowd.

Right: Serina Sanchez dances to the tunes of the band. A popular tuned played was Jungle Music.

Far Right: The Panthers wait patiently for the pep­rail y to get started . The pep-rallies were spirited and enjoyed by many.

April Cantu Jose Cantu Javier Cardona Omar Castellano Analberto Castillo Clarissa Castillo

David Castillo Jennifer Castillo Juan Castillo Korinna Castillo Ruby Castillo Rudy Castillo

Dora Castorena Valauren Castro Adriana Cavazos Alexandra Cavazos Brenda Cavazos Casey Cavazos

Johnny Cavazos Graciela Cerda Oskar Cervantes Rudy Cervante David Chapa Ileana Chapa

Lester Chavez Mario Chavez Martin Chavez Kristina Cisneros Laura Colmenero Dana Combs

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Juan Contreras Victor Contreras Jessica Cordova Humberto Cortez

Laura Cortez ]oscan Cruz

Yesenia Cruz Elizabeth Davila

Leah De La Fuente Eric De La Garza

Tatiana De La Rosa Jaimy De Leon

Jessica De Leon Sel ina De Leon

Stephanie De Leon Joanna Delgado Manuel Delgado Billy Dominguez

Eliseo Dualte Monique Esca lon

Amy Escami lla Carlos Esparza Louis Esparza

Edelin Espinoza

Jonathan Espinoza Santiago Espinoza

Hector Farias Stephanie Faz

Jose Fernandez GlendaFerrer

Carolina Figueroa Adi lene Flores

Left: Billy speeds towards the I-wing, just before the tardy bell rings. One of Billy's trademarks is his smile.

Top Right: Playing tennis gives you such a great work out. George, Bryan, Johnny decide to take a break.

Bottom Right: Isabelle smiles for the camera during her lunch.

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Top Left: Richard takes a break from the hard work Mr. Nava has ass igned. Let's

just hope he gets his deadline in on time!

Bottom Left: Cody Russe ll sings along with one of the perfo rmers from the assembly. Let's ju t say he got hi s 5 minutes offame.

Right: Va lauren, Karlee, Matt, and Trae relish their snacks during 61h period lunch. During lunch they di scuss the latest goss ip.

Jackie Flores Monica Flores Reynaldo Flores Sonny Fonseca Genaro Franco Rebecca Fuentes

Leonardo Galindo Javier Gamboa Diana Gamez Victor Garces Alfo nso Garcia Annabel Garcia

Ausannette Garcia Brenda Garcia Claudia Garcia Damaris Garcia Elva Garcia Janet Garcia

Jav ier Garcia Joseph Garcia Juan Garc ia Roxana Garcia Jess ica Gardner Annali sia Garza

Bridget Garza Domingo Garza Linda Garza Maria Garza Marissa Garza Melissa Garza

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Raul Garza Stephanie Garza

Suzanna Garza Joseph Garzez

Jose Gauna EdgarGil

Alberto Gomez Luis Gomez

CassandraGol1 za les Erik Gonzales

George Gonzales lsmael Gonzales

Albelto Gonza lez Amanda Gonza lez

Crystal Gonzalez Dav id Gonzalez

Jacqueline Gonza lez

Jose Gonzalez

Krystal Gonzalez Margarito Gonzalez

Monica Gonzalez Rebecca Gonza lez Marlene Guajardo

Gerardo Guerra

Mark Guerra Matthew Guerra Aaron Guerrero

Roberto Gutierrez Jacob Gutierrez

Joe Gutierrez

Carneal Guy Carl os Hernandez

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Ruben, Raymund, Mark, and Carlos can be found at the cafeteria in the same spot enjoying their lunch and each others company. Their friendship goes back a long time.

Crystal Hernandez Deandra Hernandez Esela Hernandez Hector Hernandez Julio Hernandez Kevin Hernandez

Sally Hernandez Karlee Hickman Vanessa Hill Alma Huerta Julio Ibarra Armando Izaguirre

Antonio Jaramillo Christine Jasso Gil berto Jimenez Ivonne Jimenez Jonathan Jimenez Ruth Jimenez

Ti moteo Jimenez Christine Juarez LizzetJuarez Ramon Juarez Cry tal Leal Felipe Ledesma

Ian Llewellyn Jose Loera Amanda Lopez Andrea Lopez Cynthia Lopez Jose Lopez

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Juan Lopez Jaclyn Lozano

Angela Lupercio Javier Marintios Arlene Martinez Dimas Martinez

Eduardo Martinez Jose Martinez Juan Martinez

Maria Martinez Ruben Martinez

Zeke Martinez

Juan Mata Juan Mata

Laura Mala Reynaldo Mata

Rubi Mata Jacklynn Malallloro

Apri l Maupin Adan McCall

Daniel Medrano Nestor Medrano

Alexis Mendez Amanda Mendez

Eduardo Mendez Leidy Mendez

Fernando Mexicano Richard Molina

Carl a Monita Hector Monita

Alyssa Mora les Jessica Moravitz

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Joey chills whi le he waits for his friends . His food might get co ld, but he can't eat alone.

Sally shows her school spirit at a pep-rally. She dances along to the cheers of the crowd.

how to make every woman go crazy. It's with his tender smile and funny

Maximo Mora Leroy Moreno Bianca Morin lsai Morin Veronica Morin Brenda Moya

Humberto Munoz Jesu Munoz Michael Munoz Rosalinda Munoz Alfonzo Narvaez John Neeley

Abraham Norato Abram Olivarez Alyssa Oliveira Dianey Oliveira Angelly Orozco Elva Ortiz

Annette Ozuna Jose Pachuca Luis Palomo Joel Pena JeffPena Nathaniel Pena

Richard Pena Victor Pena Yvette Pena Esmeralda Penuelas Deileen Peralez Ayla Perez

Amanda warms up for the volleyball game. The team prepared to defeat the Donna Redskins.

-----, Perla shows her school spirit during Homecoming. She poses with the panther that her crush got for her.

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Cri selda Perez Lissa Perez

Mari cela Perez Monica Perez

OmarPerez Roge li o Perez

Stephanie Perez Brittany Petch

Elizabeth Ramirez Stephanie Ramirez

Jennifer Ramos Jose Ramos

Krystal Ramos Arby Reyes

Esteban Ryes Macadam Reyes

Susana Reyna Iraceli Riojas

Rachel Riojas Dorothy Rios

Liliana Rios Rachel Ri os Rocio Rios

Jayson Rivera

Rosa Rivera Rolando Robles Jay Rochavich

Nora Rocha Rodol fo Rocha

Amanda Rodriguez

Ana Rodriguez Christopher RodrigllcL

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Peter and Diamari s wait pati ently for the lunch bell to ring. Their conversa ti on seems so interesting that Diamaris doesn' t ac kn owledge the camera.

Top Left: Eduardo Martinez gets a start on his chili pie. It was just too good!

Bottom Left: Jason along with his buddy sit around and wait for the lunch time to pass. Jason and his buddy laugh at something very funn y.

Right: Ruben Martinez signs in to get his homecoming gift. It 's one of the Weslaco High Schools long time traditions.

Francisco Rodriguez Jaqueline Rodriguez Karina Rod ri guez Leonel Rodriguez Mario Rodriguez Rebecca Rodriguez

Rebecca Rodriguez Ricardo Rodriguez Rick Romo Odessa Rosa Ismael Ruiz Cody Russe ll

Roberto Salas Fabian Salazar Juan Sa lazar Yesen ia Sa laza r IIIiana Sa lce Genaro Salgado

Brianna Sali nas Jonathan Sa linas Joshua Salinas Ashley Sanchez Isabe lle Sanchez Nohem i Sanchez

Serina Sanchez Carl os Sarmiento Dyani ra Saucedo Arnul fo Segov ia Carina Segundo Jena Segura

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Andres Sepulveda James Severn

Mark Silva Julie Smillie Jaden Smith

Brook Solether

Tatyana Solis John Soliz Luis Soto

Sylvia Soto Pierre Sustaita

Gerardo Tafolla

Reyna Tafolla Kalila Tames Renee Tamez Anabel Tapia

Jose Tello Cameron Terveen

Jesus Tijerina Cesar Tirado

Danielle Torres Steven Torres

Edgar Tovar Roxana Tovar

Laura Trejo . Ricardo Trevino

Denis e Valdez Jenny Valdez

Dalia Valensuela Selenne Vallejo

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Cristal Vargas Lionel Vega

Sophomore students assemble together during the NFL performance. It turned out to be a great performance for all the classes.

Chri tina Zuniga Phillip Zuniga Top Lefl:

Bianca, Christine, and Angela keep their friendship close. Their friendship goe back to middle school.

Bottom Left: Robert and a andra have been together ror quite sometime. This couple eems to still look happy with out a problem.

Ana Velez Juan Velez Amyra Vera Ciro Vierra Jonathan Vilches Roxanna Villalobos

Raymund Villanueva Carlo Villarreal Corey Villarreal Juan Villegas Yesenia Villegas Jenni fer Walker

A hley Wipf YingYang Hector Zapata Ja on Zepeda Perla Zepeda Veronica Zepeda

Chri smiles for the camera. Hi curly locks are quite cute.

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Jus t

D [] I t SPOliS are seen by many as an opportunity

to excel and experience different levels of

competition. Not only are we doing the things we

love, but it also helps us stay in shape, and out of

trouble. Our coaches are always there to push us

into getting good grades and go over and beyond

of what is expected from us. Athletic activities are

a great way to meet new people and to make

lifelong friends.

"Cheerleading requires a vigorous work out

and we get as many injuries as football or basket

ball players, who ever says cheerleading is not a

sport obviously doesn't know what they are

talking about," said Erica Cavazos, varsity senior

cheerleader. Of cour e there is more to sports than

winning, or injuries. Our athletes know that good

sportsmanship is what really counts. "Even though

we might not always win, it's being able to

compete that really counts," said Brenda Reyna,

semor.

~C--~~~ .'~~~~"'- '-.1 . . ' ~ ~'~' _~1~

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~tandin9 (L-~) - \4beaa De Leon, Amanda Gontrera~, Goadl e>, Laura Ilbert, April Maupin, e>renda \4'fna, Goac.n ~dri9uez., ~tepnanie Gruz., and Amanda Arevalo. t(neelin9 (L-~) - Wend'f We"~ and Lai~Iee ~alaz.ar

(L-~) - Alejandra Gavaz.o~, ~u~ana \4'fna nd Amanda c"atton

lOp ~\II (L-~) - "Pri~c.i"a ~alina~, "Jac.\::ie ~.1II!J.1iI...:1 Matamoro~, Goac.n Martinez., \4buc.a ~dri9uez.,

~~nea "J onn~on t(neelin9 (L-~) - "Jenn'f Valdez., Laura Irejo, A~nle'f c"onz.alez. and Alina Gue"ar ~ittin9 (L-~) - ~Y-'f Hinojo~a, Ye~enia Vi"e9a~,

and Ani~~a Gue"ar

op ~\II (L-~) - "Ju~tine ~aldana, Goac.n Vi"area\, \4ne c"onz.alez. and Leann Garreon Middle ~\II (L-~) - Monic.a "Perez., Anabel lapia, e>elinda ~alaz.ar and ~u~ie c"arz.a e>ottom ~\II (L-~) - Adriana "Pena, "Jenna Gue"ar nd ~c.nel \2.lo~

lOp ~\II (L-~) - Goac.n Vi"areal and )(oc.nitle e>u9arin Middle ~\II (L-~) - Gatn'f De La ~~a, "Paula Medelez., Glari~~a c"onz.alez., and Valerie Valerio e>ottom ~\II (L-~) - "Joanna ~~ale~, Ga~~andra Gantu and Luc.inda ~mo~

In a 'port ".here 1;pud and ~mart~ are ~e~, the l'antherette ba~~etbaU have ".o~ hard to be the be1;t. With their &ure flhot~ and fan'~

the1 1;hine a ".hole ne". light on ath\eti,i1;m. The1 are a great a ".oman, a6 ".e.\l at a team c.an ac.hieve. "The team' 6 like one ,. 6aid Var6it1 ba6ketba\\ pia1er Amanda G.atton. The1 have

ba6ketbaU pla1er6 to rea,h for their dream6,

loan \a~t up to for the gir\~ . In priz.e~, meda\~,

under£.\a~~mate1; .

aU the looalohe~ are The p\a~er~ are a\flo through great ~ea~onfl ,

AU it ta~e~ to be a

da~, and in the morning and after ",hool. 'tl1f1 aU the inten&e IIIorkout6 have r.a"1 paid off tan1 tournam.nts, the1've ru.ivtd c.on60iation

U"!a'tlnn of their pur& and ha6 turned out to be a good one, and

that their team& have given. c.oath", for l.ading them

worn their ,o\or1; have gotten

'Pantmrette to be like

Laislee 'i>alaz.ar gets 9reeted b'j her fello..., teammates and her IO'jal c.oac.hes.

This past year, th varsity tennis team has T e worked really hard to keep the high school spirit high.

• nnls Coach Morales has been part of the Weslaco Tennis team for many years now.

The t nnis team arned a 41h place in team tennis. "This year, it was 4,lh next year, hopefully we will go to first pia e. But we have a lot of work to do and we' re going to poli h up our team and practice really hard in order for our team to win the gold," Coach Morales said.

The t am has been practicing hard since late July and some players have been practicing through the entire summer and through their Christmas break.

The team practiced from the hot boiling .summer to the cold winters. "The team is ready to bring home th gold and who ever stands in our way we'll take th m down," Eric Cordova aid.

The team's practice begins at 3:00 and ends at 5:30. Coach Morales is always teaching the team something new to help us win our mat hes and tournaments. Last year the team scored 3rd pia e in team tenni . In singles, last year, freshmen went to district and played hard and many players in the team got medals for placing. Awards include 1 , I in doubles and 2nd and 3rd in singl s. This year district will be laking pia e at the end of April in which players will compete once again to bring the medals where they belong.

The team will be playing in several tournaments between February and April. In the words of Coach Morales, "We're going to Go, Fight, and Win the gold." ~tor., b., :fohn Neele.,

arai Ramirez is shown in the above picture waiting for one of her teammates to serve her the ball.

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Above is John Neeley and Eric ordova practicing for their next big tournament. They wanted to bring h me a championship trophy.

Above we have Bryan Bertos working hard after school so that he can be ready for his next competitor.

From bolto are Lo 's tan, A Natasha raza, Jack

On the left is Stephanie Faz and Brianca Salinas practicing hard in the hot sun.

Jessica Morav itz, and Jason Cavazos Top are Coach Gutierrez, Justin Esparza, Juan arlos Garcia, Mari o Cordova, Richard Pena, Adrian Santillan, John Neeley, Eric Cordova, and Coach Mora le , Not pictured is Coach Vickie Ramirez 59

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e>ottom ~Vl : Amanda A., Ash\e~, e>renda, Midd\e ~Vl : Vanessa, Laura, I\\er-andra, 'jennifer, Van s

lOp ~Vl : MariGe\a, e>eG , -\\a, fr Me\anie

e>i= T rae Va\dez. VOLL€.Ve>ALI.-l!!

As Vle 9ro~ o\der, Vle find ourse\ves having tess

time to do ~hat ~e rea\\~ ~ant. '1\ true stron9 p~rson

loan taG\(\e havin9 to dea\ ~ith having the time that the~

have and jU99\in9 bet~een the different aGtivitiefo the~

have to dea\ ~ith. e>ein9 in a sport for infotanGe i one

of the man~ time c.onsumin9 aGtivities here at WH'b that

a feVl, but proud, are invo\ved in. The "Panterette

potentia\''' f>. 'd jun·or. J; nnifer Diaz.. "We ~ou\d a\~a1"

a \ dOVln. And that messes up ever~one' s fows

on the 9ame. Hopefu\\~ ~e'\\ be more sua.essfu\ in the

ner-t season."

