Arlington High School - Simba Kali Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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OTUDENT SCHOLAR. Lihn Tang tutors Pa tricia Keophommachack in American Govern- ment. CSF members applied for tutoring and were paid an hourly wage. POETRY CLUB Jeff Bruce. Dylan Schott. and Lance Troxel ASTRONOMY Front row: Michelle Flores, Dawn Stark, Sean Wilkie. and Karen Jordan; back Jeanette Sayre, Anna Rakstang. Karen Swietyniowski. and Patricia Poppa. CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION From low Mr 5 Kay Daughtery. Chun Chang. Michelle Flores. Julie Newton. Dana Ramsden. In Hyon. Connie Ochoa. Yvetle Perez. Anna Nolaro. Thuy Tfuong. Kelly Drexler. Anamana Vega, Kar n Lvnaugh, Mr Jimmy Hill, second row: Karen Madokoro. Slephanee Murray. Karen Jordan. Patricia Poppa, Anna Rakstang. Maureen Thurman. Doug Barlett. Tonia Goddard. Diane Earhart. Lisa Bodle; third row Dawn Under. Wayne Fisk, Christal Mozer, Linh Tang. Linda McHenry. Mick Lubensky. Julie Carlson. Kathleen Thompson, Aphone Chang, Su Catron. Krishna Cassias, Eve Larson; fourth row: Brent Mitchell. Joe Beltran. James Nlehoff. Dylan Schott. Ann Johnson. Joyce Madokoro, Jackie Bunt, Rebecca OConner, Mary Vikupitz. fifth row: Stephen Carlson, Mark Wensel. Deanna Boetlcher. Mark llten. Courtney Chittock, Loren Tarmo. Chuck Alderman. Marta Casper. Tina Gottlieb. Stacey Bloomberg, -Kilie Rmewalt. Cheri Anderson; back row: Charles Johnson. Michael Johnson. Michael Sullivan. Melissa Russo. David Maples. Garrett Winn. Billy Wafford. and Robert Bycott POETRY. ASTRONOMY, AND CSF • 161

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Academic Interests Develop Into Time Consuming Activities That ieate (Ziawy d tjU Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a good poet? It takes a great amount of feeling, but real- ly, anyone with some thoughts or statement can be a good poet. Reading great poetry helps, ex- plained Jiji Johnson, junior. The poetry club meets after school to share poems and picked out a good one to enter a contest. Last year Jiji Johnson won $300 dol- lars in a contest of the Riverside Board of Realtors. CSF club tutors on special ser- vice. In order to be one of these members ' , you have to have a 3.0 G.P.A. and pay $1.50 fee. Once you are in the club. You automati- cally received a (JCR library card. What do they do with his card? Some people go there to study or check out books. Others do their studying at home. I feel I put out approximately three to four hours for homework each night, replied Anna Vega, junior. Another club associated with a class as Astronomy. It was born because students in Mr. Jay Van Meter ' s physics class were inter- ested in astronomy. They went to the Griffith Observatory and had a chance to look through a tele- scope to see Orion Nebula. Also at the Planetarium, they looked at various constellations and saw the lasarium and lasor light show. The best part of the fieldtrip was the lasarium show, explained Su- san Mc Comie, junior. Different club had different goals, that ' s what was rewarding about being a member. by Patricia Keophommachack and Robert Murray think it ' s a rewarding exper- - ience to always try to achieve CSF each semester. Hn llLARIOCIS, Anna Rakstang reacts to com- ments made during a meeting at lunch. Mr. Jax VanMeter takes part in the making of star charts. V-LOSE, Joe Beltran watches the city through a telescope at the Griffith Observa- tory. The astonomy club visited the observa tory on a field trip. L-XPLICATING A POEM, Poetry group mem- bers share and discuss thoughts and ideas v about their writings. Poetry club met once a week after school to go over their poems. 160 • ACADEMICS

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Competition Postponed For Two Months, But The Aca-Deca Team ' s oaching the Aca-Deca team was the most reward- ing thing I ' ve done because I see so much growth in the members. Begin in July, twice a week. Add more practices when school started, at least two hours a session. Work hard, looking foreward to November 14th, when all the practice will pay off. Suddenly, it isn ' t No- vember you have to look to, it ' s January 9th, two months later, and two months more of practice. Can you imagaine it? Just when the Academic Decathalon team thought the competition was close, PSY- CHE! However, they snatched 5th place! Aca-Deca consisted of six competing members and three alternates. The alter- nates weren ' t chosen until later in the prac- tices, so everyone had to work hard. Jim Niehoff explained, Even though I was an alternate, I still felt that I was a part of the team due to the friendships which had fos tered between us. Besides, I still managed to win a trophy. It was even tougher for people when the competition was postponed from Nov. 14 to Jan. 9th. My heart sank but it was worth it because we had more time to study the areas we hadn ' t covered yet, expressed Joe Beltran, senior. The compe- tition was postponed because, as Linda Beltran, senior, The Riverside County Schools had a schedule problem with get- ting things ready at OCR, so the postponed it for two months. At any rate, the extra practices, which included reading (lots of it) and discussing the material based on the study guides, paid off proven by winning 20 individual awards and a first place trophy for essay writing. Besides, each person considered the experience worth it, as Michelle Flores described, The competition was stressful. but it was worth it to win. Everyone ' s smart, but the people who won were the ones put in the extra mile. If you really want to win, you need the dedication. by Chnstat Moxer OTCJDYING INTENTLY, Bobby Hall reviews again for her alternate spot on varsity Bobby also joined the Mock Trial team three days before that competition because there was someone who dropped during the last week. 162 • ACADEMICS KeAD, DISCUSS, READ. Michelle Flores, Mrs. Linda Stonebreaker, and Cory Nabours review during the last all day practice. There were three categories that students were cho- sen for-honor-GPA 3.75-4.00, scholastic 3.00- 3.74, and varsity 0.00-2.99.