Aragon High School - El Tesoro Yearbook (San Mateo, CA)

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District-Wide Student Literary Arts Magazine PAIDEIA Stirring some warm winter soup transcendental meditation books floating amidst paper piles and in- tegral signs. Blossoms blow fall next to bright orange leaves in the gutter . . .But only in Califor- nia and it's too late, find an air- plane. We all dove in and burnt out eyes . . . the shriek colored flames stung us. A big room of boxes and they never all fit right because they're all shaped the same and some always have to get squashed and some always break. Some can't fit into the room. And life is like that. Clay boxes fit a little better, but they lose their form. Whois shaped like a box any- way? Sharp corners and straight lines. Mixing some warm winter soup. Jigsaw puzzle pieces scattered all over the kitchen floor. Voices picking them up looking putting them together. It's funny how all jigsaw puzzles come in boxes. CEven in boxes made of steel I- beams and fiberglassl The pieces aren't shaped like boxes - they're all shaped differently. But they all fit. And life is like that. And the Greeks called it Paideia Paideia is at Aragon too. lt's all over the peninsula in fact. It is a student organization that publishes student thought . . . artistic or sci- entific or critical or creative or an- gry or proud thought. lt all fits because it all is. People are not boxes. -Julie Wyman - .. A l 5 Editors of Paideia: Julie Wyman, Stuart Naifeh, Lisa Heller, Michelle Murray, Mike Yarne, and Allison Zaro are all from Aragon. Art and literature for the maga- zine is selected from all of the schools in the district. The Maclntoch computer was used to print Paideia. 108fPaideia ,Ya an

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A Full-Fledged Club UNITED THEY STAND Have you been seeing red ev- erywhere you turn? Red T-shirts, emblazoned with flags from all the Spanish-speaking countries, were the prominent marks of members of Latinos Unidos. The club, founded just last year by Carla Campillo, attracted some 40 stu- dents from Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Ecuador. The club's purpose, according to secretary Brenda Gonzalez, was to unite all Lations in Aragon High School and allow them to get to know other Spanish peo- ple from other countries. To meet these goals, Latinos Unidos met every Tuesday to organize i S aww-f -iz Q . za .. - f1s..mN3sRir.-pang .ig 5 .. 'f'3XQIfERi. A .Pig ' WF. ' E 3: X - like , - - . . . ' . S f . . EIN: ' 5 . 'a ' S . . ', .- Q . i i 1 11 fs A r f if X . ,,,,, t .tt L 3 X, i 5 ,i sic f xi., ,..: r s X 2 . QR is Ss '35-5 's v 5 'ESQ Y is X Stir X divas WN r ' 1 X ,, Y 2 rf W X R., . . J 5 N . dances, picnics, and fundraisers, like their successful fall T-shirt sale. Judging from the spirit and en- thusiasm demonstrated by its members, Latinos Unidos was among the most personally re- warding clubs at Aragon. FRONT ROW: Astrid Sierra, Salila Ra- mos, Maysa Asario, Ms. Campillo, Brinda Gonzales, Diana Gutierrez, SECOND ROW: Esther Barros, Anna Herrera, Jo- sefina Banuelos, Evania Caliz, Elizabeth Iriarteg THIRD ROW: Patricia Osario, Gao Kazmierski, Michelle Matheny, Carla Ortiz, Aracely Vanezuela, Aurora Meza, Yamilet Garza, Arturo Lopez, FOURTH ROW: Joel Caceres, Julia Meza, Maria Zaballa, Porena Sierra, Sherrie Con- treras, Cindy Nunez, Joel Ortega, Tony Meza, Frank Flores, FIFTH ROW: Maria Barajas, Rene Rios, Tyrone Diaz, Adda- bel Hernandez, Mike Lopez, Ricky Ser- rato, Juan Najera, Jessie Mendoza, Man- uel Partida, Mr. Bloom lAdvisorl. Latinos Unidos members gather at lunch to get to meet others of Latin heritage. So, what is it like in Puerto Rico?'l fuss-s. . wine , ' , ,

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Representation Without Taxation THE CONNECTIO Have you ever wondered who thought of the idea for see red, say no? And who brought it to Aragon? The latter was just one of theprograms accomplished by the Youth Advisory Council, an 8- member commissionconsisting of 2 student representatives from each school in San Mateo. The council met bi-monthly to discuss issues that affect the city's youth, according to Margaret Abe, one of Aragons' representatives. The council's major project was ggi 3 .. . 'Q k w ff. undoubtedly youth in Govern- ment Day, an event which gave students the opportunity to exper- ience a working day of a city offi- cial. Because of the council's new- ly broadened power, it was able to get involved in other projects, in- cluding the Corporate Cup and Project READ . But perhaps the council's most memorable contribution was See red, say no. The project's goal, according to council chairperson Michelle Murray, was to encour- age 3rd-7th graders to grow up and say 'no' to drugs. ln an at- tempt to do this, Michelle gave a speech she described as having been very responsive. The City Council, then, origi- nates the ideas and the Youth Ad- visory Council helps carry them out by bringing them to the schools. Margaret Abe summed it up saying that in a sense, she and her fellow reps are cials. city offi- Margaret Abe and Michelle Murray are busy talking with distinguished city officials. From these two minds came the brilliant fight against drug abuse, see red, say no. Youth Advisory Council f 109