Vo\\e~ba\\ team is no er-Geption. A \ot of their 9ames Vlhether the~ \ost or Vlon

After Vlee\(s of hard ~or\( and dediGation the have bu rea \1 eY-Giting and ~ fo them. "There

"Pantherette Vo\\e~ba\\ team have had ~et another a fe~ ga es t ere that ~e shou d h ve ~on but ~e

sua.essfu\ season here at WH'b. Those \ove\~ \adies didn't, bu it as jUfot rea\\1 eY-G tin9 to su the out GO e

have poured their heart and sou\ into this 9ame a\on9 of thou arne ," said t:.oaGh I' UG\( S. '--____ --1

Vlith man~ hard prac.tiGes and mUGh b\ood, SVleat, and for the "Pantherettes, its not ~innin9 that drives ,..------.

tears. them, it'" ~he hanGe to shine i~ fro ~t of their home

"Overa\\, the 9ir\s did rea\\~ Vle\\," said CoaGh

I'nuG\(\es. "I thin\( Vle've \earned from our mista\(es an

that ~i\\ he\p us out ner-t season."

Gro~d. 1(I ~eth r. the "Pantherett s st ive to be the bet.,

and ~ith heir hardGore determ nati n and effort, the ~

a\read1 h~ve . '--------1

J"unior. J"ennif~r Dial. d~mo\i6h th~ wnl~T

With ~o mUGh teGhno\09'1 and di~traGtion~ the~e da'l~,

man'l ~tude.nt~ find it diffiwH to have an'lthin9 to do but \ounge around \IIith their home entertainment ~'1~tem~ and portab\e DVD p\a'ler~. Ver'l fe\ll find e-r-trawrriw\ar thin9~ to humor them~e\ve~, \et a\one remain in 900d ~hape. 1-\ 0\11 ever, the ~o(..(..er p\a'ler~ here at W 1-\'5 Gou\d thin~ of nothin9 better to do on a ~unn'l \IIee~da'l afternoon.

C-on~iderin9 the amount of time the'l put in for their reGipe for ~UGGe~~, the ~o(..(..er

team ~pend~ Monda'l throu9h Frida'l puttin9 in Gount\e~~ hour~

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praGtiGin9 and \00~in9 for the e-r-tra edge a9ain~t their Gompetition . Throu9h eaGh 9ame the b0'l~ 90 into, the'l ~aGrifiGe more than their free­time; the'l ph'l~iGa\\'1 put them~e\ve~ on the \ine, \IIhiGh i~ ~omethin9 G.uinermo Arreo\a ~no\ll~ of an too \lien. "Durin9 the 9ame \IIhen \lie p\a'led Laredo, I 90t m'l no~e bro~en

beGau~e I 90t a \itt\e too \IIi\d," Arreo\a, number t\llO, ~aid .

The 9ame~ the'l faGe at eaGh matGh up, are GOmpose.d of \IIhat mo~t \IIou\d \i~e to be \IIin~, but in a Gompetitive ~port

~uGh a~ ~o(..(..er, \o~e~ are never too far behind, but a reGove.r'l i~ at time~ the ~e'l to

\IIinnin9 a 9ame. "At the be9innin9 of the '5an ~enito

9ame, I mi~~ed a dear ~hot .

Not on\'1 had I \et m'l~e\f

dO\lln but the re~t of the team a~ \IIe\\," ~aid number 21,

r o~e C-ruz. .. 1-\ o \II eve.r , I \ater re.Govered m'l~e\f and made a 9reat Gontribution to the \IIinnin9 of that 9ame ...

'50 \IIin or \o~e, our team ha~ a b\a~t, and even thou9h the'l thin~ the'l do not reGeive the ~upport or reG09nition the'l de.~e.rve,

the'l ~tin 9ive it their an for not on\'1 the team and the ~Ghoo\, but a\~o for the \ove of the ~port.

~O\tl do\tln, l(iss the F\oor, l.UI. \tIe're the ~ol.l.er ieam of 2.004!!

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The Weslato ~"immers ta i into this 1ear "ith ~omethin9 to prove, and throu9hou he first semester the1 "orl:ed hard and stepped up the &tandard for Weslato ~"immin9, leavin9 it up to the uture generations to tr1 to matth the auomplishment~ this 1ear. "r"o "ords- Distritt C.hamps," said senior s"i mer ~1an Hinojosa. And those t"o "ords leave bi9 meani in WH'i> histor1.

has his fair shar of three sthool retords and assortment of medals, but "hen it mes to individual rew9nitions, "e "ill just tall him a, team pla1tr. ",t's a fun sport ," ~1an wntinued, "And c.oath ~randon is one f the wolest wathes 1ou11 ever meet. We also get free s"imsui a 9reat tan, and 10u get to see half- nal:ed 9irls at the meet," an jOl:in911 adds.

And just lil:e ani other spo I s"immin9 tomes "ith the pride, territo~ and resped "ell earne . "'i>"immin9 is a sport that is trul1 an individual sport. When 1 're in the "ater

With ~" 'mmin9 bein9 a hi9hl1 tOmpetitive sport, it brin9s the desire 0 "In and dominate more than ani other ~port. "When used to wmpete in junior hi9h ever10ne had hi9h hopes j r me betause , "ould al"a1s "in and m1 times "ere res~!G'table. Then, after , 90t into hi9h sthool , "anted to "in lI'gain but it "as a different level of tompetition. 'just had 0 be at the top . It just I:lnd of betame part of me," said :r nn1 Limas, ranl:ed 'i>"immer of the Year in the '32.-51'. <livision this 1ear, and auomplishment to add to his man1 others "hith Indude holdin9 sill out of ten s"immin9 rewrds, a a total of sillt1- nine varsi t1 s"immin9 metals "hith he has at'lu d throu9hout the 1ears.

1°U have to push 10urself and mentall1 detidt 10u "ant to be !§iiii 9ood. No one tan tell 10U ho" hard to "orl: until 1 tell 10urself 10U "nt to "in. And eve~one should at leut t and 9ive it a thante," said J'ohnn1.

And also lil:e ani other sport, wmes the off se tal:en to tritits, "When the1 get out to the pool and t e1 tan hatl: a "orl:out lil:e mine and thinl: it'& eas1, then e1 tan tall: all the trash the1 "ant to, betause it's definitel1 t eas{' tontinues J'ohnn1 "ith the pride of a proven immer "ith 9reat tofidente, not arr09ante.

Non9 "ith the hard "orl: and wmmitment tome teh IUlluries d fun side~ of the s"immin9. '" tan eat

~e prepared to put in some ood hard "orl: if 10U ".i4!.ltoiIl.l

"hat ever '"ant d not have to "or~ about 9ainin9 "ei9ht, "ant to be 900d betause it's not as e 1 as 10U mi9ht thinl:," said J'ohnn1. "This has definitez,I1 b n a lot of fun throu9h out the 1ears." plus " e've 90t &ame tool I:ids in the sport, and the rush

10U get "hen 1ou're blotl: is unbelievable," said ~1an /'.nd "e tan't for~ a deep thou9ht brou9ht to 10U b1 ~1an : "It has been a 9r If time, and ever1 no" and then, 1ou11 get to jump on the ivin9 board," said ~1an, "and that board has 90t some b nte."

Hinojosa, "ho al~o

"-bon: 'Tl1~ tfam ta~ a brfa~ aft~r praGtlGing v~1"f hard for th~ir n~)t mut.

Above: c..hristina ~anc.hez.

poses for a quic.\( shot durin9 her brea\(.

tz.i9ht: J" ohnn1 prac.tiU6 hi6 6111immin9 6~\\6 to improve. and to 6e.t the. e.y.amp\e..

\l.j9ht: C.oath ~randon 9ives the 9u1s advite to improve their speed and their

tethni'lues in s"immin9.

Top ~\OI(I-r) : Matthe\Ol ?eterMn, 'Jaden '5mith, William Dunn, 'Johnn~ Lima5, \Z-~an !-\inoj05a, 'Joel ~ja5 . 2nd ~\OI(I-r) : c..hri5tina '5an(.hez., c..hri5topher c..a5tellan05, e>udd~ G.omez., I'imberl~ G.onz.ale5, 'Joe G.utierrez., E.lo~ Lopez., Moni(.a E.5(.amilla, I\mari5

E.5c:.amilla, Trae Valdez.. e>ottom ~\OI(\-r) : 'Ju5tin E.5parz.a, c..hri5tina '5an(.hez..

Left: c..oa(.h e>randon and (.oa(.h Weaver ob5erve the team a5 the~

perform their be5t 5tunt5.

~9ht : 'J ohnn~ Lima5 dive5 to 5et the e~ample for hi5 teammate5.

Left: 'J ohnn~ ta\:e5 a breath \OIhile hi5 opponent trie5 to

(.at(.h up to him durin9 pra(.ti(.e.

~9ht : 'J ohnn~ 5\01im5 a5 fa5t a5 he (.an to prove hi5

opponent that he' 5 90t \OIhat it ta\:e5.

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Bottom: Aniza Cuellar, Jennifer Diaz, Alexis

Azoca, Vane sa Chave~

Middle: Josie Badillo, Stephanie Cruz, Lcann Carreon, Alina Cuellar,

Jackie Cervantes

Back: Pricilla Salinas, Becky De Leon, Dina Villarreal, Kristy Leal, Amanda ontrera~

Pantherette Soccer 'Th~ 91rl'& Var&lt-f &oc.ur t~am

mad~ a hU9~ ImpaGt "'Ith th~lr fir&t 9oa\. 'Th~r~ "'~r~n't that man1 ~pl~ In th~ &tand& to &u It du~ to th~ GOld 'II~ath~r, but that didn't \:up th~ dl~-hard 91rl& &oc.ur fan& from 90ln9 to th~ gam~. 'Th~

91r\& f~lt 9ood, \:no",ln9 th~r~ fan& "'~r~ &upportln9 th~m.

'Th~ 91rl& P\a1~ hard and 'II~r~ ~r&l&t~nt on th~lr gam~, and n~ver I~t th~lr 9uard do",n. ~c.ur ta\:U mUGh d~t~rmlnatlon and th~ but part 1& that th~1 lov~ th~ &port! Mar90 ~llva, a Mnlor fOr'llard and mldfi~ld~r ha& bun pla11n9 &oc.ur &Ina h.r fruhman 1Nr. "I lov~ th~ gam~. It I. &0 fun and Int.,...... ,. fOr'llard .... mu.t .top a" ba". fbat GOm~ h~r "'31 and &GOr~ 90al. or a&.I.t th~m to otMr fOr'llard. and mldfl"cIen. "It I. a tNm",or\:job: &aId Mar90.

In ord~r to b~ 900d In &oc.ur 10U hav~ to ~ In 9rNt &ha~. ~r~n9fb and ~ndurana ar~ ~ faGtOr6 In d.t~rmlnlng 10ur .UGU6. on th~ fi~ld. 'Th~ art ." nu.u.r.a'1 ~for~ an1 tru~ .\:1\\. Gin .,.

Above: Amanda Arevalo ",or!:" on ber MUfr drill"

at prac.tlu.

d~v~lo~: &aId J" ohn Lo~z., h~ad GOaGh for th~ 9Ir\'& var&lt-f &oc.ur t~am. "'Th~1

ar~ &Imllar In th~ faGt that both requlr~ the &am~ t-f~ of &\:1\\&: &aId t:.oaGh Lo~z..

'There 1& nothln9 be"er than havln9 a 9rouP of 91rl& ",or\:ln9 t09~th~r to aGGOmpll&h a GOmmon 90al and repr~nt th~lr &Ghoo\. 'There are &ome 91rl& In the team that are at the top of their G\a&& aGademlGa\\1, alon9 "'Ith 91rl& ",ho ",or\: aft~r &Ghool and P\a1 other &port&. 'Th~ are a\\ 900d GharaGter­bUlldln9 aGtlvltlu that requlr. ~h ~r&On to prlorltlu th~lr time effiGifn"'t.

"I have bun Pl31lng &oGUr &Ina I ",a& 11ear& old. It ha& he\ptcI me throu9h out the 1ear& to b6GOm~ a be"er pl31er: .. Id Diana Monreal a &MlGr var6t'1 PI31". t::no",lng fbi. I. her \Ht 1Mr ..... plaM to dlerl.h her moment. .... hat had In 60tar and ",1\\ ml .. her frI"- and ftl .... matu.

I'artn Trejo, a "nlor • ...,. .... m"1 Mli.,.,. 6OCUI'. If. bun Mr favorttt tport 6Inu .h. ",a. a 11tt\. girt. f>bt ",1\,

Above: 1M glrl& buddle together to get a group brea!: before Ibelr galM.

IZ-i9bt: JeHlc.a Goomez. ,& t'"'flng to outrun tbe girl from the opp06lng team.

love It and ",I" never forget the fulln9 aft~r &GOring a goal or &toppln9 a dan9~rou. ba". "I'm 90ln9 to 9raduat~ thl& 1Mr, but I ",ould lov~ to GOntlnu~ P\a11n9 thl& .port. fbi. "a&on "'~ hav~ a 9r~at tNm and I. goln9 to ~ In our m~morlu forfYer: .. Id t::arm.

'bh~ 1& not th~ onl1 on~ that ful& fbl& "'31. ~nlor, DulGK Martinez., lovu ~v.'1 mlnut~ &h~ 1& on th~ fl~ld, "'The adrma'int 10U ful after a 90al 1& &GOred run. fbrough 10ur bod1 11\:e the &"'Mt on 10ur for ... d: &aId DuIGK. 'Thl& "' .. her fblrd 1ear P\a11n9 on var&tI1. "I'v~ IMrned and "'o~ out a lot. 'The but gam ... 1M bMt prat.tlGK, and fbe but moment& art 90ln9 to be In m1 hNrt forever: &aId Du,,"

'The &oGUr team fbl& 1Mr ha& .ho'lln mUGh effort no matter ",hat the GOndltlon and ",\tb tuc.h great a"ltudu thf1 ",1\, c»t\nIftl.t SUUMCl. "tbf1 have bNn. pt ...... ttl .. p.

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lOp L-~: C.oac.h e>air, Irma Lope-I., Diana Monre-at /l\manda /l\re-valo, "are-n lre-jO, /l\n9e-Ia More-no,

C.oac.h Lope-I.. Middle- L - ~ Ne-Nlndria De- Luna, /l\ngela e>az.aldua, /l\manda {"atton, Ye-f>e-nia Ville9af>.

e>ottom: L-~ Du\c.es Marline-I., /l\manda 'ilapien, !l\driana Nosta, E.dna LoI.o'la, Yvonne- ~alinaf>,

J"ef>f>ic.a {,.omeI., Mar90 ~ilva .

~tandin9 L-~: Mr'la {,.ome-I., Nondra Vasque-I., Ye-f>f>ic.a ~epulveda, )(oc.hitl e>ugarin, E.liz.abeth

QUintero, c.oac.h J"ulian ~olis. Middle L-~: ~ofia De­~antia90' \-Ierminia lame-I., C.e-Ief>tine- Vasque-I., ~tac.'l

Ve-IeI., Vane-f>f>a \-I ill . font L- ~: E.se-Ia \-Ie-rnandeI., Marie Molina, Maria MartineI., De-nise- ~mos and

C.hrif>tina /l\riaf>.

J"essic.a {,.omeI. stre-tc.he-f> out before the bi9 9ame a9ainst there rival Donna.

Thi s y ball team has ~.n·rkflrl

game durin g the d the players have to be with the ga me. "This as definitely g iven me a full schedule and kept me busy, but it's all wo rth it," said seni or D erek Ca nt u. Wes laco Hi g·h is very proud of its teams. All the players are hard workers and make sure each ga me counts, as well as pr ac tices. "I put eve in g in to my practices (as well as) because

pl ayer Th ey need to ave t he dedicatio n and pass ion for the ga me. "I tru ly enj oy the game, if we d idn' t ha ve the pas ion for the game we wouldn' t be what we ar ," D av ila sa id . The coaches are very involved with their players a well. T hey dedicate a g rea t amount of ti well as effort to perfect

s. Cado Cardora, 'Fabian Cuellar, Jason Guerra, .Juan Outierrez, Richard Mo\iQa, VictOrSoUs

: Jason Cavazos Leonardo Castillo, Andy Arredondo, J.D. Tello, £ba,,", Jobrmy Cavazos.

