Amador County High School - Skip Yearbook (Sutter Creek, CA)

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Entertainment Actors Captivate Steve Martin on a Safari helped open the 1979 Drama Season. Octo- ber's Improvisational Theatre had students acting out unrehearsed scenes while November's Solo Skits bid actors do humorous and dramati- cal scenes. A Boogie Christmas was performed by the thespians on December 10, 11, 12, and 15. The plot unfolded the Boogie Man and Boogie Woman's intent to steal all of Santa's toys. Laurie Vela, Drama Club Presi- dent, stated The show was a lot of fun because it was so spontaneous. 1980 brought the Spring Production, The Night Thoreau Spent in loil, to- gether with the Motherlode Drama Festival and Revue '80. 1. Advised by Giles Turner, Advanced Drama students are Ellen Nunn, Cindy No- land, Iohn Cornell, Rick Fulton, Iohn Swift, Sam Krzich, Laura Hebern, Harold Higgins, Rita Carlton, Garth Cobb, Ioe Brown, Venita Stevens, Tod Fulton, Laurie Vela, Sheila Scott, Lynn Redman, and Laura Brown. 2. Lynn Redman as a doll and Tod Fulton as Robbie the Robot captivate the elementary school children. 3. Beginning Drama students include actors from all classes. 2B Drama

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a7 'f' -Q 4 A U.S. Teenagers Independence Limited When I first arrived in this county I went to school in lone, but transferred to Amador because I didn't like it over there. Now I'm staying with the McBride family of Pine Grove. Ilve made a lot of friends since my arrival in America. One thing I've noticed is that American teenagers don't have as much independence as teenagers in Denmark. Tina Sonnichsen 1. Tina Sonnichsen and Per Bjerrum can often be found in the li- brary conversing in Danish. 2. Salvador Cazar perfects his drafting assignment for Iohn Larson. 3. Kyoko Yamamoto receives a pair of tennis shoes from the volley- ball coaches and team members. 4. Tina Works on a pillow for her host family. 5. Per is amused by one of his friends who has just told a joke. Foreign Students 27

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ROP Program Unique Students Benefit Ideally, the Regional Occupational Program is a stepping stone for students who are not going to college but rather, choose to go to work right out of high school, suggested office careers and banking instructor Pam Peccianti. ROP offered a unique opportunity in that the pro- gram was open to both adults and students from all four county high schools. Programs ranged from Sales and Merchandising taught by Kevin Neville to Auto Services taught by Frank Barrows, Medicine and Health taught by Mrs. Martin and Constructive Technology taught by Mr. Swanner. ml, ..f f ...mfr I 1. Medicine and Health student Karen Pearson follows her ward schedule at Amador Hospital. 2. Pam Peccianti ex- plains the use of the key punch machine to Senior Rene Cherry. 3. juniors Valerie Booth and Shirley Wilds test the electrocardiograph machine, an instrument which records the impulses from the brain to the heart. 4. Melanie Musser practices timed writings. Regional Occupational Program 29