Archbishop Mitty High School - Excalibur Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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Kevin Smith irightl puzzles his way through the California Mathematical League Test. Billie Spence lfar rightl in- spects the quali- ty of materials donated for the F B L A F l e a Market. xref Math Team iabovel: Back row: Angeline Pang, Far- naz Jamali Li Miao Chris O'Brien Chris Harryman I Ron Nicoletti Second row: Ndel Charitat, Lori M, I g Ca G I I I I C Weichenthal, Kevin Smith, Judy James Front row: , fs Virginia James, Andy Thomas -'fi fr Er J. -f , J hat s the most important thing that s hit our campus this year? FBLA is of course according to club moderator and business teacher, Billie Spence. Future Business Leaders of America, a struggling new club, auctioning off things From there they be- gan to out bid each other yelling back and forth Pretty soon I was selling Junk that I would have sold for S1 for S5 or S6. The kids were really getting into it. ZOO had managed to generate enough support to hold an attention-grabber a day at the De Anza Flea Market. One day in my Accounting class, com- mented Peggy Ervin, co-moderator, I was telling my students about the flea market. Well, at the time, some items were being hauled into the classroom. When the stu- dents saw them, they started inquiring about prices, etc. So I immediately began On a more serious side of things, FBLA is a structured, organized club with several officers to keep it that way. When a new FBLA chapter is started, an existing division must formally acknowledge and initiate this new club. The initiation went very well, said Spence. It included a candlelight cere- mony. Yet, even though the ceremony was formal, the club members managed to

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f M t i l President Michelle Sanchez fleftl. Secretary Tiffany Owen ffar leftl Activities Director Michael Fallon discusses ticket procedures for the Greg Kihn concert with Jill Pittenger fleftl. Camations were the usual flower of the popular Send-A-Flower Days. President, was chairperson of Special Affairs which was in charge of Homecom- ing, Send-A-Flower days, and other activi- ties which arose. Tiffany Owen, chairperson of Communications and Secretary, worked mostly through homeroom, faculty, admin- istration, and students. Financial Aspects was chaired by Treasurer Brenda Broadus, and Spirit Commissioners Dave Kurze and Jim Kyle made sure rallies were successful. New committees have entered the scene over the past two years. The Graphics Committee added quality to the art work student government produced. AMHS ASB Productions was the Entainment Committee in charge of bands, DJs, and rock concerts. A new phase progressed with student govemment. lt membered sixty people with about three representatives per homeroom. Forty-one members of student govemment were elected, while the other nineteen members were appointed. We're building a tree system or a network which has Stu- dent Government officers at the top, but eventually spreads out so that everyone can be involved in Student Government, stated Fallon. For Sanchez, student govemment was a highly positve aspect of the Mitty communi- ty. lt's a good feeling being a part of a group that works together and gets things accomplished, she said. Working to make Mitty the best it can be was a challenge student government did not take lightly. Student government is a big entity at Mit- ty. lt comprises at least one-third of the activities happening on the Mitty campus. I think we have an unknown member on Student Govemment, that is the Lord, believes Fallon, I think the accomplish- ments of the program speaks for itself over the last two years. - Edrice Angry - 199

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l.A tleftlr Back row: Jim Kyle, Peggy Ervin. Ann Nlendeke, Francis E . . , . . . nn Rubenstein. Billie Spence Second row. Roger Mathis, Pasquinelli, Claudine Porretta, Frank Signorino Front row: Bottum. Dennis Barass, Martha Lopez, Teresa Pascale, Irma Greg Woods. Jim Kyle trightl lights initiation candles of FBLA Peggy Ervin tbottom leftl prices clothing in preparation for the FBLA flea market. FBLA tbelowl dis- plays a number of goods donated for the flea market in order to raise money for their club. Dan Flores lbottom rightl, treasurer, Jim Kyle, president, Greg Woods, vice presi- dent, Dennis Barass, and Frank Signorino, historian, all met to pose for a picture for - FBLA. fun. One thing that we noticed was the other clubs had a lot of girls, where- we have quite a few guys in ours, recalled We are really pleased over that, to say the guys were really pleased Said Spence, We've gotten off to a start and we're going to work hard to it that way. - Shana Waarich - 0 A lone student, pencil in hand, sits on the deserted Math Lab, scnbbling down com- plex calculations. Who is this dedicated pupil of prodigious problems? A member of the Math Team, of course., The Math Team is an organization which focuses on preparing advanced math stu- dents for competition in national, state and county tests. Each member prepares for these competitive matches on his own time. All eighteen member of the team took the six California Mathematics League Tests which are offered in the Math Lab. Howev- er, most members found the Santa Clara University Math Test and the Santa Clara Field Day the most enjoyable. These ex- ams, held at San Jose University, involved face to face competition between Mitty and other schools in the Santa Clara Valley. The competition at these tests helped me assimilate the math I have learned and they are a lot of fun, revealed Kevin Smith. Math Team has helped me prepare for other tests and I think it will be of great value to me in college, explained Noel Charitat, a member of the Math Team for four years. It is a chance to apply what I have learned, gain some new knowledge, and have some fun, all at the same time, summarized Chantat. - Lori Weichenthal - 20