The baseball player thelf turn to go on the

a good start. The Panthers arc net are ure to take a great swing.

Zach Nieto step up to the plate. li e is ready to get the game going.

keep on eye on the game, when they are not on the field.

Group huddles are very important key to a ucce ful game. Team work is a must in baseball.

players have been working very hard lS'liealiion. Its during these games that it hows

the most.

The team watehes with anticipat game unfolds. They truly put in a t

effort.

Steven Davila gets some important tips before he goe up to bat. It's very helpful to have uch

supporting coache .

f>'j: MiGhelle Munoz. just quittin9. When '10u feel liKe that As the WI-I'b TraGK team '10u have to remind '10urself ho\Ol mUGh

punGhed in numerous amounts of hours '1ou love this sport and that's \OIhen of praGtiGes eaGh da'1 both before and runnin9 feels the best," C.uellar said. after SGhoot the onl'1 thin9s on their Jena not onl'1 proved to her minds dealt \OIith jumpin9 that last peers that a little hard \OIorK Gan 90 a na99in9 hurtle and an'1 other means of lon9 \OIa'1, but also to herself \OIhen she betterin9 their times. The varsit'1 traGK set a ne\Ol reGard for the 400m dash, team Gonsists of runners \OIho are able \OIhiGh aGGordin9 to C.uellar \OIas one of to provide the team \OIith mUGh dediGation the most memorable events this SGhool and \OIith the eagerness to improve '1ear. themselves. The idea that man'1 people have about traGK is that it revolves solel'1 around runnin9. l-Io\Olever, the \OIonderful thin9 about traGK is that there are 11 events of \OIhiGh Gan aGGommodate the liKes and needs of eaGh person 9ivin9 them the opportunit'1 to find somethin9 the'1 are 900d at .

Freshmen runner, Jena C.uellar, has sho\Oln an outrageous amount of inte9rit'1 and determination throu9h her saGrifiGes and b'1 the amount of \OIorK, she puts into the sport. "I sta'1 in on m'1 Frida'1 ni9hts beGause I have to rest for the traGK meets, so I reall'1 have to saGrifiGe a lot of m'1 free time. I don't 90 out \OIith m'1 friends or m'1 famil'1 members," C.uellar said.

Aside from havin9 to 9ive up her o\Oln leisure time for meets and praGtiGes, there is one thin9 that drives C.uellar to Gontinue.

This '1ear the traGK team has had to 90 throu9h ri9orous and Ghallen9in9 praGtiGes b'1 pushin9 themselves to the pinnade of their Gapabilit'1 ' Albert I4>jas, another one of our sUGGessful freshmen runners, GOuld be seen praGtiGin9 endlessl'1 after SGhool. With all that hard \OIorK Albert put in, his \OIell - driven personalit'1 seeped throu9h eaGh of his performanGes, and soon learned that a person has the desire to \Olin, that alone \OIill allo\Ol '10u to reaGh an'1 90al '10u have in si9ht. "I set m'1 o\Oln personal reGord in the 400m dash and the BOOm dash. In man'1 \OIa'1s, it \OIas Ghallen9in9 not onl'1 ph'1siGall'1 but also mentall'1 . I had to 90 throu9h man'1 obstades and frustrations to get to the runnin9 level I'm at no\Ol, but that's \OIhen '10u realiz.e that traGK onl'1 helps '1ou," I4>jas said.

t.ven thou9h the SGhool '1ear

'~~~~~rc~~~~~~~\OIinded dO\Oln \OIithout haste, eaGh of the • members 9ained several aspeGts

team\OlorK that Gannot be tau9ht, but learned onl'1 from personal

and that \OIas the deSire to strive for nothin9 but the

Wrestling takes a lot or time and dedica­tion. But the success is worth and th hard errort.

Coach Glapa is a v ry dedicated coach. He is always helpfu l w ith tips and ad­vice during the matches.

A Wrestling l egacy By: I real Montano

Th WHS Wr stling team has once again earned the title "District Champions" for th fourth consecutive year. This six y ar old program has proven to be best in th "Valley". This year the program has omething that is fa irly new to the school and th valley. In its se ond year, girls wr sUing has b come part of Coach Glapa's wrestling program.

Panth I' Wrestling is one of the hardest and toughest ports to compete in.

" I think you need tough kids who are extremely ompetitive, dedicated to the sport of wre tling and who are wil ling to make sa rifice for the good of the team, and you must be dis iplined to work hard not on ly on th wrestling mat, but also in the cia sroom," sa id Coach Glapa.

Th I' are many WI' ti l's on th team who stand out from th t am, and truly fit Glapa' description of a wrestler. One of th m is wrestler David Hernandez, who has 10 pins this y ar.

"Wrestling is an ex tr m Iy tough port. You have to be able to give it all

you got day in and day ou t. There is no in b twe n o therwi e you' ll g t beat", said H rnandez.

The eniors this year in lude: Victor Olvera, David Hernand z, Mo s

havez, Lionel Lucio, Benton England, je se ru z, hris Torres, Dina Villar al and Janin Misensky. They can proudly say that they won four di trict hampionships.

" I will certainly miss them I nior wrestle rsl, not only are they good wrestl rs, but they are good kids with great chara tel'," said Glapa. " I ju t hope that the I ssons of hard work, d di alion,

desir , teamwork, di ipline, and sacrifi e will hopefully h Ip mold th minto becoming produ tive itizens in today's society."

Coach Glapa, the wrestlers, and the school anli ipate having a successful eason, and exp ct th tradition and the

success th y've had in the past four years to continue making th m su cessfu l in th future.

" I feel that next year, they will be able to continu th legacy. They have w hat it takes to b hampions," said Victor

Olvera. We I ave off with the philosophy

of Coach Glapa and th Panther wrestlers, "When you fail to pI' pare, you prepare for

failure."

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Moi es Chavez, Victor Olvera, Lionel Lucio, David Hernandez, Jesse ruz, and Benton England

Nothing butth be t i expected during such an important match. Of course the panther wr tiers perform wonderfully in every match they participate in.

Moi es Chav z is an xcellent wrestler and athelete. Hi hard work definitely shows during th tournaments.

Left: Tina (,.arz.a a

Da"a& C.olllbo~ c.heerleader

vi&it& Fran~ie Zavala.

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Fran~ie Zavala, and Dann~ Norie9a both plac.ed at the e>01ll1in9 '5tate Meet held in

Hou&ton Te~a&.

Left: :f a&on Munoz. al&o partic.ipate& in bOllllin9· e>ottom: Dann~ Norie9a &it& and li&ten& a& '5am Torre& and Mr. Oropez. 9ive him lIlord& of enc.ouragement.

The 910r~ and pride that c.ome& I~~~

lIlinnin9 a c.ompetition 9ive& an inde&c.ri emotion to the partic.ipant. e>ut it hold& an~e:::v::en:--F:.;:;---;----7--;--==~---.J~~~-=-..J 9reater &en&e of pride and ac.c.ompli&hment to the partic.ipant& of the '5pec.ial Ol~mpic.& .

'5pec.ial O\~mpic.& are event& IIlhic.h c.over a large variet~ of &port& and &~i" c.ompetition& &uc.h a& bOllllin9, trac.~ and field, pOliler liftin9, and ba&~etba" . It aiM provide& an opportunit~ for &tudent& lIlith c.ha"en9in9 di&abilitie& to partic.ipate in meanin9ful &port& c.ompetitiOnf>. Overall there are about 15 partic.ipant& IIlho c.ompete for We&\ac.o and 12.00 people IIlho c.ompete in Va"e~ lIlide.

It i& more relilardin9 for tho&e IIlho partic.ipate and for the love one& IIlho lIlatc.h them prevail over their di&abilitie&, "It' & amaz.in9 to &ee the fac.e& of the parent& to &ee there c.hildren c.ompete and prevail in c.ompetition&," &aid '5am Torre&.

'5am Torre&, a c.oac.h for 1'3 ~ear&, love& hi& job and the feelin9 he rec.eive& IIlhenever he lIlatc.he& hi& athlete& c.ompete, "It 9ive& me a &en&e of ac.c.ompli&hment ~nolllin9 I'm dOin9 &Omethin9 for a 900d c.au&e," &aid Torre&.

'5am Torre& help& train the &tudent& here in WH'5 for c.ompetition event& &uc.h a& pOliler liftin9 and ba&~etba" . "In '5pec.ial O\~mpic.& there are no favorite& ever~one i& equa"~ 900d and I c.an hone&tl~ &a~ that," &aid Torre&.

Omar \Z.ivera (head of dele9ation), \Z.ivera ha& been in c.harge of the '5pec.ial O\~mpic.& for 4 ~ear& . "'5eein9 them partic.ipate i& an amaz.in9 &i9ht and 9ive& me a 900d feelin9 in m~ heart," &aid \Z.ivera. \Z.ivera u&e to be an adapted 1'.£ .

c.oac.h before he fir&t 90t into '5pec.ial Ol~mpic.&, "I

"'bove: "'fter the lIlinnin9 of their ba&~etba" 9ame the~ a" 9ather t0gether and proudl~ hold their c.hampiOn&hip trophl e>ottom: :fe&u& Ttierina antic.ipate& the announc.ment of hi& plac.ement in the c.ompetition. Far e>ottom: \Z.ita e>ec.erra jOin& in on c.elebratin9 the ac.c.ompli&hment of bec.omin9

c.hamp~iO~n~&~·~~~~IiIi~::~:J"iU

jU&t thou9ht it lIlou\d be a 9reat and lIlonderful =-'"--__.1' or9anization to be apart of," &aid \Z.ivera.

'5pec.ial O\~mpic.& &hould &holll U& hOIll people, no matter the di&abilit~ an~one ma~ have, c.an overc.ome adver&itl Thi& i& a univer&al motto '5pec.ia\ O\~mpic.& have been U&in9 that c.an in&pire an~one to ac.c.ompli&h or tr~ the be&t the~ c.an to overc.ome an~thin9 in life, "Let me lIlin . e>ut if I c.annot lIlin, let me be brave in the attempt."

'5he if> the onl~ Hall for the 200'3~2004 f>c.hool ~ear. This means

£ri\::a haf> tried out for c.heerleadil1g sinc.e 1th grade and made it eveJ"f ~ear .

~ove: Tesf>a Ambriz. and ~renda c"onz.alez. pOf>~ for a quic." pidure during a pep~rall~ .

The~ ma~ not be on the flame f>quad but

From Left: La ria c"arc.ia, £ri"a Lavaz.os, and J" ac."i De La \2.of>a .

Thef>e '3 girls are the onl~ '5eniorf> on the Varf>it~ '5quad. Larla c"arc.ia if> the c.aptain for

the 200'3 ~ 2004 f>c.hool ~ear.

Above: The Varf>it~ Lheerleaden \IIait for the band to f>tart 50 the~ c.an do a danc.e. There f>tanding in front of the football pla~erf> to pump them up for

there

~ove: During a Frida~ night football game the '3 f>quadf> join together to do a

c.heer. The~ are f>ho\lling off their l'anther '5pirit.

the~ f>til! have a .-~~~~~~~~~~~~~--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--~--~~~~~~~

Top From L to \Z.: Liz.z.ie Oliveira, £Iiz.abeth Davila, £rin £barb, J"ac."i De La \2.of>a, Amber l'auf>c.hert. £ri"a Lavaz.of> '5ec.ond \2.0\11 From L to \Z.: J"esf>ic.a Moravitz., '5tephanie c"arz.a, '5erina '5anc.hez., l'erla Trevino, Tef>f>a Ambriz. Third \2.0\11 From L to \Z.: Monique £f>c.alante, M~ra Lardoz.a, Tara Labellero, Ni""i Mendez., '5elenne Vallejo

Fourth \2.0\11 From L to \Z.: Lana c"arc.ia (Laptain), Deliah De Lof> '5antof> (Laptain)

e>f Mic.he\le Munoz. Age brin9s e'1-perienc.e and e'1-pe-rienc.e

brin9s "'ifldom, this ma~ be true in some c.ases but not ",hen it c.omes to c.heerleadin9. This ~ear, Weslac.o Hi9h' s Varsit~ team has dec.ided to tr~ somethin9 ne",! This ~ear' t'> t'>quad is a ve~ ~oun9 squad.

The t'>quad c.onsiflts of more juniors and sophomores than t'>eniors. Ho",ever don't be so naive to thin\( that if's \(eepin9 them from auompliflhin9 outrageous performanc.et'>. Thefle girlfl and 9u~s have dedic.ated so muc.h of their flpare time and have put in hard ",or\( to being 9reat c.he-e-rleade-rs . "e>eing a c.hurleader forc.es ~ou to ma\(e man~ sac.rific.es, one of those being ~our soc.ial life-. If s hard to 90 out and be "'ith ~our friendfl ... but onc.e ",e perform the feelin9 of it a\l is ",orth it," said Delilah De Los '5antos, C-aptain of the Vart'>it~ t'>quad.

With all of their hard ",or\( and a\l the time the~ put into being the befit the~ c.an be, the c.hurleaderfl dUided that the~ flhould ",ait

for ne.,.t ~ear to perfed their routine and not 90 to c.ompetition this ~e-ar. "We have dec.ided that c.ompetition reqUires a 9reat deal of dedic.ation and sac.rific.e on both parts thus ",e c.onduded the best ",a~ to be trul~ effec.tive is to 90 ever~ other ~ear," t'>aid Ms. Mora, one- of the c.hee-rleadin9 flponsors.

This announc.ement ma\(en us ",onder ",as this effedive to an~ of them in a positive or ne9ative ",a~? "Dec.iding to disc.ontinue our ~ear\~ c.ompetition has affuted our t'>quad in a positive manner bec.aufle it hafl a\lo",ed us to regroup and set ne", 90als for sc.hool spirit an ",e\l as c.ompetition," naid Nic.\(~ Mendez., a Varsit~ C-hurleader.

'50 far ",ith a\l of these ne", ideas the squad has been dOin9 an amaz.ing job and hopefu\l~ the~ "'i\l remain inflpired to c.heer, danc.e, and stunt.

Above: I'arina Vallejo il'> tr~in9 to sta~ foGUI'> to I'>ti{,~ her

libert~ . ~he doesn't ... ant to fall • ' ~ I . I •

, . , . •

'W" .1' ., . JA ... 'I " a . ... ~ \ \ 1

Above: e>renda c..onz.alez., Maril'>l'>a Marines, and ~tephanie ~ullenger pose for a funn~

there shoot.

Top \to ... L 10 Juan Martinez., -C.aptain), Mari&sa Marines, 'btephanie 'bullenger, "Prisc.illa 'balines, "Perla 'bepeda

Top \to ... L 10 \l.: lIiana C.ampos, \tObin \tOman, I:!>ernadet Vega, '='t"',h"",; •.

'bec.ond \to ... L to \l.: Andrea Avila, 'btephanie "Perez., Ashle~ I:!>alli (C.aptain), 'ball~ Hernandez., C.hri&line JaMO Third \to ... L 10 \l.: \to"1-~ Villalobos, Vic.toria £liz.ondo, C.assie c"onz.ales, N~ssa Milano, Lac.e~ c"uz.man

"Perez., C.r~lIlal c.antu 'bec.ond \to ... L to \l.: "Prisc.illa c.ardenas, A&hle~ Longorea, \l.enee \l.amo&, C.a&sandra Naniz., Leslie C.aballero Third \to ... L to \l.: Monic.a £strada, Joanna P\c.evedo, Janae C.ardenas, I'arina Vallejo I:!>ollom \to ... L to \<-: C.hantel £&c.alante (C.aptain), Mi&&~ Ambriz. (C.o-C.aptain)

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e>f C.\arif>a &.onz.a\ez.

