Mountain View High School - La Vista Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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Top 20 seniors, Front Row: Todd Shumway, Mike Yao, Eric Ringger, Sara Melohing, Kelly Higgs, Scott Schoen, Teresa Torees, Row 2: Den- ise Benson, Pam Lyon, Sunan Sheets, Debbie Brenner, Lori Prather, Julie Quinn, Shelley Goodman, Back Row: Carmen Lomax, Sandy From, Holly Casey, Jeff Pulford, Not pictured: Jeff Pospisil, Jennifer Boren. All State Award, Bill Carpenter, Todd Lewis, Not pictured: Bob Davis. 270 32211295

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Peer Tutoring, Front Row: Mr. Louis Dodez, Noelle Simpson, Dyan Car- bine, Keri Ostrander, Suzi Presti, John Seiferth. Back Row: Amy Edmund, Becky Phillips, Carmen Jones, Charles Griffiths, Marla Wamer, Chris- tine Cowan, Lisa Shackelford, Ro- chelle Stauss. Teacher to teacher - Louis Dodez sits and listens while one of his stu- dents asks him a question. VW Academics Peer Tutoring

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Seniors arrying on a Mountain View tradition of high standards and excel- lence, the top 20 seniors ex- tended their capabilities for new academic heights. Even though their grade point aver- ages ranged from .848 to 1.059, these students still have ambivolent feelings about college. According to Jennifer Boren, l'm really looking forward to college, but l'll miss the security of high school. One thing that has helped these students conquer their fears of college was by taking Advanced Placement KAPJ courses in English, science and math. Susan Sheets re- sponse to AP classes was, l found AP classes to be more challenging and motivating. But Todd Shumway had a dif- ferent opinion: l feel they are a disadvantage because peo- ple associate with only limited groups. ' take it from the top Teachers agree that these classes are a great advantage in preparing students for courses they will take in col- lege. With Mountain View rat- ed as one ofthe top schools in the nation, these 20 students can be considered some of the best. English teacher Mary Mc- Govern believes, The top stu- dent is a role model. She also average explained, Many students perform at a better- because than-average level they have learned from these top students how it's done. The Armed Forces Nomina- tion, which is also considered to be a very prestigious honor was granted to Jeff Pospisil for Air Force, Shannon O'Hara for Air Force and Naval, Scott Griest and Dan Vasenko both got Presidential Nominations, Air Force and Naval. To re- ceive this nomination, an ap- plication needs to be filled out, followed by an interview given by a committee member. According to Griest, I al- ways wanted to do this be- cause it will be a challenge, but it's going to be tough. Another group honored is All State, which was an award given to junior Todd Lewis and senior Bill Carpenter for track and senior Bob Davis for foot- ball. This award is given to those who excel in a sport and are recognized for it. These three put in much dedication and a number of hours of hard work, but it was not a waste of time. These young men en- joyed using their physical abilities to honor the Toros and each of them came out with good feelings and a win- ning season. Lewis comment- ed, Running is very important to me and is part of my life. Playing a big role in these athletes training program has been coaches Michael Jack- son and Jesse Parker. They pushed them to strive harder Wwe 1. 'M er Armed Force Nomination, Dan Va- senko, Shannon O'Hara, Scott Griest, Not pictured: Jeff Pospisil. Merit Award, Eric Ringger. 'i towards their goals and backed them every step of the way. Next, breaking a tradition of Mountain View is National Merit finalist, Eric Ftingger. In the past, this high honor was presented to two or three stu- dents. To receive this award the Preliminary Scholastic Ap- titude Test!NationaI Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test CPSATXNMSQTJ is taken and a score within the top 5 per- cent in the nation must be re- ceived. After that another test is taken which is like the PSATINMSQT and the score must be in the top 1 percent. Ftingger, who scored in the top 1 percent, has plans to go to BYU as an undergraduate then on to MIT to wrap up the final touches. His recipe for success is, A person must keep his goals in mind and always try to suc- ceed, and he will rise victori- ous. n:mo. s Lys., 5 .-..i... Z t K A'iZ'lI2,TZ 271