Ima9ine navin9 to \'Ia\::e up at about 5 :"30 jUf>t to get to f>£.noo\ at 11:00 ana run 4 to 5 mi\ef>. In c.rOf>f> - c.ountr,{, enauran£.e if> a requirement, ana f>0 if> f>e\f - be\ief. f.ven tnou9n tnere £.an be over 100 £.ompetitorf> at ea£.n meet, tnere £.an on\'{ be one first pIau. f.ver'{ f>in9\e one of tne pantnerf> naa tne arive to be tnat one. No arive \'Iaf> f>tronger tnan tnat of tne Pantner runnerf>. ,ne team re£.eivea 4th p\a£.e in tneir ai~tri£.t meet in '5an Antonio, \'Ini£.n if> qUite an a£.nievement. ,ne,{ \earnea tnat if tne'{ \::ept tneir priae runnin9 f>tron9, tne'{ \'Iou\a \earn to run f>tron9 \'Iitn it.

Not on\'{ aia tne team pra£.ti£.e in tne mornin9f>, but a\f>o in tne afternoonf>. Wni\e mornin9 pra£.ti£.ef> \'Iere an nour \on9 at tne mOf>t, afternoon pra£.ti£.e timef> \'Iere aUidea b'{ tne runnerf>. Don't mif>juage tnem, tne'{ \'Ior\::ea nara. ",ne team aia rea\\'{ \'Ie\\, ana tne,{ \'Ior\::ea rea\\'{ nara," f>aia c.oa£.n Mi9ue\ &.arz.a.

ry ",ne \::iaf> are 9reat." &.arz.a \'Iou\a run a\on9f>iae nif> team at mOf>t pra£.ti£.ef>, tne qua\it'{ of a 900a \eaaer. Afternoon pradi£.ef> finif>nea \'Inenever tne team finif>nea tneir o\'ln \'Ior\::outf>, f>0 baf>i£.a\\,{, \'Inen '{ou're aone, '{ou're a\\ f>et to 90 nome ana prepare for tne ney-t aa'{ of runnin9·

If 'lou nave tne true f>pirit of a pantner, '{ou'\\ a\r.o nave to nave tne aetermination of one. lOp Wef>\a£.O Hi9n '5£.noo\ runner Jef>f>e Lara if> a 9reat ey-amp\e of tnif>, bein9 a 4-,{ear re9iona\ qua\ifier ana 4-,{ear MVP. Fref>nman runner '5tepnanie Paai\\a if> a\r.o a 900a eY-amp\e. "It \'Iaf> a 900a ey-perien£.e," f>aia Paai\\a. "I \earnea to never 9ive up ana to \::eep areamin9. M'{ £.oa£.nef> \'Iere a\\'Ia'{f> tnere for me." Wno \::ne\'l tnat runnin9 a fe\'l mi\ef> ea£.n \'lee\:: £.Ou\a brin9 f>u£.n a memorab\e ey-perien£.e? Not man'{ peop\e nave tne "3

ef>f>entia\f> tnat are neeaea to be a f>uaef>f>fu\ \on9 - aif>tan£.e runner; Priae, aeai£.ation, ana aetermination, but for tnOf>e \'Ino ao, 900a job.

Above: German Exchange student, Janine Misensky runs with the school 's Cross Country team. ,Can 't you just see her dedication?

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Struggling to get past the finish line, Abram Olivarez tinishes the Cross-Country meet strong.

Left to Right: David M., Lilly J., Josh R. Abraham 0., Jesse L, Coach Garza. Bottom Row: Sergio L. and Coach Vega.

Bottom: Senior Jesse Lara cleans the bottom of his shoe, after leaving the competition in the dust.

Erin Ebarb and Tammy Rodriguez work extra hard side-by-side for the gold.

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AU You Need i~ a Danl..e and a Dream

ihe 9rouP of f>tudentf> in our f>c.hoo 'f> Fo\~\oric.o c.\af>f> if> fi\\ed with muc.h w\ture and c.o\or af> e\\. In thif> c.\af>f> the1 \earn to danc.e different genres. "£veh thou9h the main foc.us is Me~ic.an fo\~\oril.O, we \earn a \itt\e of ba\\et, wef>tern, modern, and meren9ue," sa1f> Mrf>. c..ardoz.a - O\ivares, f>ponsor of the Fo\~\oric.o c.\af>f>.

ihere if> an annua\ c.ompetition that the1 are required to attend. ihe students who are part of the "Danz.antef> de\ Va\\e" Fo\~\oric. Danc.e c..ompan1 have after sc.hoo\ pradic.e, f>O the1 C.an perfec.t their danc.e for performanc.es and c.ompetition, af> we\\. ihif> danc.e l.Om­pan1 c.onf>if>tf> of the f>tude.ntf> who c.ompete and perform for otherf>. ihe1 have trave\ed to different \oc.ationf> throu9hout the 1earf>. ihe1 have 90ne as far as Da\\af>, ~an Marc.os, and c..orpus c..hrif>ti.

ihis 1ear the1 have performed in man1 p\ac.ef>. Durin9 the "Iv de f>eptiembre" fef>tivitief> the1 had severa\ c.ommunit1 performanc.ef>. ihe1 performed at the an­nua\ "W£~ c..hristmaf> show, whic.h aired on "W£~ dur­in9 the winter ho\ida1f>.

meanf> of mUf>ic. and danc.e, and as man1 of thef>e f>tudents ma1 have in mind, ~tephanie £f>parz.a haf> c.\aimed that her "\ove for danc.e and her w\ture" if> the reaf>on f>he c.hof>e to be a part of thif> ta\ented 9rouP.

the 9rouP to perform for an internationa\ audi­of ref>earc.h f>c.ientists. p..nother performanc.e too~ at the ie~s ~ Internationa\ Universit1 in Laredo,

an audienc.e that c.onsif>ted of over 500 peop\e. ihrou9h a\\ their performanc.es, thef>e f>tudents

ab\e to f>howc.af>e their heritage and w\ture b1 the

Elisa De Hoyos (Historian); Martinez (President); Linda Alvarado (Sergeant at Arms)

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Not Pictured: Violet Garcia (Secretruy); Cindy Gutierrez (Vice .... ' ·P'OIfl P nT

1st ro\'l(\ - r): C.~nthia Lopez., Maria Boc.ane9ra, Brenda flores, "e\l~ I-\u 2nd rO\'l(\-r) : Moif>es Lopez.. C.hris Lu Jose Martinez.. C.arlos ~alaz.ar.

'3rd ro\'l(\ - r) : Miriam Valdivia, Linda Alvarado, C.r~stal C:.!onz.ales, Julie I-\v.rn"nn,r., Dukes Martinez., Viri Valdivia.

Who better i~ there to teaGh the steps to the SGhoo\' s f oll(loriGO Glass than Mrs. C.ardoz.a - Olivr res. '5he has been the Foll(loriGo sp~nsor for five ,{ears.

I L _________ _

Linda Alvarado and C.arlos '5alaz.ar put in man'{ hours during and after SGhool to

praGtiGe steps for different danGes. It's not

as eas'{ as it lool(s.

e>renda Flores and DulGes Martinez. praGtiGe to perfeGt their danGe for a performanGe.

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i nc~, , and Yvonne Penn are amongst the few thaL

participated in a progrilm thilL look pluce (It the Mercede~ U ves tock Show Grounds for

eleme n sLlIdcnu •.

Top (I- - lZ-) - ~by f.. trada. f.ril<> c.avau> •• J .D. '5ogura. Van .... V.ld ••. C.lno Harl •••. Lui. c.aru. MiGha.1 Marlinn. e..linda Medrano. Van .... Mata e.ollom (L-lZ-) - !'atrina 1'1 .... Vlrlana . D.nl ••

Orli •. J3G~1 D. La \Z.o.a. J ... lGa c.om ••. JaLmin e.ugarin. ~ara Val.rlo. and Vvonn. ".na

IIxperlena.

lime 10 91anGe al Ihe Gamera and po&e for a piGlure on Ihe da~ Ihal Ihe~ deGided 10 help

oul Iheir Gommunil~ b~ volunleerin9 10 9uide ~oun9H sludenl& al \(id& \(0 ... & and More.

p.J~s&a l\ernandt~. MiGhael Marline~. :r aG~i De WI ~&a. :r essiGa ("ome~. €.dilh e>ulnes and

Yvonne 1'ena all sho ... off Iheir ne ... friend Ihal Ihe~ aGquainled ... ilh .

Top (L-lZ-) - J ... lGa c.omo. and lZ-obOGGa D. Loon e.ottom (L-lZ-) - Margar.t e.ald.ra •. Lai.l .. ~ala .. r. Anahi f.'pino .. and JaLmin e.ugarin

~ittin9 (I - r) : Vane55a Valdez., Lill1 F-i05, "nahi £5pin05a, Lari55a F-ioja5,

Dana Donal5On, Ira(,eli F-ioja5 and C,r15tal \Z.am05. ~e(,ond rO\>l (I - r):

C,a55ie c,ontrera5, Delia c..arz.a, c..eena Huerta, Yurani ~auti5ta, "m1

M(,Daniel, "manda \4>dri9uez., "5hle1 Wipf, C,r15tal c..onz.alez. and Maria

Villarrea\. Third rO\>l (I-r) : Naomi c'ano, ~tephanie ~one5, C,eli\(a

C,a5anova, C,r15tal \4>dri9uez., £ddie ~ulne5, Danni\( Villa5enor, "manda

l'erez., ~amantha Quintanilla, ~teven Davila, ~ a\(e Ma550 and \4>bin

\4>dri9uez.. Top rO\>l (I-r) : ~radle1 Donal50n, Lai51ee ~alaz.ar, l.a('h Nieto

and £lia5 Hernandez..

mcrtirJncrl cYerJnrJr

CffJrJcietp e>f Dann'j '5e9ovia

~u(,(,eedin9 in hi9h 5(,hool ha5 never 5eemed 50 diffic.ult than it ha5 todal With even more pre55ure to pa55 the ne\>ll1 induded TN~~ te5t, 5tudent5 find them5elve5 \>lith more re5pon5ibilit1 and hi9her e~peda­tion5 b1 tea('her5 and parent5. Ima9ine tr1in9 not onl1 balan(,e the pre55ure 5et b1 the 5(,hool di5trid to e~(,el, but al50 find time to volunteer at variOU5 or9aniz.ation5 and help fund ('an('er treatment5. Not a ta5\( for the \>lea\(, thu5, the National Honor ~0(,iet1 i5 born.

~ein9 a('('epted i5 no ea51 ta5\( at all . You mU5t fir5t 5tart b1 havin9 a 9rade above a ~o in all of 10ur da55e5, and mU5t at lea5t have ('h05en the re('ommended or di5tin9ui5hed plan of 9raduation. ~tudent5 are then hand - pi('\(ed b1 the faw\t1 c,oun(,il of WH~. While in the NH~, monthl1 meetin95 are attended to di5w55 item5 on the agenda, 5u(,h a5 the volunteerin9 at the ~015 and c..irl5 C,lub, or if ea('h

member (,olleded the 25 ('o\(e tab5, \>Ihi(,h in fad 90 to help fund ('an('er re5earc.h and ('hemotherap1 treat­ment5.

"The NH~ i5 5Omethin9 ever10ne 5hould get involved in be(,au5e 10U get out and do thin95 in the c,ommunitl It 9ive5 10U a 5en5e of a(,c,ompli5hment \(no\>lin9 10U helped out and made a differen(,e," 5aid F-i(,hard Molina, \>Iho ha5 been a member of the NH~ 5in('e the lth 9rade. "It i5 ver1 fun, and I 5u9ge5t that even if 10U never ('on5ider joinin9 NH~, 10U 5hould real11 ('on5ider it. If 10U thin\( it'5 a \>Ia5te of time, 1ou're \>Iron9. lt5 fun and it 100\(5 9reat on a ('01lege appli(,ation."

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ROSA Health Occupational Students of America

e>f Jannic.e Vela With the he\p of the United e>\ood

'5ervic.ef>, \'\O'5P-- f>ponf>orf> four e>\ood Orivef> a 'fear. The United e>\ood f>ervic.ef> are the providerf> for a\\ the hOf>pita\f> in the '5tarr and \'\ida\90 c.ountief>. Laf>t 'fear, W\,\'5 donated the mOf>t b\ood than a\\ of the hi9h f>c.hoo\f> in the va\\e'f and \IIaf> the 41h of aU the hi9h f>c.hoo\f> in leY-as. United e>\ood '5ervic.ef> donated $2000 for sc.ho\arships to the f>c.hoo\ for the immenf>e ac.c.omp\if>hment. Ac.c.ompUf>hin9 this b\ood drive, the \'\O'5P-- pr09ram has proven itse\f c.apab\e of c.omp\etin9 various 9oa\s it f>ets out to ac.hieve.

''I'm sc.ared, but I'm \IIiUin9 to he\p peop\e' f> \ives. \ mean, \(no\llin9 that 'fou're 90in9 to be ab\e to he\p peop\e \ive if> just an a\llef>Ome feeUn9, even if it ma\(es 'fou a \itt\e queaf>'f," f>aid lamm'f ~dri9uez., a 11 'fear o\d senior and firf>t time b\ood donor.

\'\O'5P-- \IIaf> ef>tab\ished in ''nil . This 'fear, \'\O'5P-- hosted the 'fa\\ Leadership Gonferenc.e' at Mar'f \'\0ge Midd\e '5c.hoo\. Mf>. Garo\ {,.ood, the sponsor of \'\O'5P--, \lias the c.hairman, and Ms. {,.\ad'ff> OO'fno \lias the c.o - c.hairman. P--t the c.onferenc.e, the offic.erf> are 9iven in - f>ervic.e on their offic.e and the importanc.e in \'\O'5P-­Leade.rf>hip.

"It 9ivef> the students the c.hanc.e to af>soc.iate \IIith other f>c.hoo\s in our area. It a\so 9ivef> them net\llor\( \IIith other sc.hoo\s and \i\(e\ihood to do c.ommunit'f f>ervic.e," said Mf>. {,.\ad'ff> OO'fno, the c.urrent sponf>Or for \'\O'5P-- . Mf>. OO'fno haf> been sponf>Orin9 \'\O'5P-- for over ten 'fearf>. \'\O'5P-- he\pf> benefit f>tude.nts b'f 9ivin9 them the opportunit'f to be.c.ome more a\llare of the iSf>uef> that are affec.tin9 the heaHh c.are induf>tr'f. It a\f>o 9ives them probabi\it'f to bec.ome \eaders in student or9aniz.ation.

c..hapter III Left to ri9ht: Mr. Molina, Dannie\( Villasenor, "\e~is N.oc.a,Valerie 'Perez., Josh \Zlc.o, Laislee ~alasar, Javie ~ilva, Johana "koser, "shel'f

c..hapter II Left to \Zl9ht: Vidor Tobar, Yessic.a ~epulveda, \(risten ~blez., Josue (,.uterriez., Ms. DO'fno, ~ec.ond ~III : Mriana kosta, 'Pearl Montelon90, Tamm'f ~dri9uez., c..laudia ~dri9uez.

(,.onz.alez., IIi ana (,.arz.a, c..oac.h Tate, ~ec.ond rOIll : Debbie Leal. c..arla (,.ania, Yurani e>autista, (,.ina Huerta, Wend'f Franc.o, Delia (,.arz.a, L'fssa Villanueva, (,.amaniel (,.alindo

J" oe Ariz.mendi rela~es during the blood drive. It seems he sho .... ed the needle no fear.

t.milo C.erda squeez.es hi£> hand so the Girwlation of the blood Gan flo .... faster. tie'll be feeling Gold and sleep1 onGe all his red blood Gell£> are donated.

OZ.Z.1 C.astillo, Isela c.ervantes, Mario c.astro, 'btephanie c,.onz.alez., and ~G1:1 c,.onz.alez. .... ait to be questioned in the personal booths. The .... aiting is mal:ing £>ome of them feel a bit

C.ind1 2avala is a true hero, b1 helping out the United f>lood ~rviGes . 'bhe sure is brave for letting them stiGI: a needle in her arm.

Hosa .jI-o'3-o4.j1-

Top ro~ (I-r): fredd1 6.onz.alez., I'rist1 Leal. I'esl1ia 6.uerrero Middle ro~: C.1ntl1ia 6.arz.a, Jennifer Tristan, Ar.l1le1 Lon9oria e>ottom ro~: Jenna C.ue\\ar, Amanda Uani9a

Tile frer.l1men C.lar.r. offic.trr. l1elp pass out tile frer.l1man T -sl1irtr.. TI1e1 are ver1 proud of tile amount of r.aler. tl1e1've l1ad.

Tile offic.err. are l1apP1 ~itl1 tile outc.ome of tile T -r.l1irt'r. desi9n. The1 wor\:ed ar. a team to find tile perfec.t der.i9n .

The offic.ers are proud to be rn:.""'lUm

on bein9 elec.ted ne.,.t 1ear as

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Ifs not a ~ob, it's an adventure!

~f Israel Montano

'5ophomore daf>f> 90vernin9 l.Ounl.il of the f>tudent bod't here at 1DI£!'>I,tl[.O

'5l.hool. ihe't are rp.lC.l\nr"<Q.,n,IP.

dUif>ionf> baf>ed of their fello\ll

and Mf>. '5erna. f>ophomore have \IIor~ed diligentl't

offil.erf> to brin9 \IIhat the

t>1I1~UUI""(~t> Mphomore daf>f> promote f>l.hool

...... ,"" ... , rl 9h '5l.hool." about

'5el.retar't Af>hli Auf>annette (,.ania. have helped thif> 'tear Mphomore daf>f> f>hirtf> a pOf>terf> for the football 9amef>.

Vromotin9 f>l.hool f>pirit \II their daf>f> and \IIithin the f>l.hool if> thif> or9aniz.ation haf> aaomplif>hed. onl't hope that the f>pirit f>ta'tf> at WH'5 for man't 'tearf> to

from (L-!2-) : ~renda c.avaz.os 'President, Asnlie ~enitez. '5ec.retar'f, Ausannette (,.arc.ia Treasurer

'President ~renda c.avaz.os

'5ec.retar'f Asnlie ~enitez.

Treasurer Ausannette (,.arc.ia

We. "e.e.p ~innin9 ~ ~innin9 ~ ~innin9 m DeGa ,

~itting (L-~) - Linda Nvarado, C.\audia MiG~\e, VeroniGa ~pu\veda, and ~arai ~mire1.

~tanding (L-~) : 7, David Hernande1-, jo"nn~ Lima&, ~~ Vega, z.e~e ~~na, Le&lie Martine1-, e.ever\~ Aou \dua

(Left) :Ton1 ~dri9ue1. and Deri(.\: l.aballero c.olled idea~ from a ver1

\:nown ma a1.ine,

&.f:Mriana ft.na

Dua mem~ lIIer& 6Uue66fu\ in organlz.tnlng a fa6hlon 6holll IIIh&r& th& m&mb&n and 6Om& 6(.hoo\ admlnl6traton modd&d clothing. Th& 6hollllll36 hdd ;ranua~ " 2.004 at l.&ntra\ Mldd\& ~hoo\ auditorium.

-It 11136 an ab60\ut& 6Uue66; uld Mn. Anz.a\dua. Th& \ot.a\ fa6hlon merc.handl6&n lII&r& &"t&rmd1 p\N6&d and impr&66&d lIIith th& fa6hlon 6holli. N&III 6tor" 6Uc.h 36 UOod'6 and levi"" b&­t.am& b&tter ~nollin and hav& inc.r&a6&d th&lr 61\" 61nu th& 6holli. Th& 6holll lIIa6 a proj&c.t inltlat&d ~ thru 6tud&nt6 M&gan D& La "&na, V&ronlt.a ~pu\v&da, and Gathh1 Tr&vlno IIIho 61111 a n6&d to hdp \ot.a\ fa6hlon m&rc.handiMn c.omp&t& lIIith -fa6hlon Gllant6- at th& ma\\6.

-It too~ a \ot of hard lIIor~, \ong houn, and c.oordlnatlon. Drganlun (th& 6tud&nt6) had to 61gn c.ontrac.t6 and c.ontac.t6 IIIIth 6tor& manag&n 1IItr& mad&; Anz.a\dua uid.

Mr. Drop&%. &'1i01&d lIIo~ng IIIIth th& 6tu­d&nt6 putting on th& 6holli. -I thought It lIIa6 grNt. I rN\\1 appr&e.iat& a\\ th& IIIO~ th& 6tud&nt6 and 6pon-60n did to ma~ th& 6holll IIIO~; Drop&%. .ald. H& modd&d a tulo&do at th& 6holli.

Top: Mea9an de la Vena. l.ath1 Trevino, and Veronic.a ~epulveda

Left: Deri(.\: l.aballero i~ modelin9 a 9reat oufit to help

out with the D£l./\ fa~hion ~how .

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"This 'fear tzodeo has been great," 'f>o sa'fs the head of the tzodeo dub, Mr. Quesada. "'f>o far \lie have \lion aU the rodeos eY-c.ept one, \lie have a rider from £ast High 'f>c.hoot one from c.entrat and a four 'fear o\d that \oves to ride." Here at WH'f> there are no age \imits for joining tzodeo. Migue\ 'f>osa, tzodeo Attendee, said this about the 'foung rider, "He c.ou\d go aU the \IIa'f if he ~eeps it up. \ \IIou\dn't be surprised to see him in the papers."

The tzodeo 6.u'fs l.Ompete in I4giona\ C.ompetition, open rodeos, stoc.~ sho\ll against professiona\s that have been riding for 5-15 'fears. The tzodeo C.\ub has gone to the state fina\s in Abi\ene, TeY-as for the past 21 'fears in a

orns

rO\ll. Mr. Quesada sa'fs "The student's attitude has reaU'f fired up. The 'foung men \IIor~ rea\ hard and their pradic.e has brought them \IIinnings." The \IIinnings that 'fou earn in rodeo c.ome in form of buc.~\es and mone'f. Jesse ViUarrea\ \lion 2 nd p\ac.e in Mc.AUen and too~ home $(,00 doUars. The Wes\al.O tzodeo has \lion aU the rodeos of the TeY-as High 'f>c.hoo\ tzodeo Assoc.iation I4gion S eY-c.ept one, and the'f aU have a pa'fc.hec.~ \IIith them.

''I'm "Proud of 'fou gu'fs. You stood a\one and fac.ed 'four c.haUenges. You a\one \IIiU reap the re\llards. The greatest things 'f0u'U ever do, 'f0u'U do a\one. A\\IIa'fs remember, "\ c.an do aU things in 6.od that strengthens me!" "Phi\ 4:13. L£i''f> \l-OD£O!

Angel ~bles Poses f,

horse at the ranch. ~r ~ Picture while riQin9 the Picture e orses he's riQ ' .

L.....".....,...,......,...-...,...-,...,.,.,......,....,.,........"...,...""..-,.---.,,.....----___ 90es y th .. aml"""'o~-~n.;;;J..:.:rn"--------_.,_.-­It.

Me'11bers

Jesse ~osa I 'fear \2.odeo

&.rade 10

Han" ll-odri9uez. I 'fear \2.odeo

&.rade II

Dar\a G.reen 4 'fear5 \2.odeo

&.rade 12.

~ ~ot;,a ",,\~\\t- "f-Ol>.~o Joe A\varado

'}.. ,\~1i~1b \'}.._----- I ~ear deo

Glrade II

David ~a\inas 2. 'fear5 \2.odeo

&.rade II

F-and~ Villarreal if> out at the ranGh ridin9 a bull, pradiGin9 for the ne'/.t rodeo. It loo\:f>

li\:e he'f> havin9 fun!

From Left: J"of>e DeLeon, Fabian ~alaz.ar, Mi9uel ~of>a, ~i'/.to ~dri9uez.,

ViG\:~ C.arreon, J"ef>f>e ~of>a. "he~ pOf>e for the Gamera after a lon9 da~ at ranGh.

\<.and~ Villarreal ridel'. nil'. at tne ranl.n . He' 5 gettin9

read~ to 90 to l'.tate. on for S l'.el.ondl'..

~mmer Vart3Hon

l'eau, La.., Wef>t ofl'uof> . ..,af> tal'en during their vac.ation ..,hen the~

ac.rOf>f> the United 'btatef>. e>ottom: Jef>f>e Villarreal C.he~enne, W~oming . Thif> the monument of Lane f

Top: Jef>f>e Villarreal. Mr. Quef>ada, and \Z.and~ Villarreal f>tand in front

Top: \Z.and~ and Jef>f>e Villarreal at Devil'f> To..,er in W~oming .

of Doc. Holida~'f> {"rave in {"reenland, C.olorado. The c.harac.ter • of Doc. Holida~ if> featured in man~

..,ef>tern movief>. He ..,af> W~at £arp'f> bef>t friend .

I2-ight: I2-ight: Jef>f>e and \Z.and~ Villarreal

f>tanding in front of Mount \4lf>hmore in 'bouth Dal'ota. Mount \4lf>hmore ..,af> c.arved in Marc.h '3,

1~2.1 but ..,af>n't c.omplete until 1~41. Thif> monument ..,af> def>igned b~

{"utz.on

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\<i9ht: Mr&. c.arranu'& &tGond period vi&it& the librar~ to review over I.&oon plan& and to di&GU&& the

pr09re&& that the~ are maKin9 with th. Ghildr.n that th.~ t.aGh. l'art of the &tudent. 9rad. wa& to maKe I •• oon

plan& jU&t liK. 'Ghool t.aGher. do.

L.ft: '!lome of Mr&. C.arranu' & &uond period da&& u& •• aG\10ther a& patient. in to be more .ff;Gi.nt and familiar with th. fir&t aid pro«.&. Th •• tudent& were b. Gertifi.d with Fir&t Nd and c.1'~. --

(Z.eady, Set Teadl &tudent& are 9iven more than an eduGation, the'f are 9iven a fir&t ~H'H'~""~ in the teaGhin9 field. "'Student& e~plore the field of eduGation b'f volunteerin9 at

E.lem~'ntaIN and C.leG~ler Heald E.lementar'f 'SGhool&: · &aid Mr&. c'arranza, teaGher for the ha& re9ional, &tate, and national Gompetition& in different area& that

in. E.vH'f 'fear over 2000,000 &tudent& join over '0,000 Ghapter& in S3 &tate I"'"'~Y''''~ the Di&trid of C.olumbia, l'uerto ~GO, and the Vir9in 1&land&. National

L-ellaer&rIlD, '!l1eet"na& are held eaGh Jul'f and offer member& and advi&ar& opportunitie& to develop -l£~~lnlp &~ill& and learn wa'f& to enhanGe Ghapter aGtion throu9h partiGipation in i&&ue&-oriented wor~ &hop& and adivitie&.

The &tudent& who have the opportunit'f to volunteer in a variet'f of area& get to wor~ with Ghildren from l're- I( to 2"' 9rade at the elementar'f &Ghool&. " e>ein9 a fir&t 'fear &tudent. I have reall'f learned a lot about Ghildhood, a& well a& the important thin9& in life &uGh as patienGe, tenderne&&, under&tandin9, and how eaGh individual needs their own need& to be met." e>renda e>urnia&, &enior, ,,' 'fear &tudent . The'f are e~peded to do all of the thin9& a normal teaGher would do, &tudent& do eVH'flhin9 from le&Mn plan& to aGtuall'f ta~in9 over the da&&. "11'& a whole new e~perienGe if & wonderful to interad with Ghildren from ever'f little mind to under&tand and proGeed later on, in their live&. If 'fou want the opportunil'f, that I'm havin9 join in, and I'll bet 'fou will never re9ret the deGi&ion 'fou made: ' e>lanGa 'SanGhez, &enior, 3 '" 'fear &tudent.

C.la&&e& are two period& lon9: Mr&. c.arranu'& &ewnd and &i~th period da&&e& have rotalion& twiGe a wee~ at the elementar'f &Ghool&. 'Sewnd period 9oe& to Memorial and &i~th period 9oe& to C.leG~ler Heald. E.aGh of the &tudent& enrolled in (Z.eady, Set Teath, is a&&i9ned a leather from l're-~ to &ewnd 9rade, and are able to wor~ in either 'Spani&h or E.n9Ii&h da&&e&, Mr&. c.arranu'& Gla&& aiM helps out the 3" 9rader& and 4'" 9rader& b'f tutorin9 them on their TII.I('S &~ill& to get them read'f for their upwmin9 te&t . Wor~in9 with the elementar'f &tudent& ha& had a pO&itive impad on man'f of Mr&. C.arranza' & &tudent&. "It ha& helped me learn about thildren and their behavior& and adions," e>et~'f De Leon, &enior, 2 '" 'fear &tudent . It ha& helped me bewme a leader around the &tudent& at the elementar'f &thool&, and thi& i& wh'f I plan to pur&ue a tareer the edutation field," e>et~'f &aid. "11'& ver'f important for &tudent& betau&e, the'f will learn thildren and how to teath them," &he ha& learned that E.lementar'f &tudents are turi enthu&ia&tit &tudent&.

e>'j: E.li&a ("arGia

t:.reating Ne\tl

Horizon,

I have enjoyed teathin9 'fZ.eady Set Teath' for many years now, and every year 9ives me plenty of memorable mo­ments to last me a lifetime.

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400d to the /45t Th& W&,\ac.o Gholr thl' 1&ar ha& had Itt

mMnorab\& mom&nt&. TM c.holr In&truc.tor tz,o&l& David : hat bun t~lng ru\ hard In ma~lng th& c.holr Into on& : vol". tm& 631' "'Th& ,tud&nt, ar& mor& att&ntiv& and . that th ..... ~1"lng to \urn mu&Ic. ... Auording to Van .. 63 : Mora, Gholr atttndu, 631 that M&. David &triv.. for : perfldion and '''1*tt th. um& from h&r ttud&nt&. .

• u1' that tht dlff&r.nu bthlun thi& 1ur . .... ... It that tht c.holr hat &trong&r vol"" th&n th& : .. and ttlit 1Nr th. r..u\t& &ho~. T~o gIM&, J"ac.~I& : '&trvantH and £rlc.a Gtu.rr.ro, ~.nt advanud to dl&tric.t : and c.am. c.\ott In ~innlng th& 'Pr&ar&a Gompttition . . TM ~ ~ord to ttli& 1&ar it "Wi\\ingn .. &" 631& M&. : Da~d. .

Tb. Gholrt c.on""t tat::f p\au In "'ntra\ Mldd\. : f>c.hoo\. '111.., hav. four m~or c.o""rt. tht fa", ~Int.r, : and tprIng f"ttva\. Mt. David 631t '"1blt 1Nr ~. ~.r •. honor.tcl in having th. f>upptr att.ndant, Ilic.hard Il4v.ra, : ancl D.,ut-t wptr atttndant, J" ani" WI\.." in attfndlng : our WI'" Wlntff f .. tlva\ taping. .

~ 631t "In rfUnt 1.ar& thi' hat bun on. of . tht bKt c.hoir tum I hav& had tht privi\tg& in In&truc.tlng. : TM ttud.nt, an ~ond&rfu\ and th. mu&ic.lan&hip of th. : c.holr nude d.v.\opmtnt but ~t art hoptfu\ in ac.hitYing : all our goal"~ and dtvt\oping a bttttr c.hora\ program. '.

~: J"ohn Nu\..,

Top Ito" Q...-ll..) - Gtui"enna ~pulvecla, Gbri6tian Hernandez.;Ubra an, and 3'oanna £Ilt.ondo. ,,"oHom Ito" (\...-ll..) - £mma G.alIego6;~reta"", Ho"1 Gortez.; V Vr .. ldent. £rl¥a Gtuerrero; Vr66ldent. and Vlrglna t:.abrera;TrN6Ur

-'-"-I<--I=.I~~ - MImrva ierrez., Van66U Mlrel ... £rl¥a Gtuererro. Van66u Mora, V,,1a Gtonulez., Adrian Longoria, Martin wpino, Havac.u, aaor, A.btl ~ncon Mtdcllt Ito'I (L-It) - A6b'-1 ~allna6. t::",,6tal Gaurez., Gtul"erma ~Ivecla. t::arina Gtutlerrez.. 3'alm1 De \..eon • Virginia Gabrera. H athtr L-u90, 1'\0"1 GortN. and Abigail f,an,bez. ,,"oHom !?ow (L--It) - ~.pbanle £6paru. Abigail 'Pa,buo. £mma Gta"egot.. Gbri6tlan Hernandez., 3'0 f,liz.onao, Topau,io ~vtra C. oir Instrul-tor: Mrs. Davia

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\2.i9ht: 'btephanie Espana rea\l~ studies her music. as the c.\ass prac.tic.es to perfec.t their

music.a\ debut. L.=::!'!~~~~~===~~=2'!~~~~:::::~~~::::::;:::::;;::=.J

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Ma\(in9 Thin9s Happen DnGe You ~tart The Fun Don't ~top

Here at WH'5, our voi~es are heard through one organization that is made up of all sorts of students from ever'f Glass. From freshmen to seniors, from the top of the Glass to the average student, student ~oun~il represents the entire student bod'f. '5tudent ~oun~il helps promote s~hool spirit, and provide a friendl'f environment for the students here at WH'5.

"I thinK the Mudent ~oundl should be the voi~e of all students. the student ~oun~il should ta~Kle tough that students fa~e and worK toward said Mr. ?eterson, student ~oun~il advisor.

Glass for the up~oming s~hool 'fear. On Frida'f nights, the'f were the ones putting together the friendship line to wah: a~ross the field and

With a list of projeds to deal with, student wun~il has made ever'f one of them suuessful. '5tudent wundl organiz.ed Homewming, and dedded for the first time list . in WH'5 histor'f, not to have a dan~e . ?rior to s~hool beginning, the'f repainted the paws on ?anther Drive, and held the \4nt ~ A~

t::id, a fundraiser that allowed tea~hers to

Am'f M~Daniel, student ~oun~il

vi~e president. "the goal of student ~oun~il is to maKe the s~hool a better pla~e, plain and

e;Vt"f summer the iltudent counGil offiGtril ta\:e time out of their bU1\~ s~hedule to paint the panther paws on "anther Drive. In the piGtuns above are (Far Left) ::felllliGa C.hihuahua, t::atrina Mez.a, Maria Villarreal. (Middle) Laura Talbert. and (Far ~9ht) ::feMioa

Above:Lorraine Tristan ads sill~ b~ posin9 to ta\:e

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At Milano!> the student ~oun~il

members taKe time to taKe a qui~K pi~ture after

enjo'fing a fun filled night of fun .

Student ceouncil Officers

C.ounGil ho~t is l'IomeGomin9. It if> a tradtion that the new and returnin9 homeGomin9 queens ta\(e a piGture with the student

GounGil sponf>Or. PiGtured (L-F-) are homeGOmin9 queen

2.0o?-2.004 E.ri\(a 'i>tudent C.ounGil

queen ("uerrero .

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I't Ito".: Van~66a 'i>unz. and T~a Valdn

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~tor'1 Written b'1 Daniel ~egovia

Many students go through high school unprepared and having very little, if any, idea or clue as to what kind of career they would like to pursue after graduating. However the student in Ski lls USA V[CA take on the ta k of working part-time at several places ranging from HEB, McDonalds, South Texas Trailers, and even some helping with Clear Channel Radio, all while still coming to school for half a day.

Skills USA VICA is a student organization that helps develop leadership kills in the trade and industrial fields of work, while also holding fundraisers and other exciting things along the way. " In the beginning of the year we had a fundraiser where we sold taco

Mr. C.alvillo's first period C.lass: e>a(.\: \Z.ow: Daniel \Z.o(.ha, 1'on'1 \Z.oque, J ohnn'1 l'ena, e>eto Naniz., Aaron Martinez., ~(.\:'1 \l.e'1es, Juan l'ena, ~arai ~mirez., e>renda \Z.odriquez., t<ri&t'1 \Z.odriguez. front \Z.ow: Jaime C.onz.alez., Margo ~ilva, C.arla C.arda, C.arla c.ruz.

plates, and were fixing to have another one where we sell lollipops and other candy," said Mr. Calvillo, the sponsor for Skills USA VTCA. "All of the funds that we earn go to help the students pay for their memberships to the club, which cost $15 dollars each, and they will also help us get to state if we qualify." The extra money earned last year went to fund a trip to go see the Texas Rangers play, at the Texas stadi ill11,

There are 24 students currently involved in Skills USA VICA here at WHS, and most of them are seniors, although both juniors and seniors are welcome to join if they are willing to work. "Overall I really enjoy working with the seniors here, we had some really fun seniors this year, and it 's always a good experience," says Mr. Calvillo

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I e..llev. In hi9h moral and opirilual . Iandard.

Moments

tI,",and.t., ~w"" G.art.la, \to'f Vall.jo, and Dani" Quintani\1a -Top-­frfM1 Ghay.t. and Mit:. Wi ..

£dutalional televi. ion too~ bl9 turn when the . tudent. .tarted their own new •• how de.19ned for We.lato HI9h 'Othool.. .Then tame the of "-1'~N . The . how. 1'anther

tovero evel'jthin9 from trend. to bi9 event. Ii~e

hometomin9. and add. a few darin9 endeavoro to ~.ep the vie-wen inte-re.&ted.

'Oenior ~i Vallejo. who evel'jthln9 from 1'anther In.i9ht. editin9 and brain.tormin9. love. role he plai' in the . how. learned that thi. i. how I thange the world. bi ju.t mi thou9ht. and idea. everithin9 I do. betau.e I film: .aid Vallejo. £verione that ta~e. part in the . how i. deditated to their wor~. and their .atrlfito. pai off. 9iven

lb. laugh. and 6mdM Ibal the1 wll tbem bMl, and when 6hare .1I1b the 6lu4en16 who INmlng .om.lblng 16 "1lo1 wal,hlng Ib, frull6 of Ibelr IndudM. 11'6 d.ftnll"1 \aIIor. beller.

Thart h.v. bMn ma"1 'TMf have made fVfr1O"' memoraIM momenl6 for all the 6md. with their &I"1.nII" . pHpl. who help run 1'.nther MpUiall1 wh.n ~ "verN Inelght, .nd hHl "'lief WI .. hH hom6cotnhlg. and hHi "'lief mort than ... the IIIHI of tbott Wlef wallCfd around ........-. Ilk. -I Inlervlewlng peopI., and memorabl •• ""rlen" It when hU9g1n9 '"10"' h. "uld he ftHhfd a -rII1 guard. II ftnd. II I. qUlrlCf IIIef the .. Jut 9"6 10 thew 1" thallOu Ibal malef .lud ..... w.nll. have to be brave In 6how lun. In jU6110 ftnd oul who bueln.... the nnllarg.16 will be, or 1M maIIIn9 of 1'anther lnel9ht what new topl' ~ have

It a tough job. and 1" heVf 10 _ up with. Whelber ~ b. rei""' .... &a,h 6ludenl talef6 w.,. matcln9 Ib.lr fan. ...... part In t.rnIIn9 lb. HOW. lau9h. or matcln9 tbem Ihln~. and 1b'1 6hould all be proud of lb. peopI. of 1'anther the 6IIUM6 1b'1 hay. all.lned. In61ghl alw'16 malef 6ur. Th'1 are _h rewarded In lhelr 1b'1 do Ibelr bMl. own WI1' for all Ib.lr h.rd WOMt.&adI hH thalr own deftnltlon of the reward. Ibal

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plan to sa~ for their ne'lot episode.

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MasterMinds Taking you to a new world

e>f Dann1 ~e90via ~ome f>tudentf> here at WH~

c.annot l;Iait for ei9hth period to roll around f>0 that the1 c.an end their da1 and 90 about their after f>c.hool livef>, but thif> doef> not 90 the f>ame for the f>tudentf> in the Humanitief> daf>f>. The1 have the privilege of 90in9 to a daf>f> I;Ihere all period lon9 the1 c.an pla1 a 9ame entitled, "Maf>termindf>," I;Ihere the1 are quiz.z.ed over variouf> f>ubjedf> f>uc.h af> Literature, ~c.ienc.e, f.n9Iif>h, and even pop - c.ulture.

""irin9 on the famed t::~V c.hannel 5, the Humanitief> daf>f> then f>hiftf> gearf> and tranf>ferf> into a TV 9ame f>hol;l hOf>ted b1 none other than the livin9 legend Tim ~mith . Thif> if> I;Ihere the c.ompetition reall1 f>etf> in, and our team, made up of c..ath1 Trevino, Dathan e>ol;lard, and e>radle1 Donalf>on, all c.ompete a9ainf>t other f>c.hoolf> to train for the Dec.athlon meet in c..orpuf> c..hrif>ti. "I

have a lot of fun c.ompetin9 a9ainf>t other f>mart people," f>aid Dathan e>ol;lard. "Iff> all;la1f> fun , unlef>f> 10U 10f>e."

"I love thif> daf>f>. It if> reall1 a 900d e~perienc.e for me," f>aid, returnin9 f>enior to the dub, ""manda 'Perez.. "Iff> a perfed l;Ia1 to e~pand 10ur I:nOl;lledge of jUf>t about an1thin9, even little mif>c.ellaneouf> thin9f> lil:e I:nol;lin9 the namef> of the former memberf> of N ~YNc... Thif> daf>f> if> al;leMme, I've been in it tl;lO 1earf> and iff> a blaf>t, I reall1 rec.ommend that ever10ne 1001: into Humanitief>."

Out of 2q f>tudentf> onl111 l;Iill be c.hof>en b1 Mr. \Z-ivera to travel to c..orpuf> c..hrif>ti to repref>ent WH~ in the f>hol;ldol;ln of all f>hol;ldol;lnf> and the battle of all battlef> to prove I;Ihic.h f>c.hool I:nOI;lf> the mOf>t mif>c.ellaneouf>, but educ.ational trivia of all .

The team had thtir first matoh at tht !'\Z.6.V studio. Afttr a 91orious viotor~ , the~ mtt jim 'i>mith. That must have bten a 9rtat e~ptritnot .

I4fre~h 10ur mind and have fun in the &un. \hi& 1& ",hat our DeGathlon team doe~ ",hen the1 are not ",orl:in9.

Taking you to a whole new level

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Detail performing at Panth home game.

The Saber Detail performs during the half time of the homecoming game.

Giving back to the environment i one thing that JROTC showed to believe very strongly in. Thi year the member of JROTC along with their group leaders got together and volunteered their pare tim to create a beach clean up day.

Early Saturday morning, JROTC member tumbled out of bed d dicated to cleaning up South Padre Island. Although many found it tough to give up their Saturday morning they knew that what they were doing wa the right thing. "Giving up a day off of school to where I could have be n resting instead of cleaning was tough and r wasn't too happy about it, but I knew it was no longer a choice, but the only right thing to do, plus the up ide of it wa that I had fun making a lot of

new friends," said Jessica Rodriguez a Sf'd year member of JROTC.

Cleaning may have been fun for Jes ica and other members yet some agree that there were hard points to the day. "Cleaning up the beach was somewhat annoying at point becau e of all the walking we had to do. ~I here was more tra h to clean than you'd think and I had to give up pending a traditional morning with my family," said Heather Humphrey a first year to JROTC.

After the fun and the hard work JROTC accomplished their goal and helped clean the beach.

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And The Beat Goes On ... Written By: Monica Sifuentes

The Panther Corp continues to prove that they are the best with 25 consecutive ones under their bell. The band members put in a great deal of hours into perfecting their half time show, but half time is only the be8inning for these dedicated musicians. As summer winded down the students prepared themselves for the lon8 haul ahead. "For three long months we prepared for Pigskin. From August to October, we practiced long hours after school in the heat and worked hard to be perfect for seven and a half minutes," senior and head Drum Majo/~ Lily Rios said.

The Corp's daily routine was compiled up of drills that extended from morning to late evening. It consisted of 600 hours at school practicing and an additional 350 hours of independent practice the WPC was unstoppable, and the unity that seeped from them was uncanny. Headband director, Mrs. Donalson, witnessed the Corp in just one of their many finest hours as they

rallied together and formed the letters, WPC in the Donna stands as they awaited their rating. "At Pre-Pigskin watching all of you transform into a team before my eyes was beyond words," Donalson said.

The band has been recognized Valley wide and is well known for its continuous success. Aside from committing themselves entirely to producing straight ones year after year, the members have each gained something more than a plaque from this one to four year experience that will last what can only be described as a lifetime of memories. "Being in band has definitely made me more responsible and knowledgeable about how hard and how rewarding it can be to lead a group of individuals to a goal. Dedication is an important factor if you want to excel, and by being a member of the Panther Corp, I have acquired it and now push myself to do my best in all that I do," senior and Tuba Office/~ Adriana Manciallas said.

For senior baritone player, joey Alaniz, the show that hi8hlighted his and many of the other band member's

marching careers was Zorro. It was the last show that was performed by the one and only Panther Corp before the splitting of the schools. "When we performed Zorro my sophomore year there was so much intensity and pride poured into the performance that it became a legend in the hearts of all those who performed that night. "

When a group of individuals can come together and produce something as memorable as a halftime show, the markings that are left behind are glimpses into a winning family. They work together, push each other until the last waking moment, and stand beside each other through the good and bad times from the splitting of schools to area competition they are and still remain untouchable.

The band starts on a warm up note. Anticipation

mounts as the band gets ready for their performance.

Can you music? The Band has spirit how about youl

Look how serious these Drum Majors are. They ready for anything. You don't want to make them angry!

Look how well they pay attention to the game. Now that's real pride

Stay in step now mark time mark. You don't want to get out of step, you may mess up the rest of the band.

Hanging out, Having fun is what band is all about. Look how confortable they all look.

Back to back we'll play untill the end. As a band we will march as one.

Preparation is all it takes and all your time. Band is a challenge.

I dream of band every chance I get. Band is not for everyone "Only the strong survive" said Senior Dathan Boward.

Tabitha Arce gives a thumbs up for band. She must be so excited

about the upcomming performance.

Shake Rattle and Roll! Come on band and dance to the music.

Hit those high notes Trumpets. Wow look at that form they must really practice to be that good.

Their on the way to becoming the future Charlie's angels. Go get them girls!

The drum line is what keeps this band together. They are the heart and soul of the Weslaco Panther Corp's.

It's all about the Drumline Cory Herrera, Steve Torres, Estevan Vargas. Look at the dru mmers go at it!

Danny is not paying attention! Relax! Its all part of the show.

The band plays for their fans. They have Friday Night Fever!

~vr'~"'''nes know how it's done. Look at them go those night practices really payoff.

That Bradley Donalson he does not miss a step. The boy is just doing his thing, and the rest of the band just follows his lead.

The band waits for

That's right guys just keep playing, playing, Keep that rhythm flowing smooth guys.

as the rival band is performing. We are ready for anything that other band will dish out!

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One \ast 9rouP snot t0getner. The band members 9rouP eac.n otner up for tne infamous 'c.raz.~ pic.ture: Bar1d

Pa.I1c>r

£ver~one an~ious\~ a\olaits for tne pnot09rapner to get read~ . Tnis is a ver~ \oIe\\ c.oordinated effort. £ver~ ~ear on one mornin9, tne panoramic. pnot09rapners snoot tnree \arge 9roups: ~T c.., '5eniors and l?AND.

smi\e for tne c.amera.

-"Of an things \tie have done as a group, nothing c.omes dose to having to tr~ and balanc.e ourselves on a board that seemed to be a meer foot \tIide for over "30 minutes," said, senior, Monic.a '5ifuentes. The panoramic. pic.ture has been a long tradition of WH'5.

01' the band p pic.ture. e>and members had 10 minutes to quic.ld~ return their instruments and c.hange out of their uniforms and be bac.\:: read~ for the senior shot.

Just c.hec.\::ing if ever~one instruments read~ .

Above we have Delilah De Los ~antos and Mando \Zivera rela'1-in9 after a lon9 da'j of Gompetition.

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all pa'js off at the e>rownsville ver'j proud and happ'j about

all reGieved. Above Yin9 Yan9 praGtiGes on her presentation for one of her man'j UIL events that

she Gompetes in

The U1L students of WH'i> have an earl~ \<4al:e up ~all ever~

'i>aturda~ mornin9 in order to be9in their \<4eel:end ritual of ~ompetition .

A bus load of these fe\<4, proud, and not far from the true meanin9 of dedkated students travel all a~ross

the valle~ to sho\<4 other s~hools \<4hat it is that the~ are made of. £a~h of them ~ontributes their O\<4n part into provin9 that Wesla~o Hi9h 'i>~hool is home to \<4inners. Despite, havin9 to sa~rifiGt. time and sleep ea~h of them has learned at least one thin9 from bein9 a part of the U1L or9aniution.

nterSG

'i>am Mata is sho\<4n above perfeds his performan~e minutes before

his individual wmpetition.

"Over the ~ears of ~ompetin9 in U1L, I have learned that idleness is the holida~ for fools and that there's no suret in su~~ess, onl~ pra~ti~e mal:es perfe~t," sophomore, ~omputer sl.ienl.e parti~ipant, Yin9 Yan9 said.

Man~ of them have alread~ proven that UIL is not a ~ompetition for the \<4eal:. It tal:es an ey,traordinar~ amount of time to prepare for their events, and alon9 \<4ith that ~omes ~ommitment and sa~rifi~e, but still neither of those ~an ~ompare to reapin9 the a\<4ards of their auomplishments.

"I have 9iven up 'i>aturda~s and ~ountless after s~hool hours to pra~ti~e for m~ events. In the end \<4hen all m~ hard \<4orl: pa~s off, it ~orroborates m~ firm and un~ieldin9 ~ommitment to UIL," Yan9 said.

Above Dana Donaldson, Maria Villarreal C.r~stal ("onulez., ("Ioria and Larissa tal:e a breal: in bet\<4een their U1L

wmpetition at

To the ri9ht is C.r~stal ("onulez. praGti~in9 before she wmpetes.

For man~ of the parti~ipants, UI L has opened a 9ate\<4a~ to a \<4hole ne\<4 ey,perien~e filled \<4ith people of all \<4all:s of life, and bein9 able to interal.t \<4ith students \<4ho share their same interests. Due to their UI L ey,perien~e some of them have even de~ided to pursue a major related to their event.

"I ~hose to major in theater be~ause I love it, and a job ~ou love ~ou \<4ill enjo~ and suueed in the profession," senior, and prose and poetr~

parti~ipant, j::atrina Meu said. Yarti~ipatin9 in U1L

isn't the onl~ part of gettin9 the job done. It tal:es more than sho\<4in9 up; it tal:es wordination and the man behind the job is Mr. Medrano. This is his sel.ond ~ear as ~oordinator, and l.ompared to last ~ear, this ~ear' s inVitational hosted at WH'i> proved to be a nift~ tasl: to ~arr~ out \<4ith t\<4i~e as man~ parti~ipants .

"I had to I:eep an e~e

events \<4ere on s~hedule, 100l:in9 for judges for events, and mal:in9 sure to tall: to l.oal.hes and l.oordinators about the wntest," UIL C.oordinator, Mr. Medrano said.

There are man~ important aspe~ts to a suuessful UIL team, and auordin9 to Medrano, administrators of WH'i> should be a\<4are that students \<4ho partil.ipate in UIL do mu~h better on tests, and the importan~e of tea~her involvement in the pr09ram is amon9 the top priorities.

149ardless of the time that is spent on either or9aniz.in9 or tal:in9 part in UIL, to both parties, the time that is spent is \<4orth the ~hallenge, and the onl~ question is, are ~ou up for it?

'i>tor~ b~: Monil.a 'i>ifuentes

on ever~thin9, mal:in9 sure .----------------,

ney.t to one of her hard wor~in9 UIL sponsors that dedi, ates allot

of her time to prad i,e with her.

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THE, HI&.H LifE,

15t \2.0~ : Trae Valdez., Dann~ ~egovia, E.li5a Gtarc.ia, \l.ic.hard \2.odriguez., l"ohn Neele~ 2nd \2.0~ : 15rael Montano, C.lari5a Gtonz.ale5, Monic.a ~ifuente5, l"annic.e Vela

3rd \2.0~ : Mic.helle Munoz. for Adriana Vena

Monic.a, editor of The High Life, ~or~5 ver~ hard to malC.e 5ure ever~thing c.ome5 out the ~a~ it i5 5upp05ed to .

Trae give5 50me ver~ good pOinter5 to Dann~ and l"ohn for U5e in the future.

e>ottom: E.li5a, l"annic.e for C.laire all enjo~ helping eac.h other in an~ ~a~ P055ible.

Mic.helle ~atc.he5 Adriana do the fini5hing touc.he5 on her great advic.e c.olumn in The High Life.

'Photo :r ourna\ism c..\asses

Top: Jason, C-assie, M~ra, Lorena, Dann~

Bottom: 14~, Debbie, Loren, Vinc.ent

The "igh Ufe wa, the fir&t publitation ever pro­duud at W"laGO "igh "hoot and hat taptured reader& of almo,t eve..., era ,inu before the G.reat Depr"'ion. The "ighUfe thi' ~ear wa, GOmpiled of eleven ,tudent, of all ,la,," and of all wal~, of life. Thit. ~ear however the m4liori~ of the ,la" wat. filled with new fa,"

"Thit. ~ear wa, a good ~ear. We began with two I"u" and the GOol thing it. that we put it together with fr"h ruruitt.," J"ournali,m tea,her, Mr.Nava laid. "£aGh t.taff member pla~t. a 'pulfiG role in putting together the "hool', magaz.ine, and even though the c.\all itlelf in­volv" an immenle amount of dedltation and GOmmit.­ment, The "igh Ufe Itaff devot" themlelv" entirel~: "~eing part of The "igh Ufe do" ta~ a lot of wor~ and time. I've even had to I~ip bal~tball pra,tiu on nu­meroul oGtallioni to help out, but onu ~ou flU ~our finilhed produGt, it'l all worthwhile," Fr"hman, Adriana Vena laid.

Ma~ tim" the Itaff mut.t overloo~ the faGt that the>f mUIt Ia,rifiu their own lellure time in order to GOmp\ete the magaz.ine, whl,h II 60mething the>f ~now of all too well. Auording to junior irae Valdez. and 6Ophomore Dann~ Cf>e.govia, the1 had to mill ,la,," and give up their 6Oc.ial llv" in order to get The "igh Ufe into the handl of the W"f> Itudentl, and even though the pro"" wat. e)treme\1 time GOniuming. the>f Itill let alide all other engagementl and did their part In de­Ilgning a magaz.ine that will be viewed ~ future W"f> Itudentl.

The firlt ilt.ue that wal produud thit. ~ear wal one that will definatel~ be InfamouIl~ remembered. It GOvered two Itori" that drew up mUGh GOntroverl~, whl,h The "Igh Ufe Itaff immediatel~ felt the after mall. -"andl down the two mOlt inter"tlng t.tori" that were written thil 1ear 'po~ c.rititall~ of the football team. It did rub a lot of people the wrong wa~ and that wal bad," Mr. Nava laid.

D"pite the GOntrovert.ial Itori" that were written, the Itaff member& GOntlnued to learn through taUIe and effut. -I have gained lu,h a lenle of teamwo~ and have perfuted m1 writing. If I GOuld, l'd do it all over again beataule I've reall~ grown to enj~ thil ey.perienu," Vena laid.

After "hoot and at tim" during \unc.h, the Itaff GOuld be flUn Ituffed huddled over their GOmputeri t...,­ing to put together their finllhed produc.t. £aGh of them hal put In the time and patlenu that il demanded from thil bu"ln"". It'l a tough job, but 6Omeone hal to do it.

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What's up! - J' ose Fernandez.

Dt.A~ Time! -J'ason Munoz., ~\ando Ve\a, 'f,u\\~ Areva\o,

Me\aida LU£.io, f:r Danie\ Norie9a

M~ mom \tIou\dn't be\ieve her e~es!

-J'uan Luna

Thi5 ha5 been 5uGh an a\tlef>Ome ~ear! - '5u\\~ Areva\o, Andrea 'Perez., Duke A\varado, Maria G.onz.a\ez., Audi\ia

\Zamirez., 6r ~ta \(arr

Ta\(ing a brea\(! - ~ta \?eGerra 6r Amanda AnGif>O

We'\\ mi55 ~ou GoaGh \?randon! - J' 05e \?u\ne5, Danie\ Noriega,

14~na\do Gardena5, Fran\(ie l.ava\a, 6r J'uan Luna

Friend5 Forever! WH'5 ~G\(5! '5enior5 2004! - Ade\aida Luc.io 6r J' 05e Fernandez.

-Danie\ Noriega, J'uan Luna, 14~na\do Gardena5, 6r J' oe~ \?u\ne5

'5\t1eetheart5! - ~\ando Ve\a 6r Duke A\varado And £ver~one thought I Gou\dn't p\a~ the

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Where' 5 LunGh? -~5a\inda Munoz., J'e5u5 Tlierina,

6r Noe \Zamirez.

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crbey're "aglcally

nel1clou8

The juniors are natural born

leaders . When an opportunity

presents itself , you are sure to

see them work their magic every

step of the way . "You have to

move forward and teach the

younger generations to lead . As

you move through this world

someone will always be there to

bring you down ," Robert Cedillo ,

Junior said .

The junior class has

surprised us all in many ways .

They have shown a great deal of

initiative towards their

education . " I love being a

junior I have a lot more

opportunities that have been

opened to me as a junior than I

did as a sophomore such as AP

classes ," Leslie Vasquez ,

Junior said .

Jesus Acevedo Monica Acevedo

Adriana Acosta Jennifer Alambar

ElisaAlcantar JohanaAlcoser

Austin Alegria Jorge Almazan David Alonzo

Ramon Alvarado Jose Alvarado Tessa Ambriz

Elizabeth Aquino JoseArmendaris

Cristina Arias Maria Arias

Guillem1oAITeola YeseniaAtTiola

AaronAvila Jonathan Avila

Juan AyaJa

Margarita Balderas Ashley Balli Lorena Balli

Jonathan Banda Michael Bautista

Yurani Bautista Angela Bazaldua

Raquel BenHez Nato Berrones

Lonna Berry Frances Bravo

Yadira Buenrostro Dalia BugaI1n

Eduardo Bulnes Jackie Cabral

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Blanca Cabriales Sergio Caldera Marlene Calderon Angel Camarillo Ruby Campuzano Alfonso Cantu

Audrey Cantu Derek Cantu Susie Cantu Elizabeth Cardenas Raul Cardenas K -lla Carranza

Jessica Carreon Jose Carrillo Maria Can-illo Celika Casanova Cristela Casares Patricio Casarez

Joe Casas Chris Castellanos Aaron Casti llo Alberto Castillo Almalee Castillo Jade Castillo

Ricardo Castillo Thomas Castillo Mario Castro Robert Cedillo Emilio Cerda Floripes Cerda

lsela Cervantes Jacquelin Cervantes Noe Cervantes Dannya Chavez Erik Chavez Francisca Chavez

Aradelia Cienfuegos Chantel Clopine Paul Closner Cassie Contreras Hector Contreras Lorena Contreras

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Eric Cordova Mario Cordova Maribel Cortez

Oren Cortez Alex Covan"ubias

Fernie Cruz

Santos Cruz Stephanie Cruz

Alina Cuellar Jenny De la Garza

Delilah De los Santos Cristina De los Santos

Romelio Del Toro ElisaDe Hoyos

DaneJl Diaz James Diaz

Jennifer Diaz WilljamDwm

Arlene Duran Ileana Duran

Erin Ebarb Mary Elissetche

Ricardo Elizondo Abraham Escamilla

Justin Esparza Ricardo Esparza

Stephanie Esparza BIas Espinoza

Leonso Espinoza Maltin Espino

Audrey Estrada Mickel Fernandez

Francisco Figueroa Francisco Flores

Genaro Flores Ivanna Flores

Brittaney Foerster Wendy Franco

Samantha Freeman Roel Fuentes

Genn ifer Gal van Francisca Garces

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Jose Gomez Yessica Gomez Ashley Gonzalez Brenda Gonzalez Cesar Gonzalez Elizabeth Gonzalez

Gisela Gonzalez Balde Gonzalez Marco Gonzalez Ricky Gonzalez Stephanie Gonzalez Omar Guerrero

Danny Gutierrez Jonathon Gutierrez Juan Gutierrez Melissa Guy Lacey Guzman DarJyn Hernandez

Elias Hernandez Yasmin Hemandez Yuri Hernandez Lance Herrera Geena Huerta Maggie Hughes

Jeannette Tpina Lillian Jimenez Stephanie Jones Veronica Lara Felipe Leal Daniel Ledezma

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Jacob Lopez Malthcw Lozano

Vincent Lozano Edna Lozoya

Adelaida Lueio Maria Lucio

Christopher Lugo YeseniaLuna

Hans Macholdt Jesus Marines

Marissa Marines Jesus Martinez Jose Maltinez Juan Martinez

Leslie Martinez Melissa Martinez

Salomon Martinez Viviana Martinez

Jason Mrutin Kasey Mata

DanieUe Mayfield Amy McDaniel

Jeannette Medellin Oscar Medina

Joshua Medrano Sammy Medrano

Alvaro Mejia Felicita Mendez

Paul Mendez Rodney Mendoza Vanessa Mendoza

Carlos Meza M ichelle Molina

Juanita Montelongo

Maizel Morales Rudy Mora

Angela Moreno Danielle Moreno

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Perla Perez Regina Perez Tomas Perez Vanessa Perez Vicky Perez Matthew Peterson

Adrian Quintanilla Samantha Quintanilla Audelia Ramirez Benito Ramirez Evelin Ramirez Joey Ramirez

NoeRamirez Omar Ramirez Ricardo Ramirez John Ramos Cecilia Rangel Joshua Rico

Jorge Rios Kristopher ({jos Francisco Rivera Kristen Roblez Edgar Rocha Alfi'edo Rodriguez

Analee Rodriguez Claudia Rodriguez Crystal Rodriguez Eli Rodriguez Elvira Rodriguez Ely Rodriguez

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Julian Rodriguez Luis Rodriguez

Reynaldo Rodriguez Richard Rodriguez

Thomas Rodriguez Vincent Rodriguez

Roberto Ruelas lsidro Saenz

Edgar Salazar Jose Salazar

Laislee Salazar Ralph Saldana Alonso Salinas Ashley Salinas

Francisco Salinas Priscilla Salinas

Rocio Salinas Amanda Sanchez Christina Sanchez

Marcelino Segovia Jamey Sepulveda Jesus Sepulveda

Veronica Sepulveda Yessica Sepulveda

Alejandro Sierra Alejandro Silva

Javier Silva Luis Silva

Victor Sol is Stephanie Sullenger

Henninia Tamez Araceli Tienda

Elizabeth Tovar Michael Trejo

Michael Valadez Maggie Valdez Manuel Valdez

Raul Valdez Robert Valdez

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Esteban Vargas Gel111an Vasquez Jose Vasquez Juan Vasquez Leslie Vasquez Saul Vasquez

Jaime Vela RolyVela Lyssa Villanueva Cristina Villarreal Jade Villarreal Josue Villarreal

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attdlited I11dl1'1 aeeol11tlisltmel1ts altd {'redted fOl1d memories I Irdve berm litvolved if'

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ledfl1ed tire l11edlflitg of tm friel1dslrij? eaderslrij? s/(lIls and restOI1SiPllltr were

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wOl1derfJlI teaclrers, 'Tlral1..{ 'lOti for cariflg' and to mr loving friel1ris, al1d wonderfJlI PrJ/.jfrrl?l1d foet( Tltaltl:: rOJl fOf mal::/l1g m'l Iriglt scltool

redrS tire most fM /ifllitg ever/'

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be al1 asset to me I Itave leamed self­disci,lJilite, prdct/CM ded/catkit/ dHd Irar i

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accomplislted so mHcIt I've met some verr ' people altd l11atle /mj?Ortatrt fnel1df;Itij?s. Mr tlCcomtllsltmettt WIJJlld iteM' to be mr dal1clitg I

lit more time aNd ef/ort lit dell1clitg tlral1 otlter actlVltr tltroH.4ltw1t Itlglt sclrool ell1d I

tfH/r troJld of everr slitgle relrearsal atld performal1ce

Mafia Ibarra These tast school'lears have pef?l1 great Now that

il1 high school Its Pef?l1 reall'l great. eS(Jeciall'l beti1(J lit IROn;, al1 activlt'l 111 wltich I cal1 get littO al1d heM

too. I love betitg l1ear 111'1 friel1ds al1d all 111'1 teachers as wei/. esteciall'l Mr Peterson. he

-""",,"LJ ltas Peel1 a WOJ1der(HI teacher Mat; Hl1derstal1ds 111'1 f'oblel118 111 readlitg al1d wrltil1g. al1d litstires l11e 110t to give HfJ. I woHld also liKe to thal1K Camel \t0IKes. I hote that the 1110l1ths go Petter for 111e. eVel1 tho!!fJh the da'ls have Peel1 gOlitg hst for l11e I KI10W that I wIll alwa'ls rel11el11ber ever'l OJ1e that was ver'll1ice. HI1derstal1dlitg. al1d c0l11ta8siol1ate WIth l11e Thal1K'IolI

Villarreal have everiMced 80 l11al1'1 great thlitgs lit

school It is hard to j!!st S!!111 thel11!!t lit a words I leave these fOllr 'leal's of 111'1 It/e

with great frlel1ds, l11el11ories, al1d f'itle lit all have accol11tlished As a l11el11ber ofjimior class,

3tHdel1t COMC/!, Natiol1a1 HOl1or 30tlef'l' UIL, al1d Pacesetters , I Itave leamed the tr!!e l11eal1ln(J of reStOI1SIPI!tt'l' deferl11lnatioff. esteciall'l the lIfetJl1!itg of hard worK I cal1 hOl1est/'1 sal( as I close this cHatter ill 111'1 life. 111'1 '1ears lit High school WIll be !!l1forgettable

JoItI1I11( Limas 0111'1 worr'l a/:;o!!t hi(J1t school to certaIn extel1t 3tot

al1d start I/Vlit(J. M'I ' achievel11Mt il1 lIfe 18, k.l1owlitg

I ditl ever'ltlttitg I've wal1ted to Wltlt tlte tiflte givel1 to flte ktk.e lit --11I-._Il.iII_LJ

fIt!!clt (JOssible al1t1' tilt forth ever'lthlitg '1011 have Ilist rel11efltber dol1't stojJ. dOl1t ever stOfJ.

JacKie Ol1es Itigh school everif?l1ce is flever exactllf

al1other, for ~he{re just like f!l1geltnitts. !11 evel'l Itttle detail Perhats qod Itas ItIS OWfl for a reason. Ma'lPe Ite fltade eaclt otlte,s whf?l1 kt!/jl,:~etll ' '''''

togetlter iKe a tJilllt All I cat! 'Sa,! is tltat. 1ft fIt'l awesol11e'lears of 'It school. Its Peen at! .-tffl/17IJ1/1L"'""'--------"';;:..J

jO!!rltt?/f, al1d it! tltose wot!derf"tI Ifeals I have learlted l11an,! va/Habie lessot!s WItICIt cal1 be attlied to fltlf lIfe at a later (JOil1t 1ft Mlfe

8eing tar of the Might'! Pal1thef COltS for these tast fOHr '1ears has taH(J1tt flte to l11aKe the best of I11lfself al1d be the greatest leader I can.

w,ltether it 18 as a DfI!fIt MgtOf or at! indlvk/Ha/ I've learlted to hold I11If frlel1ds closellf becaHse alol1g tlte waif IfOH galit SOI11e. al1d lose SOI11e. al1d

I cltmsh those tltat Itave rel11ained [;'1 l11e tlte elftire til11e Create the best. trice/ess tJilllt tossiblt? free of all'l sl1ags or IHfltts, at!d fltaKe it

last forever. love at!d jOtj locked 1ft everlf seam. Be f'oHd wltel1 '1011 lOOK bac); 0J1 tlte l11astertiece alld KI10W that l11efltories last a lifetIme

8ec!::11 De L Acadel11IC aceol11tlisltl11ents that I am f'oHd volle'lbal/, hMors grad Hate, al1d receivtftg

Natlollal tllg/181t Mmt Award Whos Wlto ",,»'fl'rt/','1Il

HigH f5ehool f5tlldelfts Award alld the A»'fPr!r,,,,,

f5eHoldr AWdrti I was all active tartici(Jal!t vo/lerbdl/, pasKetbtJ//' t1I1d softpal/ 1!tL=i!l~,:£;:AI

vollelfPal1 I rece/ved tHe "Heart &. HHstle' award for l11alittalftlftg a (JOsltlve attitHde tHrOIl!HOJlt tHe seasol1 I have bef?l1 1ft Pask.etball

for six Ifears, tlalfed softball for sevel! '1ears, at!d was tart of tlte Itollfecol/flifg COHrt as tlfe fCCiA Presidelft. TltroH(JltoHt fltlf Itigh school Ifears I let/riled tHat Stlld'llifg al1d Hard worK Will Helf IfOH do well lit

'I0Hr classes al!d Pe sllCcessflll fif WHat 1f0H do.

Savlog crbe

'For CLaat This year has been a memory within a dream; from our pep

rallies to graduation. The days we have spent being one class, is

something we will never forget. As our senior year began, I could

only imagine what was in store for us.

Senior year is suppose to be the best year; after going

through two different high schools, and the splitting of our classes; we

the class of2004 fmally made it. "It is not only about graduation and

getting out of here it is about moving on and taking a step towards

new horizons,"Juan de Leon, senior said.

We have enjoyed the time we spent together, even though at

our pep rallies we not only cheered on the mighty panthers; but

proudly cheered our senior class in a friendly rivalry. It doesn't

matter because we are all still friends where it counts, on the inside.

"I have learned that life can be hard sometimes, but it is up to you to

make it work. This is when we realize that we are becoming adults,

and we need to be ready to face a whole new world on our own,"

Amanda Arevalo, Senior said.

The wind from one door closing opens the door to a million

possibilities. Graduation is not the end it is only the beginning to our

dreams. So class of2004, keep your dreams alive.

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'Pantherpa\ooz.a to help ralM '5enior Loc.\:: - tn that ta"e6 p\a,e after 9raduation ever~ ~ear. "We (the 6enior ,\a6$ offic.erf» are c.urrent\~ tr~in9 to put t0gether a Mr. '5tud c.ontef>t that our f>enior bO~f> c.an be invo\ved in," f>aid Hif>torian Dana Dona\f>on. "We thin\:: it \'lin be a fun event for the \'Iho\e f>c.hoo\ to c.ome out and enjo~ . ihe profitf> \'lin 90 to\'lard ma\::in9 a rean~ a\'lef>ome \0 c.\:: - in; \'Ihic.h \'lin be a ni9ht the f>eniorf> \'lin remember forever."

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'Pref> 'Pref>ident F-~an mornin9 throu9h the iheir hi\ariouf> jo\::es and f>tudentf> ever~ mornin9, to \au9h about in the \'lee "It' f> fun . ihe announc.ement6 up a bit bec.auf>e \'Ie \au9h at ... n"n_

before hand," f>aid Johnn~. Althou9h had to get uf>ed to their anti'6,

to ,ope. "At firf>t f>ome of the and \'Iou\d f>a~ that \'Ie are

it to Ufo be,auf>e the

\'lith. &ut to f>a~ the~ \i\::e them,

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't \i\::e it at firf>t," added Johnn~ .

ihe '5eniorf> of 2004 have proven to f>ome of the befIt and the bri9htef>t f>tudentf> to have ever f>et foot in Wef>\ac.o Hi9h '5c.hoo\. ihese memories \'lin sta1 with them forever no\'l are frozen in time with

"Laugh at yourself, don't hate, smile at strangers, recognize the unrecognized, fear

nothing, and don't let anyone tell you

you're nothing, because you are a SENIOR."

Roberts (Public RelatJe)" Officer)

"Being involved in Senior Class, you have the privilage and opportunity to make it the best

year ever! Give your all your final year of

high shcool. Have fun and enjoy itl"

"Enjoy everyday like it's your last because it will be your last high school days. Live

life, have fun , don't ever stress, forgive

and forget, and most importantly prepare yourself for college."

"-Kindness is the only instrument that never fails. -The weak never forgive. Forgive­

ness is an attribute of the strong.

Boom Boom Baby!"

"Enjoy every moment of your senior year and cherish all the time

"A good friend will bail you out of jail, but your best friend will be the one sitting next to

you saying "That was awesome!" It's

a short trip, while alive ... live."

Claudia Mickle (Reporter)

Dina Villarreal and lIa Villarreal

Jackie Vega and MaryAnn Correa

Darla Green and Valerie Perez

Ms. Zavala's 3rd grade class, Cleckler Heald t I

8th Grade Gala at Central Middle school

Jackie Vega, Erika Cavazos, and Jennifer Gamez

Brittany Salazar, Jennifer Gamez, and Taryn Kilby

Right: Edith, Elizabeth, Alyssa, Brianna and Janelle tand proudly by their poster as their two guy friends do the dirty job of holding it up .

These tudents have a pa ion for welding. They are more than sure of what they want to be when they graduate frol11 high school.

Top: These football players all piled up onto a truck for the ride to the field . There were 0 many some almost fell off Right: Everyone rushes to get adjusted so that their poster can be seen in the picture. What they didn ' t know is that the further they go, the better the poster come out.

Right: Sergio, Cindy, Bere, and Dianajoin together after

friend.

Left: All the senior were making sure that their po ters weren't being covered. Of course, every senior wanted to stand out.

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IOH ,rolld of '1011 (/lfd all of '1ollr accolH,lls IHCHtS. ho,e all 'IOllr drealHs cOlHe trlle. We love '10111

Love, MOIH, J)ad, J)avld, aHd Mar'l

C~il:herine Lynn Trevino

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am aOways with you.

~ove etehllaOOy.

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You are a joy to our family. Your lovlna nature, fun outlook

and humorous disposItIon to life, brlnas happiness everyday to everyone

around you. LIfe Is an adventure to enjoy and you are In for some areat adventures. Johnny a you contInue your adventure set

your loals hlah In every thlna you do, Itfe will reward all your efforts proportIonately. We are

very proud of whom you have trown up to be. May God always be with youl We love you.

Love Mom, Dad, and Raquel

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Le doy gracias aDios por darme estos 18 anos de vida . Tambien Ie

agradesco a todos los que me egalaron esta pagina de recuerdos

Gracia a : Mis Padrinos- Martha y Jaime Teran A Mi Abuelita- Ernestina Castro

Y a todos mis tios/tias Olga y Luz Ramos Ernestina y Raul Martinez Joaquin y Veronica Lopez Jose y Leticia Lopez Juan Antonio y Nancy Lopez

Y por ultimo, Ie quiero dar las gracias a mis padres-Moises y Maria Luisa Lopez- por amarme y cuidar de mi todos estos anos.

Gracias :

®ltoiA.eA. CP . .fop e5'

WE L HI H L

VERY MUCH SON AND I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU. YOU HAVE COME A LONG WAY AND YOU STILL HAVE A LOT TO ACCOMI?LISId. ALWAYS REMAIN TRU TO YOURSELF, AND FORGET WHERE YOM FROM. THAN~~ ~om SMILES.

Dustin Wade Dickerson

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Precious, Por 17 years, I nave watcned you grow into a

6eautifu[ woman. 'You nave made me proud of a[[ your

accompfisnments. ~mem6er 1 '[[ 6e 6y your side a[ways.

Love, :Mom

KIDS

Pedrf dnd Yvonne '111 () ~'1" {?,I to P {?,Iii ~

Pearl Eighteen years ago, on this very month, Cod blesssed our '11arriagc with a beautiful precious dau9hter. As you laid In my arms with an amazing sparKle in your eyes my hear! s;lI1k with d heavy' feeling of love, J feeling only a mother «)r1 experience with surh a bundle of Joy. My husband MaGlrio and r blessed a!> we fell, '..ettll'd on the perfect name for surh a bl;'ClUliful ..,oul, Pearl. They SClY tha~ a pl;'ari\ value romes with lime and we will attest to that, for slnre day onl;' you hJve been worth every

moment of our life anC] we feel WI;' hOlvl;' invested wisely. Eighteen years ago we knew this day would rome. Pearl, WI;' know we havr to let you I;'xpand your wing·, and fly on your own. WI;' didn't know it wac, going to be thi.., difficult, but like your fathl;'r alway~ c,ay's, 'Your wings are strong Pearl. Your feJther" arr 1pose of WisdomhMordlshLovr, F<lith, Clnd Cour<lge. Cod will lead the and you will surl;'ly follow'. T e timl;' as rome, '.wert child of ours. Fly and ail your

goals and 'lever forget we love you. Love,

Mom, Dad, M'chOlel, Angel, and Ruby

Yvonne, We th;mk Cod for the wonderful gin hr gave us when you weyl;' born and br(;Jme part of our lives. h was an unforge1able moment to be rherished

forever. Remember to alw<ly!> keep your faith in Cod and allow Him 10 be first plcl( e in

your life. We love you very much and wish only the best for YOll.

Congratulatlon-,! Love,

Morn, Dad, and Ell

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A senior this year. coLLege on the horizon. living away from home without parents. some exhilarating feelings coupled with a bit of worry. It's hard to

believe that we have come to this point in Life. A big part of us still wants to b able to ground you when a scratch accidentally appears on the side of the huck.

A big part of us still wants to be able to tell you to get off the internet and start doing your homework. A big part of us still wants to cheer for you as you run down the sidelines Leaving your opponents in the dust or watch as you skiLL­

fully work to pin your wrestling opponents . E>ut Life goes on . E>igger victories are in store for you . \Ve know that all of your accomplishments wiLL pale in com­

parisson to what you will accomplish in your future . \Ve know that you wiLL succeed at anything you choose to do . D. we wiLL always be there cheering you

on . \Ve love you son .

ou' ",ms, we knew , young man. You , our

"u, lives complete. You brough t continually amaze us with your

",otivation. You are a genu ine gift ,.,r-l"sting love. And now, your

do His will proves you r n ever-ending you "s He did us by brin ging you into our

' " in you, wonderful journ ey of life. tlt"n the love we, your Moth er and Father, have

, ,very thing anyone could ever ask for in a son. We .Jlong with you, brothers, wi ll always be your biggest

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iCles as a person and a a always keepIng your ht:_ld

proud. With God'

Zeke, going (Q be a special person. You have kept your eyes so high

Ind tenacity have nev r allowed you to waive from your responsibil­Your whole fife is ahead of you. Learn to five one day at a time­

hIgh and your heart In [he right place. Zeke, you have made us very III your dreams wIll become reality. Keep reachIng for the stars.

We love you, Mom, Dad, OorniTlIc, Kristen

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ioy me in(lade I felicidad y me enancho de orgullo al saber que lias a graduar y que lias a cumplir Ius deceos de segir adelante con tus estudios. esptro que no tCaigas y sigas adtlanle.

no como padre no quiere IItr que sus hijos an cruido y ya casi son los suficienttmtntt adullos que quitren agarrar su propio

camino y dirigirse por SI solos. lioy ertS journ y te quieres comer el mundo puo Htnes que cuidarle y ptnsar muy bitn las cosas para que el mundo no

It coma a Ii. Dios It btndiga hoy y siempre tu mama que Ie adora.

'racias ., r alludar c"andn 0 nestcilamos.

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padres & flcrrnanos

We love you and are so very proud of all your accomplishments

as a student, dancer, and most of all as a daughter and sister. Your future is bright.

Love, Mom, Leanna, Joseph,

and Jennifer

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